Honestly, this is the only book on Harry Houdini most people will ever need. This tome covers his ancestry and birth in Hungary as Ehrich Weiss, his family’s emigration to the United States, his growing fascination and obsession with magic, his long and phenomenally successful career as the greatest theatrical performer of the first half [...]

This past Monday night was the liveliest night at Shades of Green yet. Mark’s round on movie quotes went so well that I fully intend to steal it moving forward. (I told him. He can steal it back when he co-hosts again.) Dear table of theater kids (the Pas De Bourés) – you guys were [...]

It was an extra themey theme night on Wednesday. Janet’s round on Bea Arthur (or rather, various Beas and Arthurs) and mine on assorted hundreds (the Hundred Years’ War, Willard Scott, End Of The Century, the $100 Laptop Project) weren’t able to distract you guys from the pandemic at hand. Apparently. Quebecois: It’s Like Speaking [...]