234 stories from Crazytown
Some inspirational tunes about memory and forgetting in the context of musical theatre... By Kimberly Lew (Playwright/Blogger) The play I'm currently working on is about memory. Or, rather, …
Obvious life lessons sometimes take a while to digest. By Rachel James (Treasurer/Writer) I started a new job this week. And it sucked. I haven't started a new job in two and a half years. I…
Or, how I may have inadvertently started a mini online musical theatre writing revolution... by Amanda Louise Miller, Frequent Facebooker About a week ago, a friend sent me some info about a…
When journalists talk about Theater they often feel the need to compare its quirks and practices to other entertainment mediums that are more mainstream.
Except when you really mean to say no by Iris McQuillan-Grace (Actor/Writer) As a new actor, pursuing a career, you are sometimes asked to do some strange and specific things. Things you hav…
By Morgan & Lindsay // karmeck360 Like our fellow CrazyTownies Gregory, Ryan, and Rachel, we also have something to say about Broadway actress Morgan James and the Tweet Heard Round Midtown …
An exciting grass-roots movement has been brewing in Bohemia that has everyone tweeting, and sharing, and blogging, and commenting, and kickstarting, and producing, and writing, and starring…
Everybody Calm The Fuck Down. Love, GJR. By Gregory Jacobs-Roseman (Composer-Lyricist) Let me start this post with full disclosure: I don't know Morgan James. It's possible we may have been …
You'd think 140 characters would limit the stupid. By Rachel James (Treasurer/Writer) First off, I must thank all you readers for your wonderful responses to my post last week. I've been get…
In light of the recent Asian American employment, or lack thereof, at La Joya Playhouse I'd like to remind everyone that Lea Salonga doesn't seem to get her due in America... I wonder why...…
Bogner gives his take on the Morgan James INTO THE WOODS "controversy" By Ryan Bogner (Producer, Wingnut) An actress by the name of Morgan James (recently appearing the recent GODSPELL reviv…
By Matthew Murphy (Photographer) The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) is well under way, which means I've been trotting around the theater district photographing some of this year's …
6 tips from an insider. Shakespeare in the Park is ending its season with the Sondheim classic Into The Woods.
By Steven Jamail (Composer and MD) Last night, I overheard a conversation that made me a little crazy. Two theater kids were debating about going to see a night of new music because too many…
Just because David Adjmi promised those pesky "Three's Company" lawyers that there wouldn't be any commercial productions of 3C, doesn't mean the play has to die. by David Davila (playwright…
A look at the Cole Porter classic. By Gregory Jacobs-Roseman (Composer-Lyricist) Last week my friend Julie and I went to see Anything Goes on Broadway. I hadn't seen this 2011 revival yet, a…
Familar faces that will pop up and make you go "Huh? Wait! Awesome." Maybe in that order. By Joanna Syiek (Director/Producer/Blogger) If you're having withdrawals from some of your favorite …
Recently I asked friends for some of their favorite theatre games. After playing them all day with my summer students, I decided to create a few of my own. By RSO # of Players: 2 or more pla…
Reconstructing Sondheim & Furth's "problem piece" using current cinematic non-linear storytelling techniques. By David Davila (playwright/song-writer) Next Tuesday, July 10th, we will finall…
At the crossroads of Off-Broadway, a capella, and Gavin Creel, there's plenty of hope. By David Cotrone (Writer) I've always been a sucker for a good voice, which is why probably why I scour…
By Matthew Murphy (Photographer) This year I am thrilled to be involved with the New York Musical Theater Festival (or NYMF for all you NYMFos) as an official photographer. Not only will I b…
RSO shares his research for his musical in the hopes you'll do your due diligence on yours. By RSO While in Weston, VT, I began a large binder full of loose-leaf notebook paper, separated in…
Sorkin's new HBO show The Newsroom draws similar bogus criticism as his past series By Gregory Jacobs-Roseman (Composer-Lyricist) I've loved the television shows of Aaron Sorkin ever since I…
A small--well, valuable, but small--tribute to a great writer. By Shoshana Greenberg (lyricist-bookwriter) I had a dream three years ago that Nora Ephron was my cousin and was taking me out …
Working on a show is like a drug... By Ryan Bogner (Producer, Wingnut) I just had the pleasure of being hired to produce the workshop of David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's musical HERE LIES LOVE …
