NOTE: This author is neither a member of any form of political party nor does he endorse any political candidate. Some do not believe...

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...

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...

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...

I tried to understand cats for years. The animals, I mean. I’m such an animal lover now that most people would be horrified to know I was...

When I heard the Queen, my lords, was dead and Charles was indeed to take the throne (I had always figured he’d abdicate in favor of...

I either don’t remember or I don’t care. Not remembering can be forgiven, not being remembered cannot be. Not caring can be freeing, but...

A flop can close in one night or a week—a couple perhaps. On Broadway, that is. The West End is not known for too many gregariously long...

How do you follow up a colossal megahit like The Phantom of the Opera? That must have been the question on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s mind...

In the 1960s-70s, the world of musical theatre changed rapidly. The introduction of rock and roll all but decimated the days when a...