16 Wednesday Oct 2019
Posted in Life, Performance, Theatre, Writing
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Arts Express, drama, MAry Murphy, Pacifica, play, radio, theater, theatre, Three Secrets, WBAI
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The wonderful Mary Murphy reveals Three Secrets, a cat and mouse game, a radio play I wrote for Arts Express on the Pacifica Affiliates across the country.
Click on the triangle above to hear it as broadcast today.
20 Tuesday Aug 2019
Posted in Comedy, Life, Performance, Theatre, Writing
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Arts Express, At the sound of the tone, comedy, MAry Murphy, play, radio, sketch, theater, WBAI, writing
Mary Murphy
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Mary Murphy keeps you hanging on the line in her performance of my short comic sketch “At The Sound Of The Tone,”
Click on the triangle above to hear the sketch as broadcast today for Arts Express radio on WBAI 99.5 FM NYC.
30 Sunday Jun 2019
Posted in Books, Life, Performance, Theatre, Writing
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Arts Express, duende, Federico Garcia Lorca, Garcia Lorca, guitar, Lorca, MAry Murphy, performance, poems, poetry, radio, WBAI, writing
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Federico Garcia Lorca was an extraordinary poet, painter, composer, actor, director, playwright, and socialist. We celebrated his June birthday on Arts Express today with a short selection of his poems read in English by myself and the wonderful Mary Murphy.
You can hear the poems and a brief intro as broadcast on WBAI 99.5FM NYC by clicking on the grey triangle above.
28 Sunday Apr 2019
Posted in Life, Performance, Writing
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Arts Express, MAry Murphy, performance, poems, poetry, Prairie Miller, radio, Shakespeare, sonnets, WBAI
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In celebration of Shakespeare’s birthday this past week, Mary Murphy and I put together a short segment about the Shakespearean sonnets, aired last night on the Arts Express program (on radio station WBAI 99.5 FM NYC). I talk a bit about the history and structure of the poems, and then we read five of our favorite lesser-known sonnets. Click on the triangle above to wish Will a Happy 455th.
By the way, the portrait above may just well be the only extant likeness of Shakespeare done in his lifetime, . It is purported to be Shakespeare at age 39. I like the idea of seeing of seeing him with a full head of hair and a sly smile.
31 Monday Dec 2018
Posted in Life, Music, Performance, Writing
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Arts Express, Auld Lang Syne, MAry Murphy, performance, poem, poetry, Robert Burns, song, WBAI, writing
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As we end the year this Monday, we might think on Robert Burns. His most famous poem, written in 1788, was first set to music five years later. But it wasn’t until 1799, a few years after Burns premature death, that the poem was set to the melody we know today. Here’s our friend and Arts Express colleague Mary Murphy performing Auld Lang Syne with the original Scottish pronunciation and words of Robert Burns. Wishing all our readers a happy 2019, and remembrances to friends past and present.
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04 Tuesday Dec 2018
Posted in Books, Comedy, Life, Performance, Writing
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Arts Express, Mark Twain, MAry Murphy, performance, radio, short story, The Five Boons of Life, WBAI, writing
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Mark Twain’s bittersweet short fairy story, as broadcast last week on the Arts Express radio program on WBAI 99.5FM NYC. Performed and produced by Mary Murphy and myself.
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29 Friday Jun 2018
Posted in Comedy, Life, Performance, Theatre, Writing
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Arts Express, comedy, directing, gun shy, MAry Murphy, Pearl Shifer, play, radio, sketch, theater, theatre, WBAI, writing
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Here’s our radio version of the little sketch, Gun Shy, as broadcast yesterday on WBAI, during the Arts Express radio program. Many thanks to The Mighty Arts Express Players, composed of Pearl Shifer and Mary Murphy, and thanks again to Prairie Miller for all the encouragement.
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14 Friday Apr 2017
Posted in Books, Life, Performance, Writing
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An Imperial Message, Franz Kafka, Kafkaesque, MAry Murphy, performance, Peter Kuper, Up in the Gallery
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Artist Peter Kuper is about to release a new version of his book Kafkaesque, a graphic rendering of several of Franz Kafka’s stories. Yesterday, the radio arts magazine Arts Express on WBAI 99.5 FM NYC broadcast an interview with Kuper conducted by correspondent and actor Mary Murphy. Following the interview, Mary and I perform two short Kafka stories, “Up in the Gallery,” and “An Imperial Message.” Click on the grey triangle above to listen.
More of Peter’s work can be seen at peterkuper.com
14 Friday Oct 2016
Posted in Comedy, Life, Performance, Theatre, Writing
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Arts Express, comedy, MAry Murphy, performance, promos, radio, WBAI
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My colleague Mary Murphy and I had such fun making the WBAI membership promos, that we created three more amusing promos, specifically for the Arts Express radio magazine show.
You can hear the three one-minute promos by clicking on the grey triangle above.
30 Friday Sep 2016
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Ambrose Bierce, Arts Express, MAry Murphy, Oil of Dog, performance, radio, short stories, theater, theatre, WBAI, writing
“Mrs. Dennison’s Head,”and “Oil of Dog” are two delightful macabre short stories by Ambrose Bierce which the the marvelous actor Mary Murphy and I performed on the Arts Express radio program yesterday.
Click on the grey triangles below to listen.
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Click here for “Mrs. Dennison’s Head,” read by Mary Murphy:
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Click here for “Oil of Dog,” read by Jack Shalom
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