"Pippin sits across from me, taking small sips of his still-hot coffee. He begins in most cliché manner and tells me, 'It all began when—' He pauses. 'I had just gotten out of school…'"

"One thing you should know about me is that, despite my whimsical, playful, and otherwise merry exterior, I am often filled with existential dread. I grapple with many of the timeless questions that have similarly stressed history’s great thinkers: why are we here? What is our purpose? Is there such thing as natural law? A universal conception of “good”?  Is there a God? If so, then why are there nations ravaged by famine? And war?  Who killed Kennedy? Am I an Evelyn? A Jenny? Maybe an Adam or a Phillip?"

"RNL XVI: 16 Going on 17 premieres this Friday, and it has already generated some impressive endorsements:"

"Hi, there :) how are you? :) did you miss me? :) oh :(

That’s unfortunate. I was very excited about sharing my New Year’s resolutions with you in my first blog post of 2018…Wait. You know what? To quote a quote from the greatest show in Cabaret Theatre history, Ordinary Days, directed by David Novis, 'Well, screw you!'"

"To me, an ordinary day means I put on a Coltrane record, pour myself a tall glass of cabernet, and wait for Katie Siegel to call and yell at me about something I haven't done yet (but definitely should have)."