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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Tweet Seats - Just Another Realignment in Shrinking Arts Coverage by Art

In this morning's Boston Globe, an article appeared which has Facebook on fire with condemnation.Apparently, some theater companies are trying to find ways to assimilate the lifestreaming cr…

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 05:30PM
Friday, December 23, 2011

A Christmas Video From My Elusive Friend by Art

Actually, that's me as the elusive Lord Somerville. The video was shot and edited by Brad Kelly. That's my voice as well. We made a couple of these for the Somerville Community Access Telev…

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 12:24AM
Monday, December 19, 2011

Jacob Marley awaits the audience for our 4th Trolley Christmas Carol today. by Art

Jacob Marley awaits the audience for our 4th Trolley Christmas Carol today., a photo by arthennessey on Flickr.The Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Theater and Beyond

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 11:46AM
Thursday, December 15, 2011

Ornamental Self-portrait by Art

Ornamental Self-portrait, a photo by arthennessey on Flickr.The Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Theater and Beyond

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 11:41PM
Friday, December 9, 2011

Occupy Boston Will Face Eviction - Follow the Livestream by Art

Watch live streaming video from occupyboston at livestream.comThe Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Theater and Beyond

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 12:04AM
Thursday, December 8, 2011

Guirgis Likens Production of his Play to a Minstrel Show by Art

In case you haven't seen it, yet, playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis wrote an e-mail to the Hartford Courant about seeing the Hartford TheaterWorks production of his play: The Motherfucker With…

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 01:49PM
Tuesday, December 6, 2011

First Time I've Done Live TV -Local Access by Art

If you wandered past Channel 3 on your TV tonight in Somerville you saw the unexpected. And probably laughed! Can you spot the non-actor? This is the closest I'll ever come to being Lorne Mi…

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 11:01PM
Saturday, November 26, 2011

"Where Be Your Jibes Now?" - Hamlet at UC Davis by Art

"Where Be Your Jibes Now?" - Hamlet at UC Davis, a photo by arthennessey on Flickr.The Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Theater and Beyond

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 01:10PM
Monday, November 21, 2011

Sondheim On Critics by Art

Stephen Sondheim isn't as terrified of the internet as Michael Kaiser.Heck, Mr. Sondheim finds a certain optimism in the passion of the online exchanges about theater, even in internet theat…

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 12:19AM
Thursday, November 17, 2011

Is there a Theatrical 1%? by Art

Scott Walters, over on his Theatre Ideas blog, publishes the first in what he is promising to be a multi-post series called "Occupy Lincoln Center."His first post is a comparison of the inco…

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 01:46PM

The Flavor Graveyard by Art

The Flavor Graveyard, a photo by arthennessey on Flickr.On the tour of the Ben and Jerry's Factory they told us that the worst flavor disaster might be Sugar Plum, which was so bad that dist…

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 11:07AM
Monday, November 14, 2011

Michael Kaiser's Grandfather is Scared of the Internet by Art

Today in the Huffington post we find another lost column by Michael Kaiser's grandfather. It is nice of Mr. Kaiser to type these up for us, as they were probably handwritten before word proc…

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 11:04AM
Sunday, November 13, 2011

Blurring of Criticism and Publicity by Art

What is an arts journalist anyway?Many news outlets have critics who double as arts reporters, but most daily newspapers separate the duties of reviewing and reporting.Of course, the arts be…

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 09:38PM
Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Nantucket Harbor by Art

Nantucket Harbor, a photo by arthennessey on Flickr.The Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Theater and Beyond

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 01:17PM
Thursday, November 3, 2011

Our Kickstarter Campaign is So Close To Success! by Art

The film I co-wrote screened at the Houston Comedy Film Festival last night and is on at the the Red Rock Film Festival later this month. Our Kickstarter campaign to raise money to offset t…

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 04:02PM
Sunday, October 30, 2011

