Jun 4, 2008
Jun 3, 2008
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
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.
Jun 2, 2008
May 29, 2008
what I did today
Attended the Pulitzer Prize luncheon (this year Letts/August and per
usual a lot of journalists.)
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.
May 28, 2008
May 27, 2008
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
May 25, 2008
30 percent blog discount
Horse Trade & elsewhere present:
The Honest-to-god- true Story Of The Atheist
Thursday, June 12, 2008 through Saturday, June 21, 2008
written by Dan Trujillo directed by Isaac Butler
Featuring: Abe Goldfarb, Daryl Lathon, Jennifer Gordon Thomas
Lighting Design: Sabrina Braswell
Costume Design: Sydney Maresca
Original Music By: David Hanlon
Filled with twists and turns, mole people, black market Viagra, speaking in tongues, caricatures, songs, soft-shoes and three maybe-miracles, The Honest-To-God- True Story of the Atheist tells the remarkable story of an atheist trying to disprove God's existence by defacing a local nativity scene. But did any of this really happen? And do the actors believe the story they're telling?
TWO WEEKENDS ONLY!
Thursday-Saturday, June 12-14th and 19th-21st
All shows at 8PM. Tickets are $18.00
Or, if you order them through smarttix and use the code AVBLOG you get $12.00 tickets! That's a whopping 33.3% savings!
from an email i recieved
I read this book. It's great. Head over there if you can.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Theresa Rebeck author of Three Girls and Their Brother: A Novel
Hosted by: Marsha Norman, Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright
In her highly anticipated first novel, award-winning playwright Theresa Rebeck satirizes the publicity-driven world of instant celebrity. Rebeck will discuss her plays, including the Broadway hit Mauritius, and talk about the transition from playwriting to books.
Theresa Rebeck’s plays include ‘Bad Dates’, ‘Omnium Gatherum’ (a Pulitzer finalist), ‘The Scene’, and ‘Mauritius’, which won Boston’s prestigious IRNE and Elliot Norton Award and premiered on Broadway in 2007.
The event is FREE and open to the public. For updates and additional information, please visit the website at www.bryantpark..org. The Bryant Park Reading Room located on the 42nd Street side of the park - under the trees - between the back of the NYPL & 6th Avenue. Look for the burgundy and white umbrellas.
Rain Venue: Library of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen
20 West 44th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenue).
May 23, 2008
Last night I had the pleasure of seeing Jollyship the Whiz Bang at Ars Nova. Nick Jones is in the Ars Nova playgroup so I've known him for a while but this is the first time I saw him perform. He's a freaking rockstar. I had a great time at the show. If you want to see a funny irreverent pirate puppet musical, I would highly recommend this one.
listen to songs here: http://www.myspace.com/jollyshipthewhizbang
It doesn't have the Party Island song though which is pretty freaking great.
(update--you can her Party Island at the Ars Nova site if you click on the poster for Jollyship.)
My favorite song is also not there. In it, the Captain wishes that he wasn't so prone to violence, but it's partially the fault of violence for being so funny. There was a line about Punch and Judy being his only role models-or something like that which I found incredibly hilarious and which I hear was an ad libbed lyric. I hope he keeps it in the show.
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