The great Sondheim burst of the 1970’s was a decade of work unequalled by any other Broadway songwriter. [The Bock/Harnick run from “Fiorello” in 1959 through “The Rothschilds” in 1970 may be comparable, but that was their entire output. Sondheim, both before and after the 70’s, is responsible for several more musicals, including arguably three […]
I’ve been plugging away at a pseudonymous mystery series, but I’ve tried to keep a musical project going simultaneously. For the last few years, it’s been an adaptation of “Gilgamesh,” for which I am doing the book and my old Lehman Engel Workshop classmate Lawrence Rush is doing the score. More on that as we […]
My synagogue hosts the recent traditional Purim debate, which in the past has been on the relative merits of hamantaschen vs. latkes. This year, however, they changed the topic to Pastrami on Rye vs. Lox with Bagels. I was proud to represent Team Pastrami. Here are my prepared remarks: I turned 60 this past Sunday, […]
“The United States of Us” getting two staged readings at BabelFest 2026!
I will be at Bouchercon in Calgary in October. My panel will be on Wednesday, October 21st:
The first four scenes of the musical adaptation of the Sumerian epic, with score by Lawrence Rush and libretto by me, will be in the upcoming anthology of Gilgamesh-inspired stories from Flame Tree Publishing. Release date: October 6. Check out the score on the musical theater page!
DEATH COMES TO THE MARRIAGE BUREAU, the 9th book in the post-WWII London series under my Allison Montclair pseudonym, will be out in January, 2027, from Severn House.
I am being featured in the Cloak and Dagger Mystery Bookstore’s newsletter. Find it here.
Guest Essay in Donis Casey’s “Write Errant” website. Read it here.