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Joshua Zeitz, writing at Politico: In striking down Roe v. Wade and gun regulations, the Supreme Court is cherry picking history. Abortion only began to be criminalized in the mid-19th Century. And the Founders themselves believed gun possession to be a collective right, not an individual right—James Madison himself, the author of the Second Amendment, proposed gun control legislation in New York similar to the law the courts struck down a few weeks ago. States and localities at the time of the Founding routinely restricted gun rights.
… the court’s majority is cherry-picking its history, grasping for any historical example that props up the end it hopes to achieve. Curiously, in the space of 24 hours, the court’s majority moved the goal posts — 1790s for guns, 1850s or so, for abortion — in determining what historical standard should inform the boundaries of constitutional exegesis.
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The dog days of August turn out to be full of theater news – even about dogs; these comfort dogs were watching Billy Elliot at the Stratford Festival, reportedly to practice what it’s like to help their handlers navigate through a theater. (So where are the handlers?) If there is relatively little actual theater happening for the rest of the month, there have been a huge number of announcements — about new shows, new seasons, complete casts. Plus: theater and politics, and the tawdry side of Broadway.
Week in New York Theater Reviews and Previews
Rave Theater Festival: Sweet Lorraine, Ni Mi Madre, Stormy Weather
What a sweet surprise to discover Valisia LeKae, so exquisite in her Tony nominate role as Diana Ross in Motown five years ago, portraying Lorraine Hansberry in Sweet Lorraine.
Make Believe: Bess Wohl’s Elliptical Look at Child Neglect
48 Hours in Harlem with Ntozake Shange
On The Exhale: Gun Violence as Adrenaline on WNET
The Week in New York Theater News
From the stage of the Lunt-Fontanne during his last performance, Barry Manilow announced that his long-aborning musical, Harmony, about German/Jewish singing group Comedian Harmonists, will be presented Feb 11 – March 29, 2020 via National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage.
I have a personal interest in “Harmony,” because I interviewed Roman Cycowski, the last surviving Comedian Harmonist, shortly before he died at age 97 — such a famous Jewish singer that he actually met Hitler once, and lived to tell the tale
Diana, a musical about Princess Diana, will open on Broadway, March 31, 2020 at the Longacre Theater. Jeanna de Waal will be portraying Diana, joined by Roe Hartrampf as Prince Charles, Erin Davie as Camilla Parker Bowles and Judy Kaye as Queen Elizabeth, all of whom will be reprising their roles from the world-premiere production at LaJolla Playhouse. Christopher Ashley (Come From Away) will direct the show, written by the Tony Award-winning team behind the musical Memphis, Joe DiPietro and David Bryan.
Paula Vogel
Playwright Paul Vogel returns to Broadway (after her long-delayed debut “Indecent”) with her Pulitzer-winning, 1997 play How I Learned to Drive, with its original Off-Broadway stars Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse, directed by Mark Brokaw. The story of a child molester opens April 22, 2020 at MTC‘s Samuel J. Friedman Theater. This will be Parker’s second Broadway show in the season: She’ll star in Adam Rapp’s “The Sound Inside” at Studio 54 in the fall.
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is coming to Broadway, opening October 16, 2019 at the Longacre and running for 16 weeks. I saw this five years ago Off-Broadway. (My review.) Still just an hour long?
A Christmas Carol will play at Broadway’s Lyceum Theater November 7, 2019 – January 5, 2020, in a version written by Jack Thorne (“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”) and directed by Matthew Warchus, who directed Broadway’s “Groundhog Day.” Cambell Scott will star as Ebenezer Scrooge.
