Sunday, October 28, 2012
How do you know there's a storm coming to New York City? A serious storm? Walk down 12th Street and look up at the Cinema Village marquee:
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 08:19PMFriday, October 12, 2012
In between navigating the terrifying landscape that is Charlie Victor Romeo, actor Patrick Daniels was kind enough to field a few of our questions. Fasten your seatbelts, folks. It's FAA reg…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 10:05AMMonday, August 27, 2012
File this one under: Street Theatre. So I'm walking in Times Square--well, trying to. I'm trying to make my way from the corner of 44th and Broadway to the corner of 41st and Broadway and yo…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 06:24AMSunday, August 26, 2012
Reading a friend's play today, as I reached the bottom of page 1, it occurred to me, this is how you know you're in the hands of a real playwright. What a pleasure! To read a...
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 04:38PMTuesday, July 3, 2012
There's been a lot written about the way in which America's regional big boy theatres have spent the past few decades building up their physical plants and thus taking on the heavy burden of…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 02:42PMTuesday, June 26, 2012
This really cool thing put together by Micheline Auger. Check it out: WHAT IT IS: An installation of emerging and emerged playwrights writing new plays in the store front of the Drama Book S…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 09:56AMMonday, June 11, 2012
In New York City it is now possible to purchase a ticket to The Gershwins' Porgy & Bess. You can also purchase a ticket to Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. But not Bruce Norris' Clyb…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 05:36PMTuesday, June 5, 2012
So Patti Lupone is opening a new cabaret space in New York called 54 Below. (It's below the former Studio 54, now home to Roundabout Theatre Co.) I was struck by this promo that hit my...
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 09:34AMI was going to post about the Dramatists Guild Fund's 50th Anniversary Gala which was assembled impeccably by its Executive Director Rachel Routh, but Tari Stratton did such a fine job herse…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 09:07AMMonday, June 4, 2012
Here's a lovely paragraph from Tammy Ryan's blog post about Pittsburgh theatre from the perspective of the playwright. The post just appeared yesterday on HowlRound. When I first moved to Pi…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 06:37PMTuesday, April 10, 2012
The New York Times attempts to explain the recent closing of CARRIE by interviewing producers not connected to the show. That's sort of like asking executives at Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 09:53PMThursday, March 29, 2012
Imagine for a moment if two of the most brilliant plays now running in New York by two of our most imaginative living playwrights--David Ives and Edward Albee--had been subjected to the sort…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 11:59PMFriday, February 17, 2012
If there was any doubt at all that the exhibition business is in serious trouble, look no further than this email promo that just hit my INBox. I have to admit, I admire the can-do attitude.…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 10:59AMTuesday, January 24, 2012
Monday, December 19, 2011
So, I've been visiting a loved one in a nursing home recently. And I find myself fascinated by the way the staff -- doctors, nurses, social workers, etc. etc. -- speak to old people. It's a.…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 05:07PMMonday, December 12, 2011
I recently completed a three-day workshop of my latest play. And it got me thinking about the usual developmental path new work takes in this country. Outside the sphere of developmental gat…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 03:38PMMonday, December 5, 2011
Saw The Cherry Orchard at Classic Stage Co. the other night. The production is a lot of fun. Most of the performances are stellar. Especially outstanding (no big surprise) is Alvin Epstein i…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 02:58PMThursday, December 1, 2011
As reported on the Chicago Tribune's Theater Loop blog: According to Theatre Facts 2010, the annual research snapshot released by the TCG lobbying and support organization, subscription inco…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 09:02AMSunday, October 30, 2011
Just got back from trudging through sleet and snow in October to see the single performance given by storyteller extraordinaire, Antonio Sacre at the United Solo Festival at Theater Row. Thi…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 11:10AMSaturday, October 29, 2011
And what better way to celebrate the Broadway revival of Godspell than to start lobbying for a similar revival of Pippin. Wouldn't it have been a wonder to have lived to see Michael Jackson …
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 11:56PMThursday, October 27, 2011
This arrived in my INBox today. First of all, I should just say up front that, I don't know playwright Thomas Higgins' work and I make no judgments about it 'til I see this play... which,...
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 02:00PMWednesday, August 3, 2011
The Bourne Dilemma: How to Survive Local Theater Without Going to Hell It was air conditioning on a 100-degree day that made my partner and myself seek out the nearest mall and watch the onl…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 03:47PMThursday, July 21, 2011
Interesting piece in The Stranger. ACT in Seattle is going pay-what-you-can for all shows. As long as a person walks up to the box office, he/she can pay a nickle to get a theatre ticket. Bi…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 09:38AMFriday, July 15, 2011
Love this little bit from Ken Davenport's Day By Day blog about producing the upcoming Godspell revival. So, we bought a $100 flyer stand, and every day, an intern, staff member, or me, brin…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 12:06PMSaturday, July 9, 2011
With the recent announcement that the 39-yr. old Intiman Theatre in Seattle would abruptly halt its 2011 season in order to regroup and avoid fiscal catastrophe, there's been much talk in th…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 10:59AMThursday, July 7, 2011
Okay. So, my dear pals Jenny Bacon and Stephen Barker Turner, a power couple of brilliant actors to rival the Barrymores (although, were they brother and sister or husband and wife? I can ne…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 03:45PMWednesday, July 6, 2011
A press release arrived recently from Massachusetts' Green Theatre Collective, announcing their eco-friendly production of Shakespeare's As You Like It in... drumroll... a public park! I kno…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 02:45PMListening to NPR's Morning Edition today, I heard the following story, an audio tour of a safety simulator of the control room at a Mississippi nuclear reactor. Is this really news? Or is it…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 02:44PMMonday, July 4, 2011
This picture was taken by my pal David Heath yesterday at a family BBQ. We immediately saw its potential as a promo shot for a very unusual local cable access show. Care to name it? (Useful.…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 08:38AMSunday, July 3, 2011
I am one of those annoying New Yorkers. You know the type. They know about a show forever -- or at least the duration of its run -- and they can't be bothered to actually go...
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 12:28PMWednesday, June 29, 2011
Just saw Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo and, well, if it hadn't already been said by so many others before me, I might be running around letting the world know that Rajiv Joseph is certainl…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 11:53PM 
