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Saturday, April 10, 2021

To My Theater Peers by Daisy Eagan

My Fellow Theater Professionals, I have seen a lot of justified outrage and frustration following the “revelations” in The Hollywood Reporter regarding Scott Rudin. Your anger is righteo…

SOURCE: daisyeagan.com at 07:21PM
Wednesday, March 24, 2021

A Piece I Wrote for/and Got Rejected by Modern Love by Daisy Eagan

“Didn’t you used to be gay?” a reporter from The Observer asked me when she interviewed me for my wedding announcement in 2003.  We had run in overlapping circles in New York City in …

SOURCE: daisyeagan.com at 02:12PM
Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Very Exciting Announcement Coming Soon! by Daisy Eagan

Friends! I know it’s been radio silence from me since August of the year which shall not be named. August just happened to coincide with full-time home-schooling starting AND the beginning…

SOURCE: daisyeagan.com at 04:53PM
Sunday, August 9, 2020

To Baby or Not to Baby by Daisy Eagan

But this time it dawned on me that I might be robbing myself of something I truly want, and I’m not entirely sure why. What if I keep talking myself out of having another child, and then I…

SOURCE: daisyeagan.wordpress.com at 06:01PM
Sunday, July 26, 2020

Here We Are. by Daisy Eagan

A couple of you reached out to me after my recent post about depression. You expressed gratitude that I shared my experience so openly, and said it helped you reach out for your own help. I …

SOURCE: daisyeagan.wordpress.com at 02:48PM
Friday, July 3, 2020

The Depression of the Lambs? by Daisy Eagan

Depressives tend to bristle at the advice that we need to go out and get fresh air, or exercise, or meditate, or drink more water, or smile more, get out of bed, go to bed at a reasonable ho…

SOURCE: daisyeagan.wordpress.com at 03:01PM
Friday, June 19, 2020

You’re an asshole, but I love you. by Daisy Eagan

“You always folded and let me play video games, and now I can’t self-motivate to get a job AND THAT’S WHY I HAVE TO LIVE IN YOUR BASEMENT!” Continue reading →

SOURCE: daisyeagan.wordpress.com at 03:01PM
Thursday, June 18, 2020

Frankenstein Bunny (Monty came up with this title) by Daisy Eagan

Listen, I’m not going to lie. One of the reasons I haven’t been writing as much lately is that when I have a free hour or two (when Monty is visiting with Aunt Mo, or going for a ride wi…

SOURCE: daisyeagan.wordpress.com at 01:24PM
Saturday, June 13, 2020

Lies I Tell Myself by Daisy Eagan

I don’t know where to begin, so I’ll just begin, and we’ll see where we get. I’ve been told recently by a few different people that they’ve always enjoyed my blog and that they adm…

SOURCE: daisyeagan.wordpress.com at 02:55PM
Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Safer at Home by Daisy Eagan

Written and Directed by me. Starring me and Monty Eagan-Bloom Edited by Luther Creek

SOURCE: daisyeagan.wordpress.com at 03:21PM
Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Teach your Children Well. Or… At All. by Daisy Eagan

We took a drive on Saturday in my sister’s convertible up to Mullholland. We were hoping to see the view south of here. We heard you can see all the way down to South Coast now that the po…

SOURCE: daisyeagan.wordpress.com at 02:50PM
Friday, April 10, 2020

Whose Country is it Anyway? by Daisy Eagan

I wish that I could offer hope or optimism, but I’m not feeling tremendously hopeful or optimistic. I wish I could say that we’re all going to come out of this relatively soon and strong…

SOURCE: daisyeagan.wordpress.com at 06:03PM
Monday, March 23, 2020

Reset. by Daisy Eagan

There are planes going by overhead from Burbank to who knows where. Who is still riding on airplanes? I am somewhat at a loss. What is happening in the world is so big and scary, I don’t k…

SOURCE: daisyeagan.wordpress.com at 07:07PM
Friday, March 13, 2020

ALBATROSS! by Daisy Eagan

Here’s the deal, I’m not an Economist. I’m not a Sociologist. I’m not even THAT smart. But I have a very strong feeling that shit is going to get a whole lot worse before it gets bet…

SOURCE: daisyeagan.wordpress.com at 02:19PM
Friday, March 6, 2020

It's okay. I'm okay. by Daisy Eagan

I did not book the thing I flew back to NYC for. I know it’s not a matter of my talent or hard work, and everything else is out of my control. Something else will come along. It’s okay. …