“Installation on America,” FREE collaborative theater piece exploring race relations, by @LabTheaterNYC (eg @johnortiz718 @DaveAnzuelo @nycbatwife @Kellrod@AaronRWeiner et al) thrice nightly August 22-24 at @CherryLnTheatre,
in support of @RAICESTEXAS & @ACLU pic.twitter.com/EqQqZJTV8O
— New York Theater (@NewYorkTheater) August 16, 2019
The cast of “The Inheritance,” a play by Matthew Lopez about a new generation of gay mean that opens November 17, will feature Lois Smith, John Benjamin Hickey and Jordan Barbour, Jonathan Burke, Andrew Burnap, Darryl Gene Daughtry Jr., Dylan Frederick, Kyle Harris, Paul Hilton, Samuel H. Levine, Carson McCalley, Kyle Soller, and Arturo Luis Soria (whom I just saw in his solo show “Ni Mi Madre”)
Nineteen actors portray 50 characters in Robert Schenkkan’s “The Great Society,” his follow-up play about President Lyndon Johnson, opening Oct 1. Here’s the full cast list:
James Cusati Moyer and Ato Blankson-Wood
Sullivan Jones and Annie McNamara
The cast of Slave Play, which opens October 6 at Broadway’s John Golden Theater and runs through January 5, will feature the actors who appeared in it Off-Broadway — Ato Blankson-Wood, James Cusati-Moyer, Sullivan Jones, Chalia La Tour, Irene Sofia Lucio, Annie McNamara, and Paul Alexander Nolan — joined by Joaquina Kalukango who will create the role of Kaneisha for the Broadway production. The cast is being understudied by Eboni Flowers, Thomas Keegan, Jakeem Dante Powell, and Elizabeth Stahlmann.
Mary Beth Peil as Duncan will join Corey Stoll and Nadia Bowers as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in Classic Stage Company’s production of Shakespeare’s tragedy, October 10 to December 15. The cast will also feature Erik Lochtefeld as Banquo, Barzin Akhavan as Macduff, Raffi Barsoumian as Malcolm, N’Jameh Camara as Lady Macduff, Antonio Michael Woodard as Fleance/Young Macduff and Jade Wu as Ros
Consummate director Anne Kauffman (Marjorie Prime, Marvin’s Room, Maple and Vine, Mary Jane, and dozens of plays that don’t begin with “M”) will helm
Sarah Silverman’s musical memoir The Bedwetter, which will begin performances on April 25th, 2020 at the Atlantic Theater
All hail @LaMaMaETC‘s forthcoming 58th season, which celebrates founder Ellen Stewart’s centennial & features premieres by Philip Glass, Andrei Serban, Estelle Parsons, Theodora Skipitares, Anne Bogart & many morehttps://t.co/mZOSiDLR9v pic.twitter.com/ffe4FWchSr
— New York Theater (@NewYorkTheater) August 14, 2019
“The reason why I’m sitting here talking to you & not dead or in jail is because the theater saved my life”- @theebillyporter on why he stays in theater (latest: directing @Huntington) despite @PoseOnFX TV fame.@AmericanTheatre interview w/ @diepthoughthttps://t.co/YdTCP5WPuf pic.twitter.com/6Abbfk6XD0
— New York Theater (@NewYorkTheater) August 16, 2019
Politics and Theater
Margaret Trudeau, mother to one Canadian prime minister and ex-wife to another, will perform her solo show, Certain Woman of an Age, for three nights (September 12-14) at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre. “She opens up about her wild child days, isolating marriage, motherhood and disastrous romances with famous men.” This is part of “Special Audible Performances” which will be recorded as audio books. (Later in September at the Minetta Lane: Diana Nyad’s “The Swimmer”)
More than a thousand protesters in Hong Kong sang Les Miserables’ ‘Do you hear the people sing?’ at HK international airport with their calls for free election and democracy
More than thousand HKers sing Les Miserables’ ‘Do you hear the people sing?’ at HK international airport with their calls for free election and democracy. Here is the Ground Zero in the war against authoritarian rule. That’s the reason for us never surrender. pic.twitter.com/1MkTp4BkVg
— Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 (@joshuawongcf) August 10, 2019
Can live theater help spur climate action?
The Tawdry Side of Theater
Ben Sprecher, “duped” producer of Rebecca.
Ben Sprecher, a Broadway producer best-known for the “Rebecca” debacle, was arrested on child porn charges. Ben Sprecher, 65, of Manhattan, was charged with possession and distribution of child pornography
Faye Dunaway in Tea at Five
Michael Rocha, Faye Dunaway’s $1,500-a-week assistant on Mathew Lombardo’s play “Tea at Five” during its Boston tryout, filed a suit against the actress in Manhattan Supreme Court accusing her of “regularly and relentlessly” subjecting him to “abusive demeaning tirades” that included calling him “little homosexual boy.” Rocha claims that after he complained about the behavior, he was fired, told Dunaway “is not comfortable with you anymore.”
The producers of the solo play about Katherine Hepburn fired Dunaway, after accusations that she abused the crew, and scrapped plans for the show.
