No one has e-mailed me about this specifically, but I have had numerous people in the last week or so ask me two general questions in person: 1. Read more...

Whenever I need to apologize to someone, I look to acting guru and personal role model Lindsey Lohan. See, there’s a famous scene in the epic, monumental and ground-breaking movie “Mean Girls” where Lohan plays the main character, Cady Heron, and apologizes at prom to all the girls in her school for an entire school year of smack-talking and gossip. Read more...

Everything is politics. And in the glamorous industry of filmmaking, sometimes it’s not just what you do or how well you do it; it’s mainly who you know. Read more...

When Sarah Kane committed suicide in 1999, she was considered to be the “most prominent young playwright in Britain,” according to famed Royal Court director James McDonald. Read more...

Although today’s America strives for gender equality in all areas of professionalism, it cannot be denied that it’s still largely a man’s world. But women are making advances and earning respect in playwriting, at least. Read more...

While violin virtuoso Dr. Lakshiminarayana Subramaniam is known for his experimental fusion of music from cultures across the globe, his roots are in south Indian classical music. Read more...

Exactly a week ago, I saw Alexander Payne’s “Sideways,” which opened with exceptionally rave reviews ““ mostly because it’s a great film, and partly because movie critics are old people who identify all too painfully with its themes of mid-life insecurities. Read more...