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Thoughts Triggered by “Next Stop, Greenwich Village”

Posted on October 13, 2021 by dgsweet

I’ve been working on a revised edition of Something Wonderful Right Away, my oral history of the founding and early days of Second City. It was originally published in 1978 and, inevitably, many of the people I interviewed for the … Continue reading →

Posted in improvisation, movies, New York, off-Broadway, playwriting, Pulitzer Prize, Second City, theater | Tagged Alex in Wonderland, Bill Murray, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice, Christopher Walken, Greenwich Village, Herbert Berghof, Howard Sackler, John Ford Noonan, Lenny Baker, Lois Smith, Michael Feingold, Mike Nichols, Moscow on the Hudson, Next Stop Greenwich Village, Paul Mazursky, Paul Sills, Robin Williams, Second City, Shelley Winters, Something Wonderful Right Away, The Compass, Viola Spolin | Leave a comment

Terrence McNally

Posted on March 25, 2020 by dgsweet

I had the pleasure of knowing Terrence McNally from his off-off-Broadway period. Because I worked free in those days, I played keyboard for the 1973 production of his play WHISKEY at St. Clement’s on West 46th Street. Kevin O’Connor directed. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1973, Alexandra Billings, Chicago Shakespeare, Chicago theater, Chicago theatre, Dramatists Guild, Edward Albee, Hamlet the Musical, Jack McBreyer, Jeff Richmond, Kander and Ebb, off-off-Broadway, plays, Second City, Terrence McNally, The Visit, theater, Wendy Wasserstein | Leave a comment

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