Around the World in 80 Days Party Well the idea my friend Sharone and I came up with about having a big party for everyone who has ever done Around the World in 80 Days has certainly gotten a great response. I suppose it's never too early to get things rolling. So I think we should start collecting names and email contact info. If you're interested in this shindig, send your name, contact info, and what production you did to [...]
How About an Around the World in 80 Days Soiree? I was having coffee with my friend Sharone O' Tannenbaum (Okay, I added the "O") and we got to talking about how we are connected to a bunch of people who have been in Around the World in 80 Days. Sharone said, "Wouldn't it be great if we could get together everyone who has done the show?" While I was pondering it she said, "Let's do it. Let's have a [...]
Marcus Choi and Evil is a Yellow Face Jon Jon Briones and Marcus Choi If there's one thing Broadway performers like doing more than singing in a Broadway musical, it's singing the night away with other Broadway performers on a Monday night. Stroll over to Joe's Pub any Monday night and there's probably some sort of benefit going on with Broadway performers. In fact, my friend Sharone Tannenbaum just produced Artists for World Peace on Broadway at Joe's Pub. Now [...]
Around the World in 80 Days at Kelsey Theatre Hey everyone in my hometown of Pennington, NJ, no plans for the weekend? Go see my play Around the World in 80 Days at the Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College. Already have plans for the weekend? Cancel them. Go see my play Around the World in 80 Days at the Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College. Maurer Productions has put together a slam [...]
Around the World in 80 Days at Kelsey Theatre Evidently the newly added Nudist Colony scene. Two weeks ago my play Tom Jones opened at Butler College in Kansas. (I made a quick trip there to meet everyone). This week Maurer Productions opened my play Around the World in 80 Days at the Kelsey Theatre located at Mercer County Community College. I have a great fondness for the Kelsey Theatre. It's a stone's throw from where I grew up. When [...]
Many days I just want to post a bunch of stuff that makes me laugh or means something special to me. Today is one of those days. Here is the Wednesday Mishmash. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Oh man I love Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, a cover band out of San Francisco. They do punk versions of songs ranging from Barbara Streisand to The Beatles. They are seriously an awesome band. If you ever watched Taxicab Confessions [...]
I was re-reading some of the play Deep Into That Darkness Peering that I wrote with my friend Mark Rector. Here's a monologue I wrote for the top of the second act but we ended up not using it. It might be able to be cut down and used as a contemporary monologue for auditions. Or not. POE Thank God you're still here. The walk refreshed me. I am calmer now... Did anyone come for me while I was out? My [...]
The Quest For Don Quixote at TheatreSquared I'm thrilled to say that my play The Quest for Don Quixote will be headlining the Arkansas New Play Festival this June at Theatre Squared in Fayetteville, Arkansas. That is completely Judy Dench! The Swank Press Release Playwright Ben Eisenberg sits in a Starbucks, just one day before Don Quixote begins rehearsal. There’s just one problem — he hasn’t written it. His agent is apoplectic, the advance is long since spent, and adapting [...]
Actors Co-Op's Production of 80 Days is a Critics Pick Can I get a woot woot for Actors Co-Op? The theatre has put together a fantastic production of my play Around the World in 80 Days. How fantastic is it? Critics Pick! ~ "At once elegant and loopy, it’s a delightful confection!" ~ The Los Angeles Times 5 Stars! ~ “Perfectly hilarious and thoroughly entertaining . . . True genius! Laughter is nearly non-stop!" ~ The Examiner 5 Stars! ~ “Theatrical magic!” ~ Haines His Way [...]
Actors Co-Op Goes Around the World in 80 Days Tonight Actors Co-Op in Hollywood, CA opens my play Around the World in 80 Days tonight. It's their final show of the season (And I hope my show doesn't make it the final show ever for them) and runs until June 14. I'm unable to make it to the opening. I have to be downtown at East West Players with my daughter, who is playing 10-year old Tommy in The Who's [...]
