by Judith | Dec 15, 2007 | Broadway, College, General, Music, NYC, Playwriting/Screenwriting, Theater, Uncategorized, US Performing Arts
Last week as I was sitting in an airport waiting for my plane I had some time to read e-mail that I had set aside as “not a priority” when they first came in. One was a NY Times review of a new Broadway play by Tracy Letts, August: Osage County. When a...
by Judith | Dec 12, 2007 | Film, General, Playwriting/Screenwriting, Uncategorized, US Performing Arts
There are lots of movies made each year. The last study I saw showed that in the almost two decades since 1990, on an average, more than 4,500 films are made each year. That’s a lot of movies. That figure doesn’t even begin to take into account the...
by Judith | Nov 24, 2007 | Dance, Film, General, Media, Uncategorized, US Performing Arts
I spent more time reading the newspaper this morning than I normally have time to do. By that I mean I actually read, not just skimmed, the numerous articles chronicling the violence in our society, domestically and internationally. A Saturday newspaper filled with...
by Judith | Nov 23, 2007 | General, Uncategorized, US Performing Arts
Holidays are steeped in tradition and ritual no matter what anyone would try to tell us. Sometimes the tradition and ritual stems from the nature of the holiday itself and sometimes it is borne from past experience. Even when we rebel and try to change, we...
by Judith | Nov 17, 2007 | General, Uncategorized
I love the song in A Chorus Line where Mike sings: I’m watchin’ Sis go pitterpat. Said, “I can do that, I can do that.” Knew ev’ry step right off the bat. Said,”I can do that, I can do that.” One morning Sis won’t go to dance class. I grabbed her shoes and tights and...
