Let’s Try…Trader Joe’s
About 20 years ago I worked for a public relations firm in Carnegie Center with clients in the Bay Area and Los Angeles.My boss,...
Theater Review: ‘She Stoops to Conquer’
Oliver Goldsmith’s “She Stoops to Conquer” is most often called “a restoration comedy.” The reality is more complicated. The play was written in 1773,...
Clarence Clemons: The Accidental Saxophonist
You can picture Frank Sinatra having a private audience with the Pope, cavorting in Las Vegas and Palm Springs, or selling out Madison Square...
The Altmans Leave Opera NJ
Well, the weather will certainly be better. Opera New Jersey founder Scott Altman has accepted the position of general director of Arizona Opera. Altman,...
The Comedian Who Defies Demographics
Comedy is a highly selective thing. One man’s banana peel is another man’s insurance settlement. Mel Brooks once said, “Tragedy is if I cut...