Articles and Essays
The articles and essays in this section feature musings on my theatre travels and other special prose pieces.
My last New York Theatre Odyssey results in Parts 1 and 2 of “Yorick’s Skull.”
My personal tribute to Arthur Miller, on the third anniversary of his death, has just been added.
My Ukraine journey follows the Miller tribute.
YORICK'S SKULL: 4 New York days
with Sondheim, Brel, Goldoni, Odets and Yorick’s Skull)
Arthur Miller (1915-2005)
“Shortly after Arthur Miller died, at the age of 89, on 10 February, 2005, I was interviewed about it on a National Public Radio show called WEEKEND AMERICA. They wanted to interview people who had seen the original production of DEATH OF A SALESMAN. In the middle of my reminiscing about that experience . . . I briefly broke down. Ever since, I’ve been trying to figure out why the death of Arthur Miller caused such personal grieving and sadness in me — and still does. . . .”
I first presented my tribute, “Why I Broke Down When Arthur Miller Died,” at The Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Valdez, Alaska, on 24 June, 2005 — and again at The Beijing Institute Of World Theatre and Film, in August, 2005 — and, once again, at Open Stage Theatre, Pittsburgh, on 10/11 Feb, 2006; the first anniversary of Arthur Miller’s death. Excerpts were printed in the publication, “The Soul Of The American Theatre,” Ron Hand, Editor).
I've reprinted the complete tribute here:
"Why I broke down When Arthur Miller Died"
"Playwright In Ukraine"
“On March 15, 2005 — just three months after the Ukrainian Orange Revolution — I gave a reading/performance of my play, “MY CHEKHOV LIGHT,” in the Regional Art Museum in Kirovograd, Ukraine. In many ways, the experience changed my life. . . .”
See below: Parts 1 and 2 of my very-personal Ukrainian Odyssey. Log on and meet some interesting and beautiful Ukrainian people, and read my riffs on their arts, their hopes, and my epiphanies about my art in a foreign land.
"Playwright in Ukraine" Part 1
"Playwright In Ukraine" Part 2
OMG!/NYC/NEW DRAMATISTS/SOUTH PACIFIC and BILLY ELLIOT Monday, May 25, 2009 at 2:19pm (Facebook Note)
At the New Dramatists annual NYC fund raising luncheon (May 19, 2009),
this year in honor of Horton Foote and New Dramatists’ (ND) alums (like
moi), I sit at Jeffrey Hatcher’s table with ND alum playwrights Robert
Shenkkan and James Nicholson, both old friends; terrific writers,
terrific guys. Give each of them a copy of my novel ANTON’S LEAP. . .
(Here's the complete OMG! Facebook piece. . .)
(Here's the complete pdf OMG!
Facebook piece for easly download. . .)