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I was struck watching the coverage of this criminal defendant going to jail yesterday how full circle the news media has become. It started with OJ… the Bronco chase! Two bit celebrities .. who happen to also be murderers and insurrectionists .. hanging on to their fame by being filmed in cars with the law…
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The Year of Magacal Thinking

The opinion pieces and articles in major newspapers are coming fast and furious now… HOW CAN WE SAVE THEATER? In many ways, I’d wager most of the authors of these thangs, and theater makers didn’t have much foresight, or pragmatism during the pandemic to ask that question… and now, with regional theaters… and Broadway shows..…
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How It’s Going, How’s It Going?

How it started: How it’s going… https://variety.com/2023/legit/news/mark-taper-forum-cancels-productions-season-center-theatre-group-cutbacks-1235646230/ How it started… How it’s going… https://www.broadwaynews.com/several-tony-nominated-productions-suffer-lowest-grossing-week-as-box-office-slides/ How it’s gone… How it’s gone… https://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/2023/06/oregon-shakespeare-festival-names-interim-executive-director-says-it-needs-73-million-to-finish-season.html How it went… “Judi Davidson said that she thought the Center Theater Group had become a bit too bland over the years. “It’s great that they want to be adventurous again,” she said. “I…
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Smoke and Mirrors

It’s Tony time! The celebrash is always around my birthday, or even on that very day some years. I would huddle around the console tv …with well, some of my family, in Waukesha Wisconsin ..when I was a kid and feed my dreams with every moment. The only way I could experience Broadway from Waukesha…
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How Lucky Can You Get

For the very few who know that song, it’s from “Funny Lady”..the sequel to “Funny Girl”… great song in a kinda weird movie. Another brilliant Kander and Ebb soliloquy… Satin on my shoulder how lucky can you getMoney in my pocket how lucky can you getEvery night’s a party where the fun never endsYou can…
