333 stories from Frank's Wild Lunch
congratulating Celebration's revelatory production of The Color Purple for, exactly? (See part 1 here for background.) Is it boring the audience with yet another play about "gay mating …
I enjoyed some posts last week at Bitter Lemons about Celebration Theatre's recent hit production of The Color Purple. Most incendiary among the writing and comments was the suggestion&…
Check this out--Venus de Mars has been a longtime fixture in the Twin Cities music scene, producing seven original albums over the past two decades. Known for provocative stage shows that in…
to mull all this Fringe stuff over with my blogger hat on. (See part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, and part 4 here.) When I was a producer all I wanted to do was…
or media at all, right? That's my first response, anyway. (See part 1 here, part 2 here, and part 3 here.)And I don't just mean as an artist, either, although I think that's a healthy …
Playbill has a fun article about playwrights attacking critics. The whole thing is worth reading but I like the writing at the end quite a bit.In the best of all possible worlds, added [Time…
recently on Bitter Lemons asking if it's possible to be friends with someone whose show you review. (Part 1here, and part 2 here.) Bob actually writes for Examiner.com and is a critic, so we…
after seeing Fringe shows, I was confronted with a rating system with three choices: "Loved," "Liked," or "Not my thing." (See here for part 1 of this post.)This don't allow much…
Okay, finally back with some more writing about my experiences with the Hollywood Fringe. It's going to turn into some long, multi-post meanderings; I hope you'll stick with me. There …
L.A.-based writer/director/professor Holly L. Derr just posted some thoughts about our show on her blog today. She mixed it up with Neil LaBute a few months ago in the comments of a critique…
I added some posts I like to my "Best of" links to the left. Check em out if you like.
where I left off on David Wojnarowicz's bio, Fire in the Belly, by Cynthia Carr. I'm still somewhat early on in the book, and she's talking about his "cryptic phase." I had to share this sen…
I'm wrapping up my tenure as first-time Hollywood Fringe producer, and I'm also acutely aware of how I've neglected poor FWL in service of The Miss Julie Dream Project. So I thought I'd writ…
Five more to go. Things went well last night for The Miss Julie Dream Project. I wish I'd taken some pictures of the house and whatnot. It was all such a scramble up until the show started. …
today! Get your tickets here. You can also check our website for more detail. Here are a few of my favorite production photos. All photos by Luke Gattuso. Sasha Harris and Tim Ven…
featuring all nine collaborating writers on The Miss Julie Dream Project and listen to us try to summarize the plot of Miss Julie.First performance is this Tuesday. Get your tickets here. TH…
for The Miss Julie Dream Project.THE MISS JULIE DREAM PROJECT: FELL-SWOOP-NOTES EDITIONMISS JULIE: THE PLOTThe plot of Miss Julie is simple. To put it as bluntly as one co-writer Samm Hill d…
I'm doing this show? And that we have this crowdfunding campaign going on? And that we're in the 2nd week of rehearsals with a killer cast and it's going to be amazing and I'm insa…
Bret Easton Ellis writes in Out about the weird Jason Collins coming-out adoration news cycle. The Gay Man as Magical Elf has been such a tricky part of gay self-patronization in the me…
I wrote about him here last year after seeing his movie, Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man, at Outfest.Lambda Literary has a nice obit-- Taylor Mead, actor, Beat poet, performance art…
I'm reading Frank O'Hara's poems at Gay May Days this weekend! It goes on all weekend, but I show up on Saturday from 5-7pm. It's at Spirit Studio on 2601 Hyperion in Silver Lake.Come check …
up at the Geffen Playhouse. I saw the show as research for our production of The Miss Julie Dream Project next month at the Hollywood Fringe, so my thoughts on the production seem relevant i…
We've started our crowdfunding efforts for The Miss Julie Dream Project. Check out our RocketHub campaign here.
I've updated the Fell Swoop website and added a page for our show.
Fell Swoop's Night of Dreams was a big hit last weekend. I don't even think I've posted that much about it since I've been so swamped with getting ready for it. And auditions. And casting. A…
