A mesmerizing multimedia collage by acclaimed performance artist John Kelly. It’s his memoir told through song, dance and film derived from his journals.
A Portrait of Maureen Stapleton
Viewing a stunning painting at an art gallery of the great actress done in 1968 inspired me to re-read her memoir to see if there was information about it.
Harold Pinter and Nicholas Hytner
The acclaimed British director recounts two dramatic exchanges with the great and temperamental playwright in his memoir of running the National Theatre.
Doric Wilson: An Eminent Outlaw
The pioneering gay playwright’s exclusion from a book about gay writers rankled me. The author spoke at the book club I attend and I confronted him.
Frank Langella is 80: A Stream of Consciousness Tribute
The great actor’s milestone birthday inspires a cascade of memories, observations and reflections based on following his illustrious and enduring career.
Lady Macbeth and Her Lover
A spellbinding drama spanning two decades about two lesbian poets and one’s daughter. It’s brilliantly performed, excellently written and smartly staged.
A Soldier’s Play
Gripping and powerfully performed revival of the 1982 Pulitzer Prize winning, racially charged murder mystery set at a Louisiana, U.S. army fort in 1944.
William Hickey: Reminiscences
He was the only one of the figures on the fringes of show business that I’ve met who truly experienced the Cinderella story we dream of. Today he’d be 90.
Afterglow
In contemporary NYC, a young married gay male couple brings in a third. This insightful play is highly theatrical, fiercely acted and has a lot of nudity.
Steven Berkoff is 80: An Appreciation
In honor of that iconoclastic titan of the English theatre’s milestone birthday are my memories of seeing him perform and his profound influence on me.