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 As I honor Edward Duke once again on his birthday, I realize one of the gifts he gave me, a photo of himself at age 18, is on this day now ...

Never mind it's been November in my soul since the end of August, with last year's retirement begetting a seemingly endless march of...

Back from the final performance of  Born Yesterday  at Ford's Theatre . There's not much I love more than being in an audience full ...

Dear Edward Duke , It's been 30 years since I first saw you at Ford's Theatre in your "cheap little show"--then as toda...

Time to catch up again. The last two performances I saw at Round House Theatre had nothing to do with each other; one was produced by Adv...

Back from yesterday's Ford's Theatre matinee of Driving Miss Daisy ,  starring local favorites Nancy Robinette  and Craig Wallace . ...

What a nice little surprise in the mail today - a "token" of appreciation from the Kennedy Center for being a member for 25 years...

Happy Mother's Day to those who have not voluntarily remained in the audience of this big stage of a world. Pardon me while I reflect fr...

"What is Life, Alex?" Sadly, the Michael Bolton concert was canceled due to illness, but I'm not as inconvenienced as proba...

I loaded up a little too much on experiences today and probably won't say all I want to. Rather than delay (i.e., procrastinate long eno...

Sadly, it looks like The Laramie Project at Ford 's is not  the next event on my calendar, after all. Bad government, bad!  Hoping to r...

Back from the members' preview of Ford's Theatre's special exhibition, Not Alone: The Power of Response . These "Letters ...

One of my nerdier hobbies is daydreaming about missing scenes and filling in dramatical (dreamatical) gaps. Most recently, such a gap gaped ...

My two most recent outings, Our Town at Ford's and Henry V at Folger , share the conceit of an actor reminding the audience that we ar...

Back from the penultimate performance of this year's round of A Christmas Carol at Ford's Theatre . Since the final performance star...

Back from Fly at Ford's, based on the story of the Tuskegee Airmen. cast of FLY ~ photograph by Scott Suchman   I loved the pro...

I'm now officially a resident of Ford's Theatre: I'm receiving mail there. Hee! Thanks to my buying my ticket for 1776 at the b...