2011: excavation review
This is my first full calendar year as a resident of New York City and as a member of the Independent Theater Bloggers Association. I continue to blather on about […]
exhibit: cecil beaton the new york years
Cecil Beaton: The New York Years Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue October 25, 2011 — February 20, 2012 exhibit site “I only photograph those I […]
event musings: new avenues for new play development: polly carl + david dower
New Avenues for New Play Development: Arena Stage’s Polly Carl + David Dower On the American Voices New Play Institute Monday, December 5, 2011 at 6:30pm Martin E. Segal Theatre […]
reading ruminations: tcg playwrights in conversation
TCG Playwrights in Conversation New Voices in the American Theatre Monday, October 24, at 7pm Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, 44 Charlton Street event web site The program proceeds as […]
suzy fay: discovering new voices
LMDA NYC visits with Suzy Fay Associate Program Director Lark Play Development Center Monday, September 12, 2011 at 1pm The Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) New York City chapter continues to meet regularly with area theatre makers. This day we convene in a conference room at the Lark Play Development Center‘s spiffy new (industrial, spare, functional, lovely) quarters on […]
ken cerniglia: managing expectations
LMDA NYC visits with Ken Cerniglia Disney Theatrical Productions Dramaturg and Literary Manager Friday, March 25, at 1pm The Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) New York City chapter continues […]
anne cattaneo: “it’s not so much the information, it’s the communication”
LMDA NYC visits with Anne Cattaneo Lincoln Center Theater Dramaturg Monday, February 7, at 3pm The Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) offers member dramaturgs and theatre writers […]
event musings: law & order: “you didn’t have to give away everything you knew how to do”
(L to R) Linus Roache, Annie Parisse, Sam Waterston, Gina Gionfriddo. Image: Martha Steketee. Vineyard Voices Fall 2010 Series: Law & Order And The Stage Sunday, October 24, 2010 at 6:30pm […]
Rufus. Stick To Your Own Damn Music.
[This is a repository of items accumulated over a several year period. With a bit of edge to my collection — I claim no dispassion. Husband says: “you have to […]
and the cheese stands alone: one person plays
One storyteller on stage, evoking a time, a story, a history – perhaps a call off stage, or a silent second character serves to prompt further story telling. Yes, the […]
pondering this play (these shining lives)
[reposted from the Rivendell Theatre Ensemble’s production blog for These Shining Lives, 23 December 2008 http://rtegreenroom.blogspot.com/2008/12/pondering-this-play-by-martha-wade.html%5D “I never dreamed I’d have a now of my own that looked this good.” […]
repost: young critics circle — a view from the field
[Repost of a blog entry I posted on the Association for Women Journalists web site at the end of the initial year (2007-2008) of the Young Critics Circle project (also called the Cindy Bandle Young Critics program) co-administered by AWJ and the Education Department of the Goodman Theatre to train high school age women in the art and wonders of […]
reading ruminations: spare change
[originally published Aisle Say Chicago August 6, 2006] Spare Change by Mia McCullough Directed by Lisa Portes First Look Repertory of New Work Steppenwolf Garage Theatre 1624 North Halsted / (312) 335-1650 / http://www.steppenwolf.org Through August 13, 2006 In the third of the three First Look new plays viewed in a marathon weekend, “Spare Change” features Brad (Paul Noble) and […]
