I was lucky enough to get a dress rehearsal invite today and it was an extraordinary experience. Like nothing I have ever seen. Conductor: Karen Kamensek, bravo bravo all!
AKHNATEN Philip Glass @ The Met
A West Village Original, ha! Living Large in Small Spaces
Michael D. Minichiello and I spoke over the phone and he summed up my life, career and THE PASS in 7 paragraphs! Now that’s some fine tuning! Really enjoyed speaking with him.
And I think the most charming part of New York is The West Village, hands down. Everything is smaller so maybe smaller is charming. But the people themselves live large lives in small spaces.” read Michael’s fun interview
Writing Remembering
At any given moment, we may write what we think and feel. We put it down, we proclaim, we spit it out, we share with whatever our intentions were/are at the time we write. Saying something is one thing, however writing it down is another. Perhaps we write things down in order to not forget, or in order to remember. Words.
Here is my recently published story about THE PASS, a musical. http://theaterlife.com/the-pass/
These Walls
I smell my life within these walls. The years and all that have dialed in my own perceptions and fantasies. And I miss you tonight and wish you had not left so soon. What a visit it would be, then and now. You did not give me that, funny, so much you did not give and yet so much you gave. My first love.
Requiem For Celeste
A Requiem For Celeste July 13, 2019 Articles, People Celeste Martin: November 11, 1927—December 13, 2018 By Denise Marsa
How many times have you heard about a New York City landlady giving every tenant in her multiple landmark rental buildings a special gift bag filled with Christmas goodies? Every year Celeste Martin looked forward to taking her staff, including her driver, carpenter and super, shopping at Macy’s Herald Square to help her fill 39 gift bags for her tenants. These were no ordinary gift bags, just as she was no ordinary landlady. As a tenant in one of her buildings, I was always thrilled with my gift bag’s content. One year I received a 1999 Perrier–Jouët (which I still have) and another year a 2011 Rose Veuve Clicquot. Yes, champagne! Accompanying the champagne was a bottle of Johnny Walker Black or a Johnny Walker variety pack. There were also always imported sweets and chocolates along with the spirits. read full article
Energy Electric Flight of a Human
#Pride2019 is starting and my block is all a flutter. People from all over the world, what an exploration of ourselves and our sexuality the past 50 years has been.
Less we forget, throughout history sexual expression, self identity and visual expression of one self has been ever-present- ever-changing. Think of all the people that have defied stereotypes. Fought for their rights! Demanding change. Accepted, not accepted, applauded, lauded, abandoned and eventually EMBRACED! And the battle to be ones’ self, continues in so many ways, everyday and that is perhaps… the flight of a human.
And it is our bodies that make up this great country and the world we live in. #LoveWins #Harmony #Acceptance
To #CelesteMartin! She is with us always on the streets of Gay and Christopher.
The Scent of a Peach
Having bought a few peaches yesterday and placing one of them on a small plate on a kitchen shelf almost parallel to my face and nose, this morning I opened my kitchen doors and a smile was added to the scent of my morning. Lovely.
