About Me

Actor, director, and involved with theatre all my life. Just completed directing "Scrooge: The Musical" for Center Stage Jackson in November. Vowed to never direct a large musical again although everyone seemed to have a great time and the production was successful. Already offered next opportunity. Guess? A big musical! I turned it down. But wait. I finally have a new project. Little Women in the black box theatre at Jackson Community College in November 2007!

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My Interests

Did I mention theatre? If you have 23 minutes, watch Anna Deavere Smith become four different characters.

I'd like to meet:

I wanted to meet Wendy Wasserstein but she died January 30, 2006.

Music:

Audra McDonald's album "How Glory Goes"; anything by Adam Guettel ("Floyd Collins"; "Light in the Piazza"; "Myths and Hymns"); "Wicked"; Morcheeba, Steely Dan, Gilbert & Sullivan (The Mikado), Scissor Sisters, Fall Out Boy, etc.

Movies:

Fargo; Two for the Road; Jumpin'Jack Flash; Waiting for Guffman; Best in Show; Rocky Horror Picture Show; Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Gene Wilder version); Witness, Regarding Henry, Being There; Zelig; etc.

Television:

Off the Record; Lost; CSI; Six Feet Under; etc.

Books:

Peace Like a River; Miss Pym Disposes (anything by Josephine Tey); The Historian; When the Emperor was Divine; The Westing Game; etc.

Heroes:

Frank Bickley Cruickshank, my father.

My Blog

WHY LITTLE WOMEN?

Would you believe that I own a Jo March doll? She graced my office for many years reminding me why I loved being a librarian and how important reading and books are. From the minute I discovered Lou...
Posted by mordyth on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:17:00 PST

Center Stage Blog

If you are interested in what's going on in the theatre world of Jackson, Michigan, please visit my blog at http://centerstagejackson.blogspot.com/!...
Posted by mordyth on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:55:00 PST

Vanishing Acts

On my recent trip to the east coast I decided to listen to Jodi Picoult's Vanishing Acts. Wow! I'm back and still am delighted when I get in the car and realize I still have another couple...
Posted by mordyth on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:28:00 PST

Fall Out Boy

On an impulse, after reading about the group in EW, I bought the latest Fall Out Boy album and am now listening in the car. Initial reaction is very positive. Clever lyrics make me want to read the li...
Posted by mordyth on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:44:00 PST

Currently reading

I've heard about author Don DeLillo for years but never got around to reading anything until "Falling Man". It is an exception book and worthy of all the attention and excellent reviews it is getting...
Posted by mordyth on Fri, 18 May 2007 06:11:00 PST

You've Always Got Time for Annie

I visited a website that generates random slogans using any word you enter. Some make you laugh, some seem downright rude, and some are cosmic. Visit http://www.thesurrealist.co.uk/sl...
Posted by mordyth on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:24:00 PST

What I'm reading now. . .

I am currently reading The Case of the Missing Books. It is clever and funny and literate. The plot is absurdist and so are the characters. If something can be misunderstood or go wrong, it will do...
Posted by mordyth on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:26:00 PST

911 Operators

If I hear one more 911 operator tell a caller in an officious voice to "just calm down", I am going to scream. The have been playing the voices of distressed people from the tornado that just slammed...
Posted by mordyth on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:19:00 PST

Light in the Piazza

I just discovered the video clip from the Tony Awards in 2005 when Light in the Piazza won a number of awards. Not only was I in New York for Book Expo America but I was in the audience for the Tony'...
Posted by mordyth on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 05:29:00 PST

Second Glance by Jodi Picoult

Why isn't there a category for reading?Jodi Picoult came to Jackson back in the Fall and I heard her speak. She has the ability to address a room with 150 people and make you think she is speaking ju...
Posted by mordyth on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:08:00 PST