by | May 5, 2014 | Acting, Chick Stuff, Random Musings, Television, Writing
Today I met my childhood doppelgänger. Granted, it was three decades after the fact, but it was well worth the wait. Growing up a chubby Jewish kid with frizzy hair who wanted nothing more than to sing and dance and act…there was no better role model for me...
by | May 5, 2013 | Television, Writing
I love Downton Abbey. From the first piano note of the rapturous theme song, I have been addicted to the colorful conflicts of the fictional aristocrats and proletarians. I can easily see myself in several of the characters: I’m a cross between Lady...
by | Nov 15, 2012 | Plays, Television, Writing
One of the best parts of growing up are those full circle, ‘ah hah’ moments which make life utterly fantastic. Last week, I was on a panel for the NAACP play festival and enjoyed one of those moments when I discovered that I was sitting on the panel with...
by | Aug 10, 2012 | Plays, Television, Writing
We all know the voices: Howard Cosell… Ryan Seacrest… Margaret Thatcher. Whether we like them or not, we respond to them. They are distinctive, crisp, resonant. They don’t fill the silences with “hmm’s” and...
by | Jul 8, 2012 | Music, Plays, Television, Writing
Every since The Brady Bunch jumped the shark with their musical numbers, I have wanted to sing on an album. I wanted shalala to It’s a Sunshine Day and groove out in bell bottoms to We Can Make the World a Whole Lot Brighter. Thirty years later, my dream is...
by | Apr 16, 2012 | Chick Stuff, Television, Writing
The obvious answer is because she is a genius. And while I know I will become a devotee of Lena Dunham’s HBO series Girls… as it has every ingredient I enjoy in quality tv watching…specifically honest, smart, funny females… Dunham’s...
