June 25th, 2008
As I was going through the slurry of fine arts news that Google sends my way each day, I came across an interesting connecting thread between two very different types of theatre: Spanish.
The Bard for Our Time
As the Spanish speaking segment of the U.S. (as well as the rest of the world) continues to grow, […]
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June 24th, 2008
Steve on Broadway (SOB) has a very poignant column out today about George Carlin. It’s sweetly memorable with a personal touch, and he notes that unlike contemporaries like Robin Williams, Carlin never did a Broadway show. Kind of surprising, when you think about it, for such a big name.
However, a little research reveals a CNN […]
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June 21st, 2008
Here’s the last donated blog from Steve Eley, creator of the Escape Pod Podcast (among others). I asked him to contribute not because of his expertise in the arts, but because I know he can tell a story. As you will see here…
Being asked by Gray to write a guest post on this blog was […]
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June 3rd, 2008
On my shelf sits a book, a black book with a picture of a curly-haired smiling lady on the back. It’s called “Improvisation for the Theater” and is written by drama pioneer Viola Spolin.
Her son, Paul Sills, died of pneumonia today at age 80, having continued his mother’s work and shaped theatre as we know […]
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February 17th, 2008
I’ve mentioned several times that yes, aside from writing about performing arts, I do in fact perform in them as well. One of my venues is Foxy Veronica’s Peach Pies, where I do occasionally bawdy acts and songs (for example, I choreographed and perform “All I Care About” from Chicago with all the channeled Richard […]
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October 5th, 2007
I’ve often heard one of the more emphatic criticisms of Keanu Reeves be his performance in Much Ado About Nothing. While I agree that in comparison to the others in that cast, he was less than spectacular…well, come ON! When you’re up against Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, and Denzel Washington, plus a whole bunch of […]
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September 1st, 2007
I’m going to my 20 year H.S. reunion in a month, and it amuses me that under “hobbies” I get to put “Burlesque Performer.” It’s very true; I spent the latter half of travel on thursday night choreographing a new number for the Peach Pies, where I get to sing “All I Care About” from […]
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August 28th, 2007
” Now in its 11th year, the Fringe is, in producing director Nick Stuccio’s words, “a giant state fair of contemporary art.” It famously draws tens of thousands of people to see well over a hundred innovative performing arts events both from around the world and from the heart of Philadelphia. The Live Arts Festival […]
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June 19th, 2007
One of the things I really like to see is when savvy philanthropists recognize that it’s very possible to play on the very puerile and base instincts of popular culture and harness that energy to fund worthy causes - such as the fight against AIDS.
And not just anybody - Tony-award winners like Jerry Mitchell and […]
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December 24th, 2006
I love music. I love holiday music, even. But I gotta admit, even I had to agree with this guy: some songs just get played too damn much:
Happy holidaze, everyone.
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