SOURCE: daisyeagan.wordpress.com at 01:16PM
Monday, February 17, 2020

You. Can. Not. Stop. Me. by Daisy Eagan

Saturday I woke up at around 2pm from a nap, to a slew of messages from my managers. By 9pm I was on a flight to NYC. The job I had not booked and then insisted on going on tape … Continue…

SOURCE: daisyeagan.wordpress.com at 03:53PM
Monday, February 10, 2020

I Do My Job Flat On My Back. by Daisy Eagan

I was very excited to hit the ground running in the new decade. I joined The Wing late last year. I joined a gym for the first time in probably six years. I was posting blogs. And in the mid…

SOURCE: daisyeagan.wordpress.com at 05:45PM
Friday, January 24, 2020

#BookedIt by Daisy Eagan

I was hoping to get some writing done today, but I am laid up on the couch with a severely awful pinched nerve and honestly all I want to do is die. I will settle for watching Pandemic on Ne…

SOURCE: daisyeagan.wordpress.com at 03:25PM
Monday, January 20, 2020

Receipts by Daisy Eagan

If you haven’t read the post before this one, go read it now. Then come back. The infamous tweet. James Joyce’s The Dead poster. Original water color costume painting signed by Theoni V.…

SOURCE: daisyeagan.wordpress.com at 01:38PM
Saturday, January 18, 2020

I'm Still Here by Daisy Eagan

Kurt and I have a collection of framed pictures and posters waiting to be hung in our place in L.A. because neither of us have the interior decorating gene, and because many of them are rela…

SOURCE: daisyeagan.wordpress.com at 01:15PM
Friday, January 10, 2020

Once Upon an Irishman with Knives Out by Daisy Eagan

Excuse me, I know I’m VERY late to this party, but I only just watched the Golden Globes and didn’t even know what and who was nominated (except that there were zero women directors nomi…

SOURCE: daisyeagan.wordpress.com at 05:16PM
Monday, January 6, 2020

Happy New Year, Happy New Blog by Daisy Eagan

Hello! Hi! Hi! Hello! Welcome to my first posting on my new website! I’m currently in the process of migrating everything (including my domain name) to WordPress, so none of the content fr…

SOURCE: daisyeagan.wordpress.com at 09:29PM
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

A Letter to the Child Actors of School of Rock—From Daisy Eagan by Daisy Eagan

The youngest female Tony Award winner penned a personal letter to the child actors she saw in School of Rock this summer. Read it here.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AM
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

I'm not dead. by Daisy Eagan

Hello Faithful Reader, Not-So-Faithful Reader, Casual Stopper-By, Curious Looky-Loo, Troll, Random Stumble-Uponer,Some months back I wrote this whole piece about resolving to share the emoti…

SOURCE: www.daisyeagan.com at 02:08PM
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Ugh. by Daisy Eagan

Funny story.  I was sitting on my couch reading I Am Malala, crying.  Sitting on my couch, in my climate-controlled, well-lit, safe, two bedroom apartment in Los Angeles, after e…

SOURCE: www.daisyeagan.com at 05:39PM
Monday, October 13, 2014
Sunday, October 12, 2014

False Alarm by Daisy Eagan

A few months ago I made a grand announcement that Kurt and Monty and I were pulling up stakes and moving back to NYC.  Kurt had been let go from his job of 15 years (he signed a confi…

SOURCE: www.daisyeagan.com at 02:36PM
Thursday, October 2, 2014

Who's misundertanding? by Daisy Eagan

Here's a great piece by Leighton Meester about the interpretations and misinterpretations of Curly's wife in Of Mice and Men.  This is for the people who accused me of not understanding…

SOURCE: www.daisyeagan.com at 01:08PM
Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Daisy and Jordan Drive Around Town by Daisy Eagan

Hey, guys!  Fun story:  One of my favorite people, Jordan Kai Burnett and are doing a podcast!  It's called "Daisy and Jordan Drive Around Town" and that's also what it is....…

SOURCE: www.daisyeagan.com at 01:30PM

YOU DON'T NEED TO YELL (I'm sitting right here) by Daisy Eagan

I have to admit another reason I haven't been blogging so much is that frankly I feel like there's opinion overload going on and I have a lot of ambivalence about contributing to it.  9…

SOURCE: www.daisyeagan.com at 12:38AM
Monday, September 29, 2014

Urgent Reader Pole by Daisy Eagan

But serious question.  I need to know if I can pull off this haircut?Here's me now:Please try to look past my stunning beauty and be objective.

SOURCE: www.daisyeagan.com at 12:53PM

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