I had the great pleasure of visiting San Francisco recently to see the brand new musical, Tales of the City based on Armistead Maupin’s famous serial novels. I’m a huge fan of the books and was equally excited about the new musical. Though it’s still going through development and will likely be further refined, the [...]

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WWDMD (or What Would David Merrick Do?) I can confidently say that every producer colleague of mine has an admiration often bordering on obsession for this notorious producer. In addition to producing a massive number of Broadway shows in his day, he was better known for being ruthless, mean-spirited, prone to start fights with anyone [...]

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OK, confession time:  Despite that fact that I should be spending every free moment of my time reading festival submission scripts, I may have taken a few breaks to watch some of the Christmas gifted, Sex and the City DVDs that I’ve been slowly working my way through. Can you really blame a girl for [...]

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