The Difference Between Aha and Oy Vey
Nancy Davidoff Kelton is a playwright, essayist and book author.
My Prison Fan
Dear Readers: I got this letter 8 years ago. The person who wrote it sent it to Penguin Random House, the publisher of my book, Writing...
Terrence McNally Way
On Friday May 30, the East 9th Street block between University Place and Broadway was named the Terrence McNally Way. I attended the event. I am a huge McNally fan. I’ve seen most of his plays, some more than once. His partner Tom Kirdahy, who still lives in the apartment they shared, hosted the event. It was totally terrific. Very warm. Very community. Very theater. Very New York. Jonathan Groff spoke. Jonathan Groff can do Everything, including hug me. Here he is wi
Passover/Easter
(updated version of April 3, 2012 Passover/Easter Blog) On Easter Sundays when I was young We went to the Buffalo Zoo To participate in...
Rehearsal Night
We had a rehearsal last night for my March 11 Spark staged play reading. Talk about totally terrific. I worked with three of the actors...
Theaterstein, Funstein, Wrongstein, Greatstein
Dear Supportive Friends: Super News: 30 minutes of my full-length play FINDING MR. RIGHTSTEIN won Spark Theatre NYC Spring Festival ...
GO BILLS!
A thirty minute section of my play, FINDING MR. RIGHTSTEIN, which has not yet been presented, won acceptance to the Spark New Works...
Cindy
Today would have been Cindy's 77th birthday. When her PS# 86 class transferred to PS # 66 my school in 7th grade, she asked if I'd like...
Spark Theatre Festival: A Joy
The world’s a stage and that thrills me. At September’s Meet and Greet for the playwrights who won Spark Theatre Festival NYC Fall 2024,...