In live theater when an actor bares their soul on stage, the audience is fully present, sharing a transcendent moment of emotion and given an extraordinary gift to recognize the fragility […]
Lost in Yonkers: REVIEW
Lost in Yonkers: Final Weekend March 11-13
This weekend is the last opportunity to see LOST IN YONKERS, the Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning Neil Simon play directed by Keith Paul at the Warner Theatre’s Nancy Marine Studio Stage […]
The Glass Menagerie: My Review
Under the superb direction of Donato D’Albis, the Backyard Theatre Ensemble/Landmark Community Theatre Company’s joint production of The Glass Menagerie expertly captures the intriguing world of the young “Tennessee” Williams, the playwright […]
02272016: Opportunities from a brief walk in town
In the afternoon my daughter asked to go downtown and as the air was a cheerful breeze instead of the harsh wintry mix that occurred earlier in the week, we decided to […]
Nutmeg Chatter Spotlight: 02232015 Thomaston
The Glass Menagerie will be performed in the historic Thomaston Opera House, showing February 27, March 4, 5, 11, 12 at 8pm and February 28, March 6, 13 at 2pm. Check out the article about […]
Nutmeg Chatter Spotlight: Glass Menagerie 1
Producer Kailee Donovan takes notes while Lucia Dressel (as Amanda Wingfield) and Chet Ostroski (as Tom) rehearse in the Backyard Theater Ensemble/Landmark Community Theatre production of Tennesse William’s classic “The Glass Menagerie” […]
Art at Ives 2016!
The nonprofit Friends of the Ives will present the first “Art at Ives, Juried Fine Art & Crafts Show” from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, June 11 […]
02042016: The Art of Family
The kids and I drove south on Route 8 to the sound of the thump, thump, thump of a generic dance club song that wound up on the station my daughter had […]
January 24: Through an Artistic Mirror
In the second week of January we said goodbye to the family Christmas tree without the pomp and circumstance that brought the lavish decoration into the household. We could have found it […]
Five Easy Pieces
My brother Patrick was smart. That’s not the only quality Patrick possessed, he was exceptionally funny, he was generous, he loved music and he was creative and his friends knew there was […]
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