Michael C. O'Day

I read today that this past Thanksgiving weekend marked the lowest box office (adjusted for inflation, I assume) in the history of the motion picture industry.  Which demonstrates once again…

This is an arts blog, Constant Reader, so I try to avoid talking politics except in the broadest sense of such sentiments as “fascism is bad.” (Apparently this is something…

I had no sooner returned from this summer’s Valdez Theatre Conference when I vowed to return next year.  Alaska is a stunning, bewitching place, and it makes for a spectacular…

There’s a grim mood in my city this weekend, Constant Reader, the balmy 70 degree temperatures notwithstanding.  (Actually, for some of us – those of us who’ve written plays about…

Happy Halloween, Constant Reader! No doubt, with all the litany of real world horrors bombarding us all, you’re enjoying the holiday by seeking comfort in all the fake terrors which…

Today marks a career first for me, Constant Reader.  (“Today” being Monday, October 24, the day this post first goes live.) This evening, I’ll be performing in a staged reading,…

So, here’s what I know, concerning one of a few things that the New York theater community is currently in a tizzy over.  During the October 12 performance of the…

All in all, last week was a busy week for me as an actor, Constant Reader.  On Tuesday night, I co-hosted my usual cold weekly series at Theatre 80 on…

I get to be an actor again this week, Constant Reader; as mentioned on the main page, I’ll be performing in a public reading of Tiffa Foster’s new play Doris…

I mentioned in passing last week that if I confined my blogging to the actual activities I perform in a week related to my artistic career, I’d be writing an…