For the anniversary celebrations of Tintoretto, da Vinci, and art collector Peggy Guggenheim, I traveled back to my favorite city in the world, Venice, Italy. I was there during the…

Brian Selznick is a New York Times best-selling children’s book author and illustrator. With scores of books under his belt, it’s probably The Invention of Hugo Cabret that he is…

August 2020 saw the launch of A Saint From Texas, Edmund White’s 29th book. He’s famous for his self-deprecating sense of humor as well as his twinkling and often mischievous…

I first saw David Pevsner in Howard Crabtree’s When Pigs Fly Off-Broadway. It was a smash hit and David was a stand-out in the show. In his review for The…

My first trip to the Asheville area and the Great Smoky Mountains was when I was a freshman in high school. That summer, my dad rented one of those simple…

My first trips to Venice were almost entirely focused upon music and art. It may have been tickets to the world-renowned opera house, Teatro La Fenice, or possibly enjoying a…

I love cruising, so when I saw that Norwegian Cruise Line (www.ncl.com) was offering a 13-day sailing, leaving from my home port of New York City and ending up in…

“Who knew you could be on top of the world and still feel beneath it?” is hauntingly delivered by James Harkness as Paul Williams in the Broadway production of Ain’t…

Gregory G. Allen has been in the entertainment business for over thirty years. He’s an actor, director, producer, songwriter, playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, and theatre manager. He’s also the award-winning author…

In 1983, I jumped into a car with a close friend and we headed off from New York City to Provincetown. It was Thanksgiving weekend and I was informed that…