Friday, December 10, 2021

Mrs. Doubtfire

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       I received my first Christmas present last night.   Watching Rob McClure transform himself into the title character in Mrs. Doubtfire...
Sunday, December 5, 2021

Peace in the Morning: Images and Meditations to Begin Your Day

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      Peace in the Morning: Images and Meditations to Begin Your Day by Daniel B. Ford Jr. is appropriately named because peaceful is how I ...
Friday, December 3, 2021

Cheek to Cheek: Irving Berlin in Hollywood

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       Irving Berlin wrote more than 1,500 songs during his prolific career.  Two dozen of them are brought to life in Cheek to Cheek: Irvin...
Tuesday, November 16, 2021

'The Visitor' makes the immigrant experience personal

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       When I read that The Public Theater had in its fall programming a play called The Visitor I wondered if it could possibly be a stage...
Monday, October 18, 2021

Ruben Santiago-Hudson's storytelling will touch your soul deeply

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       Yesterday I did something I haven’t done in 18 months.  I attended a Broadway show.  And what a gift this first one back turned out t...
Saturday, October 24, 2020

Artists are essential workers

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       Mario Sprouse is an essential worker in New York City.  Although he hasn’t had a day off since the pandemic struck in mid-March, he i...
Saturday, July 4, 2020

Stabat Mater

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      The gift of a new CD arrived in mid-March just as the coronavirus hit New York City full force.  Businesses were closing, I was...