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Category Archives: Theatre
MAMET IS RIGHT, UP TO A POINT
A recent controversy arose when playwright David Mamet threatened to fine Outvisable Theatre of Detroit in the event that talkbacks were held after performances of his play Oleanna. Such a measure by Mamet was heavyhanded, as is so much that … Continue reading
SHAKESPEARE’S MUSICALITY
A lot has been written over the centuries about Shakespeare’s musicality. Over one hundred songs with lyrics by him have survived. We know that as a professional actor in his time, he played musical instruments. A snide comment made by … Continue reading
THE ROCKY MUSICAL
Rocky, playing at the Winter Garden Theatre, is one of the major hits of the current Broadway season. Adapted by Sylvester Stallone and co-librettist Tom Meehan from Stallone’s 1976 film of the same name, it shows that the basis of … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, film, music, Musical Theatre, Theatre
Tagged Broadway, musicals, rocky, sylvester stallone
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WATCHING KING LEAR
Recently I went to see friends perform in Syracuse Shakespeare Festival’s production of King Lear. Like so much in art today, this ambitious project was put on with the scarcest of resources. Many of the cast members had only community … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Theatre
Tagged King Lear, Shakespeare, Syracuse Shakespeare Festival
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STAGE LITERACY
As dramatists, we depend on actors. Acting underlies all theatrical work. It is good for us to do scenery and lighting, but it is even better to do acting and directing. By doing this work, we can see how a … Continue reading
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Tagged actors, Eugene O'Neill, George Bernard Shaw, playwrights
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A NOTE ON MY PLAY GENOGRAMS
Sometimes an event is planned: a wedding, a graduation, a party, a football game. It doesn’t happen. It gets cancelled. You try not to think about it. But you spent too much time before the event mentally rehearsing the things … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, mental illness, Science, Theatre
Tagged Ensemble Studio Theatre, genogram, murray bowen, ny fringe festival, Romulus Linney
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A NEW SOUND OF MUSIC
The Sound of Music remains one of the most popular and performed of all musicals. This 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein show, telling the story of the former convent novice Maria and the singing children of Captain von Trapp, was extremely … Continue reading
