Great post by Isaac on uncertainty, theater and the recent Brooklyn blackout

http://parabasis.typepad.com/blog/2008/06/we-interrupt-the-way-your-world-works-to-bring-you-this-very-important-experience.html

moving slowly. down the track. chugging along, blowing steam.

working on a pilot.

headed towards our wedding at the end of the month.

after the wedding, a short honeymoonlet.

after that, back to work, then a theater retreat in Vermont.

then

packing up my belongings for a move end of July.

so much to do. every day a little closer to running out of time.

out of date processes

Thoughts about Electoral College:

http://earlpomerantz.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-dont-understand.html

post about tv and film writing and the possible difference among other things

http://earlpomerantz.blogspot.com/2008/06/why-i-cant-write-movie.html

McCain wants to keep up with the illegal spying on Americans

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/04/john-mccain-vows-to.html

Coming soon

A short film featuring these two superstars

(still from the film)

not sure how long it's still running, but

I have to reccommend Liz Flahive's beautiful, touching yet funny show From Up Here. Got to see it Sunday. It's pretty great. She's one to watch. Are you watching her? http://www.mtc-nyc.org/current-season/From-Up-Here-site/index.htm

"Playwrights remain theater’s long-suffering heroes."

http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-05-21/arts/the-wright-guard/

h/t daisey

http://www.mikedaisey.com/

Isherwood says things I agree with

on large cast size: A true artist, some might argue, can never let canny considerations of production influence his vision. Art must be its own imperative. A high-minded thought, but artists also hunger for their work to be known. A play that is never staged may be a work of genius, sure, but its genius is likely to leave no footprint on the world unless it is produced. and I’m not suggesting that size alone matters, obviously. But if the American theater is to remain an aesthetically robust enterprise, a vital step may be removing the invisible shackles from the imaginations of playwrights, making it natural — making it possible — for them to dream huge once again.

Nerve on Long Island

http://www.exploreli.com/entertainment/localguide/events/673902,0,3517314.event

what I did today

Attended the Pulitzer Prize luncheon (this year Letts/August and per
usual a lot of journalists.)

Performed in a short play I wrote satirizing my boss for his going away party.

I wore a bald cap.

I'm a little tipsy on cheap red wine.

Now I'm off to a rehearsal for a short film.

Isaac's article on funding and the NEA

http://parabasis.typepad.com/blog/2008/05/new-column-paying-for-art.html

looking forward to seeing this next:

http://www.ticketcentral.com/showdetails2.asp?showid=1704

but first, go see Colorful World:

http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/142889

http://jamespeak.blogspot.com/

1001 novels to read before dying

How many of these have you read? I've read 55. I noticed that I often read the minor works by the same author but not the major work listed. I wonder why. I do that with plays too. I think it comes from buying used books. There should be a comparable list of plays. Anyone have time to make one? I have read many more of those. http://1morechapter.com/projects/1001-list/ h/t John August

http://johnaugust.com/archives/2008/well-rea

nirvana from a stroke

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/fashion/25brain.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5087&em&en=f0b145c715f17d2b&ex=1212033600