→ Louis CK, TJ & Dave, and the Power of Slow Comedy | Splitsider by Tim

Louis CK, TJ & Dave, and the Power of Slow Comedy Louis C.K. practices a brand of 'slow comedy' on his show that is rarely seen on television or outside of the long-form improv scene in …

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PlayGround Announces Resident Playwrights by Tim

PlayGround Announces Resident Playwrights I’m very excited that this has been announced: I’m one of the new PlayGround Resident Playwrights! PlayGround named today the nine up-an…

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Hefeweizen Goes With Second Breakfast | NYTimes.com by Tim

Hefeweizen Goes With Second Breakfast A “pre-noon glass of beer” during “second breakfast”? Clearly, I need to start exploring my German heritage. In the heat of a wa…

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I Have A Short Play In This Kick-Ass Show by Tim

I’m really excited about this one. Site-specific theater! Oysters! Campfires! Booze! Pretty much everything you need for a great night out. It’s the return of PianoFight’s …

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The Broadway Scorecard: Two Decades of Drama | Howard Sherman by Tim

The Broadway Scorecard: Two Decades of Drama Howard Sherman has an impressive study of plays produced on Broadway over the past 20 years: Let me begin with the list of playwrights who have h…

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Well if you're so smart | 2AMt by Tim

Well if you're so smart Travis Bedard asks some good questions on 2AMt, and then takes a stab at answering them by designing a full theater season based on the following principles: What doe…

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He Hit Send: On the Awkward but Necessary Role of Technology in Fiction | The Millions by Tim

He Hit Send: On the Awkward but Necessary Role of Technology in Fiction Allison K. Gibson has an article on The Millions about the problems with technology in modern fiction, inspired by a s…

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SF Theater Pub Wrap-Up by Tim

The Pint-Sized Festival is closed! If you went, you saw a powerhouse of a show and, if you went the same nights I went, you ate some delicious barbecued pork from the Hyde Away Blues BBQ pop…

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Literary Rap Trailer for My Friend Owen's Book by Tim

How about this for a book trailer? My friend Owen Egerton — whose novel “The Book of Harold: The Illegitimate Son of God” is fantastic, by the way — has put together …

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Why Procrastination is Good for You | Smithsonian Magazine by Tim

Why Procrastination is Good for You Here’s a good tip for playwrights who owe someone a second draft. Simply point out that University of San Diego professor Frank Partnoy, writing in …

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Dramatists Guild statement regarding David Adjmi's "3C" by Tim

Dramatists Guild statement regarding David Adjmi's "3C" From Stephen Schwartz, President of the Guild: We of the Dramatists Guild of America wholeheartedly support playwright David Adjmi who…

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Quote from 'Classic Gopnik' in Ryerson Review of Journalism by Tim

“The key to writing — at least, the kind of writing that I do, the kind of personal essays I write — is that the ‘I’ has to become ‘you.’” - A…

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Mamma Mia! Around the World by Tim

As one of the West End's biggest success stories, Mamma Mia! has made it to over 20 countries around the world, grossing more than £1 billion worldwide in ticket sales. It has been transl…

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You're Invited to See Some Plays I Wrote by Tim

My last post invited you to a reading I’m hosting. But suppose you’d like to see something I wrote without necessarily wanting to see me on the stage? Well, you have TWO opportun…

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You're Invited to Come See Me Host a Literary Reading by Tim

I’ll be hosting the next literary reading from Portuguese Artists Colony on Sunday. Come see readings from novelist Craig Clevenger (The Contortionist’s Handbook, Dermaphoria) an…

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13P Theater Collective Set for Its Last Production | NYTimes by Tim

13P Theater Collective Set for Its Last Production Shortly after "Melancholy Play" ends its run, so will 13P, which plans to wrap up with an anthology of its plays, an online oral history an…

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Win an Exclusive Viva Forever Goody Bag by Tim

As you probably read in our live Tweets and blog post, we had a blast at the Viva Forever official launch, and we want to share some of the fun with you! We’re giving away an exclusive…

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The 'Busy' Trap " NYTimes.com by Tim

More and more people in this country no longer make or do anything tangible; if your job wasn't performed by a cat or a boa constrictor in a Richard Scarry book, I'm not sure I believe it's …

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Marissa in Theatreland | SF Theater Pub by Tim

Marissa in Theatreland On the SF Theater Pub blog, Marissa Skudlarek makes the case for all theaters having a café — and I heartily agree: It's great when you can get a tasty, reasona…

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New Dramatists Class of 2019 Announced | New Dramatists by Tim

New Dramatists Class of 2019 Announced Hooray for my old friend Clarence, and for Christina Anderson (who I met through the Magic this year)! And congrats to the others I haven’t met: …

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An Honest Theatrical Playbill | McSweeney's Internet Tendency by Tim

An Honest Theatrical Playbill: McSweeney's Internet Tendency Hilarious! Today's McSweeney's feature (by Daniel Falk) is an "honest" theatrical playbill from …

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Lewis Black's new play, "One Slight Hitch" : The New Yorker by Tim

Lewis Black's new play, 'One Slight Hitch' Lewis Black's new play is being staged after thirty years in development: Nowadays, at sixty-two, Black is the guy with the…

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Hell isn't other people. It's an evening at the theatre " The Independent by Tim

Hell isn’t other people. It’s an evening at the theatre. On a lighter note, here’s Dom Joly in The Independent on the horrible experience of going to the theater. For the s…

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The Final Word by Tim

Earlier, I posted about Carey Perloff’s article in the Huffington Post and some responses to it on Theatre Bay Area’s Chatterbox. Once again, the final word goes to the brilliant…

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→ The heartening resurgence of the American play " latimes.com by Tim

The heartening resurgence of the American play By Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times Theater Critic: Playwrights and the producers who love them have been putting up a sneaky defense against…

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