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Anthony Rapp & Adam Pascal
In 1996, I was living in Virginia and although very out of touch with Broadway, I never missed The Tonys. That year I saw a group of young people dancing on a table while they sang of Pablo Neruda and curry vindaloo. They sang with joy and anguish and fear and hope and I instantly…
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Once Upon A Mattress
In 2004, I was teaching high school English in New York and I was approached to direct the musical. Although I loved Broadway, had been in two high school musicals, and had a dance minor listed on my college transcripts (even though I was three credits shy) I had no idea how to direct. But…
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New York Transit Museum
I had zero expectations for this experience. Hunter and I took the LIRR, changing at Jamaica, to Atlantic Terminal and walked 20 minutes to The New York Transit Museum and met up with Liz and Nick. Located in a decommissioned subway station, this was instantly cooler than any other museum I’ve ever been to! Literally descending…
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an incredible building housing various art from all over the world through time. Sitting on 5th Avenue on the east side of Central Park, The Met has always held a special place in my brain. Featured in one of the all-time great movies, When Harry Met Sally, and more…
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Comic Con 2023
The strangest Con yet!! With the writers’ strike having JUST ended and in the midst of the actor’s strike, it was what we dubbed – Comic Con Lite. I didn’t even have an Whedon encounter because I forgot to pre-register for the special panels … I didn’t even take pictures of cosplay. That being said,…
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Comic Con 2022
After two years off, we returned to The Con for two days. Floor Panels Teen Wolf … as Tyler Posey walked on stage, he excitedly slammed his water bottle onto the stage and it exploded Wolf Pack – and then Sarah Michelle Gellar walked onto the stage, and my life was complete! Jim Henson Panel…
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Comic Con 2019
Floor Panels I give you Mr. Billy Dee Williams! He is also an artist which a asked about the story behind his favourite piece, Girl Waiting For Her Lover in a ’58 Buick 50×50. Staff found it, and projected it behind him… link in in first picture… it’s stunning. The cast of Angel gave me…
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Comic Con 2018
Seriously, BEST CON EVER! Comments and stories are sprinkled throughout! Floor Craziness Panels Harry Potter and the Cursed Child My first panel of The Con was Harry Potter and the Cursed Child with the original London and Broadway cast. I had seen it just two months prior, and when I stood on the stage door…
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Comic Con 2017
This year two bought four full days of amazingness! I met up with the friend I made last year and Elizabeth joined me for a day! I got ask Kevin Smith a question, speak to Laurie Halse Anserson, see Keanu Reeves in person, and my Whedon-verse moment was seeing Amy Acker ina panel !!!! Floor…
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Comic Con 2016
One Friday morning in October 2016, I put Hunter on the bus and jumped on the LIRR into the City. Two days of organized chaos sang to me…panels of celebrities and talking to people who loved the same nerdy stuff I loved was just nothing but fun. While on line for my last panel to…
