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metaDRAMA: June 2007
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Thursday, June 28, 2007. Look What They're Doing! July 31 at 7:30. League of Independent Theater Convocation. They're in Tribeca, at 279 Church Street, so that's one idea for the summer. Posted by Aaron Riccio. Links to this post. Wednesday, June 27, 2007. I'm More Authentic Than You. Is nobody else offended about the recent Campbell Robertson article highlighting Spike Lee's plans to "try Broadway" by making Stalag 17. And becoming too wound up in publicity (so early in the game) to ever live up to any ...
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metaDRAMA: Critical Thought #2: What's a Spoiler?
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Thursday, December 06, 2007. Critical Thought #2: What's a Spoiler? Calls out Jacques Le Sourd. For spoiling the big secret of Tracy Letts' new play, August: Osage County. Which I review here. My stance on spoilers is simple: if the play does not earn. But I would gladly tell you about The Village. I generally extend it one step further, just because I try to be a nice guy and give the benefit of the doubt where I can, which is to say that I won't give away anything that is integral. I don't think Le Sou...
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metaDRAMA: April 2007
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007. So aren't gut responses awesome? Right below this post, I had some choice words to say for the offending audience at Mike Daisey's ART performance of Invincible Summer. As the days continue, it turns out that they weren't religious (they were a choir), and that it apparently wasn't premeditated - in fact, it was "agitated" by the house manager's reluctance to pause the show. Of course, this is just what Norco High School says. We can assume, as over at Playgoer. Links to this post.
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Hell and High Water, or Lessons for When the Sky Falls. LA VOZ HISPANA: Theatre Review by Angél Premier Solís. Translated from Spanish by Anita Velez-Mitchell. Plays the amateur photographer who captures the drama hoping to. Find fame with his photos of the unexpected tragedy. His analysis of the character was. Written by Jon Sobel. Displayed notable range, appropriately chewing the scenery as the terrifying assassin and also as the cowed Bishop of Coventry. Reviewed by Ilana Novick. Otto ( Cary Hite.
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metaDRAMA: February 2008
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Saturday, February 02, 2008. A Base of Biases. As I continue to explore what it means for me. This came out in part from Matthew Freeman's self-awareness after Happy Days. And also from a series of comments I received from Anonymous in response to something I'd blogged about. For the Show Showdown race. First and foremost: Fabrik. Is, as I say in my review, the second play that's ever made me really lose myself in tears. I'm not talking about choking up a little, as with Journey's End. Which I saw last n...
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metaDRAMA: September 2007
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Friday, September 28, 2007. Somebody Stop This Guy! Note: this is strict opinion, and I fully endorse the right of other critics to have other opinions. I also don't claim to be any better, but I am interested in getting. Better, so I put this out there in the hopes of sharing my own personal progress as a reviewer, theatergoer, and writer. Okay, Mr. Hove. We get it. You're a smart guy with intriguing ideas. Nevertheless, wouldn't it have been better to just do Moliere's "The Misanthrope"? No wonder (as ...
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metaDRAMA: If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007. If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It. Dredging through some archives that I managed to catch up on over the holiday, and here's a little gem from American Theater. October 2007), from an interview with writer/director Craig Lucas. Says Lucas:. There's this whole play-development thing in America that assumes somehow all new plays are broken and need fixing. But what does that mean? Every single one of Shakespeare's plays has a bad fourth act in my view - every one of them! When i...
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metaDRAMA: May 2007
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Sunday, May 27, 2007. I had a depressing thought after seeing the phenomenal The Eaten Heart. How long does an artist have to be emerging for? These days, it seems like it takes a long time to be recognized for your work, if it even happens, at all. I waxed momentarily on this last week in response to God's Ear. Part of the problem must be the general lack of profiles being run in high-profile publications; I rarely see any coverage of an innovative playwright or a theater company in The New York Times.
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metaDRAMA: A Base of Biases
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Saturday, February 02, 2008. A Base of Biases. As I continue to explore what it means for me. This came out in part from Matthew Freeman's self-awareness after Happy Days. And also from a series of comments I received from Anonymous in response to something I'd blogged about. For the Show Showdown race. First and foremost: Fabrik. Is, as I say in my review, the second play that's ever made me really lose myself in tears. I'm not talking about choking up a little, as with Journey's End. Which I saw last n...
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metaDRAMA: October 2007
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Sunday, October 28, 2007. I choose not to review television shows because they're the common medium: it's all too easy to access them, even easier to pass judgment on them (and for the most part, given how much TV we watch, accurate. Judgment), and there really isn't that much art left in the great many shows out there. I won't say there aren't exceptions ( The Wire. Or that there isn't great writing ( House. Innovative storytelling ( Lost. Or superbly self-indulgent satire ( Boston Legal. Price, is a pr...
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