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Caviglia's Cabinet of Curiosities: Mary Harron and American Psycho

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Friday, July 2, 2010. Mary Harron and American Psycho. Has directed three feature films in the past fifteen years or so: two were overtly feminist biopics of culturally relevant outsiders, the third was an adaptation of a novel about a (possibly) serial killing, rich, misogynistic (and fictional) investment banker. The adaptation of the novel was the only really successful film of the three, I think. I found her two biopics, I Shot Andy Warhol. And The Notorious Bettie Page. Is really lovely in it. I...

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Back Story: Why I (We) Do It

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We Can't Reach You, Hartford. An investigative history of the Hartford Circus Fire of July 6th, 1944. Nominated for a Fringe First at the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In the twilight of his life, famed photographer Matthew Brady must choose between the life he has built and the legacy he wants to leave behind. Renowned prose author Joyce Carol Oates explores honesty, perspective, and denial through one couple's harrowing attempt to save the person they love. Wednesday, February 20, 2008. Dr Seuss on L...

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Back Story: "...an event of such magnitude that it can grind a clear lens on history into a prism that bends facts here and there"

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We Can't Reach You, Hartford. An investigative history of the Hartford Circus Fire of July 6th, 1944. Nominated for a Fringe First at the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In the twilight of his life, famed photographer Matthew Brady must choose between the life he has built and the legacy he wants to leave behind. Renowned prose author Joyce Carol Oates explores honesty, perspective, and denial through one couple's harrowing attempt to save the person they love. Wednesday, December 19, 2007. So that a bun...

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the nytheatre i: June 2009

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Proudly presenting the GOOD NEWS INITIATIVE. Stories from the world of indie theater that make us happy. Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Gallery Players' Dominic Cuskern on Players Shakespeare and King Lear. As promised, here is my cyberinterview with actor Dominic Cuskern about the new "Players Shakespeare" program at The Gallery Players in Park Slope, Brooklyn. So this is some background to a dinner I had with friend and fellow Shakespeare addict, Sidney Fortner. She was bemoaning the lack of decent Shakes...

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the nytheatre i: March 2009

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Proudly presenting the GOOD NEWS INITIATIVE. Stories from the world of indie theater that make us happy. Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Sandra Nordgren is 13th Street Rep's New Producing Artistic Director. Here's the formal announcement from the company:. Sandra Nordgren has been named Producing Artistic Director of 13th Street Repertory Company in New York City. Over the past 12 years, Sandra has been TSRC’s Executive Producer for over 70 plays, more than 150 readings and nine development workshops. Has had m...

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Stage Matters: Los Pajaros and More on This North Coast Weekend

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And other matters, starting from the North Coast of California. Wednesday, February 4, 2015. Los Pajaros and More on This North Coast Weekend. It's the final weekend (Feb. 12-14) for Los Pajaros. With Mother Teresa as Harpo, Dick Nixon as Groucho, it's the Marx Brothers meet Firesign Theatre, with a Latino edge. The cast of 11 seems even bigger at times, so it's fascinating to recall that before this HSU production, the only performances were by the three members of Culture Clash. So even if local media ...

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Stage Matters: When They Were The Top

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And other matters, starting from the North Coast of California. Thursday, February 26, 2015. When They Were The Top. There's a review in a right-wing magazine. Of a new book on American musicals that makes a couple of interesting factual assertions. I believe the first one: the last song from a musical to become "an enduring popular hit" was "Send in the Clowns," written in 1973. The last homegrown musical to be wholeheartedly embraced by audiences and critics alike, made it to Broadway.". Scripts are so...

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Stage Matters: Traffic Circle Purpose Revealed

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And other matters, starting from the North Coast of California. Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Traffic Circle Purpose Revealed. Two crop circle investigators from England arrived in Arcata this week, but they weren’t on the lookout for bent corn. We've gone right off crop circles," Nigel confirmed. "We're onto something new.". Something big," Bruce whispered. Very big," Nigel agreed. Bruce looked both ways before he talked. "Traffic circles," he breathed. "That's why we're here.". Urban areas, for instance?

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Stage Matters: Postscript and Re-Dedication

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And other matters, starting from the North Coast of California. Friday, January 2, 2015. A postscript to 2014: My thanks to Joan Schirle and everyone who responded to (or "liked") her thread about Stage Matters on the Humboldt Theater Commmunity Group. On Facebook. And thanks as well to Michael Fields who pointed it out to me in an email. (It also allows me to post this photo of Joan, which I couldn't fit into previous posts.). Happy New Year everyone! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Soul of Star Trek.

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Stage Matters: One Amazing Old Trick to Make Millions!

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And other matters, starting from the North Coast of California. Monday, January 5, 2015. One Amazing Old Trick to Make Millions! Shocking Top Ten Made Easy! Andrew Marantz in the New Yorker recently profiled. If that's true it's heading in the direction of manipulation on the order of Orwellian cubed. And theft. Theft is very old news, and apparently very new media. For that seems to be how the Spartz sites make money. They steal the work of others. Or even that his model for success is relentless cynici...