October 2009
“In the early days of theater, there was a ‘prompt corner’ with a person ready to...”
– Whispers Offstage? Could Be Actor’s Next Line - NYTimes.com
Backstage: What's going around in Charles Mee's... →
Director Michael Rohd and set/multimedia designer Shannon Scrofano have staged “Full Circle” not just in the theater, but rather all over Woolly’s brutalist downtown space. Eight “guides” (young actors in or just graduated from college) will help audience members move from spot to spot during the play, which begins previews this week and runs through Nov. 29....
“Before Juilliard, I studied directing with Robert Woodruff and Anne Bogart at...”
– Adam Szymkowicz: I Interview Playwrights Part 76: Jenny Schwartz
Stage Manager Allegedly Filmed Actress In Dressing... →
That’s got to be against equity rules.
Playbill News: Bruce Wasserstein, Brother of... →
How sad, both for his family and for his niece turned adopted daughter who had already lost her mother.
“Jim Jarmusch once told me fast, cheap and good…pick two. If it’s fast and cheap...”
– Tom Waits on Art « The Next Stage
Playbill News: Bazan, Bills and Bartek Are... →
Colin K. Bills, Fabergé Theater Award Theater Fellowship, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company/// Congrats to Colin!
Theater Review: Peter Marks on Forum Theatre's... →
A sustained round of applause, then, for Forum’s appetite as well as for the supple execution.
THEATER: 'Angels' casts heavenly glow of... →
Heathers Musical Still Coming to Broadway -... →
Obviously, this will be awesome!
We had to create a piece of music for Kafka Club...
Parabasis: How to Give Feedback to Writers →
Do nots: 1.) Do not tell the writer what you didn’t like about the piece. It’s irrelevant at this early a stage. 2.) Do not compare the writer or writer’s work to some other writer or some other piece. In other words, do not start a sentence with, “This piece reminds me of”…. 3.) Do not rewrite the work for the writer—that is the writer’s job. In other...
“What my work is, is my approach to it. It’s the practice. And my work is about...”
– Anna Deavere Smith Takes On Health Care in One-Woman Show - NYTimes.com
For Train Operators, a Lingering Mix of Horror,... →
I think there is a play in this topic somewhere. A possibly depressing play, but an interesting one. Playwrights, hop to it.
Playbill News: Mee's Full Circle Will Get Unique... →
So very very awesome!
