Exhibit A: Your partner walks into your bedroom to find you watching porn on your computer. Your partner’s reaction may be pissed off or turned on, or merely indifferent. Exhibit B: Your partner walks into your bedroom to find you watching several people having sex on your bed. In this scenario, indifference seems less likely…
(What is Flux Sunday?) Playwrights: Throwing Gumballs (Rob Ackerman), Red Horses (Johnna Adams), Going Out Dancing (Katherine Burger), McTeague (James Comtois), Moving Statues (Corey Ann Haydu), Untitled Russian Project (David Ian Lee), Dark Matter (August Schulenburg), The Sleeping World (Crystal Skillman) Directors: Angela Astle, Rob Ackerman, Katherine Burger, Crystal Skillman Actors: Ryn Andes, Matthew Archambault,…
Rereading Harold Bloom’s book on Shakespeare, The Invention of the Human, I was struck anew by this passage on page 56 regarding the uniqueness of his characters, excerpted here: “Instead of fitting the role to the play, the post-Marlovian Shakespeare creates personalities who never could be accommodated by their roles: excess marks them not as…
When your play closesthe job transposesto seeing other folks showses(everyone knows this)So, here we goeses!* -Ken Glickfeld’s in Israel Horovitz’s Scrooge and Marley at Barefoot Theatre Company. –Conni’s Avant Garde Restaurant returns to the Bushwick Starr December 18th, 19th and 20th (and have you read her must-read post about restaurants and theatre?) -Sound Designer Asa…
(What is Flux Sunday?) Playwrights: Throwing Gumballs (Rob Ackerman), Projects (Erin Browne), Yellow Wallpaper (Katherine Burger), McTeague (James Comtois), Untitled Russian Project (David Ian Lee), Dinkles and Holly (Zack Robidas), Caged (Adam Szymkowicz) Directors: Angela Astle, Heather Cohn, Nancy Franklin, August Schulenburg Actors: Matthew Archambault, Jaime Robert Carrillo, Carissa Cordes, David Crommett, Becky Kelly, Ingrid…
I’ve added some new blogs to the blog roll: New Play Blog: This is the blog of the NEA’s New Play Development Program at Arena Stage, currently hosting the fascinating fruits of their Defining Diversity forum (more on that anon). The Lark: For some reason, this wasn’t on our blog roll – problem fixed. Their…
Quite a title for a theatre blog, yes, but a new book by Randolph Roth of the same title posits a fascinating link between homicide rates and faith in government. Sifting through four centuries of history, his research points to one consistent connection: when individuals trust their government, homicide rates fall. When they don’t, they…
(Photo by Tyler G Hicks-Wright. Pictured: Jake Alexander, Tiffany Clementi, Michael Davis) Director Heather Cohn and I were interviewed about The Lesser Seductions of History by Rachel Cole for InDigest Magazine, an online literary magazine dedicated to dialogue about and between the arts. Rachel’s column Play by Play previously featured a lovingly detailed review of…
Check out a fascinating conversation regarding arts education funding over at A New Landscape in American Theatre, the Facebook page administered by Antonio Sonera. To quote Tony: Currently in Portland, Oregon there is a group called CAN (Creative Advocacy Network) that is trying to establish a platform to bring to the voters which would enhance…
(Photo: Tyler G. Hicks-Wright. Pictured: Matthew Archambault) I was thrilled to see that one of our co-founders and former members Joe Mathers had started a blog (covering stage combat – I hope he’ll be covering Fight Fest at the Brick) and even more thrilled he saw The Lesser Seductions of History and blogged about it….
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