Monday, May 20, 2013

TT: Almanac

"I saw a tall man, evidently an Englishman, come in with a young rough. He had the long, washed-out face...

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TT: Lookback

From 2005: Somewhere along the way, I muttered the all-too-familiar mantra of the busy New Yorker returned from a brief...

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Man Falls From Broadway Window To Marquee

New York Daily News 05/19/13

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Bring Your Own Canoe To the Theatre In Minnesota

Minnesota Public Radio 05/19/13

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TT: Almanac

"Of all the cants that are canted in this world, though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst, the...

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TT: "Thus I turn my back"

Today's Wall Street Journal drama column is devoted in its entirety to a Washington show, the Shakespeare Theatre Company's new...

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TT: Just because

Donald Wolfit and Hildegarde Knef in a scene from Svengali, the 1954 film version of George Du Maurier's novel, written...

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TT: Almanac

"The author should shut his mouth when his work opens its mouth." Friedrich Nietzsche, Mixed Opinions and Maxims (courtesy of...

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TT: In the beginning

When Mrs. T and I went to see Francis Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites at the Metropolitan Opera last week,...

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

TT: Almanac

"Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense." Samuel Johnson, The Idler (June...

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TT: So you want to see a show?

BROADWAY: • Annie (musical, G, reviewed here) • Matilda (musical, G, all performances sold out last week, reviewed here) •...

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Putting The Kite Runner Onstage

The Guardian (UK) 05/14/13

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

TT: Almanac

"It is meat and drink to me to see a clown." William Shakespeare, As You Like It...

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TT: Snapshot

"The Cat Concerto," directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera, released in 1947: (This is the latest in a series...

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Monday, May 13, 2013

TT: Lookback

From 2006: I had a nightmare in Chicago last weekend, a few hours after seeing a performance of Gore Vidal's...

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TT: Almanac

"What most people relish is hardly music; it is rather a drowsy reverie relieved by nervous thrills." George Santayana, The...

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TT: Eyeroller

Yes, I read SkyMall whenever I fly, and on my last flight I ran across this listing for a product...

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Sunday, May 12, 2013

TT: Just because

The Jimmy Smith Trio plays "The Sermon" in 1964: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that...

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TT: Almanac

"The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable." Oscar Wilde,...

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TT: The persistence of memory

Nowadays I review so many plays and musicals, both in New York and elsewhere, that it's growing more and more...

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Friday, May 10, 2013

Why The Live Audience Experience Matters

Wall Street Journal 05/10/13

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Sydney Theatre Co. Launches $20 Ticket Program

Limelight (Australia) 05/10/13

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

TT: Sing along with Cicely

In today's Wall Street Journal "Sightings" column I talk about how audiences respond differently to different art forms--and how the...

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