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"Anything Goes' Revival Cast Album: A review

September 16, 2011

Tags: Anything Goes Reival, Roundabout Theatre Company, Sutton Foster, Kathleen Marshall, Joel Grey, John McMartin, Joel Grey, Laura Osnes, Cole Porter

This is the original cast album for the Roundabout Theatre Company's current Broadway revival of "Anything Goes" and ---sorry, I can't resist the cliche -- it's as delicious, delightful, and de-lovely as you can get. With Sutton Foster and Joel Grey toplining and Katherine Marshall directing and choreographing, the production, when seen in person, (more…)

De-Friending

August 26, 2011

Tags: Facebook, Linked In, Woody Allen

Well, for the first - and I hope the last - time I've actually de-friended someone on Facebook. I also removed her from Linked In. (Would the proper term for that be "de-linked"her?) No names, please, not even initials.
Truthfully I never expected or wanted to de-friend anyone, since what you're really saying (more…)

Woody Allen Elaine May and Ethan Coen

August 25, 2011

Tags: Woody Allen, Elaine May, Ethan Coen, "Relatively Speaking"

Woody Allen, Elaine May and Ethan Coen have penned a trio of one act comedies which will be produced on Broadway this season under the title of "Relatively Speaking." Directed by John Turturro, the show begins previews at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on September 20, with an official opening of October 20.
The cast includes Caroline (more…)

Mel Brooks & Dick Cavett

August 17, 2011

Tags: Mel Brooks, Dick Cavett, Carl Reiner, 2000 Year Old Man, HBO

Okay, here's a show to look forward to --- On September 9, HBO will premiere "Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again," a comedy/talk show, which, just thinking about it, has me laughing already. Can't believe it's been almost forty years since the first time Cavett interviewed Brooks in what was one of the (more…)

Selected Works

Nonfiction
The first legal survival kit for anyone in the business of presenting live entertainment.
Comprehensive, ready to use collection of 25 model business and legal forms for the performing arts, with accompanying CD-ROM.