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'Trust' at Lookingglass: David Schwimmer's story of a shattered family hits close to home
THEATER REVIEW: "Trust" ★★★½ Through April 25 at the Lookingglass Theatre in Water Tower Works, 821 N. Michigan Ave.; Running Time: 1 hour, 45 minutes; Tickets: $18-62 at 312-337-0665 and www.lookingglass.org There is little in the way of safe artistic......
Elton John performs a song from "Billy Elliot" at the 2009 Tony Awards. "Billy Elliot the Musical" begins previews March 18 and opens April 11 at the Oriental Theatre, 24 W. Randolph St.; $30-$100 at 800-775-2000 and www.broadwayinchicago.com • SLIDESHOW......
At Piven, 'Number of People' forgets you need a story to remember
THEATER REVIEW: "Number of People" ★½ Through April 11 at Piven Theatre Workshop, 927 Noyes St., Evanston; Tickets: $25 at 847-866-8049 or www.piventheatre.org. Starring Bernard Beck. In the last act of “Carousel,” it is observed that no one is really......
'Rent' at Theatre Building Chicago: Too many distractions from fresh faces and voices
THEATER REVIEW: "Rent" ★½ Through March 28 by NightBlue at Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 W. Belmont Ave.; Running time: 2 hours, 25 minutes; Tickets: $25-$30 at 773-327-5252 and www.ticketmaster.com It was a rough few first few minutes at the NightBlue......
Broadway in Chicago confirms 'God of Carnage' is off
A spokesman for Broadway in Chicago finally confirmed Thursday that the previously announced touring engagement of "God of Carnage" has been canceled. No decision has been made about a replacement. As is often the case with straight plays, it had......
David Schwimmer opens up on 'Trust' at Lookingglass — and life out of the 'Friends' lane
‘Trust' plays through April 25 at Lookingglass Theatre in Water Tower Water Works, 821 N. Michigan Ave.; Tickets: $18-$62 at 312-337-0665 and www.lookingglasstheatre.org. Heidi Stillman and David Schwimmer are co-directing. Life has calmed down a little for David Schwimmer. He......
Blog Stage - Acting in Film, TV, Theatre - Backstage
Does This Mean Spike Jonze Is Really a Cylon?
With the video "Galactica: Sabotage," someone who calls himself Katamaran, who apparently has an extraordinary amount of free time, took the best clips from all 12 half-seasons (wasn't it about that many?) of the recent incarnation of "Battlestar Galactica" and cut them together, using as a soundtrack the Beastie Boys...
Who says great cinematic achievement needs to be as long as "Lawrence of Arabia"? Sometimes marvelous films need only as long as it takes to read this sentence. (Ok, maybe this paragraph.) Here are twenty top short films, all of which last approximately five seconds. Enjoy....
Actors' New Worst Nightmare: Robot Invasion?!
Forget children and animals -- apparently the new "no-no" to work with in the theater is human actors! They eat, sleep, think for themselves, and always have those pesky human emotions. What a bother. So for your next show, skip the drama and hire RoboThespian -- the interactive, all-feeling, pre-programmed...
The 11th Best Picture Nomination of 2009?
Amidst the Oscars hype, one Best Picture contender went unnoticed. Forget Avatar or The Hurt Locker. Here's a film that will endure throughout the ages: NYC sketch comedy duo BriTANick (who were recently nominated for an ECNY Award for their short film "Eagles Are Turning People Into Horses") are responsible...
'Seven Card Draw' at Dixon Place
Seven playwrights will be returning to the Dixon Place Theater this spring to premiere original new works. The showcase, entitled ‘Seven Card Draw,’ is a sequel to ‘Five Story Walkup,’ a 2007 benefit production that raised over twenty thousand dollars for the Thirteenth Street Repertory Theater. Daniel Gallant originally directed...
Paul Cottman and Robert Woodruff Appear in Aussie 'Lambassador' Video
Australian media personality Sam Kekovich visited the United States earlier this year for a series of funny "Lambassador" video segments for Sunrise, a popular morning show Down Under. In the Lambassador series he promotes International Australia day while trying to convince Americans that lamb is terrific (lots of Aussies love...
The Sill
Help Haiti - Support Partners in Health
Ars Nova supports the work of Partners in Health and encourages everyone to donate to this deserving organization. Simply text GIVE to 25383. A $10 donation to Partners In Health will be automatically added to your phone bill, which will be used to help those most in need. After...
