333 stories by "Kyle"
Is the theme in Saturday's L.A. Affairs. I found my first couple of dates through a Jewish singles mixer. Then I had a "speed dating" experience in which I met eight men " eight dates…
The office One could argue that it's gimmicky, and at times it seems to disappear as a conceit altogether. It gives the production a welcome freedom, though. And it works as more than j…
Lots of thoughts, and hopefully I'll carve out some time today to post more about it. Most importantly I'm even more of a Scott Shepherd fan than I was when I only knew him as that awesome a…
In this weekend's L.A. Affairs, we learn that one can find love in places other than the Westside or Malibu.After college, I had firmly established myself in a good career, but I felt…
from Heyward Howkins about his new single. I'm always flattered and a little surprised when I get treated like press. (I'm not press.) I rarely if ever do anything with the requests, but he …
we learn that plays are sometimes very short. And yet other times they're very very long.I kid, but I actually do like this quote that ends the very very long article by Reed Johnson, from o…
my lack of posting an excerpt from L.A. Affairs over the weekend meant that the paper had taken a break from covering the love lives of the city's heterosexuals, not to worry. Not even Thank…
some time after I wrote that post about the Angels in America articles in the LATimes that I ignored the meatiest one, which questions if the development and support of the play could've hap…
We decided to earmark a portion of our donations to Hurricane Sandy, and on Thursday I made a $100 donation to Occupy Sandy. You can do the same here.
Pat Chatlin writes about her bad back and her drawing teacher, Ed. In the below passage, her match-making friend Wendy arranges Pat's first date with Ed on the fly-- "Ed, do you own a …
Luke turned me into a gif!
I've been updating social media all night and saving the personal blog for last, but let me just say that Fell Swoop Playwrights put on a great party last night.We had over 40 people at the …
We're kicking off Fell Swoop tonight at 8pm! Come celebrate with us tonight at Red Rock Bar & Cafe on Sunset. The address is 8782 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069.And just a reminde…
from last night's concert performance of Wozzeck at Disney Hall, conducted by Essa-Pekka Salonen and performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra, the UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus, along with membe…
In today's L.A. Affairs, Tito Morales contemplates his romantic fate--Soon we were standing in a long line outside a Westwood theater, waiting to see a movie about a guy named Indiana Jones.…
The LATimes is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Angels in America with a couple of nice articles. Here's a quote from this one, exploring the social and political context--A two-part, sev…
writes a long article about gay political history in the 11/12 issue of The New Yorker that manages to be thorough and personal at the same time. It's very sweet, and it makes me want to rea…
We're getting excited about our Fell Swoop Playwrights party next Wednesday at Red Rock Bar & Cafe on Sunset. Our members are bringing some writing to share with the crowd; I've been wor…
#1, #2 and #3 are here, here, and here.I thought I was all caught up with all the things I wish I'd blogged about during the blog's dormant phase, but just the other day I was reminded…
we learn that checklists don't always make the man.Initially, I was a fan only of Carlos' intellect.Physically, he was too small and wiry to be my type. But over time, and perhaps in ackno…
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from yesterday's L.A. Affairs comes at the very beginning--I was sitting at La Scala in Beverly Hills with my friend Karen and indulging in my chopped salad obsession. Once again, we were c…
I keep seeing this icky campaign propaganda insinuating that Betsy Butler enabled child abuse and I'm a little obsessed about it. She abstained from voting for a bill that would make it easi…
I sat down at my computer after a very long day thinking, "No more homework. I don't want to do anything else. I just want to watch that video popping up on my Facebook feed of Lana Wachowsk…
is in the works. Stay tuned.
