Lively Arts Folk Who Are Not Necessarily Writers
But they might be writers, you never know. Or they like movies and plays. Or they've been in movies and plays, or written them. Or they simply attend them and talk about them.
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@bcdreyer.social
@connieschultz.bsky.social
Columnist, novelist, j-prof. NYT bestselling novel, The Daughters of Erietown. Children’s book, Lola and the Troll. On Substack at Hopefully Yours. I love Sherrod Brown. https://connieschultz.substack.com/
@samthielman.com
Sam Thielman | Seen NYT Book Review, New Yorker, Slate, Flaming Hydra foreverwars.ghost.io | he/him | 741.5 (Comic books, strips, etc.) | NC>Brooklyn | cat subordinate | DC COMICS: THE STORY OF A UNIVERSE with Sean Howe forthcoming from HarperOne
@pronounced-ing.bsky.social
Fiction writer (EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, OUR MISSING HEARTS). Science nerd, ex-Clevelander, embarrassingly sincere. Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you. she/her. celesteng.com
@maxkennerly.bsky.social
Nearly 20 years in court as a law-talking guy for plaintiffs, now a mix of stuff. Posts too much about politics. email max@kennerlylaw.com
@alexanderchee.bsky.social
Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. Agent: Jin Auh, The Wylie Agency. alexanderchee.net
@roxanegay.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/roxanegay Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
@david-rooney.bsky.social
Chief Film Critic at The Hollywood Reporter, plus theater when time permits. Member of @NYFCC.bsky.social and @NSFC.bsky.social https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/author/david-rooney/
@mikeljollett.bsky.social
New York Times bestselling author. Former All Things Considered, NPR, LA Times, NME, McSweeney’s, Stanford University. Singer in this one band.
@amyyasbeck.bsky.social
@annhamptoncallaway.bsky.social
Singer/Songwriter/Optimist https://linktr.ee/annhcallaway
@lizgoeson.bsky.social
Official Bluesky page for Liz Callaway -Actress, Singer, Grammy + Tony nominee, Emmy winner, Singing voice of Anastasia + Die-hard Mets fan. https://linktr.ee/LizCallaway
@melanieben.bsky.social
NYTimes bestselling author - The Swans of Fifth Avenue, The Aviator’s Wife, The Children’s Blizzard & more. Cat lady, movie fiend & proud Chicagoan. www.melaniebenjamin.com
@paraicodonnell.bsky.social
Writer | The Naming of the Birds (Jan. 2025) l The House on Vesper Sands | Lives in a very small way. https://vspr.st
@louisbayard.bsky.social
Historical novelist. Bestselling author of books like THE WILDES, JACKIE & ME and THE PALE BLUE EYE. Book reviewer for NYT, WaPo. Recovering Downton Abbey recapper. Trying to be in the gratitude business.
@johnmaguire.bsky.social
Writer about cinema in newspapers / Talker about cinema on radios / Board of Access Cinema / Film On Paper / Opinions mine, help yourself.
@brianjayjones.com
NYT bestselling biographer and big mouth, now coming to you from the wilds of New Mexico. Come for the Muppets, Star Wars, and Dr. Seuss; stay because I make a mean cocktail. Up next: the U.S. Capitol. Find me at brianjayjones.com. He/him. Go Lobos.
@helenshaw.bsky.social
Writing about theater for the New Yorker. Tell me if you’ve seen something good!
@sadknob.bsky.social
writer. television director. earned a few shiny things. scotland is home. i own an old pub in ireland. working on a project in chicago. science. history. athiest. he/him/his. ⓘ sometimes the only answer is a giant cartoon hammer.
@gjmaupin.bsky.social
Shakespeare actor/dramaturg; audiobook narrator; 1/2 of Rannygazoo (mongers of tinpandemonium) and Wingback Productions (makers of parlor theater ™️); Anti-Fascist; he/him
@franklinleonard.bsky.social
The Black List founder. Film & TV producer. Politics & Football person. Vanity Fair contributing editor.
