fragments inspired by stage and screen
general essay on or examination of aspect(s) of theater including performers and artists of many types rather than reviews of a particular production.
Athena Film Festival: A Celebration of Women and Leadership February 10-13, 2011 (notes here reflect February 12 events) Barnard College http://athenafilmfestival.com/ I have been reading about the developing program for […]
I am not a total ballet neophyte. Yet Tuesday evening February 8, 2011 is, indeed, my first visit to the New York City Ballet in its iconic space occupying the southern […]
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 […]
Edith Meiser Oral History series : Elizabeth Ashley in conversation with Rick McKay New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center Bruno Walter Auditorium, 111 Amsterdam Avenue […]
The Rachel Maddow Show — Live at the 92nd Street Y Kaufmann Concert Hall, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Tuesday, December 21, at 8:30pm http://www.92y.org/shop/event_detail.asp?productid=T-LC5RM01 I start standing in line […]
Vineyard Voices Fall 2010 Series: Patricia Clarkson in Conversation Monday, December 13, at 7pm http://www.vineyardtheatre.org/vineyardvoices/index.html My second visit to the Vineyard Theatre’s “Vineyard Voices” series is a boffo follow-up to […]
When: Wednesday, November 10, Reading at 7 p.m. Where: The Barclay Bar & Grill, 111 East 48th Street Harvardwood, the Harvard alumni arts organization with branches in Hollywood and New […]
Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise (and many additional ports of call). I shall indulge in some ruminations about this amazing woman, this memoir published November 2010, and an […]
Condition: Critical A Discussion on the Future of Theatre Criticism Monday, October 25, 2010 at 6:30pm Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, The Graduate Center, CUNY event site I believe in […]
(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 […]
I am the new kid in town. I’m building a network, patching together professional connections, getting to know locales and hideouts from my morphing perspective of multi-decade visitor cum new […]
Norman Jewison Film Screenings: Moonstruck Friday, October 8, 2010 at 7:00pm event web page A New York City fairy tale. A story of family and old country and new country […]
Men in White [reading] by Sidney Kingsley Directed by Gregory Victor & Allie Mulholland Featuring Ronald Rand, Pete McElligot, Emily Ciotti, Dana Panepinto and others The ReGroup Theatre Company, Neighborhood […]
http://www.atlantictheater.org/page.aspx?id=12017056 Day 3 of the festival, Atlantic Theater Company, Stage 2, 330 W 16 Street. 14 August 2010. Saturday, the 3rd day of the Latino Mixfest festival, I show up […]
When: Wednesday, August 11, Interview at 6:45 p.m. Where: Showbiz Store & Cafe, 19 West 21st Street The crowd of 60 plus is about three times the size originally expected, […]
http://playpenn.org/ The artistic staff of PlayPenn, a new play development conference in Philadelphia that has just completed its sixth annual summer session, estimates that it has provided development support to 45 plays. As a member of the artistic staff mentioned during one of the public events over the past few days at the Adrienne Theatre complex at 2030 Sansom Street […]
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