Ars Nova Announces 2010 Programming
Ars Nova Announces 2010 Programming Three World Premiere Productions: Missed Connections NYC Written by the Ars Nova Play Group Bloodsong of Love: The Rock'N'Roll Spaghetti Western Book, Music & Lyrics by Joe Iconis, Directed by John Simpkins A new play by Carly Mensch, Directed by Jason Eagan Four Workshop Productions: Outré Island Written and Performed by Christopher...
FOUND Continues its Sold-Out Run Feb 5
After four sold out shows in a row, FOUND is back at Ars Nova on February 5! The Story Pirates dig through the Lost and Found bin for this night of musical sketches based on the eponymous popular magazine. Imagining the stories behind lost gloves, discarded love letters, and even the...
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Ars Nova Announces Play Group 2010
New York, NY--Ars Nova (Jason Eagan, Artistic Director; Jon Steingart and Jenny Wiener Steingart, Executive Producers) proudly announce new members for its 2010 Play Group. Play Group 2010 Play Group is Ars Nova's vibrant and eclectic group of emerging writers who gather twice a month at Ars Nova to share new...
A Special Offer From Ars Nova Veterans!
Congratulations to Ars Nova's Play Group member Annie Baker and Jollyship the Whiz-bang director Sam Gold on their hit new play, Circle Mirror Transformation, now playing at Playwrights Horizons. The show has received raves across the board and has now extended to November 15th. Friends of Ars Nova...
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Craven Monkey and the Mountain of Fury
Don't let the title fool you: Craven Monkey and the Mountain of Fury is filled with brave performances that will leave you feeling glad you went out to the theater. Jeff Lewonczyk, who writes, directs, and narrates, knows exactly what he wants, using trickster mythology and martial arts to explain...
Photo/Carol Rosegg Hutch (Andy Gershenzon) and Teddy (Brett Aresco), two college cats from the '60s are speeding through the night. Hutch, a spoiled but connected rich kid, is regaling his nerdy friend with tales of his many conquests, and imparts the following advice about getting from first to second base:...
"Can you believe the nerve of this guy?" says Susan, talking (to the employee she has just fired) about her "absurdly long" (read: one hour) wait for the doctor. The good and bad of Prescription Strength Theater, a double-bill of short plays from 3Graces Theater, is that we can believe...
Photo/Sara KrulwichIn a cruelly ironic jab to Circle in the Square's theater-in-the-round production of The Miracle Worker, many of the audience members will, at one point or another, be entirely blind to what's happening on stage. Thankfully, William Gibson's script--which has aged surprisingly well--is far from deafening, and is neatly...
When is a box not a box? The moment you decide it's not. Problem is, while it was easy to imagine our way into other worlds as a child, at some point, we outgrew our refrigerator-box spaceships and saw only the utility of a packaging crate. So it's a pleasure...
metaDRAMA: That Which Shall Not Be Named
Okay, I lied. The name of the worst play that I have ever seen, currently running at the Frigid Festival, is Uncorseted. Masochists, get your tickets now.There's nothing constructive I can say about the show; I mention it by name to make a larger point: the theater community has a...
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I grew up somewhere near Lake Wobegon, but not too far from Walton's Mountain......
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I believe! Last weekend I went to Santa Ana, California to see Shanna Palmer starring as Peter Pan in 3-D Theatricals' PETER PAN at the OC Pavillion. PETER PAN, a musical production of the play by Sir James Barrie,......
THE TALE OF PIGLING BLAND IN MISSOURI
We're Pigs! A production of the musical THE TALE OF PIGLING BLAND (book and lyrics by moi, Suzy Conn, and music by Mitchell Kitz) just finished at State Fair Community College in Sedalia, Missouri. They performed for over 4,600......
Clang, clang, clang went the Trolley! Last night I had my walk-on role in Village Theatre's production of MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS. Last May when I bid and won the walk-on role at the Village Theatre Gala, the......
I went to see the first preview of EQUIVOCATION at the Seattle Rep last week, (thanks Kathryn!). I loved it! EQUIVOCATION, written by Bill Cain and directed by Bill Rauch, had its world premiere at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival......
STEPHEN SONDHEIM AND FRANK RICH
Monday October 26 I had a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet both Stephen Sondheim and Frank Rich. I attended STEPHEN SONDHEIM A LIFE IN THE THEATER, AN ONSTAGE CONVERSATION WITH FRANK RICH at Benaroya Hall. We (of......