@oratonio.bsky.social
Lover of music, bugs, birds, tolerance, laughter, beauty, and David Smith-Larsen. Blythely Oratonio’s alter ego. Haters need not reply. Singer • Amateur Photographer • Imaginator • she/her/hers
@chrisorbach.bsky.social
Actor, writer, singer-songwriter, VO artist. Husband, father, sober..and yes..son of Jerry! “I’ve been rich, and I’ve been thin..but never at the same time.”🤣
@mrgavinedwards.bsky.social
Author (sometimes co-) of 14 books, most recently the NYT bestseller MCU: THE REIGN OF MARVEL STUDIOS with Joanna Robinson and Dave Gonzales. Writer of articles, player of games, walker of dog. He/him.
@jbax.bsky.social
@mikerhone.bsky.social
software QA, theater nerd, 2-time LL one-day champion, forever #NeverTrump 🏳️🌈 he/him/his. I was @mikerhoneTM at the old place.
@jennymudge.bsky.social
Will always find my light. Currently resident villainess of Somebody Somewhere on @streamonmax.bsky.social & The Madness on @netflix.com . Upcoming: Apple TV’s Your Friends & Neighbors. Actor/Producer/Writer of TV/Film/Theatre.
@louliberatore.bsky.social
Talent House/AEA/SAG-AFTRA “You’re ruining my play!” -Lanford Wilson to me during a Broadway rehearsal of Burn This
@bernardherrmann.bsky.social
Dedicated to the life and music of Academy Award-winning film composer Bernard Herrmann. June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975 Featuring updates on THE LIVES OF BERNARD HERRMANN, an upcoming documentary. Now filming.
@carrierickey.bsky.social
Movie Geek. Museum Aficionado. Author of the forthcoming, "A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnes Varda" (Norton, 2024)
@msharrietharris.bsky.social
Drama Desk, Tony Award winning, and Emmy nominated actress. I’ve been at it awhile, and I mean to continue.
@aliciamayer.bsky.social
Mayer family historian. Great-grandniece of Louis B. Mayer. 100 years of MGM! Left social media in 2018. Newly back. Let’s see what happens. (TM attorney in 🇦🇺 so forgive occasional British spelling.) HollywoodEssays.com
@amandadgreen.bsky.social
(She/her) Lyricist/Composer/Writer; President,The Dramatists Guild of America.
@danielg17.bsky.social
TV writer (creator/EP Julia on Max, @MaiselTV...), Playwright (http://audible.com/menshealth), Associate Arts Prof. at NYU DDW, husband, dad, foodie, yogi...
@tomasjmurray.bsky.social
Lean left • Irish • Tom is fine • Far from home • Full-time carer now • Fond of cats, jazz, old films, paintings, poetry, stout, & Sylvia • Sylvia most of all Jazz in Isolation: https://tinyurl.com/3bvnbyfb
@iacoguy.bsky.social
Guy who knows about plants, still trying to figure out people. One of the original leaders in The War on Christmas. I am the damnedest creature. Brat prince.
@sailert.bsky.social
Acts on stage. Reads books. Watches things. Walks my dog. Rural Minnesota. IG: @sailert Newsletter: dazzledgratitude.substack.com
@tommykrasker.bsky.social
Husband to @philipchaffin.bsky.social. 🌈 Daddy to Gregory. 🐶 I run the record label PS Classics, and post 1/3 pop culture, 1/3 politics and 1/3 puppy pics. #FilmSky 📽️ http://thatsallsiknow.blogspot.com
@cafemuscato.bsky.social
Retired, but not particularly retiring; working on aging disgracefully. I split my time between deserts: Palm Springs and Cairo. Always up for champagne, good music, or gossip about the Lunts. Parlor pink; lapsed Presbyterian. He/Him.
@hesherman.bsky.social
Arts admin & advocate. US theatre columnist, The Stage. Author, "Another Day’s Begun.” Enthusiast, not critic. Anti-censorship. Ayckbourniac. Lifelong theatre kid.
@robertfalls.bsky.social
Former director of Chicago’s Goodman Theatre; opinionated cultural commentator; husband of fab novelist Kat Falls. Often posts pet pics to boost followers.
