A Thing Of Beauty Is A Joy

With Russia About To Hold The Winter Games In Sochi, The Country Is Open To Pressure. American And World Leaders Must Speak Out Against Mr. Putin's Attacks And The Violence They Foster. The Olympic Committee Must Demand The Retraction Of These Laws Under Threat Of Boycott.

Theater Is My Temple And My Religion And My Act Of Faith. Strangers Sit In A Room Together And Believe Together.

Nothing Binds A People To Their Leader Like A Common Enemy. Voters Don’t Change Governments During War.

As The Book Writer For One Big Smash And One Big Smelly Flop, I Always Wondered If Anyone Knows Just What Goes Into Making A Great Musical. When A Show Is A Hit, The Critics Trip Over Themselves Not Knowing Who To Laud And Applaud The Loudest. It's That Marvelous Score, Those Urbane Lyrics, That Irreplaceable Star. But Only When A Show Is A Flop, Does Anyone Notice The Book Writer. And Then It's Always Our Fault.

It's Through Sheer Will That I Can Sing.