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I’m not saying that I was a major contributor of the $753,321 that was raised, but I was responsible for some of it. This happened on Sunday, October 3 at The 35th annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction. It’s produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, so all monies go to a worthwhile cause. I […]

Last week, we discussed Cyril Ritchard, who won the 1954-55 Donaldson Award for both Best Actor in a Musical and Best Featured Actor in a Musical. (Don’t ask. Who can explain it? Who can tell you why?) That said, I did more research on the Donaldsons, which were administered by Billboard. Quite a few Masterworks […]

So did you remember to talk like a pirate on “International Talk like a Pirate Day”? No? Did you even know there was such a thing? Well, there is, and has been for more than a quarter-century. Back in 1995, two Oregonians deemed September 19th as the day when people should greet each other with […]

Turning a motion picture into a Broadway musical is a pretty ordinary occurrence now, but it wasn’t in 1953 when HAZEL FLAGG opened. This was the song-and-dance adaptation of NOTHING SACRED, the 1937 film in which Hazel, a young woman living in Vermont, is diagnosed with a fatal illness. Wally Cook, a reporter for a […]

Some, of course, have suffered more than others have during the pandemic. In addition, while millions have certainly endured substantially greater tragedies than Tom Kitt, these past many months haven’t been easy for him. You’ve heard people under difficult circumstances use the expression “I was hit with a one-two punch”? Kitt has experienced many more […]