Benjamin Dreyer
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author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
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author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
benjamindreyer.com
On tonight's Poirot, very much enjoying Sarah Woodward, who looks like a cross between her father and Cherry Jones.
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 AM
On tonight's Poirot, very much enjoying Sarah Woodward, who looks like a cross between her father and Cherry Jones.
Oddly/interestingly, ribcage seems to have surpassed rib cage in the UK 25 years ago, though it lags behind in the US. I'd've guessed the other way around.
November 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Oddly/interestingly, ribcage seems to have surpassed rib cage in the UK 25 years ago, though it lags behind in the US. I'd've guessed the other way around.
Goodbye to the amazing Elizabeth Franz.
❤️
❤️
November 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Goodbye to the amazing Elizabeth Franz.
❤️
❤️
today's especially random theater photo:
Uncle Tom's Cabin, c. 1901
Uncle Tom's Cabin, c. 1901
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
today's especially random theater photo:
Uncle Tom's Cabin, c. 1901
Uncle Tom's Cabin, c. 1901
Happy Carol Bruce's birthday!
November 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Happy Carol Bruce's birthday!
So as we were saying:
Happy birthday, Sam Waterston!
Happy birthday, Sam Waterston!
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
So as we were saying:
Happy birthday, Sam Waterston!
Happy birthday, Sam Waterston!
It's Sam's birthday tomorrow, and that'll be fun.
November 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
It's Sam's birthday tomorrow, and that'll be fun.
And here he is as Romeo with Pamela Payton-Wright as Juliet and the great Jan Miner as Nurse.
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
And here he is as Romeo with Pamela Payton-Wright as Juliet and the great Jan Miner as Nurse.
What are the odds of there being two intensely appealing actors named Paul Rudd?
November 15, 2025 at 2:29 AM
What are the odds of there being two intensely appealing actors named Paul Rudd?
...opposite Joan Collins.
November 15, 2025 at 2:22 AM
...opposite Joan Collins.
She loved his eyes, “blue as the flame.” She loved that “the sight of something as trivial as a rose” could move him to tears. She loved his insatiable appetites and his “particular complications and particular darkness.”
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
She loved his eyes, “blue as the flame.” She loved that “the sight of something as trivial as a rose” could move him to tears. She loved his insatiable appetites and his “particular complications and particular darkness.”
Jayne completists (and perhaps only Jayne completists) might want to check out Single Room Furnished, directed by the odious Matt Cimber, whose bargain-basement crudeness some Jayneites confuse with artistry.
I gotta tell you: It's kind of fascinating.
And sad.
I gotta tell you: It's kind of fascinating.
And sad.
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Jayne completists (and perhaps only Jayne completists) might want to check out Single Room Furnished, directed by the odious Matt Cimber, whose bargain-basement crudeness some Jayneites confuse with artistry.
I gotta tell you: It's kind of fascinating.
And sad.
I gotta tell you: It's kind of fascinating.
And sad.
today's nearly random theater photo:
birthday girl Veronica Lake and Lawrence Tibbett in Peter Pan (c. 1951)
birthday girl Veronica Lake and Lawrence Tibbett in Peter Pan (c. 1951)
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
today's nearly random theater photo:
birthday girl Veronica Lake and Lawrence Tibbett in Peter Pan (c. 1951)
birthday girl Veronica Lake and Lawrence Tibbett in Peter Pan (c. 1951)
The Littlest Nazi
Coming soon to the Hallmark Channel.
Coming soon to the Hallmark Channel.
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The Littlest Nazi
Coming soon to the Hallmark Channel.
Coming soon to the Hallmark Channel.
*slides photograph facedown across the table*
*slowly turns it over*
*slowly turns it over*
November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
*slides photograph facedown across the table*
*slowly turns it over*
*slowly turns it over*
*riffles through files*
*pauses over Cooper, Gladys*
*hesitates over Nesbitt, Cathleen*
Ah, yes.
*pauses over Cooper, Gladys*
*hesitates over Nesbitt, Cathleen*
Ah, yes.
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
*riffles through files*
*pauses over Cooper, Gladys*
*hesitates over Nesbitt, Cathleen*
Ah, yes.
*pauses over Cooper, Gladys*
*hesitates over Nesbitt, Cathleen*
Ah, yes.
Happy Edwin Booth's birthday!
November 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Happy Edwin Booth's birthday!
today's random theater photo:
Mrs. Fiske as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing
Mrs. Fiske as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
today's random theater photo:
Mrs. Fiske as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing
Mrs. Fiske as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing
Happy birthday to the great Joe Mantegna!
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Happy birthday to the great Joe Mantegna!
Uneeda! Uneeda! (part II)
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Uneeda! Uneeda! (part II)
nice dress, honey
November 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
nice dress, honey
"It's like looking in a mirror!"
November 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
"It's like looking in a mirror!"
Marlon by Van Vechten (at the time of the Streetcar run).
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Marlon by Van Vechten (at the time of the Streetcar run).