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		<title>Gay</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wasn&#8217;t sure whether to title this &#8220;gay&#8221; or &#8220;hate&#8221;&#8230; I decided to go with the more positive of the two. I received the following message from Brian, an old friend from NYC. Kelsey is Brian&#8217;s wife&#8217;s God Daughter: &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Kelsey came out of the closet today. First to her family, then on Facebook. She [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Topol</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The man, not the toothpaste. This story on my Yahoo page reminded me of a funny story. Years ago, I was the box office manager at The Village Gate. The 25th anniversary production of &#8220;Jacques Brel&#8230;&#8221; was playing in the downstairs theatre. &#8220;Brel&#8221; was directed by Elly Stone, an original cast member and produced by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Failure</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One would think, leaving NYC after 21 years and moving back to the area where I grew up, Reading, PA, that I would indeed feel a sense of failure. Oddly, I don&#8217;t. Instead, I feel something that feels more like completion. No, I&#8217;m not saying, &#8220;I&#8217;m home, dig a hole and throw me in; life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pix</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some pix from the rehearsals and promo shoot of Sweeney Todd at Genesius Theatre have been added to the gallery. Look down on the right-hand side. k.]]></description>
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		<title>Props</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One universally consistent complaint about the iPhone is that it is not possible to cut and paste. Since I now tend to compose all my posts on my phone, this, given my feeble powers of memory, poses serious limitations on my inclusion of annotative links. I simply can&#8217;t remember extended URLs long enough to add [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s really all life is: building. Or tearing apart. Two sides of one coin, really. Or, well, life, birth, death; it&#8217;s all about building, growing into a state of completion, then the decay, the tearing down. You would never guess that I&#8217;m sitting at a music rehearsal, would you? Reminds me of a story, totally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wait</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s really what rehearsals are about. Clearly, though, there is activity, since, while there&#8217;s no way for you to know this, i&#8217;ve been working on this post for the last three days. Whenever I think to start writing again, I have to go up and do a scene. It&#8217;s Monday night, 9:13 precisely. Tomorrow I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rehearsal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sitting. &#8220;God, That&#8217;s Good&#8221; is being blocked &#8211; the 2nd Act opening. I&#8217;m waiting to be placed on top of my cube, which at the moment, is a tape mark on the floor. Been there, done that. Waiting again; the nature of rehearsals. Mrs. Lovett &#038; Toby are doing their thing in the bakehouse at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bieber</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jamie]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Or rather, &#8220;The&#8221; Bieber, as it is known to us locals and former locals. It&#8217;s the only bus line that goes directly between NYC and Reading, PA, where I grew up, Where my parents still live (well, In nearby West Lawn). Where I&#8217;m heading now. Quite frequently. Every weekend. I&#8217;m doing a show, Sweeney Todd, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 14:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And that. Since it&#8217;s been so damned long since I last wrote, as Nath constantly reminds me, some random thoughts that have been running through my mind. In no particular order, with no particular relevance, rhyme or reason. Follies. Sondheim&#8217;s Follies. One of my favorite Sondheim scores. J &#038; I went to see it at [...]]]></description>
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