I'm not surprised.  Whenever I talk to TheaterMakers about what they want . . . money never comes up. No one talks about royalties and selling the movie rights or their share of the …
I was disappointed. Â In 1988, I listened to the original cast recording of Phantom of the Opera over and over and over. And with each "repeat all" I fell more in love with the show, the …
What I love about the new Stimulus package (and what I HATE about it). Â Yesterday I tossed up a confetti-laden tweet praising the passing of the stimulus package in Congress. Â And it…
It's weird. We should be more excited today than any other day during this pandemic. The vaccine was approved. It's more effective than anyone could have imagined. And it's being adm…
2020 is not the year of disruption. Â It's the year of interruption. Â Everything we've hung our sequined hats on over the past decade (or five) is up for a new take. And one of the th…
 Danny Burstein did it.  The six-time Tony nominee appeared on my podcast a year ago and blew my mind.  Because actors are often the last ingredient added to a show's developmenta…
WARNING: this is one of those, "When I was a lad, I walked . . . " stories. Â When I was a lad, we didn't have social media. No, no. If we wrote a poem (like the one I wrote about Andrea …
I've never been so happy that the last month of this year is flying by so fast. "December, already," someone said. "Yes," I said. "Abso-effin-lutely, yes." Because every day that passes …
It's rule of three. Â I'm not talking comedy. I'm talking education through action. Â You can't learn anything by doing something once. Success or failure could be a fluke. Trends aren…
The bad news . . . Â No other industry is suffering as much as the theater during this pandemic. Â And as I wrote about here . . . who I worry about most are the TheaterMakers on the b…
 I couldn't ask for better guests.  They are sweet. They are funny.  They are going to sing for their supper.  And what's cool is, they can come to your house too!  Tomorr…
Usually, I publish my holiday gift guide on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. But since you probably have a little more time on your hands this Turkey Day, I thought you might want t…
Who knew a rat could cause a revolution? Â Don't know what I'm TikTok-ing about? Â Let me catch you up, my over 40-something friend. Â The latest social media platform to hit the e-…
The first copy was too big. The second was too blurry. The third copy was juuuuuussssst right. And so went the Goldilocks-like journey of publishing my new book, CAST OF MENTORS:Â SHORT S…
Nerd alert confession time:  In 1991, I was a member of The Manhattan Chess Club.   I was a decent player, although I did get beat by an 8 year old once. (In my "defense," my …
The title of this blog could have been 10,000 Takeaways from The TheaterMakers Summit. Â But to be honest, I have so many action items from our 103 speakers myself, I want to get working …
"One Last Time" is my favorite tune from Hamilton. There's something gracious in the message, and something so amazing in the performance. It's one of the umpteen reasons I wanted Chris …
Watching the last few days of our recent Presidential election was as dramatic as any event I've seen in my life. It kept me riveted to my seats for days! It was like sitting through…
 It's been a good week for the theater world.  First, we had the election. Enough said.  Second, Pfizer announced a vaccine that was 90% (!) effective in preventing Covid-19. …
It doesn't matter what side of the political spectrum you are on . . . Joe Biden's win was a big one. (Unless, you're so far on one side that you don't acknowledge the win . . . but somethin…
Bring your questions about Broadway, past, present and future to my Facebook page tonight at 8 PM Eastern and I'll answer 'em! And maybe you'll agree with me. Or better, maybe you'll disagre…
"4 weeks. 6 weeks TOPS." That's what I said to someone when they asked how long I thought I'd be livestreaming during the Broadway shutdown. The only prediction worse than that was someo…
Boy did I need something to distract me from CNN today. You? When I need some misdirection from something that is causing me a lot of anxiety, I play "Fantasy Broadway." I put myself…
Confession time. Â When I started my podcast over five years and two hundred (!) interviews ago, I told all the A-listers I interviewed that I was doing it for my listeners. Â "They ne…
It's 8:56 AM on the day after the election as I type this. So by the time you read this blog, we may be closer to this political drama's denouement. That's all I'm going to say about …