This past December, the world lost Walter Hermanns, one of the most amazing and unique human beings I have ever been privileged to know and love. That is to say, we lost his daily presence in our midst - but his legacy lives on in extraordinary ways .... and any of us who knew him
The saga began a little over a month ago, when my friend Marshall read someplace - and told me - that the legendary singer Jessye Norman had signed copies of her memoir at the Metropolitan Opera Gift Shop on May 9th. Her memoir?!? I had absolutely no idea that such a book existed. I had
I was dreading this weekend, wondering if I would feel wrenching withdrawal pains from the end of the Racine Theater Guild’s production of Les Miserables, which closed last Saturday (June 8th) after four weekends of triumphant performances - and several months of intensive rehearsals and coachings before that. There’s no way you can invest so
A neat T-shirt has just gone on sale which memorializes my dear friend Walter Hermanns with these words emblazoned on the front: EXPECT GRACE. It was one of his favorite phrases, and it so many ways it completely embodied who he was and how he lived his life, despite the brutal encroachment of MS: with
