I think a lot about this rendition of Talking Heads' "Dream Operator" that he recorded with Maggie Siff during the lockdown: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_CO...
This week in Talk of the Town: Shakespeare in the Park kicks off with "Romeo and Juliet," but with a twist—each performance ends with a real-life wedding onstage. I was there for the first one. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Dito van Reigersberg, touchstone artist for so many of us www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/t...
Also you can spot some second generation talent: afterwards in the lobby, the parents waiting to pick up some of the actors are themselves downtown heavyweights like Julia Jarcho and Pete Simpson!
The Clubbed Thumb people just added a Fri matinee for Derangements, which is the first show to reduce me to helpless gasping laughter this year. When I say playwright Nadja Leonhard-Hooper has EXACTLY matched Danny Wolohan’s freak, I know some of you understand what’s at stake. Get on the waitlist