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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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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Mack and Mabel fell off the ledger.

Mack and Mabel was to be Jerry Herman’s next big hit after Hello, Dolly and Mame. A Golden Era-style musical, the show had 41 people on stage. Then the production hit the realities of the floundering economy of 1974. Ticket…

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When I watch touring shows, I often look for the kinds of lights they carry. Not all shows carry their own lights, but I do like to know what the companies who carry lights are bringing on their tour.



I just watched Grease in Denver Wednesday night and was interested to see that they had an array of… Continue