@petermarksdrama.bsky.social
Recovering journalist, 21 years as WaPo's theater critic, 9 years before that at NYT as reporter and critic. Now host of theater podcast, Marks & Vincentelli marksvincentelli.substack.com
@austintichenor.bsky.social
Actor/Author. HAMLET! (a prequel); POP-UP SHAKESPEARE; DAISY THE LITTLEST ZOMBIE. Writer @folgerlibrary.bsky.social. A.D. @reduced.bsky.social & host of world's 1st & longest-running weekly theatre podcast. TheShakespeareance.com ReducedShakespeare.com
@rebeccacaine.bsky.social
Silver haired Canadian/British operatic soprano, musical theatre actor, animal lover. Rep- Mildred Yuan. www.rebeccacaine.com
@ryanadams.bsky.social
📽📚 | 🏳️🌈🇹🇭 | 🌻🌊 (aka filmystic) @TheContending.bsky.social @DorianAwards.bsky.social #Resistance #BlueCrew #Defiance #StandWithUkraine #WokeAF
@theodoremccombs.bsky.social
Writer, climate lawyer, opera enthusiast, ballet husband-man. Clarion ‘17. Published my first book, URANIANS, last year & working on the second 🪐🏳️🌈
@mordkhetzvi.bsky.social
the other day your bubbe was kibitzing about some black guy who sings in yiddish. it's still me. he/him - half of yiddish songwriting duo Tsvey Brider - Mandel Institute Cultural Leadership Fellow 2023-25 - afrojudeopessoptimist anthonyrussellbass.com
@gayerthanthou.bsky.social
Gayer than the average bear. Always looking for innundo. Luckily, the papers are full of it. #TCMParty #IfIHadADime
@stephenfarrow.bsky.social
Writer, reader, grammarian, shower singer, theatre addict, news junkie, eyeball-roller. European. Powered by Vimto. Love language, hate sushi. #FBPE Void where prohibited. Cannot be successfully delivered to your location. Please think responsibly.
@kennymellman.bsky.social
Kiki and Herb , The Julie Ruin, Our Hit Parade. queer (he/him)
@culturalgutter.bsky.social
The Cultural Gutter is dedicated to thoughtful writing about disreputable art. And shenanigans. she / her. they / them. whatevs / whatevems. No Fucking Kings. https://culturalgutter.com/
@marksarvas.bsky.social
American Book Award winning author of MEMENTO PARK (FSG) and HARRY, REVISED (Bloomsbury). @UGMAN June 2025 from ITNA Press. “ … ceaselessly intelligent” - Joseph O’Neill. Ex-blogger. NBCC & PEN America. Scold-proof. He/Him/His www.marksarvas.com
@eggsbened.bsky.social
Cultural talk and typing. And singing. Biographer of Stephen Sondheim. Variety, London theatre critic. The Stage, Associate writer. Tristram Hawkshaw in The Archers. Somewhat gay.
@decentfilms.bsky.social
Film critic, Catholic deacon, theology teacher, father of 7. Not in that order. NYFCC member. Please follow/subscribe at greydanus.substack.com! Also at decentfilms.com
@donaldclarke.bsky.social
Man on couch. Film bonce for The Irish Times. The Essence of the All is the Godhead of the True.
@itsdlevy.me
David Levy Comms at Actors’ Equity Association (@actorsequity.bsky.social) Cohost of Muppeturgy (@muppeturgy.com) Stamford, CT (he/him/his)
@joekeenan.bsky.social
Frasier farceur, and co-perpetrator of several other TV shows. Lyricist, playwright. Novels: Blue Heaven, Putting On The Ritz, My Lucky Star. Awards available on request, or I'll just work them into our next conversation.
@kevinddaly.bsky.social
Theatre Aficionado/Writer/Raconteur. Researcher for the Tony Awards telecast. Tea Enthusiast. Alleged short king. Soprano Connoisseur. Raised on TCM. He/Him.
@nellminow.bsky.social
Movie critic, shareholder advocate #corpgov #movies she/her/mom www.authory.com/NellMinow I stand for: protecting the environment, reproductive health, dignity and respect for all except bullies, grifters, and haters. I lack decorum, per Congress.
@willmckinley.bsky.social
Old movie and TV weirdo. I wrote Sony's getTV blog for 6 years, created “Game Show Insider” for GameShowNetwork.com, was an arts reporter for the NYC weekly The Villager for 3 years, and have contributed to Slate, 4 books, and many blogs and podcasts.
