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 […]
Personal Map of the World
I have been mulling a gorgeous and evocative essay by Lyn Gardner entitled “Theatres and the ties that bind us” in The Guardian Monday 15 February 2010. A favorite passage […]
Round Up the Usual Suspects
In 1976, I was completely unaware that the location of my introduction to Casablanca (1942) was a theatre with an instrumental role in the post WWII “cult of Casablanca” history […]
Critics In Conversation: Howard Shapiro
[article originally published at Philadelphia Dramatists Center site, November 5, 2009.] About Howard Shapiro: HOWARD SHAPIRO joined The Philadelphia Inquirer in 1970. He has been a general assignment reporter, has […]
Critics In Conversation: Wendy Rosenfield
[article originally published at Philadelphia Dramatists Center site, November 4, 2009.] About Wendy Rosenfield: Wendy Rosenfield has written freelance features and theater criticism for the Philadelphia Inquirer since 2006 and […]
Critics In Conversation: Mark Cofta
[article originally published at Philadelphia Dramatists Center site, October 26, 2009.] About Mark Cofta: Mark Cofta has been a theatre critic for Philadelphia City Paper since January 2006; before then, […]
Critics In Conversation: Toby Zinman
[article originally published at Philadelphia Dramatists Center site, October 26, 2009.] About Toby Zinman: Toby Zinman is Professor of English at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where she […]
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 […]
urban excavations 