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Meteor Shower, by Steve Martin, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT   Steve Martin is a genius. Martin’s stand-up comedy, as daring and edgy as it has… Read more “Starry, Starry Night”

Movie-Brooklyn The novel Brooklyn by Colm Toibin was beautifully adapted for the screen by Nick Hornby to excellent reviews and three Academy Award nominations; Best Picture, Best… Read more “Dinner and a Movie/Brooklyn”

(I was given an assignment to write a “better obituary” for a loved one. One that would speak more clearly and honestly than the usual ones you… Read more “Jay/A better Obituary”

It is hard to lose a member of your tribe.  Learning of Jon English’s passing this week, was a stunning reminder that we are not as young… Read more “Jon English 1949-2016/Hurrah for the Pirate King”

  Are all opera singers good actors?  Sadly, no.  Nathalie Desplat. Maria Callas, Renee Flemming, are some notable singers who have been applauded for their acting skills.… Read more “Actors who sing/Singers who act”

Going to the Metropolitan Opera is a wonderful thing.  I am happy to say that I have attended many operas in this wonderful place, and although I… Read more “Pearl Fishers”

On New Year’s Eve in 1985, I had just finished the National Tour of Camelot.  I was subletting an apartment in Hell’s Kitchen,  and my best friend… Read more “Is it Over Yet?”

As is usually the case, Broadway is playing host to a few London shows this season, most of them playing with large chunks, if not all,  of the original… Read more “The Once and Future King”

Thanks to Doug,  my house mate, dear friend, and fellow artsy fartsy, we attend the Oneppo Chamber Music Series at Yale’s Morse Recital Hall at Sprague on… Read more “A Mighty Wind”

Yesterday at Yale’s Battell Chapel, I had entirely too much fun, at the community sing through of Messiah, by Handel. Battell Chapel was built in 1876, and it… Read more “Baroque at Battell”