Monday, October 31, 2016

On Broomsticks

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"The Old Hall, Fairies by Moonlight; Spectres & Shades, Brownies and Banshees," by John Anster Fitzgerald "Here were...
Sunday, October 30, 2016

Women in Black: the novella & the playscript

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When I pitched American Theatre my idea to write about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child as 19th-century melodrama , my editor asked if The...
Saturday, October 29, 2016

for American Theatre: "School of Rock" & School of Wizardry

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Two months left in 2016 and, as the holiday where we celebrate the undead and otherworldly approaches, I am attempting to raise this old blo...
Monday, May 9, 2016

As a Stranger, Give It Welcome

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Last Friday night at Shotgun Players, as I stood on the front steps drinking champagne and waiting for the house to open, a middle-aged woma...
Saturday, April 30, 2016

#Eurojetsetters

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My friend Stuart Bousel has been writing observational short stories as Facebook status updates, based on people he sees and conversations ...
Thursday, April 21, 2016

"Coldwater" and Charlotte Brontë's 200th Birthday

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Earlier this year, I read an unusual novel, Coldwater , which re-imagined the Brontë sisters' lives in a different context -- one more s...
Monday, April 18, 2016

Things You Find on the Upper East Side That You Don't Find in San Francisco

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Tulips Men who hold the door for you  Twenty-something guys who wear loafers and tucked-in polo shirts Preppy nicknames (I went to bru...