Many times during the 17 years we lived together, I said of Janet that she walked with the angels. By which I meant that, no matter how scattered or careless she was, no matter how many times she fell backward into her life, invisible hands seemed to scoop her up and set her gently down. […]
In conversation with Bill Moyers recently (March 12 Bill Moyers Journal segment “God, Science and Baseball”), NYU president John Sexton said this: “It’s self-evident that there are important things that are not reducible to the cognitive.” He mentioned the fact that he and his late wife hadn’t proven their love to one another with reason. […]
At the top of the season, the best marketing angle for Charles Busch’s Our Leading Lady seemed obvious. The play is about the company of actors who were performing at Ford’s Theatre on the night Lincoln was shot and the star of the show – the eponymous leading lady – is Laura Keene, to be […]
