by Frank Gagliano | Feb 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
A recently discovered chronicle, chronicling the beginnings of my Ukraine visits and connections — while giving the Ukraine reading/performances of my play —“My Chekhov Light,” — in Kirovohrad (via Kyiv) in 2005, and at the Chekhov Festival in Yalta, 2012 On March 15,...
by Frank Gagliano | May 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Leading to a new theatre piece, “Club Faustian” — Or, “How have you managed to walk so far/ with your head up your ass?” . . . As one of my back-burner Covid-19 “reconnecting-with-the classics” projects, I’ve been re-reading the works of playwright, George...
by Frank Gagliano | Mar 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
. . .that relentless, flooding, plastic wave. . . and the journey of the Piper clan. . . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * [After being turned on by the Ken Burns PBS TV series on Country Music, I began developing a country music story-lyric. My...
by Frank Gagliano | Mar 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
[Facebook Essay: March 13, 2021] I WORKED AT THE “21 CLUB” FOR A WEEK! THEN THEY FIRED ME!As part of a sad story about how Covid has decimated restaurantsand clubs, the New York Times today published a story about thelegendary “21 Club” (21 West 52nd...
by Frank Gagliano | Mar 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
When CNN political reporter John King used the word bullshit in the discussion following the Trump second impeachment acquittal trial, I was delighted that the word wasn’t bleeped out — or finessed to the feebler BS. Bullshit is the perfect word for our time: The...
by Frank Gagliano | Aug 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
[Facebook essay: 28 August 2020] On “LAST WORDS” (My Latest Plague Diversion, Leading To “Pub Faustian”) . . .I’ve been re-reading the works of playwright, George Bernard Shaw (GBS), and came across his last words: “Dying is easy, comedy is hard” — a phrase used many...
