Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Were I a lazy blogger (as opposed to the intermittent one I appear to have become), I would awaken every day and simply point readers in the direction of the blog from the Guardian newspaper in England.
With an array of commentators both in the U.K. and on occasion here in the U.S., this site manages [...]
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Friday, October 12th, 2007
A bit belatedly, a few thoughts on manning a table at the annual Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Flea Market.
For those who aren’t familiar with it, the Flea Market is one of the many elaborate and entertaining fund raisers runs each year by BC/EFA. In this case, they take over 44th Street between 7th and 8th [...]
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
Here’s a coincidence for you: both The New York Times and The Washington Post devoted space in the Sunday paper’s to stories about the high price of theatre tickets and the various initiatives being tried to make tickets more available.
Both articles chronicle a variety of efforts that bring ticket prices down to $20, or even [...]
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
Reading this morning’s New York Times review of Philip Glass’s new opera, I was struck, as I often am when reading opera reviews, by how little was said about the actual production. In opera reviews, the focus is almost always on the music – the playing and the singing.
Coming from the theatre, I have always [...]
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Friday, September 14th, 2007
Ever hungry for theatrical news, I’m a big fan of websites that help me to find my way to features and reviews from around the country, and I like to keep tabs on London as well. Consequently, my day usually starts with visits to two key sites: American Theater Web and ArtsJournal. The former [...]
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