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out of date processes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

distractions

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2008/05/26/ntm.hot.links.cnn

Salon article by my friend Rachel on video games and couples

http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/05/27/rock_band/index.html

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).

tomorrow is saturday

yesterday and tomorrow are only separated by today