I'm emerging by Kyle

from 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 11:49am on July 8, 2012☆⚑

As Planned by Kyle

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 7:29pm on January 5, 2012☆⚑

Another thing by Kyle

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 10:59am on November 29, 2011☆⚑

Sherry by Kyle

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 11:46am on November 28, 2011☆⚑

I'm loving the reviews by Kyle

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 9:00pm on November 27, 2011☆⚑

I wandered over by Kyle

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 11:20pm on November 20, 2011☆⚑

Interesting article about Other Desert Cities by Kyle

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 10:16pm on November 4, 2011☆⚑

There's all this by Kyle

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 12:02am on November 3, 2011☆⚑

Joan Didion by Kyle

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 12:51pm on October 30, 2011☆⚑

ANYWAY, by Kyle

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 3:25pm on October 16, 2011☆⚑

I wrote this post by Kyle

several 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 2:32pm on October 16, 2011☆⚑

So much for by Kyle

daily 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 2:05pm on October 16, 2011☆⚑

The first of by Kyle

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 12:49pm on October 4, 2011☆⚑

I told myself by Kyle

over 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 12:35pm on October 4, 2011☆⚑

This Sunday by Kyle

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 1:52am on September 29, 2011☆⚑

tUnE-yArDs by Kyle

are getting me through this week. Thank you Merrill Garbus.

SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 11:44am on September 27, 2011☆⚑

Maurice Sendak by Kyle

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 5:45pm on September 21, 2011☆⚑

There is serious by Kyle

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 11:41am on September 4, 2011☆⚑

Furious about by Kyle

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 1:21pm on September 2, 2011☆⚑

A good article by Kyle

about the L.A. area premiere of My Name is Rachel Corrie is here.

SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 2:20pm on August 30, 2011☆⚑

A few things by Kyle

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 2:41pm on August 26, 2011☆⚑

There was one audience member by Kyle

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 6:35pm on August 19, 2011☆⚑

Happy about by Kyle

this.

SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 3:13pm on August 19, 2011☆⚑

Real post coming up by Kyle

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 10:54pm on August 16, 2011☆⚑

I also love this. by Kyle

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 1:32pm on August 10, 2011☆⚑