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 [...]
You can own my childhood home. That's right. Buy my childhood home and turn it into a Graceland or Hearst Estate. My house embodies the American Dream. A small town boy with a dream in his heart who changed the world of theatre. For all my fans, my house will be the ultimate pilgrimage. Here's what you'll get. ↑ This classic mid-century charmer was purchased in 1964 by my parents. There wasn't a single tree on the property. My dad went to [...]
Free Donut and Coffee at Krispy Kreme There's really not much more to say, is there. Go out there and get the free donut.
Suicide Prevention Month September is Suicide Prevention Month. Maybe they choose September because summer has ended and that's always depressing. Who knows? National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month promotes resources and awareness around the issues of suicide prevention. NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness has a ton of information and resources. Here are a few choice items. Please visit their site and learn more about suicide and how to help those in need. Wanting and trying to take your life [...]
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 [...]
Yep. On Tuesday, Aug 25, you can go to IHOP and eat a short stack of pancakes for $1 and help the hungry. From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Aug. 25, IHOP will donate 50 cents of every $1 stack of buttermilk pancakes to No Kid Hungry in an effort to reach their goal of providing 2.5 million meals this year. “The simple act of feeding kids a healthy breakfast can have a dramatic impact on their academic, health and economic futures,” Billy [...]
The fourth song of my imaginary demo album The Ghosts That Haunt Me is "Gates of Dawn." While I was still in Orlando I was in what I thought was a lasting relationship. I was wrong. We moved to NYC together but before I could unpack she was going on dates with another guy. Yeah, I know how to pick them. So I loaded up the car and moved to Los Angeles. Soon after I was there, an old high [...]
