Another week, another line up of theater. Enjoy these articles about “Songbird,” a take on Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull” set in a modern day Tennessee honky tonk; and
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Edna Ferber Fest
Coming up with the lede to this story about festival honoring the work of Edna Ferber was easy because I fell into this category: While Edna Ferber may not be a household name, plays and movies based on he works…
Penn Today story on mass incarceration and its impact on communities and people of color
I spent my Wednesday at the University of Pennsylvania’s Nursing School covering a conference on the impact of mass incarceration on people and communities of color. Here’s the story. Or, if you just want the lede: Kempis “Ghani” Songster spent…
Erma Bombeck’s “At Wit’s End” in Cape May
I love Erma Bombeck and read everything by her growing up. I used to say I wanted to be just like her, something my writing teachers discouraged, saying her writing was shallow. Not literary and didn’t I want to be…
“Shrek The Musical,” summer jazz and a “Small Town Story”
I often have more than one of my Star Ledger entertainment stories run on the same day as editors like them to go out on the weekends. This week is no exception. I have three stories that were posted online…
Raising awareness of POTS
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is more common in the US than MS and yet it’s not a well-known disorder. Hoping this story I wrote for “The Philadelphia Inquirer” changes that. Here’s the top of the story: It’s easy to…
Global Guides at the Penn Museum
Penn Museum has always been fascinating and cool and it just got cooler with its new Global Guides program, which has natives of Iraq and Syria serving as guides. I wrote about it for the Associated Press. Read the story…
Women’s Theater Company celebrates its 30th anniversary
I was surprised to see nj.com hadn’t done any features on Women’s Theater Company so I jumped at the chance to do so. Here’s the lede: More than a quarter century ago, Barbara Krajkowski was working with a professional theater…
Moliere’s “Tartuffe”
Vivian Reed was a lovely interview. She is one of the stars of this stage production of “Tartuffe. Here’s the lede: Broadway actor/singer Vivian Reed often chooses projects based on the part she’ll play, both the roles that suit her…
Baseball takes the stage
Hoboken brags it’s the birthplace of baseball and Frank Sinatra. I’m a fan of both, and will one day attend this annual event featuring 7 10-minute plays with a baseball theme. The lede, in which I casually drop the word…