J'recuse by Howard Sherman

Tweets, blogs and other manners of Internet posting have been aflame since this morning, when Charles Isherwood of The New York Times declared online that he wished to forego having to revie…

SOURCE: 2AMT at 5:01pm on October 7, 2011☆⚑

Blurb by Howard Sherman

"Everyone," I wrote in a tweet to promote my previous blog post, "enjoys a good blurbing now and again." Although I didn't mind if someone read some perverse double entendre into "blurbing,"…

SOURCE: 2AMT at 1:30pm on October 3, 2011☆⚑

It's You by Howard Sherman

Dear @Resident Theatre Company or @Individual Show: You know I love you and so I'm sorry to do this impersonally. But we have to talk. I know it's hard to hear those words, because they alwa…

SOURCE: 2AMT at 4:59pm on September 21, 2011☆⚑

The Think Method by Howard Sherman

Alright, I've had it and I'm not keeping it to myself anymore. It seems that not a day goes by that a news item appears one place or another announcing that someone famous is considering/acq…

SOURCE: 2AMT at 2:31pm on September 16, 2011☆⚑

Nine Years and a Day by Howard Sherman

As the opening phrase of the following essay indicates, it was written on the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon; this explains why the tit…

SOURCE: 2AMT at 12:21am on September 10, 2011☆⚑

Theatrical Mindset by Howard Sherman

A couple of weeks back I stumbled upon Beloit College's annual "Mindset List." Every year since 1998, a faculty member and a (now former) administrator at Beloit have collaborated to assembl…

SOURCE: 2AMT at 2:23pm on September 6, 2011☆⚑

Let's Talk About Meme by Howard Sherman

All of meme. Meme, myself and I. Auntie Meme. Do, re, meme, fa, so, la, ti do. I meme of Jeannie. I could go on. And on. For hours. I won't. One of the more interesting entertainments to ari…

SOURCE: 2AMT at 8:42pm on August 29, 2011☆⚑

Merely Players by Howard Sherman

You don't know me. You may think you do. After all, if you read my blog, follow me on Twitter, friend me on Facebook, ask me a question on Quora, join my circles on Google+, you know a numbe…

SOURCE: 2AMT at 5:05pm on August 23, 2011☆⚑

Have I Said Too Much? by Howard Sherman

"You’re gonna have to learn your clichés. You’re gonna have to study them, you’re gonna have to know them. They’re your friends." Though I rarely seek it out, I freq…

SOURCE: 2AMT at 12:14pm on August 16, 2011☆⚑

Famous Last Words by Howard Sherman

Among the entertainments and distractions wrought by Twitter are the propagation of memes or hashtag games, in which a topic is tossed out for the masses, from which to wring endless variati…

SOURCE: 2AMT at 7:54pm on August 9, 2011☆⚑

ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Anything But Theater! (At Least for a Night or Two) by Howard Sherman

I believe there is such a thing as too much theater.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 1:01pm on June 2, 2011☆⚑