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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...
Parabasis
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Nearly every blogger I read who has some interest in seeing a constructive next step in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process seems almost giddy with excitement over Netanyahu's recent decision to okay a bunch of new settlements right as Joe Biden......
Ways Matthew Murray Goes Wrong
I was going to write a big long post about this, but I've been driving for close to nine hours today and who honestly has the time? Not me, and not when TalkinBroadway's Matthew Murray has self-evidently ridiculous things to......
By Guest Blogger Guy Yedwab I bought the book Why We Make Mistakes recently, because I have long felt that it is important to understand the limitations of the brain. For two reasons: one, because the ways in which our......
By Guest Blogger Guy Yedwab When I was in high school, I tried my hand at a little prognostication. I can't fully remember the context, but in a spat of bitterness about the ineffectiveness of Democrats, I hypothesized that if......
Your Wednesday Morning Geek-gasm
So say we all....
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Gettin' You Home - Chris Young
The grandson of onetime Louisiana Hayride performer Richard Yates, country singer/songwriter Chris Young hails from Murfreesboro, TN, and first drew the public's attention when he appeared on the Nashville Star television show in 2006....
Theater review: 'Heist!' might steal your breath away
Humana Festival audiences know that the hottest ticket to score is the Actors Theatre of Louisville apprentice showcase....
No one does misty-eyed reverence for the bravery and sacrifices of American soldiers in World War II like Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg....
No Politics at the Oscars, Please
For the first time that I can remember, there were no politically charged comments at the Academy Awards ceremony last Sunday....
"Love Never Dies" a brilliant sequel to "Phantom"
Unlike lightning, Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom" does strike twice. More than 23 years after "Phantom of the Opera" became a worldwide sensation, the British composer has delivered a sequel in "Love Never Dies." As handsome as the original and filled with infectious melodies, startling images and wonderful performances, it's running...
'A Suicide Note From a Cockroach' reflects immigrant experience in circus-theater blend
CarlosAlexis Cruz drew on a background in movement theater and circus techniques to create "A Suicide Note From a Cockroach." Coming up Opens 8 p.m. Thursday, continues 8 p.m. Thursdays-Sundays, and 2 p.m. Sundays, through March 28, Imago Theatre , 17 S.E. Eighth Ave.; $10, www.pelutheatre.com Last July, CarlosAlexis Cruz...
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THEATRE COMPANY NAME FAIL Assemble the board of directors for an...
THEATRE COMPANY NAME FAIL Assemble the board of directors for an emergency meeting....
PLAY BY PLAY TO MOVE It was about five months ago that I...
PLAY BY PLAY TO MOVE It was about five months ago that I predicted right here on this blog, that Play by Play Theatre Bookstore would last about eighteen months. As it turns out, that might’ve been a bit optimistic. In the latest edition of the always-profound Play by Play newsletter, the...
HOLY SHIT BALLS. I just got a hold of a 2010 Minnesota Fringe...
HOLY SHIT BALLS. I just got a hold of a 2010 Minnesota Fringe Festival Performance Contract. No big deal. Same ol’ stuff. Skim right on through and sign at the — WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?! Apparently, people have not been adhering to the age-old Fringe rule of “never ever...
FRINGE LOTTERY! [UPDATED] Unless you’re an absolute...
FRINGE LOTTERY! [UPDATED] Unless you’re an absolute Fringe twat, you are no doubt aware of the fact that tonight is the fabulous Minnesota Fringe Festival Lottery! And unless you’re an absolute Fringe twat, you know that it’s never too early to get some Fringe buzz going (both good and bad). Just...
"It’s boring to do the same role night after night in a theater."
“It’s boring to do the same role night after night in a theater.” - Anthony Hopkins It......
SPREAD YOUR GAY (THEATRE) LOVE!!! Hello my lovely Gaye-lings! ...
SPREAD YOUR GAY (THEATRE) LOVE!!! Hello my lovely Gaye-lings! It’s a new year…a new decade…and a new Valentine’s Day with an empty feeling in my heart after a random hook up that ends with me walking home with a missing shoe and torn underwear. This year, I’ve decided to re-direct my love...
