On Transmigration

There are these little tidbits I’d like to share, or at least pass along. Warning: May be long for some readers. My apologies for not...

Unintentionally, of course.  You see, I didn’t mean to, but I spoke   wrote before I knew I had this particular, weighty (ahem!) probl...

Every year at this time (usually earlier, hospital got in the way) I read The Lord of the Rings, again. I have done so since 1971 when th...

It's taken a long time to get this play to the screen. Anticipation : Sondheim, Rob Marshall, Musical Score. Apprehension : Disn...

Don’t know how I missed this news from the BBC, Singin’ in the Rain being my favorite musical of all time with An American in Paris comi...

New York theater goers guffawed when word got out that Katharine Hepburn was to star in a broadway musical about Coco Chanel.  They roared ...

Thanks Robin.  Though your life was troubled and sometimes very dark, your very being brought light and joy to mine. May you rest in pe...

One of the very best has left us. I first saw her in Sail Away, then, of course, in Company (3 times!) She was everything and all that ...

It is very strange - a world without Archie - but the way he's going out is totally in character.  With dignity, courage, and class....

Such sad news. One of my all-time fave vocalists with the rarest talent musically, has passed away. I wrote about him previously, even...

1. Tell me about your first Pride. June 1970, the first Christopher Street Liberation Day march in NYC. From the Village up Fifth Av...

More later. *

And it's about time after 2 or 3 false starts.  Here it is. The unveiling will be at the White House today. Better late, than never...

Very sad news, indeed.  Not something I wanted to read or hear about today.   A legend, genius, and consummate hollywood star dead at 9...

"Fly, You Fools! More later. *

Mitch Leigh, composer of Man of La Mancha has passed away. One cannot imagine the speed with which the show and his score took the theat...

My Kindle Fire died Saturday evening for no apparent reason.  Maybe just old age, or perhaps planned obsolescence.  No matter, it's...

I mean, if you haven't seen this already, just look at the promo for the new series. Breathtaking!!! Thirty four years (half ...

Just remember, the masks come off at Sundown. And so it goes. *

A true genius.  His films were complicated, yet simple, slow-paced. Two of his films were the focus of one class in film school.  NIGHT...