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Jan 35 min read
Lost Classics: Hitchcock's MARNIE
I must admit I’m late having an interest in the work of Alfred Hitchcock. Perhaps the most famous (along with Chaplin) of all British...
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Jun 28, 20244 min read
On Political Theatre
In this year where everyone is on their tiptoes awaiting one form of political turmoil or another, my thoughts have been drifting toward...
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Jun 21, 20243 min read
On the Providence of Summer (And Why I Hate It)
As you read this, we are in the second day of summer, a season I appreciate (for all the life, the beauty, the cooling pool outside, the...
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Apr 5, 20245 min read
The Truth Narrative: Ross E. Cheit & Witch Hunts
Last week, in reviewing Netflix’ new docuseries The Outreau Case: A French Nightmare, I brusquely went over a subject near and dear—the...
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Dec 22, 20234 min read
Underrated Christmas Specials, pt. 4: TIM AND ERIC AWESOME SHOW, GREAT JOB! CHRIMBUS SPECIAL
So, for the past three weeks, I’ve chosen heartwarming, fun Christmas fare. Offbeat perhaps, but traditional. Now. It’s time for the dam...
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Aug 11, 20239 min read
An Actor's Journal- Part 4/New Publication Announcement
This week, I’ll catch us up on two weeks of rehearsal as the opening date of Waiting for Godot at BFT barrels toward us. Week 3 It is a...
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Apr 28, 202310 min read
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...
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Mar 31, 20231 min read
Descent to Timon's Cave: A Video Recitation
Something a little different today: a video recitation of my new poem, "Descent to Timon's Cave."
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Feb 3, 202310 min read
Anatomies of Influence 1: James Gregory
Do you ever overhear yourself thinking? Let me put that another way before you click to another site. The late literary critic Harold...
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Jan 13, 202316 min read
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)...
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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 18, 20223 min read
Favorites Part 2: Art
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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Sep 16, 20224 min read
King Charles III Again
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...
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Sep 2, 202216 min read
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...
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Aug 26, 20229 min read
Fallen Starman: A Reminiscence of Drama School
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...
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