The Playgoer
"In an interview four years ago Conor McPherson, a Dublin writer of similar stature, questioned how Irish [Martin McDonagh] really was. “More like stage Irish,” he told me. Mr. McDonagh responded to this comment with a flash of anger, disregarding a pledge he had made minutes before to give up...
What the Public Theatre hopes its lobby will look like in 2012, after a $35 million renovation--"ground" of which was "broken" this week. During the renovation the Public will stay open for business, with some reduced scheduling. More info, and photos of Oskar Eustis in a hardhat, here, also a brochure....
Will America Be Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
High among the priorities for the proposed nation-wide K-12 education standards: Under the proposed standards for English, for example, fifth graders would be expected to explain the differences between drama and prose, and to identify elements of drama like characters, dialogue and stage directions.Nice that someone still thinks there'll still be...
The propmaster--that unsung hero with no award category--finally gets his due: For "Cave Quest," Takemoto tracked down or improvised a number of hard-to-find objects. The nun, for instance, needed a shawl of a certain color and texture that would look good under black light. The costume designer found fabric at a...
Another major print news outlet has eliminating their full-time theatre critic post: Variety. Oh, and their movie reviewer, too. They're continuing theatre reviews, but with a fully-freelanced staff. We knew the full-time drama critic was an endangered species. But this is freakin' Variety we're talking about. Variety....
Best Actor/Best Actress: Shall the Twain E'er Meet?
Making waves across the net this weekend was Kim Elsesser's NYT op-ed asking one of those good questions that seems so obvious when asked, except no one (publicly, at least) ever asks it:Suppose, however, that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented separate honors for best white actor...
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Many of us in the theatre community are excited about the new Obama administration and what it could mean for future support and funding of the arts. Playgoer has a really great post on the subject: I'd rather put......
The Harrowing Demise of Jeune Lune
An incredible video interview with Dominique Serrand of Theatre de la Jeune Lune....
3 Shows, 4 Cities, 4 Weeks: Part the Second
Next up, The Internationalist opens in Columbus, after about 3 rehearsals....
3 Shows, 3 Cities, 3 Weeks: Part the First
Foolin' Around With Infinity by Steven Dietz - Granville, Ohio - December 20...
Harvey Pekar jazz-opera at Oberlin
On Jan. 31, Harvey's opera, "Leave Me Alone" makes its world debut at Oberlin College, just a 45-minute drive from Cleveland, Ohio. And as Pekar might say, if you can't make it, don't sweat it. The production will be......
Jane Fonda
Time flies. No time since Oscars to blog. The time fast approaching when I will tape my new exercise DVDs for boomers and seniors. I have been rehearsing, working on choreography, choosing music, what to wear. You blogger friends have been extremely helpful in dissuading me from doing retro–the leg...
After the Vanity Fair dinner, we moved into the area where the party was to start once the people who had been at the Oscars (including the winners) began to arrive. There were a few friends who were fun to talk with—George Hamilton, George Schaefer who produced “Laugh-In” back in...
So love michelle phiffer's sspeech about jeff Bridges #oscars # Jeff bridges so deserves this award. He is so brilliant. I have worked with him #oscars # I love jeff honoring his parents. I have felt that way when I won. #oscars # Wow does Oprah (@oprah) look fabulous!!! #oscars # It IS moving...
I am en route to the Vanity Fair (@vanityfairmag) dinner. Never been. #oscars # Richard and I are at a table with Joan and Jackie Collins at @vanityfairmag dinner #oscars # Caroline Herrera just came by with her husband, Renaldo who I knew in paris when I was 16 and he was...
The week before the Academy Awards is chock-a-block full of parties. And I have been to a few. Last night it was at the Chateau Marmont—again. Not my kind of party—too crowded, too smoky, too many people I didn’t know. But a few I did: My son Troy and my...
L’Oréal is the cosmetic/skin care company that I am a brand ambassador for —along with many others. Over the four or five years that I have worked with L’Oréal, I have been impressed with their company leaders and their work ethics. I have received several very negative comments from blog...
