Sondheim, Company, Paley, and Serendipity
Company: Original Cast Album (1970) + Chance + Zelig-like friend Stephen Paley This is a post about serendipity: new friends, old passions, theatrical design, and Stephen Sondheim. I am surrounded […]
film feature: arty o’ the irst art
[re-posting of a 2010 set of musings, inspired by yet another re-viewing of this masterpiece courtesy of a December 5, 2013 showing on Turner Classic Movies] So I’m listening to […]
review: fun home
Fun Home Book and lyrics by Lisa Kron (based on the memoir by Alison Bechdel) Music by Jeanine Tesori Directed by Sam Gold Featuring Michael Cerveris, Judy Kuhn, Sydney Lucas, […]
review: the glass menagerie
The Glass Menagerie By Tennessee Williams Directed by John Tiffany Featuring Cherry Jones, Zachary Quinton, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Brian J. Smith Booth Theatre, 222 West 45th Street September 26, 2013 (opening) […]
event musings: graphic lesbians kron + angelos
Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies presents: Graphic Lesbians: Lisa Kron and Moe Angelos Moderated by Sara Warner Monday, October 29, 2013 at 7pm Martin E. Segal Theater @ the […]
review roundup: revivals range from throbbing to demure
The Winslow Boy @ Roundabout American Airlines (through December 1, 2013) Julius Caesar @ St. Ann’s Warehouse (through November 9, 2013 ) Revivals can dull the senses or send chills […]
playwrights, critics and scenes
Visions of playwrights and critics can inspire images of dramatic scenes. Colleagues from Chicago tell a story about a certain critic arriving at the lobby of a show and being […]
event musings: chance photo shoot (boris aronson designs)
Photo Shoot: From the Archives of Boris Aronson Friday September 6, 2013 New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza Theatre designer Boris Aronson has been […]
event musings: a visit to monte cristo cottage
Conference wanderings: Pictures, Prizes, and Hauntings Sunday July 28, 2013 Monte Cristo Cottage, 325 Pequot Avenue, New London, CT During my visit to the O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut […]
event musings: 49th o’neill convening, the edith, the sea
Conference wanderings: 49th O’Neill National Playwrights Conference Saturday July 27 through Monday July 29, 2013 Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, 305 Great Neck Road, Waterford, CT Over the past six months […]
event musings: jack viertel on today’s american theater
What: Harvardwood & the American Repertory Theatre Alumni Institute Present Jack Viertel (and Miriam Weisfeld) When: Monday June 24, 2013, 7pm Where: New York Institute of Technology, 16 West 61st […]
event musings: night of a thousand judys
Ali Forney Center Benefit Concert: Night of a Thousand Judys Written and Hosted by Justin Sayre Music Direction by Lance Horne Featuring Martha Wash, Madeleine Peyroux, Carolee Carmello, Lea DeLaria, […]
event musings: chance photo shoot (follies)
Photo Shoot: Shadows and Light and Set Models Wednesday June 5, 2013 New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza A theme to be explored in […]
event musings: chance photo shoot (here lies love)
Photo Shoot: Chance and Here Lies Love Friday May 17, 2013 The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street Chance Magazine, discussed by our core staff in excited shouts and earnest whispers over the […]
drama desk adventure 2012-2013 wrap up
A season year of theatre going — over 250 shows for Drama Desk consideration as well as a substantial additional number of concerts and readings and other events addressing other […]
kathleen chalfant: practicing “political performance”
Performance and Justice: Representing Dangerous Truths Symposium Kathleen Chalfant in conversation with Karen Malpede John Jay Collage of Criminal Justice Black Box Theater, 524 West 59th Street Wednesday March 13, […]
urban excavations 