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Archive for the ‘Playwrights’ Category

June 21st, 2008

Inkslingers: Guest Post by Dana Pellebon

I’m afraid my internet connection punked out on me at the end of the Blog-Off, and I didn’t make all 24 posts in 24 hours. But I had a lot of help from guest bloggers, and here is one article by Dana Pellebon, an actor, writer, and producer from Madison, WI.
Writer’s groups are a dime […]

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May 21st, 2008

Good news all over: Stew, Katie Holmes, and Mamma Mia!

It’s a banner day on Broadway, especially for some of the stories I’ve been tracking on this blog.
Stew Gets an Obie for Passing Strange
I wrote recently how musician and auteur Stew had garnered no fewer than seven Tony nominations - but there’s more out there than Tony. The Village Voice also gives out its own […]

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May 14th, 2008

A Correction, and the Jealousy of a Friend

Correction: While having lunch with Douglas Rosenberg today, he corrected one fact that was not clear in my recent post about John Henry. While it is true that John Henry never actually served in Vietnam, he was in the army, and served honorably; the interesting thing is that the metaphor of the war and combat […]

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May 12th, 2008

David Mamet, Nathan Lane & Presidential Satire? Vote YES!

In the tradition of the Daily Show and the Colbert Report, the new David Mamet play, November, is set just a few days before a presidential election. While having the site be a pseudo-official campaign site, complete with “Vote Now!” buttons, it’s also very entertaining. You also don’t have to watch too much to be […]

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February 25th, 2008

Fear No Art: A Tale of Two Universities

How to Do Something Right
Let me beam with pride at being a citizen of the fine city of Madison.
Last night there was a disturbance - worried neighbors called the police to say that they could see people with guns silhouetted through a window. The police responded as they would to any hostage situation, with multiple […]

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