London Theatre Blog
Journey to the Heart of the Sun
Chronicle of a journey to the Cartoucherie de Vincennes to see Théâtre du Soleil's latest production, Les Naufragés du Fol Espoir....
This is a production fascinated by the psychological dissection of individual souls, but without much concern for the real-world consequences of its protagonists’ moral and marital manoeuvres....
One of the most touching moments in the play comes when the two leaders of 11 and 12 meet and talk through the night about their conflicting beliefs....
Interview with Polarbear: spoken word artist
Diana Damian speaks to Brummie Spoken Word artist, Polarbear, about his show RETURN and his unique approach to performance....
A Practical Guide to Theatre and the Web: Twitter
Do you tweet? What can Twitter do for your work in the creative industries? Sinead MacManus covers the main points of the world's most used microblogging service....
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof has turned out to be a box-office smash hit in the West End, but what does this reverse-race production bring to Tennessee Williams' modern classic?...
THE BARKSDALE BUZZ: Behind the Scenes at Barksdale Theatre in Central VA
Part C: Replacing Brahms with Wayne and Underwood, or "Vox Populi, Take the Wheel"
Posted by Bruce MillerIf this is your first look at my three-part blog response to A. Barton Hinkle's Op/Ed piece, Picking Apart Arguments for Funding the Arts, published in Friday's (March 5) Times-Dispatch, you may want to scroll down and read Parts A and B first. I would provide a...
Part B: Rolls-Royce and “a Medicaid Patient’s Physical Agony"
Posted by Bruce MillerAfter trying to compare, illogically, the arts to scouts, grocery stores, newspapers and places of worship in yesterday's Times-Dispatch (see my previous post, Taking On Those Who Buy Ink by the Barrel - Part A), A. Barton Hinkle moves on to pick apart the argument offered by...
Taking on Those Who Buy Ink by the Barrel - Part A
Posted by Bruce MillerA. Barton Hinkle's Op/Ed piece in this morning's Times-Dispatch (Picking Apart Arguments for Funding the Arts) is a classic example of how ideology can trump rational thought and respectful debate. I often hold Mr. Hinkle's editorial writing in high regard because he usually builds his arguments on...
Subscriptions Growing at Hanover Tavern
Posted by Bruce MillerIn the midst of an avalanche of challenges (snow cancellations, threats to the Virginia Commission for the Arts), there is some GREAT news coming from Hanover Tavern. Bucking all trends, local and national, subscription sales are UP by 10.5%!First Baptist of Ivy Gap is doing exactly what...
Video - The Grapes of Wrath - Interview with the Director
The Grapes of Wrath - Now through March 21, 2010 at Willow Lawn - Interview with the director - Dr. Tawnya Pettiford-WatesThe Grapes of Wrath performance schedule More information about the play...
The REAL Case for the Arts in VA
Posted by Bruce MillerAt least 150 Virginia arts supporters lined the halls of the Virginia Capitol today. It felt like more, but that's how many stickers saying "Save the Arts" were distributed. However many of us there were, we packed the place, and certainly made a strong statement...
Unscripted - A Blog for Actors - Backstage
By now, I've been to some pretty rockin' cities including San Francisco, Toronto, and Seattle, just to name a few...But who would have guessed one of my favorite cities to visit would be Des Moines?!? Yep! It's a true story:....I......
I only rarely do pay-to-play meet & greets anymore. Mostly because I've met so many of the agents and casting people already. But this past week I decided to give another one a shot. She was a manager, and didn't......
The last couple weekends I've seen a lot of theater in Los Angeles; mostly black box theater. It's good to keep a balance between film, television and the live performances around you, I think. The first weekend, my girlfriend and......
I was in Manhattan today and lets just say that there was a monsoon in the city. You can always tell when there is a bad rain with one sign...Umbrella's in the trashcans....
“For the love of God and my Sisters (so charitable toward me) I take care to appear happy, and especially to be so.” - Saint Therese of Lisieux "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out......
What did I just spend all that money on?
I recently joined an actor-network-workshop-thingy, and I went on my first "meeting." Not a real meeting, mind you, but a situation where you sign up and pay money to do sides or a monologue for a Casting Director, Agent, or......