ENCHANTED APRIL AT TAPROOT THEATRE
I was lucky enough to catch one of the last two performances of Taproot Theatre's ENCHANTED APRIL. Despite a devastating fire last week, Taproot Theatre, with the generous support of Seattle Children's Theatre, was able to mount two final......
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Our Town's Michael Shannon Appears at Falconworks Benefit in Brooklyn March 15
Falconworks Artists Group, a Red Hook, Brooklyn, not-for-profit organization dedicated to using theatre as a tool for social change, is hosting Make Your Own Benefit, a fundraiser, March 15....
Paice, Luker, Dvorsky and Petkoff Read Enchanted April Musical in Manhattan
A reading of the new musical adaptation of Enchanted April, featuring Jill Paice, Rebecca Luker, George Dvorsky and Robert Petkoff, is presented in Manhattan March 15 and 16....
Musical Monday, with McGovern, White and the Bergmans, Presented at the Pantages March 15
The Actors Fund's Musical Monday series continues March 15 in the lobby of the Pantages Theatre....
Today In Theatre History: MARCH 15
1926 Sean O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock has its U.S. premiere at Broadway's Mayfair Theatre. It runs 74 performances....
Just a Piano Open Mic: A 2nd Benefit For Haiti, with Williams and Ellington, Presented March 15
Just a Piano Open Mic: A 2nd Benefit For Haiti will be presented March 15 at The Triad in Manhattan....
Lage, Early and Frey Grasp Dead Man's Hand in NYC Reading March 15
Jordan Lage, John Early and Jessica Frey take part in a reading of John Holleman's Dead Man's Hand at Atlantic Stage 2 March 15 at 7 PM....
Cambiare Productions
There is a guideline/rule/rubric/something I heard this one time about never responding to your critics. Or maybe it was never respond to your critics publically or some such… I’m mostly well behaved about such things. But I want to point anyone who knows the formentors of rebellion who sic their fans and...
Quick thoughts on Outrageous Fortune
I’m not through Part One yet, but I really need to jot thoughts as I go or I’m just going to lose it all. AD’s honestly believe that there are no good plays anymore. Because of course Really Good Play means Tartuffe.It is really not clear to ADs at major shops...
I wrote a glorious, witty, self-serving piece about the need for big tent tolerance in both religion and theatre. Oh my god it was bad. As Treplev says in the the Nina Variations (by Steven Dietz – buy now), “Nothing makes an audience run from the room faster then the phrase,...
It seems in the aftermath of Diversity Weekend and the subsequent release of Outrageous Fortune that the fog of war has lifted and the folks are seeing the enormity of the problems in front of us. Of course the problems that face theatre are insurmountable. T’was ever thus. We are trying to perform...
Two years ago on another windy and cold First Night in Austin Cambiare Productions was born under the 1st Street Bridge. I’d be lying if I said it didn’t feel like a million years ago. I’d be lying if I hadn’t claimed more than once that this company was three years...
Words Matter (The Power of Naming)
Kate Foy of Groundling (and Toowoomba! I just like saying Toowoomba!) has been asking nicely all over the internet for about a year what exactly people mean when they call themselves an “indie” theatre company. I’ve talked with her in roughly 492 different venues about it, but discovered that I...
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New York Frigid Festival: Uncorseted
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New York Frigid Festival: No Traveler
Reviewed by Amanda Halkiotis Writer/performer Penny Pollak plays two young girls with a flair for the dramatic in No Traveler. The first attempts to validate her existence in her recently-remarried father’s life by pretending to end it, only to wind up in purgatory. She has the chance to rejoin the...
New York Frigid Festival: Vodka Shoes
Photo by Craig Ruttle Reviewed by Amanda Halkiotis Growing up with an alcoholic father, an evangelical Christian mother and an ailing older sister, Leslie Goshko has many the family anecdote. In her one-woman show Vodka Shoes, she shares a great deal of them with earnest, high-spirited energy. She doesn’t skimp on the...
Marc Blitzstein’s The Cradle Will Rock originally premiered in 1936, when America was in a devastating economic decline, arguing with overseas investors over the value of domestic goods, and facing pressure from labor unions over the cost of manufacturing those commodities. In this riveting, riotous revival, Theater Ten Ten keeps...
Give and Go: Learning from Losing to the Harlem Globetrotters
Investment banking and basketball usually don’t mix together as the foundation of a one-man show, but for Brandt Johnson, it’s just one of many life experiences he’s willing to share in his semi-autobiographical piece Give and Go: Learning from Losing to the Harlem Globetrotters. ...
