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Me and Charli Ouda staring each other down. In November, I helped organize and book the talent for the Soiree on Surf, Coney Island USAвЂ™s fall gala. Kita St Cyr and the Bathing Beauties вЂњSinging WaiterвЂќ Josh Hartung, a.k.a. These important American artists deserve tribute, and the audience was like a brain trust of people I consider some of the greatest classic comedy and vaudeville experts in the country. This six week run was historic in every sense of the word!ДЄlso in October, I gave a 150th birthday talk on Weber and Fields at the Lambs. In October I got to be the вЂњTellerвЂќ, or Narrator, in Peculiar Works ProjectвЂ™s revival of AmericaвЂ™s oldest play Androboros at historic Fraunces Tavern. More of this, please! with Iftiaz Haroon as вЂњThe KeeperвЂќ Highlights for me included getting to accompany both Killy Dwyer and Jennifer Harder on very different musical numbers. In September, I got to co-host a benefit for the hurricane victims of Houston at the Brick with Starr Kendall, organized by the big-hearted and big-talented Alyssa Simon.

Marx Fest proves to be a gift that keeps on giving, and getting together with Marx Brothers fans (and the Marx Fest Committee) now always feels like a family reunion. In September, I gave several talks, performances, etc at the Marx Brothers Weekend on GovernorвЂ™s Island, another hugely fulfilling experience for me. According to the staff,В one of them was the best attended talk theyвЂ™ve had in five years!ДЄlso in August I appeared with these cute kids on the Hideaway Circus podcast In August, I gave several talks at the Coney Island Museum.

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HereвЂ™s hoping this project will see daylight again and a full production in the not too distant future! For my part, I feel like it was a match made in heaven! Brinkley at various locations around the city. July-December, I got to play the lead in several workshops of Edward EinhornвЂ™s timely new work-in-progress The Resistible Rise of J.R. with Jenny Lee Mitchell in The Resistible Rise In July, the Axis Company,В of which I am a big fan, gave a reading of my play Jasper Jaxon, directed by and starring Brian Barnhart. In June, I got to act with Hope Cartelli and Jorge Cordova (and a giant squid) in Alexis SottileвЂ™s excellent short comedy Small Dinner at The Brick Theatre.В This was a very happy, satisfying, and rewarding artistic and personal experience for me.

with Jorge Cordova and a giant squid in вЂњSmall DinnerвЂќ My topic: вЂњWhen Did the Circus Become Un-American?вЂќВ Working at Coney Island USA this year and spending lots of quality time out there every week has certainly been one of the happiest threads of the past twelvemonth and has enriched my life immeasurably. But everyone involved in this all-star show was a joy.ДЄlso in April: I was honored to be asked to give the keynote address at Coney Island USAвЂ™s Congress of Curious Peoples. One of the highlights of that experience was getting to work with Chris Rozzi and Peter Daniel Strauss in the roles of Weber and Fields. In April, I produced and presented a World War I themed vaudeville show at the Metropolitan Playhouse Gala In February, Opera on Tap presented sections of my Rat-King opera at Barbes So here are some highlights.ДЄmong the fascinating people I got to interview for articles this year were: Neil LaBute, Austin Pendleton, Michael Musto, Mat Fraser and Julie Atlas Muz, Everett Quinton, and many others.ДЄnd miraculously I managed to get my own work in front of audiences pretty much all year: Still, as happens every year, when I tally things up in December, I realize that I have been very productive after all in the final analysis.

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But what is life if not a series of detours? These two things combined, I feel, have put a bit of a monkey wrench in plans and ambitions and slowed my momentum. In addition, IвЂ™ve been hustling for scarce free-lance work these last two years. If you find these remarks either unacceptably political or politically unacceptable, I invite you to go awayвЂ¦ far, farВ away from me. In short, the scoundrel who stole the White House has hijacked and derailed everybodyвЂ™s lives. Ever since that date, there has been nothing but daily crises, constant emergencies that throw you off balance and into a tizzy, requiring some kind of response, whether itвЂ™s marching in the street or mouthing off online or complaining to Congress or hiding under the covers without bathing for several days. If youвЂ™re at all like me, you got the wind knocked out of you on November 8, 2016, sending you spinning in unanticipated directions, like in the iconic Coney Island ride pictured above, only not nearly as fun.

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