It’s all about the local connection.

In 1982, I was working on the brand-new Paramount Pictures account at Rick Johnson and Company. We’d been hired to take care of local press and advertising, and Grease 2 was coming out that…

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I walked into the auditorium of the Music Hall in Kansas City to set up for video interviews with three members of the Cats company. As I stopped and listened, I could hear the constant hiss of air compressors. I knew they would…

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About 20 years ago, I wrote a play for Mystery Cafe called "Guns and Poses." The show required an actor to cross-dress as the female cabaret singer, Bella.

The Sunday before we opened the show at La Posada (now Hotel Andaluz) where…

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Auditions are all about long lines and long waits, some longer than others.

Louie Napoleon, Skimbleshanks in the national touring company of Cats, stood in line to audition for…

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What do you do on a Monday night in Montgomery, Alabama?



If you had been like a lot of locals this week, you would have gone downtown to see the touring production of Fiddler on the Roof. On a Monday night. In Montgomery, Alabama.



I got to the Montgomery Performing Arts Center, pictured above, about 20 minutes before curtain surprised to… Continue