@lisajanepersky.bsky.social
Another dopeless hope-fiend. Greenwich Village kid. Photog, Actor, Writer, Artist, Friend, Mystery.
@feldmanadam.bsky.social
Time Out New York theater editor and critic, Drama Critics' Circle president, recalcitrant humanist, wiseacre. Be gentle.
@warrenleight.bsky.social
Playwright (Tony Award, Side Man), Showrunner: SVU,CrimIntent,Lights Out,In Treatment(NAACP, Imagen, Peabody Awards). Jazz, Knicks, Mets, WGA, Italy, cooking. Capricorn like you couldn’t tell.
@amahnke.bsky.social
Historian. Author. Hall of Fame podcaster. Creator of Lore (podcast + TV + book series) and Cabinet of Curiosities (podcast + book). Amateur photographer. Swiftie. AaronMahnke.com/bio
@silentbeauties.bsky.social
Blogger. Silent films. Art heals. History is a tool to improve the future and our decision making in the present time. Trying to make a difference. Social media links: https://linktr.ee/silentbeauties
@phelpsiesarah.bsky.social
Writer. The Christie Quintet that got on some people’s tits. Dublin Murders. A Very British Scandal. Coming soon: The Sixth Commandment.
@mjmimages.bsky.social
A Breton boy eating sauerkraut? Impossible. [contemporary art, poetry, dance, film, & fashion] instagram: mjmimages
@rebeccamakkai.bsky.social
Pulitzer finalist for THE GREAT BELIEVERS; new novel, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, out now. Artistic Director at StoryStudio Chicago. Trying to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. You should, too. rebeccamakkai.substack.com https://rebeccamakkai.com
@levistahl.bsky.social
Editor of The Getaway Car: A Donald Westlake Nonfiction Miscellany and The Daily Sherlock Holmes. Marketing Director at the University of Chicago Press. Board member of the Uptown People’s Law Center.
@maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social
The other one. Poet & NYT bestselling author. Next 📚: DEAR WRITER (April 2025), THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT (Sept 2025), A SUIT OR A SUITCASE (March 2026).
@briankoppelman.bsky.social
Billions, Rounders, Computer on The Bear, The Moment, O13. And such.
@justincchang.bsky.social
Film Critic, The New Yorker and NPR’s Fresh Air | 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism | Chair, National Society of Film Critics | Programmer, New York Film Festival
@tomandlorenzo.bsky.social
Authors of “Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul’s Drag Race & The Last Century of Queer Life,” publishers of tomandlorenzo.com, podcast: Pop Style Opinionfest
@paulduane.bsky.social
Irish filmmaker. Fuck thart, faigh amach. All You Need is Death streaming now, see linktree. “An Irish folk horror masterpiece” (Daily Beast) “It’s filled with dread!” says @kermodemovie.bsky.social He/him. https://linktr.ee/paulduane
@lauralippman.bsky.social
Likable character who specializes in writing unlikeable characters. Dewey Decimal or Library of Congress? I am too a Merry Sunshine.
@selfstyledsiren.bsky.social
Film critic; NSFC, NYFCC. Bylines at Criterion, Sight & Sound, Noir City, my own Substack, and wherever fine film geeks are found. https://selfstyledsiren.substack.com/
@labuzamovies.com
Researcher, IATSE Local 600. Historian/Scholar of media industries law. Maker of delicious foods, baseball enjoyer (Twins Daily contributor) plabuza @ gmail. www.labuzamovies.com
@jsmithcameron.bsky.social
Actress and goofball #Succession #WacoTheAftermath #TheYearBetween
@colindickey.com
Writer of books, most recently Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy. Also Ghostland, The Unidentified, Afterlives of the Saints, Cranioklepty. He/him.
@harkaway.bsky.social
Author, screenwriter. Mutinous mutterer. Husband of much better person. Father of similar. New Cal Sounder novel SLEEPER BEACH is OUT NOW. UK pb Karla’s Choice coming May 22nd. Decreasingly rigorous on social media. (He/him) www.linktr.ee/harkaway
@isaacbutler.bsky.social
Cultural critic and historian, author, podcaster, non-Zionist Jew. Co-host: CHARM OFFENSIVE. Writer: THE METHOD: HOW THE 20TH CENTURY LEARNED TO ACT