event musings: harvardwood: sallie bingham
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 […]
fink, pink and the plaza
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 […]
event musings: critics at play: condition critical
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 […]
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 […]
reading ruminations: new play development is alive and well and living in manhattan
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 […]
event musings: moonstruck reunion: “they’re real but a little larger than life”
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 […]
reading ruminations: men in white
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 […]
latino mixfest 2010 wrap-up: favorite dialogue moments
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 […]
event musings: the second time around: iva withers and standby charm
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, […]
playpenn 2010 wrap-up: favorite dialogue moments
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 […]
blueprints and plays and playpenn
Plays in development / plays in the making / plays in the news / plays on the brain / plays for life. Later this month, the 6th annual PlayPenn new […]
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 […]
event musings: a lot of a little something extra at lincoln center
“Either you are or you aren’t — a Judy Garland fan that is. And if you aren’t, forget about her new movie, I Could Go On Singing, and leave the […]
repost: “a habit of mind, a discipline of writing, a way of life”
[repost of an entry in my dramaturgy blog on the Philadelphia Dramatists Center web site. Original post can be found at: http://www.pdc1.org/viewthisblog.php?post=77%5D “Criticism is a habit of mind, a discipline of writing, a way of life” by Martha Wade Steketee A.O. Scott has crafted a bittersweet and reflective piece on the state of arts criticism in America, “A Critic’s Place, […]
event musings: sondheim and cook and the “being voice”
This past Sunday I was honored to be front row center at Studio 54 for the smashing new review / testimonial / romp / reverential comedic Sondheim fest called in […]
repost: “serendipitous acts of fate and community”
[Repost of an entry in my dramaturgy blog on the Philadelphia Dramatists Center web site. Original: http://www.pdc1.org/viewthisblog.php?post=72] “Serendipitous Acts of Fate and Community”: A report of an event, a publication, a […]
urban excavations 