Park Slope's Gallery Players pick the perfect time to revive Tony Kushner's show about the pain of change and progress.Photo by Bella Muccari.Reviewed by Ryan MaxCaroline, or Change is a musical about the Civil Rights Movement that isn't really about the Civil Rights Movement. True, it is set in 1963...
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Eccentricities of a Nightingale, from the 1999 Tennessee Williams Season: ...
From last year’s Total Eclipse 2009 … There’s still time to get your tickets for this year’s party, Sunday March 7th at 12 noon. ...
As difficult as it is, the old saying is true – the show must go on, and for me personally it’s been an important part of the healing process to get back to the work of exploring this challenging and beautiful script. Rehearsals have been going very well this week,...
It has been a difficult and tragic week within the Eclipse family; our good friend and ensemble member Kat Saari passed away on Monday, leaving our hearts broken and our souls aching. Kat’s passion, intelligence and artistic vision will be missed as much as her friendship. The outpouring of support...
Blues for an Alabama Sky, from the 2007 Pearl Cleage Season. Happy Valentine’s Day weekend, all you lovebirds … ...
The 2010 Arthur Miller Season officially began last night, with the first rehearsal of Resurrection Blues, scheduled to open (as a Chicago Premiere!) on March 28th at the Greenhouse Theater in Lincoln Park. After two years of celebrating our first decade of playwrights, it was exciting for all of us...
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Matthew Lombardo's play doesn't go far enough into exploring the life of actress Tallulah Bankhead....
Review: DC Metro: The Light in the Piazza
This chamber version of the Tony Award-winning musical exposes the book's weaknesses, despite fine work by stars Hollis Resnik, Margaret Anne Florence, and Nicholas Rodriguez....
Connecticut: Kathleen Turner to Star in World Premiere of Matthew Lombardo's High
Kathleen Turner will star in the world premiere of Matthew Lombardo's High, to be presented by TheaterWorks at City Arts on Pearl in downtown Hartford, July 9-August 22. Rob Ruggiero will direct. Additional casting will be announced at a later date. Turner will play Sister Jamison Connelly,......
New York: A Boy and His Soul, She Like Girls, Hair, et al. Win...
The 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards-New York, honoring entertainment and news media for their representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, was held at the Marriott Marquis on Saturday, March 13. Tony Award winner Alan Cumming hosted the event. Colman Domingo's solo......
Feature: New York: Vivat! Vivat! Victoria!
Tony Award winner Victoria Clark discusses starring in Lincoln Center's When the Rain Stops Falling and the Collegiate Chorale's star-studded concert version of The Grapes of Wrath....
New York: NYC's Paley Center for Media to Present Celebrating Sondheim at 80...
The Paley Center for Media in New York is present Celebrating Sondheim at 80, a series of three screening packages put together in honor of Stephen Sondheim's 80th birthday. From March 19-21, the package includes the song "The Two of You," written in 1952 for the children's......
HOLLYWOOD ACTOR PREP by Dana Kaminski
Oscar® Actors :: 1st Stage Experience + Acting Addiction Rush
In this video, these Oscar Actors touch on certain acting career experiences, that every actor feels; but aren't often shared: Experiencing the excitement of the first time on stage Realizing the calling... [[...Just a partial post. If interested in seeing the entire post, & media...CLICK on the TITLE.]] ...
Even Actors Like George Clooney Have Film Scenes Cut :: This One…
This scene from Up In The Air wound up on the cutting room floor. Was in the script, filmed; and then completely edited out. [video of scene] [[...Just a partial post. If interested in seeing the entire post, & media...CLICK on the TITLE.]] ...
A Bitter End :: Actor Corey Haim, Age 38, Passes On
Corey Haim's eyes revealed such heavy, long-term pain, it was remarkably profound. It altered his appearance. Actors that no longer can get work, or have ruined lives, those who fall so far from grace, is so very tough to look at. Especially, someone like Corey Haim...he set the...
SAG V.P. Sends Very Heavy Letter Out To Actors
Hang on to your hats, actors. And your union, if you can...Even if you find it faulty, or too much about legal-mumbo-jumbo, to understand or to care about...check into the Actor Union News part of Hollywood Actor Prep every once in awhile. Here's a link to "The Dire Situation", as...
