Thursday, February 16, 2012
As a former Austinite who now lives in the Bay Area, let me just say that this is so goddamn awesome. The greatest movie theater in the world, planning to open up at the New Mission. Yes! (v…
SOURCE: direct address at 06:58PMWhy Are So Many Literary Writers Technophobic? (by Nathan Bransford on his blog)
SOURCE: direct address at 02:40PMWednesday, February 15, 2012
Broadway Bound? Matthew Freeman on Mike Daisey: How is it possible that The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs is not Broadway bound? Among its list of accomplishments are inspiring the mos…
SOURCE: direct address at 02:30PMI’m not sure who linked to this interview with Jennifer Egan, but I’ve just discovered it, even though it was done about a year ago. It’s pretty terrific, walking you throu…
SOURCE: direct address at 01:45PMTuesday, February 14, 2012
The State of (New) Play in DC, Part I (by Gwydion Suilebhan on his blog)
SOURCE: direct address at 02:03AMHow Are Theater Artists Living in the Livable Twin Cities? (by Cory Hinkle on HowlRound)
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When we say that we’re special, we define artists as “other” or different. By putting artists up on that pedestal, we actually make it harder for our communities to see their value. In…
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Jason Grote: How I got a job on ‘Smash’ My twitter pal and fellow Friend of Tom has an article in the LA Times: “Playwrights have years of experience developing characters …
SOURCE: direct address at 06:14PMLiterary Heirs The NYTimes highlights some cool literary magazines: What distinguishes these 10 is that they’re not only intello-chic statements for your side table. They’re also really …
SOURCE: direct address at 06:07PMAdam Szymkowicz: I Interview Playwrights Part 426: Josh Koenigsberg: If someone elected me “President Overlord of All Off-Broadway Theater” I would immediately double the amount …
SOURCE: direct address at 04:24PMFriday, February 10, 2012
Conversations with Playwrights: Part One Celine Delcayre, PlayGround’s Literary Associate, interviews a bunch of my old PlayGround friends, including Jonathan Luskin, Katie May, Mandy …
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The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World Gorgeous photos. I may just take the rest of my life off and go visit every one of these: We can’t overestimate the importance of bookstores &…
SOURCE: direct address at 02:40AMWriter’s Block: The Solution to Good Ideas Megan Cohen being awesome: Good ideas are polite. They fit well into the world of the project or product, have predictable word counts, are tota…
SOURCE: direct address at 02:30AMTheresa Rebeck on Theater’s Populist Roots I like going to the theater the way other people like going to football games. I like the energy of a house full of people chattering with antici…
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Writing in Elliptical Motion Ian Walker on writing compelling dialogue and choosing “moments in time with real stakes behind them”: Compelling dialogue rarely progresses in a log…
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Why publishers should give away ebooks (by Nicholas Carr on Rough Type)
SOURCE: direct address at 07:34PMFriday, February 3, 2012
Burning Down DC (by Gwydion Suilebhan on his blog)
SOURCE: direct address at 01:37PMBurning Down A House (by Polly Carl on HowlRound)
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Writing is Actually Doing Something (by Megan Cohen on her blog)
SOURCE: direct address at 12:50AMMonday, January 30, 2012
A Brief Request To Theatermakers From Isaac Butler: I can’t remember a 100 minute show that I thought wouldn’t've been better at 90 or even 80 minutes in length, nor can I recall…
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Blog | Megan Cohen, Playwright This is good news: I, Megan Cohen, playwright, friend to the meek, and transmedia cultural juggernaut, now begin this blog.
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Is the three-act dead? By Karen McKevitt on the Berkeley Rep Blog: At a company meeting this fall, Artistic Director Tony Taccone declared, “Artists are moving away from the three-act stru…
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Sell the Story First (by Rebecca Bromels on My Extra Hour)
SOURCE: direct address at 03:28PMTuesday, January 24, 2012
Fragmentary: Writing in a Digital Age (by Guy Patrick Cunningham on The Millions)
SOURCE: direct address at 03:21PMMonday, January 23, 2012
Let’s Get Vertical (Vertical) On 2AMt, Travis Bedard spins a story of a theater system where fringe festivals do the raw research, indie theaters do the development, large local theate…
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Can Women Write Good Plays? (by Laura Axelrod on 2AMt)
SOURCE: direct address at 08:59PMRajiv Joseph’s ‘The North Pool’ Wins Glickman Award for Best New Play to Premiere in the Bay Area in 2011 → Playwright Rajiv Joseph has won the prestigious Will Glickman Awar…
SOURCE: direct address at 08:57PMThe future of theater in a digital age (by Craig Lambert on Harvard Magazine)
SOURCE: direct address at 08:53PMThe David Dower Friday Phone Call – Peter Sinn Nachtrieb (by David Dower on HowlRound)
SOURCE: direct address at 08:50PMFriday, January 20, 2012
In Search of the Artistic Home (by Aditi Kapil on HowlRound)
SOURCE: direct address at 08:46PMWednesday, January 18, 2012
I don’t often delve into the theater marketing discussion. Partially because others do it better, and partially because I hate the phrase “butts in seats,” which you’…
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