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22nd & Sixth, 9 am
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Arts admin and advocate. Enthusiast, not critic.
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Howard Sherman
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22nd & Sixth, 9 am
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“They gave their alliance a nickname: Women and Ambition — cheeky because, as they saw it, “ambitious” remained such a loaded adjective for young women. Their convergence at the Public in the mid-2010s would resonate as far more than happy memories.”
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As it’s Sir Richard Starkey’s birthday – oh, OK, Ringo Starr – it seems an apt moment to mention that while I’ve seen and enjoyed “A Hard Day’s Night” many times since its remastering and rerelease in the early 80s, I’ve never seen “Help!” I feel this is a lapse on my part.
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“These movies felt like him answering his critics: ‘You think I’m racist? I’m gonna make these films that will show you that I’m not.’”
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“This very 21st-century approach is inspired by 18th-century economist Adam Smith’s theory that value is driven by supply & demand. Instead of relying on fixed prices, companies maximise profits by ramping up prices when products are in short supply.”
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I look forward to your book, "Rough Trade: The Life of John Saxon."
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I only know him from his TV work in the 70s and 80s, when his features had hardener into an exemplar of cruelty, somewhat akin to Henry Silva.
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I shake investigate, but a traveling theatre troupe suggests it belongs on the updated list, despite my lack of G&S enthusiasm overall. This isn't meant to be a critical list, but a resource.
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John Saxon and Louis Jourdan could have convincingly played brothers, don't you think?
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I gather I missed the exact 100th anniversary of the debut of Caesar salad, but to recognize the anniversary, I promise to stab one multiple times on the Ides of July.
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I am entirely unfamiliar with The Grand Duke, to the point that I've never even heard of it, but shall have to look into it. Thx!
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On WNYC just now, New York weather today was described, thanks to heat and humidity, as “it’s in the category that might be called disgusting.”
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There was a corollary post, with movies about theatre, which came first, and definitely needs expansion, so I welcome your suggestions there too. Thanks!
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I compiled this roster of plays and musicals about theatre itself more than dozen years ago. Time for an update. So as I did with the original, I’m asking my social media braintrust for help. What’s newer? What’s missing?
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That's a deep cut. I know neither of the play or the production. In 1977, I didn't even know about BAM.
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Given the “1776” enthusiasm, maybe next year I’ll recount the sad tale of little Howard S, age 7, and how he was rebuffed in his efforts to see the original production of the musical, at a time when he had only been to the theatre perhaps twice, but knew he wanted to see it.
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Variations of this are a Jeopardy perennial, though the props/props wordplay is new. If only they'd feature a certain book ABOUT the play, by yours truly...
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I can see why that would appeal to you, and some nine decades on, people still get it wrong.
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Though Morning's at Seven beats it for fewer performances (44 vs 91) and it's hardly beloved, Sophie Treadwell's Machinal may prove to have an even longer afterlife.
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Me, in The Stage: “If the big guys see creative ideas from smaller sources as something to be taken, then the arts risk falling into the same competitiveness as the capitalistic world of business, even as they claim to aspire to higher ideals and purposes.” www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/imit...
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I admit I don't understand the subtle nuances of British electoral politics, so someone from over there is really going to need to explain this photo of the presumptive prime minister, taken Thursday evening, to me.
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Times Square, July 4, sideways
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A reminder of when I saw 1776 the musical, performed by a cast of incarcerated men. "Is anybody there? Does anybody care?" www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/howa...
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To those awaiting the chirp, chirp, chirp of an eaglet being born: 11:45 am on July 4 on TCM. Till then, I am, as I ever was, and ever shall be, yours.
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“‘Lloyd Richards Way’ will be the first street named for a person of color in the Broadway theater district.”
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On a morning filled with concern for many, let’s just take a moment to celebrate the 98th birthday of a man who punctured piety, subverted stereotypes, and took on dictators with ribald and hilarious humor, Mel Brooks.
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My weekly column for The Stage in London: “The art itself may be impossible to preserve, so it is the words set down that form our collective memory. To adopt & enhance a slogan of the NYC transit system, if you see something (wrong), say something (supportively).”
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Avoiding the politics of debate night by going to the theatre to see a play...about two people very much like Pelosi and Ocasio-Cortez. So clearly I am a strategic genius at self-care.
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A singular American voice has gone to the last roundup. They ain’t making Jews like Kinky Friedman anymore.
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I love “Night Music” and I am intrigued. I saw Tammy Grimes play the role some years back, and of course Angela Lansbury and Elaine Stritch.
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Beautiful. Never been to Knoxville...
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I wish I could spend a couple of months touring and photographing vintage theatres. So many beautiful buildings built to house art.
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My weekly column for The Stage in London: “As the theatre community gathered for the run-up to the Tony Awards, DeSantis thrust his middle finger up at the entire Florida arts community by slashing funding for virtually all arts and culture programs in the state.”
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Tonight's show, at PAC NYC: what a feline!
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I don't make the rules.
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Upon exiting my apartment just now, I spoke a phrase I had never anticipated uttering again: "I'm off to see 'Cats.'"
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Given your repartee, I would have assumed Addison DeWitt Clinton High.
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“In Germany, Brecht is the most frequently performed playwright after Shakespeare and its leading dramatists stand guard along the fourth wall that Bertolt brought down, in case anyone is thinking about raising it up again.”
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"A washer and a dryer and an ironing machine In a tract house that we share Somewhere that's green."
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“Following a scan, the brilliant NHS team have assured us that he will make a speedy and full recovery and Ian is in good spirits.”
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“On our show, we have a lot of playwrights in our room and their creative process is always about actors and actors’ data and what’s in their bodies... We hire a lot of theater actors that have theater training.”
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I’ve never seen it, or heard the score: “The German production of Starlight has had a standing ovation every night for 36 years.”
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I hope everyone enjoys The Tonys this evening or, as I like call it, the Night of the Unnecessary Possessive Apostrophe.
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Times Square, 10:45 am
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The 65 foot long hot dog has departed Times Square, and I shall miss this preposterous and amusing installation. Here it is only a few days ago in, ahem, happier times.
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There is theatre to be applauded everywhere: old & new; comedy, drama & musical; on stages large & small; commercial, not-for-profit, academic & community; in arts centers, schools, parks & auditoriums. Celebrate theatre, and the people who make it, every day.
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Sunday morning breaking theatre news: “The Last Five Years” coming to Broadway.
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“While we don’t know how large the audience was, at least one family, the Benburys, who lived next door, identified the plot as a thinly veiled retelling of neighbourhood gossip from two years prior.”
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I think one of the most nerve-wracking things one could do is to be an out of town educator chaperoning a group of high schoolers on an NYC class trip. I salute all who give their students the experience and hope the kids (and parents) appreciate them.
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Florida school board bans book "Ban This Book," about book banning. Really. www.tallahassee.com/story/news/p...
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