Andy Rooney says “Stop using me for your political B.S.”
Yesterday a friend on Facebook shared a September 9th, 2019 post that had gone thoroughly viral, being shared thousands of times. It read as follows: Everyone needs to read this. CBS and Katie Couric must be in a panic and rushing to reassure everyone that...
This Is Why It’s Important for Men to Be Feminists
Women don't owe men anything. We, as men, owe it to women, and to ourselves, to be feminists. Here's why. Originally written for and posted by bestlifeonline.com. I have no trouble sharing my opinion. Why would I? I'm a guy. More than that, I'm a...
Democratic Candidates’ Closing Arguments, via Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Watching the latest Democratic debate, a crazy thing happened to me. Someone asked me how the debate was going, and I said, “It’s a shit show.” Which immediately made me think of this song from Rachel Bloom’s amazing, criminally-underwatched show “Crazy...
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Origins of the Feud
Early in 1999 I was directing Romeo & Juliet at the Ann Arbor Civic Theatre (a great space that to my everlasting regret has since become a church). It was my fourth or fifth encounter with the play, but my first as director. Getting ready to direct Shakespeare...
Thanks for My Life
I always hated Shakespeare. They made me read him. In junior high, it was Julius Caesar. In high school, first it was Romeo & Juliet, which was cool only because we wasted a week watching the movie – the Zefferelli, not the DeCaprio version. The next year it was...
Introduction
“Romeo & Juliet is the greatest love story ever told – and every story has a beginning.” THE MASTER OF VERONA will be published in 2007 by St. Martin’s Press. With the permission of my editor, this blog allows me to post a few chapters prior to that, but it also...
