BROOOOOOOOOCE!

Thanks again to Trish S., you are about to be regaled with yet more words devoted to unpacking the performance of Springsteen on Broadway. What this audience member felt most poignantly while watching Springsteen performance was his insistence that even the most downtrodden amongst us has a powerful presence and one that should not be …

One Plus One Equals Three

Thanks to the amazing generosity of a wonderful friend, I can write today’s blog post about THE solo performance event of the century because on Thursday, October 4, 2018, the birthday of said incredible friend, she and I attended Bruce Springsteen on Broadway. Believe it or not, even though I am from New Jersey (and …

Mikel Murfi Is The Man In The Woman’s Shoes

As mentioned in last week’s blog, Mikel Murfi is creating sheer theater magic in two solo performances at the Irish Arts Center through late October. The Man In The Woman’s Shoes and I Hear You and Rejoice dramatize the eloquence to be found in words whether spoken, written or thought. Fair enough, you might be …

A shoe-in and one-of-a-kind performance

If you are lucky enough to see the Irish actor, Mikel Murfi, perform The Man In The Woman’s Shoes or I Hear You And Rejoice, you will see an Irish village and its inhabitants, including a cobbler named Patrick “Pat” Francis Farnon, a female football (soccer) manager named Kitsy Haines, various football team members, a …

Mary’s Highlights of the Fall Theater Season

The Fall 2018 theater season is heating up and I have to discipline myself considerably to make sure that I don’t try to buy tickets to every single play (my pay is such that this is not actually feasible). Some of the plays I’m most interested in seeing include the free Antigone in Ferguson (as …

The Blog Must Go On!

I’m Back! I bet you thought, or some of you who think perhaps I am a bit on the wordy side, even hoped, I had run out of words, didn’t you? One day it is May 13th and the end of the semester, and then in the blink of an eye, it’s September 15th, I’m …

When Students Perform

You can tell this particular blogger is a college professor since there hasn’t been much activity since late April and here it is Mother’s Day already (Happy Mother’s Day, Mom). As anyone in the college world knows, late April/early May is filled to the brim with lots of meetings that need to be scheduled by …

Unicorns Gamboling About While Insisting Upon Visibility

After two weeks of being the tiniest bit overwhelmed by student papers and out-of-town-visitors and prickly meetings, oh my (to the tune of “lions and tigers and bears” from The Wizard of Oz, which tune is quite appropriate here as you will discover if you choose to read on), I surfaced to find myself in…what …

Dance Fever

While my title could refer to the jubilation which I felt upon delivering my paper at the conference (and hence the reason for the pause in between the last post and today's), it actually refers to the end of today's post in which I describe how part of the purpose of Ensler's performance is to …

Second Viewings

March, among other things, like being the month that contains the infamous Ides of March that Julius Caesar did not “beware” to his sorrow (and yes I purposely waited until today, the actual Ides of March, to post this), or the month that heralds March Madness if you’re a basketball fan, as well as innumerable …