The August Strindberg Society

08/20/2025

Happy Belated Birthday, David. On August 18th he would have been 91. I'm sure he's still sitting in on rehearsals at the studio and having coffee with newbees!

10/02/2024

Mel was David's close friend. Mel and Anne Bancroft stood up for his wedding in their old New York days and they were good friends to David's transition. Mel is such an enlivened spirit. 97. Amazing.

Happy 97th Birthday to Mel Brooks

07/06/2024

Happy 89th Birthday to the Dalai Lama. What a blessing to have in our lives. To honor this day, I'd like to share a piece of wisdom from his book entitled "Practicing Wisdom. (p26)"

"...to develop positive potential and reduce and eliminate negative afflictive emotions by developing understanding of the two truths... by generating true insight into emptiness...realization of emptiness and the rising of great compassion within one's heart are simultaneous."

01/17/2023

It's been six years already since David left us. Seems like yesterday.

02/27/2022

Opening for SNL last night - Ukranian chorus.

This weekend’s Saturday Night Live opened on a serious note, as it is wont to do in the wake of real-life tragedy. The Feb. 26 show opened with no applause, while cast members Cecily Strong a…

08/18/2021

Today would have been David's 89th birthday. Sure do miss this guy. He was always fun to be around.

05/19/2020

For all you theater folk, Broadway is streaming!

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has announced Broadway Fridays, free online streams of some of the most beloved Live From Lincoln Center broadcasts of Broadway productions from Lincoln Center Theater and the New York Philharmonic, beginning this June.

03/30/2019

Strindberg was drawn to Soren Kierkegaard's philosophy. It's not difficult to see why.

“Love is the expression of the one who loves, not of the one who is loved. Those who think they can love only the people they prefer do not love at all. Love discovers truths about individuals that others cannot see.”
― Søren Kierkegaard