Rest In Peace
Peter Fonda with daughter Bridget Fonda
“Henry Fonda’s son: That’s how everybody identified me until Easy Rider came along.” Peter Fonda, 79, who was also a Broadway veteran, appearing in the 1961 “Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole”
Opening in NY: Manilow’s Harmony, Diana, How I Learned to Drive, The Lightning Thief, A Christmas Carol. Tawdry Broadway. #Stageworthy News Up The Wazoo. The dog days of August turn out to be full of theater news – even about dogs; these comfort dogs were watching Billy Elliot at the Stratford Festival, reportedly to practice what it's like to help their handlers navigate through a theater.
#Ben Sprecher arrested#Faye Dunaway sued#Hong Kong protesters sing from Les Miz#Labyrinth Theater&039;s Installtion on America FREE#LaMaMa Ellen Stewart centennial#RIP Peter Fonda#Slave Play cast#The Great Society cast#The Inheritance cast
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What perplexing situations are conquering the headlines today! Newsstands are full of lies and deceit, especially on the front pages. The backrooms and tarmacs leave us little confidence, and spies run rampant. I asked God, is there no conscience in the men of betrayal? Looking back at the unconscionable patriots fighting for a cause, I wonder – what is their purpose? Are they doing God’s work, or are their intentions malicious? Did you know that spying goes back as far as the Old Testament? Let’s explore this age-old state of affairs….
Moses was the first person recorded to use someone with the credentials of espionage. The Lord asked him to take one leader from each of their father’s tribes in Paran to go to Canaan and report on the Promised Land and its people. God wanted to give this land to Israel. (Numbers 13:1-20)
The Lord’s second request was asked of Joshua, the son of Nun. He sent two men as spies to Jericho as God was taking over that land as well. Interestingly enough, a harlot, named Rahab, hid them in her home so they would not be discovered during their mission. She was saved, by faith, when the land was conquered by God. (Joshua 6:17)
Now, let’s fast forward to the year 1776 when the colonist’s Continental Army became plagued with British patriots. A group called the Culper Spy Ring, an American intelligence organization, formed to help the English. There was Nathan Hale, Benjamin Tallmadge, Austin Roe, Abraham Woodhull, Robert Townsend, James Armistead Lafayette, and Ann Bates who were the most notable undercover agents of that time. But one of the most famous, and not a gallant soldier, was a well-connected, upper-class lady named Anna Strong. She was a New Yorker, and her husband was a Patriot judge that served as a captain during the war. I believe her acts of espionage was the most shocking and hilarious too. On their farmstead in Long Island, she hung her laundry outside arranged by color. This submitted coded messages to the British regarding the location of documents. Right under her husband’s nose! She was never arrested because she had children.
Anna Strong
During President Roosevelt’s term in office, he fully supported a small group of spies consisting of missionaries, priests, and Christian activists. Intertwining religion and patriotic duties often made the best spies!
When I hear expressions of shock at the espionage stories permeating every office in this country, I have to shout – this is nothing is new! Why are you shocked? The Lord put surveillance tactics into play since the beginning of time. The difference between biblical times and today is, for whom did the actions serve? Yesteryears were for the Lord’s purpose; today it is for acts of disloyalty and not the welfare of the majority.
Integrity is a blessing from God. If honesty is not a trait in your possession, then you must look within yourself. Are you a traitor to God? Have you been misled? Are you spying for the good of others, or is it self-serving your conscience?
Gather true knowledge and facts – not hearsay. And as for déjà vu? God’s divine wisdom will judge the side you represent, regardless of which period you lived on earth. Be sure your reason ONLY serves His purpose!
Déjà Vu What perplexing situations are conquering the headlines today! Newsstands are full of lies and deceit, especially on the front pages.
#America#American culture#American history#American Revolution#Anna Strong#Christian blog#Christianity#Culpeper Spy Ring#Dana Bicks#Deja Vu#espionage#freedom#honesty#inspiration#life#patriotism#politics#Religion#religion and spies#religious blog#serving God#spy#USA history
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The Possession of Joshua Roe edition.
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Beta Read call for The Possession of Joshua Roe!
The Possession of Joshua Roe is a 40k-word long lgbt horror novel. The first in a series, I'm looking to get between 5-10 sets of eyes on this draft. It's pretty solid and I'm hoping to only do one more round of edits before I start in on the copyedit portion!
