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Marilyn Monroe: The Death of Arthur Miller
Whenever I contemplate who America’s dramatic masters are, my answer is always Eugene O’Neill and Edward Albee. The reason for this is...
May 10, 20246 min read
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Christopher Durang (1949-2024)
Christopher Durang was a playwright and actor from Montclair, New Jersey. He wrote the plays Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Tony...
Apr 12, 20247 min read
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Soundbite Obits
Last week, like countless others, I was moved by the death of Michael Gambon, a British actor who did amazing things onstage and off. As...
Oct 6, 20234 min read
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An Actor's Journal- Part 3
To appropriate a quote from Tennessee Williams, “Sometimes—there’s Godot—so quickly!” But also, sometimes, life just happens, and you...
Aug 4, 20234 min read
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A Quarter Century at the Table Writing Plays
On March 28, 1997, I sat down at my desk and wrote a one act play. It wasn’t the first play I wrote exactly, but it was the first one to...
Apr 28, 202310 min read
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The Juvenilia: First Words
Everyone has apprentice plays. Most people don’t know Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams wrote dozens of plays (rarely performed now)...
Jan 13, 202316 min read
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2022 in Perspective
Greetings as we ring out the old and ring in the new! I want to thank those of you who have supported the new website and Facebook page...
Dec 30, 202213 min read
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Favorites Part 3: Writing
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...
Nov 25, 20226 min read
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On (Not) Being Influenced by Tennessee Williams
I don’t know whether I’ve always championed small town papers because I value their content or whether it was because I happened to be...
Sep 2, 202216 min read
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