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50 Years of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
I spent nearly two deliriously happy hours
Perusing the exhibit
At the New York Public Library
I didn’t quite see all of it
All the carefully crafted footage
From thousands of performances
Steve Martin and Robin Williams in Waiting for Godot!
Donna Murphy in The King and I!
Audra McDonald in 110 in the Shade!
A Chorus Line!
Sondheim!
What a visionary Betty Corwin was,
What a legacy she left behind and
How lucky we are to have this record.
Perusing the exhibit
At the New York Public Library
I didn’t quite see all of it
All the carefully crafted footage
From thousands of performances
Steve Martin and Robin Williams in Waiting for Godot!
Donna Murphy in The King and I!
Audra McDonald in 110 in the Shade!
A Chorus Line!
Sondheim!
What a visionary Betty Corwin was,
What a legacy she left behind and
How lucky we are to have this record.
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Doing the Thing(s)
Days of
Getting. Shit. Done.
Running, sorting, working, and
Collapsing into bed exhausted
But satisfied.
Getting. Shit. Done.
Running, sorting, working, and
Collapsing into bed exhausted
But satisfied.
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music and art.
watching sean hayes play rhapsody in blue
I was inspired and moved
an extraordinary play about a difficult man
earlier in the week
I was witness to
james t. lane telling his story
a difficult journey for an extraordinary man
the stories of music and art
finding beauty in the pain
reckoning with life upon this coil
how we fathom our existence
this difficult extraordinary thing.
music and art
music and art.
I was inspired and moved
an extraordinary play about a difficult man
earlier in the week
I was witness to
james t. lane telling his story
a difficult journey for an extraordinary man
the stories of music and art
finding beauty in the pain
reckoning with life upon this coil
how we fathom our existence
this difficult extraordinary thing.
music and art
music and art.
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cathy and marcy
today I met two extraordinary women
two fellow cancer survivors
who make music and art
with humor and joy.
they touched my heart
and lifted my soul.
two fellow cancer survivors
who make music and art
with humor and joy.
they touched my heart
and lifted my soul.
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new york city
tonight I met people
who have traveled from cities and towns
across the united states
and from across united kingdom
and beyond
to make a home (even if temporarily)
in new york city
to make art
on page, on stage, on hair
this is a place that thrives on diversity
a place that literally sings and dances
a place that embraces the different
the weird
the exciting
a place that pulsates with creativity
(and giant rats)
this vibrant difficult wonderful city
and as I went from place to place
with my friend from another world
another lifetime
and navigated the subways
downtown, uptown, across town
I thought about the me from that other world
that other lifetime
that other place
look at us
look at what we’re doing
isn’t it extraordinary?!
who have traveled from cities and towns
across the united states
and from across united kingdom
and beyond
to make a home (even if temporarily)
in new york city
to make art
on page, on stage, on hair
this is a place that thrives on diversity
a place that literally sings and dances
a place that embraces the different
the weird
the exciting
a place that pulsates with creativity
(and giant rats)
this vibrant difficult wonderful city
and as I went from place to place
with my friend from another world
another lifetime
and navigated the subways
downtown, uptown, across town
I thought about the me from that other world
that other lifetime
that other place
look at us
look at what we’re doing
isn’t it extraordinary?!
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the light and the dark
In the midst of life
We are…
We signed the divorce papers
And then out of the blue I was invited to two lovely events
And then a friend bared his soul on the stage and
Shared his pain and his demons and his struggles
And why he is who he is
And what made him who he is and
It made for extraordinary theatre
And the audience sat in his hard won radiance
The light and the dark
Forever intertwined
Holding hands into eternity
You can't have one
Without the other.
We are…
We signed the divorce papers
And then out of the blue I was invited to two lovely events
And then a friend bared his soul on the stage and
Shared his pain and his demons and his struggles
And why he is who he is
And what made him who he is and
It made for extraordinary theatre
And the audience sat in his hard won radiance
The light and the dark
Forever intertwined
Holding hands into eternity
You can't have one
Without the other.
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Everything Changes
I had a memory
Of working in the student office at UNSW
Back when we were still in the Blockhouse
And the computers were so old
We had to assign someone to come in an hour before everyone else
To turn them on
And Sophie and I were swirling around on the office chairs
Recreating a video clip of some pop song
From when YouTube was just starting
And tonight I got to see Waitress filmed live on Broadway
And Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson did a talkback
And I thought about how everything changes
I haven’t had a baby
But I’ve lived a life these past 15 years
Kris and Aaron and London and FoCo and
Stupid forking cancer
And NJ and SP work and el camino (twice) and
Voltaire and our garden
And moving and separating and living in Astoria
In the words of Sara:
Oh my heart's at the wheel now
And all my mistakes
They make sense when I turn them around
Everything changes
What I thought was so permanent fades
In the blink of an eye, there's a new life in front in my face
And I know in due time, every right thing will find its right place
So I swear I'll remember to say
We were both born today
'Cause everything changed
Everything changes
Of working in the student office at UNSW
Back when we were still in the Blockhouse
And the computers were so old
We had to assign someone to come in an hour before everyone else
To turn them on
And Sophie and I were swirling around on the office chairs
Recreating a video clip of some pop song
From when YouTube was just starting
And tonight I got to see Waitress filmed live on Broadway
And Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson did a talkback
And I thought about how everything changes
I haven’t had a baby
But I’ve lived a life these past 15 years
Kris and Aaron and London and FoCo and
Stupid forking cancer
And NJ and SP work and el camino (twice) and
Voltaire and our garden
And moving and separating and living in Astoria
In the words of Sara:
Oh my heart's at the wheel now
And all my mistakes
They make sense when I turn them around
Everything changes
What I thought was so permanent fades
In the blink of an eye, there's a new life in front in my face
And I know in due time, every right thing will find its right place
So I swear I'll remember to say
We were both born today
'Cause everything changed
Everything changes
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Running Again
It feels so good to be running again
I have fallen in love with the track at Astoria Park
Where every age and every level
Every body size
Every kind of human
Is present
All of us working
To be stronger
Fitter
Faster
More flexible
More agile
The looks of determination
The casual conversations
The kids running around
The puppies out strolling
It’s all delightful.
I have fallen in love with the track at Astoria Park
Where every age and every level
Every body size
Every kind of human
Is present
All of us working
To be stronger
Fitter
Faster
More flexible
More agile
The looks of determination
The casual conversations
The kids running around
The puppies out strolling
It’s all delightful.
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rainbow hearts
the joy of old friends
the joy of new friends
the joy of an unexpected thrift store trip
and finding a pair of rainbow heart earrings
and feeling fabulous.
the joy of new friends
the joy of an unexpected thrift store trip
and finding a pair of rainbow heart earrings
and feeling fabulous.
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the joy of
chicken noodle soup
for dinner.
chicken noodle soup
for dinner.