Summary: One year ago, Eve and Leah Roe went missing and everything changed. Their older brother, Joshua, lost himself in grief. When he decided that pranking his friends with a spirit board was the solution to breaking that cycle of nothingness, Nole, best friend with a longtime crush, jumped in agreement.
Unfortunately, they aren't just playing a game. They're opening doors. And something has come through.
Just like when Eve and Leah died, their friends scatter and Nole finds himself the only one left to pick up the pieces.
This time, the pieces are bloody.
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Oops! Looks like that prank went wrong! Looks like the spirit board opened up the gates and summoned a real demon into their midst! Looks like everyone is in for a really, really bad time!
Oops!
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“Are you friendly?”
“Why would you ask that?” Maggie hisses.
“Cause it said we don’t know who it is. Seems like pertinent information to know.” The planchette creeps to the other corner of the board.
YES.
“See?” Josh says. “It’s all good.”
Maggie leans forward and, voice shaking, demands, “Are you lying?”
The planchette jerks to the center of the board and stays still.
Josh laughs. “Okay, that one is a little weird.”
spooky : )
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Opening lines for The Possession of Joshua Roe : )
Okay. Everyone knows the rules, right?” Joshua Roe shakes out his hands and places the tips of his long fingers on the edge of the board. His nails have a thin layer of clear glitter gloss on them from whatever mini-party he had with their friend, Jess Riley, earlier in the night. She’s still upstairs watching a movie with her boyfriend. As it turned out, playing ghost-games in the basement wasn’t really what the lovebirds considered a good time.
I'm so excited to be doing the last round of developmental edits before starting on copy!
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Nole and Joshua have been best friends for ages. They've been through everything together. And now, they have to find where the line is.
Joshua is possessed by a demon and everyone else is ready to bail ship. Nole's determined to stick it out to the end.
The question is: will either of them be alive for the next chapter?
And even more haunting: will this story really end with them?
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Josh slides his hands off of the planchette, so they rest on the very edge of the wooden board instead. The little triangle of wood snaps over the letters on its own.
A-L-R-E-A-D-Y-W-O-N.
top ten things you don't want to have happen when you're playing with a spirit board : )
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It’s almost dawn by the time the priest comes marching up the long path towards the lodge. Nole knows because he and Maggie have been standing at the front window for the last two hours watching a whole herd of deer walk out of the woods and gather in the front lawn.
from The Possession of Joshua Roe!
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short excerpt from The Possession of Joshua Roe? I just think they're so funny in this.
Red spills from the faucet. Maggie gasps, “is that blood?”
“I don’t think so,” breathes Cynthia. She braces her hands on the outside of the sink, leaning forward. “It’s too thin for that.”
“It’s wine,” says Nole, stepping over to them. He snatches a bottle from the back of the counter on the way over, popping the already-loose cork out of the bottle and splashing some of it into the sink. It comes out the same shade and color as the water from the faucet.
Cynthia says, “tell me Josh installed some sort of super weird, crazy expensive wine sink.”
“Definitely not,” says Nole. “He’s a tequila guy. The wine’s just left over from, uh, Cynthia. Last year.”
“This is a bible thing,” says Cade, accusingly. “Right?”
Maggie agrees, “pretty sure bible school said Jesus did that.”
“Well Josh isn’t being possessed by Jesus.” Cynthia shuts off the water. “And Cade needs his arm taken care of. It’s still bleeding. I’m going to get my purse and then we should go.”
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when you're planning on scaring your friends by saying the spirit board is real but then the spirit board is actually real : )
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Josh asks, “What’s your name?” Again, the planchette doesn’t move. He lets out a laugh. “Did you leave?”
Slowly, the planchette scrapes over the wood.
NO.
Maggie says, “If you didn’t leave, then why aren’t you answering us?”
The planchette snaps down, toward the letters. It slides from one to the next, rapidly jerking between them. Josh reads them off as it does, “L-O-O-K-B-E-H-I-N-D?”
“Look behind,” says Nole, and even as the words leave his mouth, even though he knows none of this is happening, he twists around in his chair and looks.
The basement stretches out around them, a yawning, gaping mouth of cement. Metal shelves carve teeth into the darkness.
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“Because you also know that ghosts are kind of scary but they aren’t real. This is just…I dunno, something. He’s probably just high.”
“What kind of weed do you think he smoked, Nole?”
Nole doesn't believe in ghosts, sorry : )
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