Hey, my good Midwestern pal Lou Harry—playwright, novelist, theater critic, and Arts Editor for the Indianapolis Business Journal—is visiting New Haven this week. While he’s here, I’m trying to throw together […]
Had a lovely phone chat yesterday with a newcomer to our local theater scene, Amber Kelly. She’s an actor/director who’s just moved here from Chicago and has also spent time in […]
I have not been able to attend the Yale Cabaret yet this semester, despite my longtime support for the place and my deep curiosity about all the new works they’re […]
The International Festival of Arts & Ideas has posted a YouTube video of the panel discussion on “The First Amendment in the Spotlight” it held last summer. The talk, held […]
The Yale Rep recently announced its No Boundaries Series for 2014-15. The three shows chosen are in the best tradition of the series, which, in its own press-release words, “explores […]
I love Archie Comics’ whimsical view of celebrity.
Realizing that I was going to miss the world premiere of Mike Reiss’s new comedy Comedy Is Hard at the Ivoryton Playhouse (it closed a couple of weeks ago), I […]
As it winds down its current season with the simultaneous runs of Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn and the new musical Circus in Winter, and as it begins to transition from […]
Cosby—His Life and Times By Mark Whitaker (Simon & Schuster, 2014) Mark Whitaker writes the biggest Bill Cosby biography yet, and what happens? The book (which is as close to […]
Sammy Davis Jr.—A Personal Journey With My Father By Tracey Davis and Nina Bunche Pierce Where Sammy Davis Jr.’s own memoirs can get wordy and obtuse, Tracey Davis’ big photo […]