The Future and Charles Ludlam

For me, the man in that dress was a Futurist. I’ll get to that in a minute, let’s first step back a bit.  That’s a picture of Charles Ludlam. Charles was the founder of The Ridiculous Theatrical Company in New York. He was a brilliant playwright, director and actor. He made cross-dressing an art form. [...]

My Dinner with Ruby

Wally Shawn and Andre Gregory made a movie with Louis Malle. It was a movie about talking.  It was also a movie about dinner. It was mainly a movie about theater – and confusion – and friendship. They called it, “My dinner with Andre.” Wally Shawn asks Andre Gregory where he went for a protracted [...]