Everything Is Broken

1 month ago | sethrogovoy.substack.com | Seth Rogovoy

IN THE PAST MONTH OR TWO, I’ve seen several plays in New York City – Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet; Curse of the Starving Class by Sam Shepard; and Humpty Dumpty by Eric Bogosian. The first two were revivals of well-known plays by giants of late-20th century American drama; the third, though written in 2003, is not a revival, as it was receiving its first staging in Manhattan. THE SHEPARD DEBUTED IN LONDON in 1977; the Mamet dates back to 1983; the Bogosian, as noted, to 2003.

2 months ago | sethrogovoy.substack.com | Seth Rogovoy

I SOMETIMES LIKE to go back and listen to the Top 10 from the years of my youth, adolescence, and early adulthood. I am often surprised by how many great songs populated the Top 10 in the 1960s and 1970s in any given week. (There was also a fair share of mediocre pop fluff and novelty material.) I also enjoy how the various hits tell a collective story about the musical culture of the time.

Jan 9, 2025 | sethrogovoy.substack.com | Seth Rogovoy

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Jul 4, 2024 | sethrogovoy.substack.com | Seth Rogovoy

(LENOX, Mass., June 28, 2024) – Jon Batiste demonstrated why he is one of America’s most popular performers in his concert at Tanglewood, where Batiste the virtuoso eclectic singer and musician combined forces with Batiste the consummate entertainer in a concert whose clear mission was to spread joy – the kind of joy that Batiste radiates like the sun radiates light.

Oct 6, 2023 | sethrogovoy.substack.com | Seth Rogovoy

(HUDSON, N.Y., October 6, 2023) - In no small way, this turned out to be the summer of Edvard Munch for me. This was not surprising, as Munch has long been my favorite artist, the one who speaks to me most directly both intellectually and emotionally. If I have a radio tuner inside my brain and my heart, its default station is tuned to all-Munch, all the time.