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Archive for the ‘Stagecraft’ 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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March 10th, 2008

The Great World White Way

or, : From Broadway to Virginia to Melbourne to Hometown, USA in search of a Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
I had expected to write, today, about the revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, featuring Tony-award winning actors such as Phylicia Rashad, James Earl Jones, and Anika Noni Rose (all of whom are […]

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March 5th, 2008

Passing Strange: the Hottest New Show on Broadway

I’ve been coming across mentions of this play for the past couple of weeks here and there, always with the same gist to the comments: This is something new, something different; this ain’t your Momma’s Broadway musical. Then today I read in the Gothamist: “…an irresistible, cross-genre score, warm hearted humor, inspired staging and a […]

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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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February 21st, 2008

Must-Have DVDs: “Company” and the upcoming Blue Man Group “Megastar”

“Company”
Last night’s presentation on Great Performances was as good as promised. Anyone who has ever liked Seinfeld or Sex and the City will appreciate it - in fact, you might think the play was a rip-off of those ouvres until you realized that Sondheim wrote it in the 70’s. The music is also melodic enough […]

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