Joan Myers Brown: From Club Harlem to international ballet stardom
Joan Myers Brown, founder of the famed and iconic Philadanco Dance Company, is an international treasure. This ageless force of nature – she’s happy to admit to being 93 – has won just about every award there is to win; and Philadanco’s substantial contributions to...
Brigantine Castle: When Brigantine was haunted
“One of the things I remember so vividly about Brigantine Castle was the costumed ghouls that were hired to haunt the place and scare the visitors. One afternoon, I found several of them near the back of the castle, in full costume, having a cigarette on a break while...
‘The Atlantic City Story:’ A Delightful Film That Few Saw
“The Atlantic City Story” is one of those films that got lost in the shuffle. It rarely shows up in lists of movies shot in Atlantic City over the years. The reason for that isn’t complicated: If filmgoers didn’t see it at the Denver Film Festival in 2020, or at the...
When Jack Roy became Rodney Dangerfield and found some respect in AC
It took comedian Rodney Dangerfield about 40 years to get some respect. As Jack Roy, the first professional name taken by the man born Jacob Cohen, he worked every third-rate nightclub imaginable, and for years sold aluminum siding to finance his dream of making it...
