Image via WikipediaTo paraphrase my recent tweet: Blogging is easy for me; it's the real life thing that I find hard.Asa result, I am going on an indefinite hiatus from this blog. I hope that means something closer to the M.I.A. definition of "hiatus" than, say, Sleater-Kinney's. I shall only return when I am able to blog more effectively. I love you all.*-Ethan Stanislawski*If you have any inquiries, please don't hesitate to email me at tynansanger[at]gmail[dot]com.
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Image via WikipediaSo Tony Kushner a world-class playwright, wants the chance to develop a play like any workshop theater playwright can. He wants to do it at a major regional theater, in order to build up for the Broadway debut it deserves. The Guthrie mishandles its press release to critics. Some critics are already so pissed at the Guthrie that they will take it inevitably out on Kushner and everyone working on the show (they won't ever claim to if they do). Why are they doing that? Beca... Read Full Story
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeIn a perfect world, Friday would be the day we stop worrying, shut off our brains, and seek the rest and relaxation we sorely need. Unfortunately, in today's world, we're using too busy getting drunk, trying to get laid, and worrying about if our jobs will be there on Monday. To help purge the bad thoughts,I will conclude every Friday on this blog with a story that will hopefully help to put things in perspective, and shut off the delta brain waves without t... Read Full Story
Image via WikipediaIn a perfect world, Friday would be the day we stop worrying, shut off our brains, and seek the rest and relaxation we sorely need. Unfortunately, in today's world, we're using too busy getting drunk, trying to get laid, and worrying about if our jobs will be there on Monday. To help purge the bad thoughts,I will conclude every Friday on this blog with a story that will hopefully help to put things in perspective, and shut off the delta brain waves without the need for ch... Read Full Story
Each month, I will be unrolling a top 10 list regarding English-language drama this decade. Last month, I revealed the best lines from English-language plays this decade [Part One] [Part Two] [Part Three]. This month, I will be unveiling the best characters to emerge in Engish-language drama this decade. Because of the complications of such a list; I have broken it into three categoriesOriginal CharactersHistorical Characters (a.k.a. characters based on real life people)Reinterpreted charact... Read Full Story
Each month, I will be unrolling a top 10 list regarding English-language drama this decade. Last month, I revealed the best lines from English-language plays this decade [Part One] [Part Two] [Part Three]. This month, I will be unveiling the best characters to emerge in Engish-language drama this decade. Because of the complications of such a list; I have broken it into three categoriesOriginal CharactersHistorical Characters (a.k.a. characters based on real life people)Reinterpreted charact... Read Full Story
Each month, I will be unrolling a top 10 list regarding English-language drama this decade. Last month, I revealed the best lines from English-language plays this decade [Part One] [Part Two] [Part Three]. This month, I will be unveiling the best characters to emerge in Engish-language drama this decade. Because of the complications of such a list; I have broken it into three categoriesOriginal Characters Historical Characters (a.k.a. characters based on real life people)Reinterpreted chara... Read Full Story
No matter what you thought of American Buffalo on Broadway last fall, there is one way in which it may have changed the theater going experience as we know it: It turned the pre-show announcement into a stylistic decision in its own right. The announcement was not written by David Mamet, either before or after American Buffalo, but it did invoke Mamet's most famous choice of word, one that can still shock a Broadway crowd, especially when they least expect it. Not a single cell phone went of... Read Full Story
Image via WikipediaIn a perfect world, Friday would be the day we stop worrying, shut off our brains, and seek the rest and relaxation we sorely need. Unfortunately, in today's world, we're using too busy getting drunk, trying to get laid, and worrying about if our jobs will be there on Monday. To help purge the bad thoughts,I will conclude every Friday on this blog with a story that will hopefully help to put things in perspective, and shut off the delta brain waves without the need for ch... Read Full Story
In response to the debate over the "brokenness" of American theater (more here and here) I thought I'd note something about the "broken" argument Mike Daisey mentioned in his keynote at SoloNova (paraphrasing):Everyone is expecting a great crash in theater where it is never the same again, but that's already happened. After the rise of talkie movies, 90% of American theaters disappeared within a decade, which is a much worse rate than anything we'll see now. Now, we're just seeing a gradual ... Read Full Story
