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...
Open Letter to President Trump
Dear Mr. President - real talk. You don’t want to be president during this #coronavirus mess. Heck, you hardly wanted to be president before this. But now things are gonna be bad. You’re gonna be attacked, pilloried and vilified. Everyone’ll be hounding...
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Prologue – pt. 1
Padua, 16 September, 1314 Looking about him, Ciolo’s nerves jangled like spurs. During the whole ride they hadn’t seen a soul. Not on the road, not in the fields. No one at all. “What does it mean?” asked...
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...
