we learn that plays are sometimes very short. And yet other times they're very very long.I kid, but I actually do like this quote that ends the very very long article by Reed Johnson, from o…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 11:33PMmy lack of posting an excerpt from L.A. Affairs over the weekend meant that the paper had taken a break from covering the love lives of the city's heterosexuals, not to worry. Not even Thank…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 11:29PMsome time after I wrote that post about the Angels in America articles in the LATimes that I ignored the meatiest one, which questions if the development and support of the play could've hap…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 11:36AMWe decided to earmark a portion of our donations to Hurricane Sandy, and on Thursday I made a $100 donation to Occupy Sandy. You can do the same here.
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 02:58PMPat Chatlin writes about her bad back and her drawing teacher, Ed. In the below passage, her match-making friend Wendy arranges Pat's first date with Ed on the fly-- "Ed, do you own a …
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 12:54PMI've been updating social media all night and saving the personal blog for last, but let me just say that Fell Swoop Playwrights put on a great party last night.We had over 40 people at the …
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 02:16AMWe're kicking off Fell Swoop tonight at 8pm! Come celebrate with us tonight at Red Rock Bar & Cafe on Sunset. The address is 8782 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069.And just a reminde…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 01:25PMfrom last night's concert performance of Wozzeck at Disney Hall, conducted by Essa-Pekka Salonen and performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra, the UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus, along with membe…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 10:30AMIn today's L.A. Affairs, Tito Morales contemplates his romantic fate--Soon we were standing in a long line outside a Westwood theater, waiting to see a movie about a guy named Indiana Jones.…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 04:54PMThe LATimes is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Angels in America with a couple of nice articles. Here's a quote from this one, exploring the social and political context--A two-part, sev…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 11:09AMwrites a long article about gay political history in the 11/12 issue of The New Yorker that manages to be thorough and personal at the same time. It's very sweet, and it makes me want to rea…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 10:20AMWe're getting excited about our Fell Swoop Playwrights party next Wednesday at Red Rock Bar & Cafe on Sunset. Our members are bringing some writing to share with the crowd; I've been wor…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 11:29PM#1, #2 and #3 are here, here, and here.I thought I was all caught up with all the things I wish I'd blogged about during the blog's dormant phase, but just the other day I was reminded…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 12:04PMwe learn that checklists don't always make the man.Initially, I was a fan only of Carlos' intellect.Physically, he was too small and wiry to be my type. But over time, and perhaps in ackno…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 06:10PMWebsite here.Read about our origins here.Twitter here.Facebook here.
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 01:35PMfrom yesterday's L.A. Affairs comes at the very beginning--I was sitting at La Scala in Beverly Hills with my friend Karen and indulging in my chopped salad obsession. Once again, we were c…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 09:15PMI keep seeing this icky campaign propaganda insinuating that Betsy Butler enabled child abuse and I'm a little obsessed about it. She abstained from voting for a bill that would make it easi…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 11:48AMI sat down at my computer after a very long day thinking, "No more homework. I don't want to do anything else. I just want to watch that video popping up on my Facebook feed of Lana Wachowsk…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 02:52AMon posting about the latest installment of L.A. Affairs. In yesterday's edition, Megan O'Neil laments that the like-minded don't always think alike.In my mind we would take a seat on a bench…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 01:03PMfrom Sunday's rehearsal for Botanicum Seedlings' show this weekend, featuring my short play Heirlooms: A Hybrid. This Saturday and Sunday at 2pm in Topanga.It's going to be a fine afternoon,…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 03:30PM--in heart I'm anAmerican artist,and I have no guilt.I seek pleasure. Iseek the nervesunder your skin--"Babelogue." Saw her on Friday and I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a rock conc…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 02:16AMactually shares some themes with today's L.A. Affairs, so it seems natural to follow that post with a plug for it.My play Heirlooms: A Hybrid starts off the proceedings a week from today in …
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 07:01PMDarren Manley writes about the the geography of love and heartbreak on the Westside. First with Nicky, then April, who's discussed below:Crossing boundaries is never easy, but I inched us fa…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 06:45PMThe NYTimes published this fun interview with Tippi Hedren that I have to share. I just saw The Birds on the big screen through some TCM presentation. They showed a Robert Osbourne Q&A b…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 10:20PMDoes anyone else read these things in the Saturday LATimes? They're hilarious. In yesterday's edition, 23-year-old Rachel Heller describes the trials and tribulations of dating an older ma…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 07:52PMSince I mentioned in the previous post about the Lebowitz interview that Kev and I got some chatter going about things, I thought I'd share a little of it.For those who haven't read the inte…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 01:51PMJoe made my day yesterday by linking to this Fran Lebowitz interview in The Awl. I could pull about ten awesome passages from it, but this is one that got the most chatter between Kev and me…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 01:29PMa theme at HuffPo? First it's gay body fascism, now here's a bit about the great Christina Hendricks enduring some stupid questioning that highlights mainstream media's preoccupation with bo…
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