Columbus Day and the Offended Generation
Not all holidays are created equally, but there is a ubiquity about them. It is necessary, for example, to have a bright spot in the...
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Aug 24 min read
Lost Classics: DON JUAN DeMARCO
Searching for something to watch this last weekend, I stumbled upon a movie that loomed large in my mind as a kid while, when it...
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Jul 53 min read
My 4th of July Tradition (Revealed on the 5th)
I suppose most people have burgers and hot dogs and pools and fireworks and I enjoy all those things, but my 4th of July tradition is to...
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Jun 733 min read
Stephen Sondheim: A Remembrance
Stephen Sondheim is a musical theatre composer and lyricist from New York City, New York. He wrote the scores for the musicals Here We...
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May 35 min read
EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH: 20th Century Masterpiece
In the mid-1970s, when the country was in a deep malaise over Watergate, Vietnam, the failure of most of the late-60s protests, artists...
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Jan 195 min read
Lost Classics: Disney's THE HAPPIEST MILLIONAIRE
One need only look at the output from Walt Disney Studios in the 1960s and see that, progressively, Walt was less and less interested in...
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Jan 57 min read
MAESTRO: WaySide Story
** out of **** We find ourselves in that time of year where films in which studios have no faith are dumped on the American public. The...
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Sep 8, 20236 min read
Jimmy Buffett (1946-2023): A Legend
After seven weeks of hashing out words (when I was able) about the rehearsal process for a production of Waiting for Godot I’m currently...
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Jul 7, 20236 min read
One More Time Again with James Taylor
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of seeing James Taylor and his All-Star Band at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre in Pelham, Alabama. I’ve...
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May 19, 202318 min read
David Henry Hwang, pt 2: Musical Voyages
For the next two weeks, in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, I continue to celebrate my mentor and teacher...
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Mar 10, 20234 min read
My Favorite Alice in Wonderland
I remember reading Neal Gabler’s Walt Disney. A magnificent book, supposedly the first to tell of the man’s warts as well as his...
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Feb 17, 20236 min read
Anatomies of Influence 3: Funky Harry
Influences on writers don’t have to be writers, do they? As I went down the rabbit hole of thinking about influences on my life and work,...
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Jan 20, 20235 min read
On Wagner and Disconnect
I get into obsessions. After weeks of reading Browning’s poetry, I’ll switch to Sondheim and there will be weeks of listening, humming,...
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Dec 9, 20223 min read
Favorites Part 5: Television/Theatre/Opera
For the last few weeks, I've been sharing my favorite works of art. These were not necessarily my answers to "What is the best movie/tv...
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Nov 11, 20225 min read
Favorites Part 1: Music
For the next few weeks, I'll be sharing my favorite works of art. These are not necessarily my answers to "What is the best movie/tv...
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Oct 7, 20222 min read
Odes to Country Legends
Upon the death of Loretta Lynn, I was reminded of a project I set out on many years ago to write dedicatory poems to great legends of...
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