Saw TIME AND THE CONWAYS last night and liked it well enough. Thought the performances and accents were all over the place and often seemed amateurish. The set is the star. Act Three becomes an exercise in dramatic irony, as we've already seen how the characters wind up. It's all pretty obvious, but not a complete misfire like some other Roundabout shows.
I did have a question about the music played between acts - anyone kno
With the coming of DAMES AT SEA, I'm researching the beginnings of the Off-Off Broadway movement again.
Caffe Cino, where DAMES AT SEA premiered, also gave a start to Marshall Mason, John Guare, Robert Patrick, Jeff Weiss, Sam Shepard, Paul Foster, H.M. Koutoukas, Doric Wilson and many others.
There is a great site dedicated to the Cino: HERE.
Saw 10 out of 12 last week. It really is a must see for anyone involved in theater. It's a tad too long at 2 and a half hours. If anyone asked, I'd tell them exactly what to cut.
It must have been a nightmare to tech a show about a tech rehearsal.
James Lecesne’s The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey at Dixon Place just got a well deserved RAVE from Isherwood.
The return engagement of Soho Rep's production of An Octoroon is actually better than it was at Walkerspace (and it was pretty fantastic there!) with the mostly new cast, and in the larger space at TFANA.
Horseplay: or, The Fickle Mistress at La Mama has the best ensemble
Saw the MCC production over the weekend. It's very well done, very effective and very creepy at times. I think the weak link is Merritt Wever, who is miscast. Everyone else is outstanding.
Theater History Books Jul 23
2014, 10:09:29 PM
Playing Underground: A Critical History of the 1960s Off-Off-Broadway Movement by Stephen J. Bottoms
Caffe Cino: The Birthplace of Off-Off-Broadway by Wendell C. Stone
On Edge: Performance at the End of the Twentieth Century by C. Carr
Ridiculous!: The Theatrical Life and Times of Charles Ludlam by David Kaufman
Saw this Friday night. The music, by Heather Christian, is some of the best music I've heard in the theater. If you are sick of the generic, power-ballad, auto-tune sound of most theater music - this is the show for you. And I think if more shows had scores like this, theater wouldn't be such a elitist endeavor.
I was also a huge fan of Mission Drift a few years ago, which also had music by Heather Christian.
There were many children in the audience, and while I
Public Theatre Ticketing Heads Up Mar 21
2014, 12:03:47 PM
I bought a ticket, online, to something at The Public Theatre yesterday and just wanted to give everybody a heads up. First off, a $20 ticket had $7 worth of fees (35%) but I'm used to that. In addition, not once, but twice during the checkout process their system put a "donation" in my order that I had to actively remove. So just a heads up that if you are not paying attention, you are going to be paying a "donation".
ME: The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window by Lorraine Hansberry
Mr. Burns @ Playwrights Aug 31
2013, 08:55:25 PM
I saw MR. BURNS and I have to disagree with the people that say you don't need more than a passing familiarity with The Simpsons. I had even seen the episode they recreate, albeit once a long time ago, and I felt totally lost.
I'd say if there is any way to view this episode if you are going to see MR. BURNS - do it! Heck, they should even be playing it in the lobby before the show!
All that said, I did like a lot of the show and have been thinking about it a lot since I
