Sondheim on Sondheim

I’ve been enthalled by the work of Stephen Sondheim since my freshman year at Harvard, when a college friend played the LP of A Little Night Music for me in his dorm room many years ago.  I had never heard anything like it, and I fell in love.  I decided right there that I had …

Mr. and Mrs. Fitch

I love John Lithgow.  I’d love him even if I hadn’t worked with him on that fun video for New York Public Library.  I also love Jennifer Ehle, and sure hope to work with her someday.  I also love Douglas Carter Beane’s plays.  So I had to see Mr. and Mrs. Fitch.  I found myself …

God of Carnage

Being a former resident of Brooklyn’s Park Slope added a special zest of enjoyment when my partner and I went to see God of Carnage with its third cast.  We enjoyed the performances greatly, and recognized the characters as people we could have seen on the Slope’s 7th Avenue any day.  It was especially fun …

A Tea Party Symposium

I was delighted to be invited as the keynote speaker for St. Peter’s College’s recent Lewis Carroll Symposium.  English Club President Jonathan Brantley (wearing the stylish brown hare ears in the photo) and his fellow club members put together a great afternoon of events.  As requested, I gave an informal talk about how I “fell down …

My Voiceover Presentation Was a Hit!

I had a great time presenting my seminar about proper use of voiceovers in eLearning at the eLearning Guild’s Learning Solutions Conference in Orlando, Florida.  My audience was attentive and appreciative, and we had a great discussion.  Word of mouth and written feedback afterward was terrific–great to know my talk “hit the spot” with attendees!  …

February 2010

I had a number of good auditions this month, and a number of callbacks from those.  No bookings, but great feedback, and so I press on!  I also did more Lewis Carroll-related interviews in anticipation of the March release of the Tim Burton “Alice” film sequel.  Interviews included a recorded interview for NPR, and a …

January 2010

I’m Giving A Voiceover Seminar in Orlando! Some great news: I’ve been selected to offer a seminar on adding voiceovers to eLearning projects at the eLearning Guild’s Learning Solutions conference  in March 2010.  When I’m not acting, I’m consulting on the creation of eLearning and providing voiceovers for online courses.  This seemed like a topic …

December 2009

Carrollian Interviews! As current President of the Lewis Carroll Society, I occasionally receive requests for interviews or expert answers to various Carrollian questions.  I recently gave an interview to Glance magazine, and now this month I gave another to the Wall Street Journal in conjunction with the upcoming spate of adult-oriented movies based on children’s …

November 2009

Comedy Sketch with John Lithgow! Sometimes really neat things happen really fast.  I just filmed a quick comedy sketch with John Lithgow as part of his introduction at the November 2, 2009 Lions Gala at the New York Public Library.  Mr. Lithgow could not have been nicer or more fun.  The entire production staff and …