Reading is fundamental

When you read a newspaper or magazine, or watch a news program, what goes through your head? Are you absorbing the interviews, agreeing with the reviews, railing against (or for) the op eds? Congratulations, you’re normal! I, on the other hand, am scouring the...

I’m not so charming

I once shared office space with these really terrific guys who produced shows for corporate events. They funded an Off Broadway run of one of their shows they thought could break out of the corporate event circuit. They had money to spend and spend it they did. They...

The Art of the No

This is the first in a series on psychological barriers to your marketing and PR When I was a freshman in high school I had a flirtation with an older boy who had a super hot car. God, I loved that car. It was a lovingly restored Camero. And I wanted to ride in it. So...

Unrequited love: a Smarties Tale

Once upon a time, it was the mid 1990s. Dot coms and New York real estate was booming. Bottle service was getting big. And just about every Off Off Broadway actor-producer decided that they would be in Vanity Fair. Wait, what? A tiny production in a small theater on...