82nd Academy Awards :: Full Winners Listed With All Nominees
Printable Oscar winners from the 82nd Academy Awards with nominees…Actor Categories, first. ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE... [[...Just a partial post. If interested in seeing the entire post, & media...CLICK on the TITLE.]] ...
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Politics of Acting Awards Shows
Like most people, I once thought Oscars, Tonys, Golden Globes, and Emmys always meant something. As time goes on it has become clear that they are not completely impartial organizations and have goals beyond recognizing excellence. Many times I have seen awards given to people I felt did not deserve...
Actors Who Made Their Own Movies
Actors often fall into the trap of waiting for someone to make opportunities for them. The prevailing wisdom is that auditioning is the best way to get acting parts. Not only are some actors not built for the constant rejection that is inherent in auditions, many overlook other talents that...
Actor Considerations For Acting In Nude Scenes
Sometime in most actors career (women particularly) they will be confronted with a role that includes nudity. In a theatre production being naked on-stage might be a little frightening the first time but once you do it three times a week it gets old and once you put your clothes...
Why Actors Do Not Produce Projects Online
Actors have been trained to wait for opportunities to come to them and be grateful for whatever they can get. Instead of being part of a team that puts together a project, most actors simply audition and wait for a phone call. It might seem that it is the only...
Actor Excitement In Acting Performance
Actors come to the craft from many different backgrounds and for many different reasons. Although acting is entertainment from the audience perspective, many actors do not become actors just to entertain others- more often than not it is the side benefits that keep them going. Not only do actors get...
How To Act Drunk Credibly Tips
Certain actors fall easily into caricature. Instead of analyzing what real people actually do, they just copy what they have seen on TV or a stereotype in their head. Actors that strive for realism need move beyond cliches and tired ideas. Actors that really want to bring a life-like quality...
The Next Stage
HIVE 3 and the re-branding of theatre
A crowd of the usual suspects were having a #2amt twitter round table the other day on the general topic of labels and What the Heck is ‘Indie Theatre’ Anyway? Questions being posed were like such: what is it exactly that ‘independent’ means? Independent of what? And where’s the delineation...
Local Director/Playwright/Performer Amiel Gladstone (check out his TNS interview here) has made the tough decision to start moving on with his life, and split up with an old benefactor. He would like to share the painful decision with us here. It’s being posted across the country, on the blogs of Toronto’s...
Boy, do we have a lot to talk about. Or rather, a there’s a lot of talk going on to jump in the middle of. While the Olympic maelstrom has been monopolizing the hearts and minds and commute times of the city for the past few weeks, some of the best...
The Heartbreak of IAS (Idiot Actor Syndrome)
Haven’t we all had someone close to us brought down by IAS? H/T to Rob at The Wicked Stage ...
The Tyee on Gordon Campbell’s Olympic hypocricy
Don’t you love it when a writer puts down in words exactly what you were thinking, especially when you’re enraged about something? Click here to read Mark Leiren-Young’s reaction to watching Premier Campbell during the Olympic opening ceremonies. One of the best op-ed pieces on the cuts yet. Here’s an exerpt: The...
I guess we’re going to have to deal with this filmed theatre thing
It’s an inevitability, I suppose. When we’re all talking about how to save theatre, how to adapt theatre to the persistent technological climate change that all the kids are gettin’ down with, about how to reach new audiences and turn them on to that old thing we love…it comes up....
Jersey Boys Blog
Today in Four Seasons’ Musical History
On March 13, 1976, “December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)” topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for three consecutive weeks. This was the first Four Seasons’ Number One song since 1964’s “Rag Doll.”...
Teen Actress Victoria Justice Visits Jersey Boys Broadway!
Last night, 17-year-old actress, singer and model Victoria Justice was spotted at JERSEY BOYS Broadway with her mother. She tweeted quite a few praises about the performance and the cast: “Jersey Boys was PHENOMENAL!!!!!!You don’t understand I wanna watch it over and over and over again. Absolutely amazing songs...
Frankie Valli with ‘Loose Women’!
In 2008, Frankie Valli appeared on “Loose Women,” a British lunchtime television program, to talk about his career and West End JERSEY BOYS....
JBB EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Rick Faugno!
After seeing Rick Faugno’s fantastic hit show, “Songs My Idols Sang (And Danced)” at the South Point Casino in January, you guys won’t be surprised, but of course, curiosity got the best of me about Rick’s early days, his new CD, his upcoming solo show, and what it’s like to...
Jersey Boys Australia Heads to Sydney in September!
