Tickets are on sale for the upcoming performances of my play MATT AND SUSAN AND GREG AND JULIE at the Players Theatre in Greenwich Village in New York!  Go to: http://www.shortplaynyc.com and choose the second week of the festival (February 15-18) and pick your evening (or the Sunday matinee).  When you have the opportunity to … Continue reading Tickets are on sale for my next show!

Last year I let you know that my script HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LEONARD had been chosen as one of the 34 semi-finalists out of 224 scripts submitted for the Still Crazy After All These Years Festival by Stray Kats Theatre Company in Newton, Connecticut.  Just got word that they have reduced the list to 15 finalists … Continue reading Happy Birthday Leonard is a step closer

Went to a meeting at the Players Theatre and I can tell you: My play "Matt and Julie and Greg and Susan" will be performed at the Players Theater Short Play Festival on February 15-18.  The theme of the Festival is Sex and we are the show right after Valentines Day so come and enjoy … Continue reading Update on M&J&G&S

A wine-fueled, comedy laced party is underway at Manhattan Theater Club and you should accept the invitation to attend. And, of course, you can with this discount code: https://www.nycitycenter.org/pdps/party-face/?PromoCode=21997 The script by Isobel Mahon is a bit of a hot mess but then so are the characters she so convincingly offers up.  These ladies bewail … Continue reading Review – Party Face

Matt and Julie and Greg and Susan will be part of the Players Theater Short Play and Musical Festival - The SEX! Edition in February.  Performances will be Thursday, February 15 at 7 PM; Friday, February 16 at 7 PM; Saturday, February 17 at 7 PM and Sunday, February 18 at 3 PM.  It will … Continue reading My play will be presented at PLAYERS THEATER

Last week Pamela and I had the opportunity to take in a community theater production of A Man For All Seasons.  It was staged, quite credibly, by The Heights Players, a long standing and very active amateur group in Brooklyn Heights.  It has long been one of my favorite scripts of the 1960's canon and … Continue reading Review – A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS

Thrilled to announce that my ten-minute play "Happy Birthday, Leonard" is a semi-finalist in the Still Crazy After All These Years festival by the Stray Kats Theatre Company in Newton, Connecticut.  It is one of 34 plays selected from 224 submissions.  They will further winnow their selections to arrive at 8 to 10 scripts to … Continue reading Happy Birthday, Leonard is a semi-finalist

If you wonder what became of Cindy Lou Who, There is something that you simply must do. Save all of your pennies so you can pay to see the new comedy "Who's Holiday!" Not a surprise that the estate of Seuss the creator doesn't want you to see the show at Westside Theatre.* While the … Continue reading Review – Who’s Holiday

I am going to be pretty busy this weekend and if you are in New York City I hope you can stop by Polaris North to see the show listed below.  Grant Machan is a talented playwright who is showcasing three short plays on a related theme.  I will be doing lights and sound for … Continue reading Meanwhile in Lobster Village

This is not a review.  Recently I saw an "industry reading" of a work in progress.  It is a musical based on an F. Scott Fitzgerald novella.  I had seen early drafts in reading group as the writing team developed the work and it was thrilling to see it being presented in one piece to … Continue reading The Diamond as Big as the Ritz

The Public Theater is currently presenting a fascinating play by Julia Cho, OFFICE HOUR, which is inspired but flawed.  It begins with two teachers warning another about a troubled student she is about to get in her class.  The student has exhibited anti-social behavior and written violent diatribes for class assignments.  The fear is that … Continue reading Review – OFFICE HOUR