January 25, 1874– W. Somerset Maugham: "At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely." Maugham was a spy, prolific writer and physician who took on the taboo subjects of adultery and sexual jealousy and reinvented the spy novel. … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “It is Discouraging How Many People Are Shocked by Honesty and How Few by Deceit.” – Noël Coward
Photo from BBC, via YouTube I don't recall why or how, as a youth, that I came to know and understand that Noël Coward (1899-1973 ) was gay. I do know that as I came out to myself at 12 years old, I researched everything I could find about homosexuality and the news was never … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor / Writer, George Furth
December 14, 1932- George Furth: "You need to marry somebody, not just some body." Furth first came to my attention as the writer of the book for the musical Company (1970), which I have always loved, but somehow seems even more astoundingly good today than when I first saw it … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “The Two Most Common Elements in the World Are Hydrogen and Stupidity.” – Arthur Miller
Monroe and Miller, 1960, photographer unknown, via Wikimedia Commons Arthur Miller (1915–2005) is one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century. He penned some of America's most memorable plays in a career that lasted seven decades. His Death Of A Salesman won the 1949 … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Playwright / Journalist, Sophie Treadwell
1917, Treadwell (front center) via Wikimedia Commons October 3, 1888 – Sophie Treadwell: "I suppose I got to marry somebody—all girls do." Broadway and nearly all theatres in the USA have been dark since mid-March, and are expected to remain that way through at … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Writer, John Logan
Logan speaking at Comic Con International, photograph Gage Skidmore, via YouTube September 24, 1961– John Logan: "The thing that made me monstrous to some people is also the thing that empowered me…" Back in spring 2012, I caught an excellent, rather thrilling … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Polymath, Eric Bentley
September 14, 1916 – Eric Bentley "No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come." Distinguished academic, critic, author, playwright, cabaret performer, and translator, Bentley wrote more than 20 books including The Playwright As Thinker (1946), In … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “A Closed Mind is a Dying Mind.” – Edna Ferber
1924, Photograph via YouTube I have enjoyed a long crazy obsession for The Algonquin Round Table, a celebrated group of New York City writers, critics, actors and wits. Members of "The Vicious Circle," as they dubbed themselves, met for lunch each day at the Algonquin Hotel … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “If You Want to Tell People the Truth, Make Them Laugh, Otherwise They’ll Kill You.” – George Bernard Shaw
1881 via Wikimedia Commons George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950) is one of my favorite figures in history. He was a man of Theatre and Film, a vegetarian, a Socialist, and a rabble rouser. My first impression of Shaw as an important person was from my parent’s original Broadway … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Federico García Lorca
Via YouTube June 5, 1898 - Federico García Lorca: ' ''To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.'' 84 years ago he was murdered by a fascist firing squad, but Federico García Lorca remains true to his famous … [Read more...]
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