Greasing the wheels of creativity

One school was built in the teens – the cornerstone says 1914. It appears from the outside to be a castle, with small turrets at the corners, vaulted windows and pedestals for sculptures… Read More →

Sean and Ben work it out on line

I’m working with a smart young man named  Sean Hughes to create the White Pines Happenings. Check out out our on-going dialogue, and join the conversation! Here’s the latest chapter, originally posted here. … Read More →

Showman/Shaman 2008 – 2010

Hey I am beginning the long and arduous process of dropping in Showman/Shaman posts from my old iWeb version of this blog covering 2008 – 2010, when I switched to WordPress. I neglected… Read More →

Cinderpost 4: farewell

Some memories: I dried up early in the run – went blank on stage. It had been a while since I had so totally forgotten the next line,  and the head-spinning anxiety and… Read More →

Not what it’s worth, but what she needs

; Art4Barter is the brainchild of studio artist Antonio Puri. I met Antoino at an Art4Barter exhibit in the Northern Liberties of Philadelphia in mid-December. The front room of his home is a… Read More →

Cinderpost 3: understudies

We’ve had two understudies go on in the last month. Drew Carroll went on twice for our Prince, Peterson Townsend, who was felled by a nasty chest cold which took away his voice,… Read More →

Cinderpost 2: theater for families

Those who bemoan the decline of classical music in America would do well to study what the Arden Theater is doing with its family theater shows. Often the provence of the basement theater,… Read More →

Cleopatras and Valentinos

There is a kind of person who exudes erotic energy. I’m not talking about that person that you, specifically, are attracted to. Those are one-to-one matches, in which ancient aspects of your two… Read More →