There are so many reasons Desert Stages Theatre’s production of A Man of No Importance shouldn’t work: the cramped quarters of the company’s Actor’s Café space, into which this odd musical has been ...

In the mid-1960s, that world-upending era of counterculture, new frontiers and devastating assassinations, Burt Bacharach cowrote the surprisingly popular song "Alfie." The song began, "What's it all ...

I hit a milestone this past Saturday: I turned 70 years old. In my book, that’s officially old. Although I don’t feel old and do my best to stay active and involved, the truth is, that I have less ...

I think of a song lyric, "What’s it all about, Alfie?" I don’t know how well I’ve done while I was here, but I’d like to think some of my printed works will persevere — at least for three years. I ...