With co-producers Rick Newman and Peter Martin, and director Greg Mosher, Kurt Andersen and Lisa Birnbach and I are aiming to bring back Loose Lips, our Off-Broadway reality play. We had a reading last week, and another coming Tuesday. Let’s hope for the best. Above, our sharp cast, with Bill McCuddy at the center..
3.31 State budget passes, nearly on time, and with provisions for Paid Family Leave and a path to $15 an hour minimum wage. 3.31 The New York Times: “Donald J. Trump said on Wednesday that women who seek abortions should be subject to “some form of punishment” if the procedure is banned in the United …
Dave Jensen and I caught Neko Case at the Tarrytown Music Hall on March 4th. I love her voice; was greatly disappointed that she did not sing “Magpie in the Morning.”
2.29 “It’s scary,” South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who has endorsed Marco Rubio, said on ABC’sThis Week She added: “I think what Trump will do to the Republican Party is really make us question who we are and what we’re about. And that’s something we don’t want to see happen.” 2.28 George Kennedy dies 2.28 …
1.29 Brunch with Greg and Susan 1.26 Abe Vigoda dies 1.24 Donald Trump: ““I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.” 1.22 First day in the Executive Bureau. The Governor discusses brine with me. 1.19 Lou Michaels dies 1.18 We see The Revenant at the Saw …
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A Totally Idiosyncratic, Justifiable to No One But Myself List of the Best Stuff of the Year Gone By 1. Travelling Bolstered by nearly 20 stops on the great Push the Cush Tour (including Annapolis MD, Philadelphia PA, Washington DC, Newport RI, Austin TX, and many places in New York and New Jersey), and highlighted …
Once, sorta, in Time, thrice in Playboy, now hopefully we settle in for a long run at Vanity Fair.
I saw Spectre. I was prepared to love it. I only liked it. This places me squarely in the company of such reviewers as Rene Rodriguez of the Miami Herald (“The opening is exciting, outrageous and a cheeky showcase of cinematic craftsmanship. So why is the rest of the movie so dull? Spectre. . . …