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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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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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