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As You Kink It

Posted on September 5, 2022 by dgsweet

Because of serendipitous scheduling, I saw Kinky Boots on a matinee and the New York Shakespeare production of As You Like It that night. Kinky Boots is about a guy who gets to say and do some things because he … Continue reading →

Posted in Broadway, Chicago theater, drama, improvisation, musicals, New York, off-Broadway, theater, Uncategorized | Tagged Adrian Lester, As You Like It, BAM, Beauty and the Beast, Callum Francis, Cheek by Jowl, Christian Douglas, Cyndi Lauper, Danielle Hope, Harvei Fierstein, Henry V, Horacio Quiroga, Juan Darien Julie Taymor, King Boots, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Shaina Taub, Viola Spolin, William Shakespeare | 2 Comments

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

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