Zombies Make Great Kissers by Art

My friend Erik Rodenhiser offers his services. Erik is owner of the Griffen Theatre in Salem where I spend most of my waking hours during October. We are coming down to the wire on Hallowee…

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 05:00PM
Sunday, October 23, 2011

Just a Little Busy In Salem Today! by Art

Yeah, it's just a little busy today in #Salem. Here's the line outside our show., a photo by arthennessey on Flickr.The Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Theater and Beyond

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 12:02AM
Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Occupy Boston Crackdown by Art

Below is a video of the start of the Occupy Boston crackdown. The people being seized are Veterans for Peace, who put themselves between the protesters and the police. The Mirror Up To Nat…

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 02:16AM
Monday, October 10, 2011

Wedding arrival at the Crane Estate - Castle Hill - Ipswich, MA by Art

Wedding arrival at the Crane Estate - Castle Hill - Ipswich, MA, a photo by arthennessey on Flickr.The Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Theater and Beyond

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 08:38AM
Sunday, September 25, 2011

A Large Scale Foursquare by Art

Where I'm at! Our film plays at the Pawtucket Film Festival This Afternoon!, a photo by arthennessey on Flickr.Me at the Pawtucket Vistors Center for the screening of our film at the 12th A…

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 11:29PM
Friday, September 23, 2011

Big Weekend for Our Short Film by Art

The short film I co-wrote with my wife Amanda and made with some good friends is playing at two film festivals this weekend!The Oblique Sector is an official selection of the 2011 Atlanta Un…

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 06:02PM

Boston Theatre - Friday Roundup by Art

(Dan Roach in Next Fall at Speakeasy Stage Photo by Craig Bailey/Perspective Photo)Last ChanceExquisite Corps' production of Trout Stanley makes its way upstream and then closes this weekend…

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 11:39AM
Monday, September 19, 2011

Television Melodrama With A Classical Music Twist by Art

The digital streaming service Hulu is allowing me to catch up on some Korean shows. I served as a Korean linguist for the U.S. Army in Korea for years and got hooked on some of the dramas on…

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 01:59PM
Thursday, September 15, 2011

Who Wins the Playwright Money Matchup? by Art

At least as far as Broadway grosses are concerned.A post over at The Youngblog shows an interesting way to look at the "success" of certain playwrights over history using the The Broadway Le…

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 01:56PM
Thursday, September 8, 2011

Boston Theatre - Friday Roundup - Storrow Bridge Safe Edition by Art

All the U-hauls have left our narrow streets, and the students will soon learn which bars they can get into on which nights. This year, nobody won the Storrow Pool, which is a bet on when,…

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 11:56PM
Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Theatrical Mindset List by Art

Using the template of the famous Beloit College Mindset List, Howard Sherman has quickly put together a Theatrical Mindset List over on the 2AMT blog.It is, in his words, " an unscientific t…

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 07:57PM

Another Badly Drawn Homily From Father Pike... by Art

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SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 03:00PM

Split Decision on Bess's Broadway Run? by Art

The New York Post has a blind source column about the inevitability of the Broadway transfer of the American Repertory Theatre production of Porgy and Bess.Michael Riedel reports that the Ge…

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 08:24AM
Saturday, September 3, 2011

Arizona Critic Banned From Dinner Theater! by Art

On the Stage Door Phoenix blog, theater critic Kerry Lengel of the Arizona Republic is sad, (sort of,) to report that "the workload got a little lighter." Apparently, a local dinner theate…

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 02:13AM
Friday, September 2, 2011

Great Shots from Film - Eternalized by Art

A tumblr blog with iconic little shots made into animated GIF's. So often we have to either play and replay our favorite shots or moments from films. Or we have to observe the cinematograph…

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 06:38PM
Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Nantucket Sentries by Art

Nantucket Sentries, a photo by arthennessey on Flickr.The Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Theater and Beyond

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 11:07PM