Editor’s Note: The Mayans say the Earth will end on December 12, 2012. I turn 40 on June 6th of the same year. I say I’ve got them beat by 6 months and 6 days. As a little challenge to myself, I came up with this year-long project. Forty for Forty is my bid to…
Editor’s Note – This was originally published in September 2008. If I ever go to war, I know exactly who I want in my fox hole. Michael Crawford. That’s right, the legendary actor who thrilled audiences and blitzkrieged Broadway with his iconic turn as the Phantom of the Opera. Granted, I’ve never seen the show…
“The show’s major drawback is Humphries’ straightjacketed performance as Jon. He huffs and puffs from one scene to the next with unvarying gesture and intonation, unable to take his character beyond a blandly drawn portrait of frustrated agitation, even though one senses he’s grasping to do so. “ That’s the review I woke up to…
Frequent readers of my site know that over the last couple of years, I have set out to try and challenge myself each year with something outside the norm of my daily nine-to-five. It seems like I wasted a major chunk of my Twenties and Thirties immersed in a whole helluva’ lot of entertainment and…
Show’s over folks. There’s nothing more to see here. That is unless you’ve been left lingering for some truly titillating tales from back stage. If that’s your bent than you came to the right place. Now that I’m off contract, I have no qualms about letting y’all in on the back stage secrets behind South…
As that Variety-esque headline screams, the reviews are in. “I hope you take this as a compliment… I really HATED you!!!” – Random Audience Member #1 “You’re a complete bastard!!!” – Random Audience Member #2 “As your mother, the woman who played a major role in your conception, I can only wonder – where did…
Editor’s Note – Yes, my Photoshop skills are quite lacking in this pic but I couldn’t find a proper match of any of my headshots with any stills from the film. I actually think the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade float motif I’ve got going here works well enough for a laugh. Looks like the Acting…
This weekend I came face-to-face with a truth I’d long tried to suppress. As Andi took the stage and stepped into the role she was born to play – The Sound of Music’s Maria – I realized we couldn’t dance around this topic much longer. No longer could we ignore the elephant in the room,…
Note: I originally published this back in May. This past weekend, we thrilled to the performance and I have a piece coming soon that details my reactions. Check back in a day or so for that. One thing that I love today… the news that my beautiful wife Andi has landed the lead role in…