From BroadwayWorld.com: Following 453 sell-out performances in Melbourne, JERSEY BOYS must finish on July 25, 2010. On September 18, 2010, JERSEY BOYS will officially open in Sydney at the Theatre Royal! The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, winner of four 2006 Tony Awards® including Best Musical, winner of...
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Theater Review | 'Lenin’s Embalmers': Doing a Job for Stalin, at Ensemble Studio Theater
“Lenin’s Embalmers,” at Ensemble Studio Theater, will teach you to beware those in seats of power who issue orders that carry the whiff of crazy. ...
‘The Demons’: 12-Hour Play, and Endless Bragging Rights
“The Demons,” a 12-hour production of a grim Dostoyevsky novel that will be performed only twice, may be the must-see show of the New York theater season. ...
Theater Listings: March 12 — 18
Selective listings from theater critics of The New York Times. ...
Theater Review | 'Next Fall': At Helen Hayes, Taking on Religion From a Hospital Bed
“Next Fall” is that genuine rara avis, a smart, sensitive and utterly contemporary New York comedy. ...
Unflattering nickname for Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest musical "Love Never Dies." ...
Theater Review | 'A Life in Three Acts': At St. Ann’s Warehouse, Youth, Frocks and Politics
Bette Bourne, a drag performer and activist from Britain, recounts his experience at the footlights and on the front lines in “A Life in Three Acts.” ...
The Theatrefolk Weblog
Complete and Condensed Stage Directions
Lindsay and I are huge fans of a group called the Neo-Futurists, a New York-based group that performs 30 plays in 60 minutes under the moniker Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind. Lindsay wrote a blog post four years ago about the first time we saw them. They’ve posted...
The boom gets started with an expansion of credit The Fed sets rates low, are you starting to get it? That new money is confused for real loanable funds But it’s just inflation that’s driving the ones Fear the Boom and Bust, John Papola & Russell Roberts I am not a math person. I don’t...
Free Music Archive – Amazing Music Resource for School Plays
Do you use incidental music or underscoring in your plays but are never quite sure about the copyright implications? This tweet opened my eyes to the Free Music Archive – an enormous archive of free music. The Free Music Archive is an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads. The...
I’m going to be a drama teacher.
Yesterday I talked to THIS first year drama in education class. 107 students, not all heading to be teachers but a good chunk of them. I talked about having a non-traditional arts career (there just aren’t that many publisher/resident playwrights out there) and the importance of arts education in my...
The latest issue of Spotlight! is now available. This month, we offer an All Exercise Issue in Playwriting. How do you write specific, vivid and dynamic dialogue? Read the whole thing here! In This Issue Introduction What goes into writing dynamic dialogue? Character Specific The more specific the character, the more vivid the dialogue. Sentence Structure All playwrights...
Creativity is not a waste of time
Did you see that moment on the Oscars? The composer guy? What he said? No, me neither. I was already out. I don’t really believe in the validity of award shows. Who’s to say what’s the best? It’s all subjective. Personally, I mainly like seeing all the pretty, and not...
Theatre is Territory
I just learned that Charles Nolte has passed on (January 14, 2010). My condolences to his family, friends, fans, students and colleagues. I had the pleasure of interviewing Charles for this blog back in October 2007. It was easily one of the most rewarding interviews I’ve ever done. He had been...
Toronto-based web wizards Haley Fiege and Chris Averginos have put together an awesome little teaser for our upcoming show. Please turn on your speakers and check it out here....
A cool theatre promo image that never saw the light of day
Or I guess it did . . . right here. This is a stock image combined with a found image. Ultimately, we rejected it because we felt it sets up expectations around “slasher”, when our piece is more a study of the meat of the brain. Cool image though. The genius...
5 shallow and unfocused thoughts about theatre
Thanks for stopping by. Sorry for the shortage of posts in the space. Been working on some different theatre and non-theatre projects. How the heck are you? Here’s some theatre stuff I’m thinking about: 1. The imagination gap is caused by the resource gap which is caused by the imagination gap ....
The second part of The Room’s experiment on the brain premieres at SummerWorks in Toronto. Check it out....
Address to the Jury @ Toronto Fringe
The story behind this Fringe postcard: “Designers are like secret weapons. Tricky to secure in low/no budget theatre but invaluable when they put their minds to it. DMeister Creative has clients like Microsoft, HP and SoftChoice (the same company that through our lead actor offered us free rehearsal space in...