Martha Wade Steketee

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Women Count VIII: Fifteen-Year View of Female and Non-Binary Hires Off-Broadway [Selection from July 2025 report, published July 30, 2025 on the Women Count report series page.] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: WOMEN COUNT VIII The Women Count project collects, analyzes, and …

Newest Women Count report now available: urbanexcavations.com/2025/07/30/w...

Trump Will Lose His War on Laughter Comedy is his kryptonite.

We will never stop laughing at him.

Current Audible listen, read by the author herself. Essential, hysterical, political, fundamental.

Opinion | The Pointless Triumph of a Hapless President

Happy 4th weekend. We will endure with tenacity and humor, damn it.

A New Declaration of Independence from Tyranny Effective July 4, 2025

Sharing a @borowitzreport.bsky.social reflection to honor the day.

Gender Equity in Musical Theatre: Navigating a Changing Political Landscape June 25th 2025 | 5:00 – 6:30 PM @ Museum of Broadway.

Looking forward to speaking on a panel next week convened by Maestra Music as part of New York Music Month. "Gender Equity in Musical Theatre: Navigating a Changing Political Landscape." I'll be talking about the Women Count data report series and turning anecdotes through research to advocacy.

Dalton Trumbo Oscar for ROMAN HOLIDAY in @nychistory.bsky.social exhibit on the Blacklist, a time when contempt of Congress led to prison time. Imagine that. And bonus attractrion: And Oscar butts.

Images from yesterday's visit to "Blacklisted: An American Story" at @nychistory.bsky.social

12,000 Harvard Alumni File Amicus Brief in Funding Freeze Lawsuit | Harvard Magazine Alumni from every Harvard school and class since 1950 rally behind the University

Yep. Me too.

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Visit for hope and courage to @statueofliberty.bsky.social on this foggy sunlit June day. My natal day. And a tromp up to and down from the crown. Celebrate.

A “Good Night” for TV: Clooney and company bring Murrow play to CNN Quill, a magazine by the Society of Professional Journalists

Musings on the small screen stream of the staged version of Clooney's timely Murrow film.

Looking forward to a fun chat tomorrow about post-Drama Desk and pre-Tonys nominations and wins at #thecoffeehouseclub. Panel posted by my husband's doppelgänger and "The Gilded Age" Van Rhij/Forte British butler Bannister himself, Simon Jones. twi-ny.com/2025/06/02/c...

From my parents' house to my house. The gift of great music, and life lessons that resonate. Jazz is jazz.

How we celebrate. Once a year treats in a beautiful bowl created by beloved brother Joe. #happyeaster

When a president takes on the administrative state - Harvard Law School Four Harvard Law School experts examine the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape executive power.

"unprecedented assertion of presidential power" indeed. hls.harvard.edu/today/when-a...

Antisemitism in the Oval Office A confrontation seen with a historian's eye

Antisemitism in the Oval Office
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Stories and Histories: A Conversation with Celeste Ng | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University Join us for a conversation with Celeste Ng, the celebrated author of the novels Everything I Never Told You, Little Fires Everywhere, and Our Missing Hearts.

Hanging with the Radcliffe Institute for an hour today. "Stories and Histories: A Conversation with Celeste Ng" | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-c...

That's my guy.

Radcliffe Day 2025 | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University Each year, the Institute awards the Radcliffe Medal to an individual who embodies Radcliffe’s commitment to excellence and impact. On Radcliffe Day 2025 we will award the Radcliffe Medal to Jodie Fost...

This will be a good (virtual) time. www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/radcli...

Midday Manhattan #shadowsandlight

Thank you for this bit of wildness, Mr. Lynch. A "Twin Peaks Residents' Association" card reserved in June 2021, received just before the original airing of the final episode. Onward in weirdness.

Robert Frank at MOMA. Final day of a marvelous exhibit. Message for 2025.

2024: excavation review Productions and events at which I counted, built collaborations, and supported theater and its creatives.

What I was up to in 2024 -- what kept me out of and sometimes got me into trouble. urbanexcavations.com/2025/01/05/2...

New gadget. Charging. Catching a "04" moment.