The fact that Mamdani just seems like a cheerful normal guy who's policies are things like "we're going to tax second homes to fund pothole repairs" or whatever and yet this generates panicked responses like "This is basically Stalin's great purge turned up to eleven" is... telling. It tells things.

Apparently today is World Frog Day? Please enjoy this guy, who’s been politely interested in me all day

Watching footage of angry Minnesotans throwing snowballs at ICE agents, thinking about the Boston Massacre, and wondering if we’re on the cusp of something again

Absolutely amazing letter

No idea what kind of actor I’d be without him. His plays came along at career turning points, first “Rough Crossing”, my first gig out of grad school, then “R&G Are Dead”, my first official Off-Broadway contract. Loved all his work so much. Farewell, Sir Tom. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...

William Shakespeare, asking questions that echo through the ages. Timeless.

Whew Chuck Schumer…..

As I do every Halloween, I find myself hoping for the missing footage from “Mark of the Vampire” to be rediscovered as well as, if possible, a full print of “London After Midnight”

An update on the Siege of Portland, with thanks to Rebecca Solnit, writer, and Jay Ungar, composer

First day photo!

In Prague you must pet the extremely good boy

Wandering around the incredibly beautiful Prague I came around a corner to this surprise

June is shaping up to be a Month of Readings and Workshops for me. First up: “Exit the King”, part of this year’s Off The Shelf reading series presented by Basement Theatrics in residence at HB studios. Chock full o’ Acting Co/Juilliard alums! Big laughs! Absurdist musings! Free!!

I’m on a big movie poster! Very pleased to be a part of this

Delighted to join the estimable judges’ panel for the finals of the @esuus.bsky.social National Shakespeare Competition this afternoon. So much talent from all over the country, and still in high school yet. Today I felt like it’s all gonna be ok.

That’s a wrap on my first lead role in a film, a role I hadn’t even booked this time last week. Life….comes at you fast

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Did SNL’s 50th special just kinda sorta apologize to Sinead?

I’m off to Prague this summer to perform and teach with the Prague Shakespeare Company. If you or someone you know would be interested in attending an exceptional summer training program in what is merely one of the most beautiful cities in the world, please reach out to me.

Say Drake….Just want to point out that “You best not ever go to Cell Block One” is perfect iambic pentameter

Well, that’s the end of the Kennedy Center then. What artist will perform there now?

NOT NOW, MELVILLE. READ THE ROOM.

Our people and our peers are both misled, Our treasure seiz’d

in 1933, the German Communist Party had a slogan: "after Hitler, us." they figured he'd fuck up so badly that voters would vote for them in the next election. Hitler abolished elections and had all the commies murdered. do you see where I'm going with this

We’re off to see the revival of Cabaret this afternoon nice to have a Broadway show to distract us from all the oh wait

“I shall not look upon his like again.” Certainly not for four more years at least www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Love and light to whoever is doing the Super Bowl halftime show this year because Beyonce just set the bar on the moon

Not the hero that we ordered But the situation’s drastic Christmas Eve, we got a

New headshot for 2025. Hire me for your stuff. Or hire me to direct your stuff, I do that too

“Wow you’re even cooking the day after thanksgiving huh human? How’s it going? Need a taster? I can be objective.”

Compare, if you will, this photo from today’s NY Times with this sketch by Antony Sher of Russian actor Ramaz Chkhivadze as Richard III, 1980

Blue is hoping you’re having as good a weekend as he is

Bookshelves are popping up all over my feed, so here’s most of the Shakespeare shelves, though I notice some other things have migrated over there, I should probably reorganize at some point

Are we all over here now? Cuz that other place is a disaster.