296 stories by "Tim"
If you read this blog in an RSS feed reader, you might have missed the recent redesign. Navigation moved over to the left, some stuff that used to be orange is now kind of reddish, and there…
As a former Austinite who now lives in the Bay Area, let me just say that this is so goddamn awesome. The greatest movie theater in the world, planning to open up at the New Mission. Yes! (v…
Why Are So Many Literary Writers Technophobic? (by Nathan Bransford on his blog)
Broadway Bound? Matthew Freeman on Mike Daisey: How is it possible that The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs is not Broadway bound? Among its list of accomplishments are inspiring the mos…
I’m not sure who linked to this interview with Jennifer Egan, but I’ve just discovered it, even though it was done about a year ago. It’s pretty terrific, walking you throu…
The State of (New) Play in DC, Part I (by Gwydion Suilebhan on his blog)
How Are Theater Artists Living in the Livable Twin Cities? (by Cory Hinkle on HowlRound)
When we say that we're special, we define artists as "other" or different. By putting artists up on that pedestal, we actually make it harder for our communities to see their value. In an ef…
Jason Grote: How I got a job on ‘Smash’ My twitter pal and fellow Friend of Tom has an article in the LA Times: “Playwrights have years of experience developing characters …
Literary Heirs The NYTimes highlights some cool literary magazines: What distinguishes these 10 is that they're not only intello-chic statements for your side table. They're also really good…
Adam Szymkowicz: I Interview Playwrights Part 426: Josh Koenigsberg: If someone elected me “President Overlord of All Off-Broadway Theater” I would immediately double the amount …
Conversations with Playwrights: Part One Celine Delcayre, PlayGround’s Literary Associate, interviews a bunch of my old PlayGround friends, including Jonathan Luskin, Katie May, Mandy …
The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World Gorgeous photos. I may just take the rest of my life off and go visit every one of these: We can't overestimate the importance of bookstores …
Writer's Block: The Solution to Good Ideas Megan Cohen being awesome: Good ideas are polite. They fit well into the world of the project or product, have predictable word counts, are tota…
Theresa Rebeck on Theater's Populist Roots I like going to the theater the way other people like going to football games. I like the energy of a house full of people chattering with anticipa…
Writing in Elliptical Motion Ian Walker on writing compelling dialogue and choosing “moments in time with real stakes behind them”: Compelling dialogue rarely progresses in a log…
Why publishers should give away ebooks (by Nicholas Carr on Rough Type)
Burning Down DC (by Gwydion Suilebhan on his blog)
Burning Down A House (by Polly Carl on HowlRound)
Writing is Actually Doing Something (by Megan Cohen on her blog)
A Brief Request To Theatermakers From Isaac Butler: I can’t remember a 100 minute show that I thought wouldn’t've been better at 90 or even 80 minutes in length, nor can I recall…
Blog | Megan Cohen, Playwright This is good news: I, Megan Cohen, playwright, friend to the meek, and transmedia cultural juggernaut, now begin this blog.
Is the three-act dead? By Karen McKevitt on the Berkeley Rep Blog: At a company meeting this fall, Artistic Director Tony Taccone declared, "Artists are moving away from the three-act struct…
Sell the Story First (by Rebecca Bromels on My Extra Hour)
Fragmentary: Writing in a Digital Age (by Guy Patrick Cunningham on The Millions)
