Here’s my recent story about Crossroads Theatre. The lede: Keeping a regional theater afloat is challenging in the best of times. Doing so for four decades — through economic downturns, and social and cultural changes –is even more difficult. Now,…
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From “Brain and Life,” finding a balance in knowing how much care to give
From “Brain and Life,” a story for caregivers walking the balance between helping too much and not helping enough.
Three cool/Kool dudes
No one knows how a story will begin before they actually write it. I mean, anyone could go with the straight lede — “THISPERSON will perform at THISPLACE on THISDATE,” but most of us try a bit harder than that.…
Newark’s First Lady of Jazz, a genius and a goddess walk into a bar…
OK, I really don’t know how that joke ends, but if anyone has any ideas, let me know. The first lady in question is Dorthaan Kirk. The genius is MacArthur Genius grant awardee/Pulitzer Prize winning composer Julia Wolfe and the…
You’ll laugh… Some funny folks here
It’s a good problem for a freelancer to have so many pieces being published regularly that she can’t keep up on her website. I tell myself this. Here are a few funnymen I interviewed. Next post will be about some…
From the Associated Press: A new symphony celebrating Philadelphia and a rapper on trial
When you write for the Associated Press, you never know where your stories will turn up. Here are a few of my recent ones as seen in “The Chicago Tribune” and the “Press of Atlantic City.” “Symphony with ‘cheesesteak interlude’…
Jason Alexander, Ruben Studdard, a world premiere play and a dog!
Jason Alexander was the nicest. Read about him here. “American Idol” winner Ruben Studdard loves himself some Luther Vandross. A new play explores how the past can effect the future. And a musical starring a dog!
From the fun files…
Entertainment writing keeps me busy. In the last few weeks, I’ve written about a new play about the real life women forced to taste Hitler’s food to ensure it wasn’t poisoned; a documentary production about incarcerated juveniles; a look at…
Harry Connick Jr comes to town
I’ve seen Harry Connick Jr. roll by year after year during Orpheus in New Orleans but the only time I had a chance to talk to him was for the Star Ledger. He’s starring in the new musical “The Sting”…
From Haverford — podcasting
I love podcasts, so I was thrilled to have the opportunity to write this piece about Haverford alums turned podcasters.