Monday, July 9, 2012
Since I'm dusting off FWL and trying to get back in the swing of things, I thought it might be fun to cover a few things I probably would've blogged about in the time the blog was so sorely …
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 06:16PMIndependent Shakespeare Company's production of The Winter's Tale in Griffith Park is really worth it, especially since it's free. It's the first opportunity I've ever had to see a productio…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 03:19PMSunday, July 8, 2012
There's something else going on in this article that needs to be taken into consideration. See this quote:There's a myth in this country that playwriting is an unlimited resource. That the n…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 08:47PMnew play development is cost-prohibitive for all of these small theaters, which McNulty (click here for the full article) points out in an attempt to give a bit of attention to the fact that…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 08:05PMaddresses a complaint he read on Twitter that there isn't a producer of color in the Critic's Notebook article by dismissing the concern, but I don't think it's invalid to point that out. Ma…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 02:49PMfrom self-imposed exile thanks to the recent Charles McNulty Critic's Notebook at the LATimes this weekend. He brought together a bunch of small-theater artistic directors for a discussion a…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 11:49AMThursday, January 5, 2012
After the first glass of vodkayou can accept just about anythingof life even your own mysteriousnessyou think it is nice that a boxof matches is purple and brown and is calledLa Petite and c…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 07:29PMTuesday, November 29, 2011
I found hilarious about John Lahr's review of Seminar was this little statement he makes with the utmost confidence:Rebeck's clever commercial entertainment contains just enough truth about …
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 10:59AMMonday, November 28, 2011
Adam has an interview with one of my favorites, Sherry Kramer. Here's a good excerpt:Q: Tell me, if you will, a story from your childhood that explains who you are as a writer or as a pers…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 11:46AMSunday, November 27, 2011
of Theresa Rebeck's new play, Seminar, which seem to be fawning and condescending at the same time. How the show pulls that off is beyond me, although with that cast I'd happily find out. …
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 09:00PMSunday, November 20, 2011
to the MOCA Pacific Design Center for Hedi Slimane: California Song this afternoon. The photos are all gorgeous, but a highlight was the security guard explaining the unusual installation o…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 11:20PMFriday, November 4, 2011
in the LATimes yesterday. I'm mostly posting because of this passage--Baitz doesn't encounter any such problem in "Cities," which leaves no psychological stone unturned in telling of a Wasp…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 10:16PMThursday, November 3, 2011
good theater in L.A. right now that I'm actually not in a position to call good because I haven't seen any of it yet but I want to see it because I think it's going to be good so--Charles Lu…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 12:02AMSunday, October 30, 2011
has a new memoir coming out, and there's a nice profile of her in today's LATimes. Here are some of my favorite bits--"We tell ourselves stories in order to live," she begins "The White Alb…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 12:51PMSunday, October 16, 2011
exAngelus has 3 more readings, with the next one TONIGHT. Jessica Abrams' one-woman show, If I Look This Good, Why Do I Feel Like Shit? is being read by Lindsay Frame. Here are the details…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 03:25PMseveral days ago with the intention of publishing later that day and completely forgot! Should've scheduled in advance.I read at the West Hollywood Book Fair on Sunday morning (10/2/11), wh…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 02:32PMdaily blogging. I took a yoga class on the first Monday in October all about autumn and new beginnings and it was prescient and calming and then I threw myself into my new writers collectiv…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 02:05PMTuesday, October 4, 2011
ExAngelus' Month of Sundays readings was a big success. It was my play, too, so maybe I'm biased. But I was pleased. Of course I took no pictures because I never think to do so, but take …
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 12:49PMover the weekend that I'd try to update the blog at least once a day this week, and I'm already off my game. I even had time yesterday but I just didn't do it.The reason I told myself this …
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 12:35PMThursday, September 29, 2011
is turning out to be a big day for me. I'm presenting my writing in two different venues, starting in West Hollywood at 10am and ending in Culver City at 7pm. October 2, 10am, homo-centric …
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 01:52AMTuesday, September 27, 2011
are getting me through this week. Thank you Merrill Garbus.
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 11:44AMWednesday, September 21, 2011
on Fresh Air just about made me cry last night, y'all! Here's a taste:Sendak says that he worked on Bumble-ardy while taking care of his longtime partner, Eugene Glynn, who died of lung can…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 05:45PMSunday, September 4, 2011
comedy and serious tragedy occurring on the Westside right now. I got to see both this weekend and I recommend both.
SITI Company's The Trojan Women at The Getty Villa is elegant and sever…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 11:41AMFriday, September 2, 2011
this.
The Bilerico Project has a good breakdown of the legal issues regarding the gay panic defense in the McInerny trial. Here's a good excerpt:
it was clear that the defense was banging …
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 01:21PMTuesday, August 30, 2011
about the L.A. area premiere of My Name is Rachel Corrie is here.
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 02:20PMFriday, August 26, 2011
Bedtime Stories was PACKED last weekend. It's a hot mess and I'm in it tomorrow night and next Saturday in my underwear. Details here. Come see.I'm trying to plug the show at least a litt…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 02:41PMFriday, August 19, 2011
at Bedtime Stories two weeks ago. I kept meaning to write a blog post about it but I've been prone to distraction lately, so I'm just getting around to it now.
So there was one person at o…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 06:35PMTuesday, August 16, 2011
In the meantime, here's "Blood Makes Noise" in a church! I went on a brief Suzanne Vega youtube spree and found this. I love how the guitar sounds in the echo-y acoustic.
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 10:54PMWednesday, August 10, 2011
Stephen Sondheim on The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, directed by Diane Paulus and with new scenework by Suzan-Lori Parks.
The article by Mr. Healy about the coming revival of “Porgy and Bess…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 01:32PMTuesday, August 9, 2011
It's a 1st-person profile of one of my favorite Arkansas actors, Natalie Canerday. Here's a good excerpt.
The best acting advice I ever got came from two people. The first was Dr. Rosemary …
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 07:29PM 
