Posts Tagged ‘New Old Theater’

Apr. 16 2015

If you wish to sockdologize, please absquatulate!

By Dyana Neal | Posted in Host Blogs | Comments Off on If you wish to sockdologize, please absquatulate!

150 years ago this week – on April 14, 1865, to be exact – President Abraham Lincoln was watching Tom Taylor’s comedy Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. When Joseph Jefferson, the actor playing Asa Trenchard, uttered his famous laugh line “Don’t know the manners of good society, eh? Well, I guess I […]

Sep. 08 2014

Celebrating in Star-Spangled Style!

By Dyana Neal | Posted in Host Blogs | 1 Comment

Two hundred years ago, America was once again at war with Britain, and Baltimore was the scene of some of the most dramatic fighting in that conflict. The events of September, 1814 are being commemorated in some very creative ways, so I thought I’d share a few with you. First, a bit of shameless spousal […]

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