Looking Back at 2011

I can certainly say that 2011 wasn’t dull.  For one thing, The Smurfs movie came out.  And even though only a few seconds of my one scene made it into the final cut of the film, that fleeting onscreen appearance was enough to make our 10-year-old nephew Nicholas very excited.  Watching the film in 3D with …

A Lear Review on Free Shakespeare Site

I just came across a very interesting site called playshakespeare.com, which is a free resource offering online texts of all of William Shakespeare’s plays, as well as reviews of theatrical productions, an online community, research materials, the inevitable Bard-related shopping, and more.  It’s an ambitious site, so it’s going to take me a while to look …

Exit the King–Remembering Actor Donald Grody

One evening last week, I went to refill a small portable bottle of non-aspirin pain reliever pills that I keep in my audition bag.  I opened both the jumbo Costco-sized bottle and the little travel size bottle, and filled the little one with pills from the big one.  I replaced the lid on the large …

May 2009

King Lear in NYC parks, and a short film, too! I’ve been cast as the Fool in my second production of King Lear with my friend Donald Grody as the titular monarch.  This time, it’s for the New York Classical Theatre Company here in NYC, whose mission is to provide free professional classical theatre to …

May 2008

King Lear Ruled! I’m thrilled that our production of King Lear at Vermont Stage was a massive hit with both critics and audience members.  The production starred Broadway veteran Donald Grody as the tragic title character.  The entire production was beautifully cast, designed and directed, and the live percussion soundscape took the production to a …