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267 stories by "Ken Levine"

FROZEN: My review by Ken Levine

With the Winter Olympics getting underway, I thought today would be a good day to talk about FROZEN. FROZEN is an example of how you can take a formula, but if you do it really really wel…

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 9:00am on February 6, 2014

Tips for young playwrights by Ken Levine

For a TV writer or a playwright, there's nothing like seeing your first production. After God knows how many specs, one acts, and plays that never saw the light of day, the feeling can be g…

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 9:00am on February 5, 2014

Fiddler on the Roof Medley -- by the Osmond Brothers by Ken Levine

This you've GOT to see.  That's all I've got to say.

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 9:00am on January 25, 2014

David Mamet's brilliant memo on drama by Ken Levine

I discovered this extraordinary memo from David Mamet to the writers of THE UNIT, a series he created a few semesters back for CBS. (The origination of the memo seems to have come from I…

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 9:00am on January 11, 2014

How one theater handled cell phone use by Ken Levine

As a follow up to today's post, thanks to reader Darms for turning me on to this:  The Alamo Drafthouse and their uncensored version of a NO CELL PHONE reminder.   Brilliant.

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 6:00pm on December 11, 2013

SIX BY SONDHEIM: My review by Ken Levine

A new documentary premiered last night on HBO that I can't recommend highly enough. It's called SIX BY SONDHEIM. Now before you roll your eyes and say, "yet another Stephen Sondheim tribu…

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 9:00am on December 10, 2013

Final thoughts on SOUND OF MUSIC LIVE by Ken Levine

Here's what I liked about THE SOUND OF MUSIC LIVE (or SOUND OF MUSIC TAPE DELAYED on the West Coast). It was event television. The show got big numbers and yesterday everybody was talking …

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 9:00am on December 7, 2013

Why I could never be in a musical -- even one that I wrote by Ken Levine

These are pictures from the musical I co-wrote with Janet Brenner, THE 60s PROJECT. Just by looking at them you can tell it was a great show, right? Thanks to Janet for the pix.The sh…

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 4:00pm on September 28, 2013

Attention fellow Natalie Wood freaks! by Ken Levine

TCM is devoting this whole day to a Natalie Wood marathon. There goes my Sunday. As longtime readers (two weeks) of this blog know, I am obsessed with Natalie Wood. Whenever I can't fin…

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 12:24pm on August 18, 2013

My thoughts on Eydie Gorme by Ken Levine

Some celebrity deaths hit you much harder than others. Usually it's because they're major stars, cultural icons, and they represent a good period of your life. You're mourning your own ch…

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 1:32pm on August 11, 2013

Even I can't get an agent by Ken Levine

The difficulty in securing an agent is not confined to those writers just starting out. I tried to get a theatrical agent when I wrote my play a few years ago and hit a brick wall, even wi…

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 9:00am on June 29, 2013

In the spirit of Tony revivals... by Ken Levine

...here are highlights from my past Tony reviews. I won't be reviewing them this year because they're tape delayed and I don't want to stay up until 4:00 writing a review of a show that onl…

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 9:00am on June 9, 2013

The one Kickstarter celebrity campaign I can support by Ken Levine

I know I've been down on actors taking advantage of their notoriety to get money from fans on Kickstarter, but suddenly a project has come along that's so important, so VITAL that even I hav…

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 9:00am on June 3, 2013

The great Mel Brooks by Ken Levine

Great PBS special last night on Mel Brooks " truly one of the funniest people in the galaxy. I recently got the box set DVD's of his work and it's been a true joy revisiting the laughs. …

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 9:00am on May 21, 2013

I won't give Zach Braff one dime by Ken Levine

Zach Braff is trying to raise money on Kickstarter to fund a movie he wants to make. Zach Braff is a good actor and a fine filmmaker. GARDEN STATE was a terrific movie. But I wouldn't gi…

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 9:00am on May 7, 2013

My PLAYBILL -- aren't you impressed? by Ken Levine

When the musical I co-wrote was produced I was asked to submit my bio for the program. The trouble is, if I list that I am primarily a TV writer it's like putting a big target on my chest…

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 9:00am on January 12, 2013

My review of LES MISERABLES by Ken Levine

If you loved the stage musical, if you're a devoted fan, if you can tell the difference between all the songs then you will probably love the movie version of LES MISERABLES. If you're not…

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 9:00am on January 2, 2013

R.I.P. Jack Klugman by Ken Levine

Sorry to hear of the passing of Jack Klugman.  He was 90.  You may remember him as either Oscar Madison or Quincy M.E.  For years before that he was a character actor.  My favori…

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 7:30pm on December 24, 2012

When Annie met Sandy by Ken Levine

Readers of this blog know that I file travelogues whenever I return home from trips.  I even compiled the funniest of them in a book, WHERE THE HELL AM I?  TRIPS I HAVE SURVIVED, w…

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 9:00am on November 18, 2012

Coroner changes the cause of Natalie Wood's death by Ken Levine

As many of my longtime blog readers know, I am obsessed with the Natalie Wood drowning case.   I don't believe her death was "accidental."  And now, apparently, neither does the LA…

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 2:30pm on July 7, 2012

Andy Griffith 1926-2012 by Ken Levine

So sorry to hear of the passing of Andy Griffith. I never worked with him, only met him once. It was at a memorial service for one of his writers.  Just the fact that would attend say…

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 9:00am on July 4, 2012

Actors: How to give notes to writers by Ken Levine

Actors, here are some tips on how to convey your script concerns to writers in a way that might result in them addressing your problems without hating you, slashing your tires, or making …

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 9:00am on July 1, 2012

My 2012 Tony Awards Show Review by Ken Levine

Time once again to review the lowest rated Awards show in America " the Tonys. I have more Twitter followers than Tony Awards Show viewers. And in L.A. it competed with the Gay Pride Par…

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 9:00am on June 11, 2012

Google and Facebook piss me off! by Ken Levine

Playwright and theater director, George S. Kaufman went back to see a musical he had directed some months before. Afterwards, he sent a note to the cast that read: Rehearsal tomorrow at 10…

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 8:56am on April 25, 2012

Video you gotta see: Hawkeye Pierce as serial killer by Ken Levine

From Daniel Geraghty. Great stuff. But there go all our Peabody and Humanitas awards.

SOURCE: Ken Levine at 8:51am on November 13, 2011
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