THEATRE + PERFORMANCE
Punctuating ‘Hamlet’
by Stephanie Wilson
Shakespeare can drive you crazy.
I have always loved the song from Hair, “What a Piece of Work is Man,” so I decided to check the text in Hamlet. and. First, I went to my mother’s old copy of the Complete Works from her days at the Pasadena Playhouse.
To my surprise, I discovered that the wording was different in my mom’s editi More...
In This Theatre, Yesterday’s Words Shape Our Tomorrow
by Adam Leipzig
Theatre-people!
They seem so self-involved, playing roles, doing characters! They say lines from plays, even when they’re not on stage. Isn’t it annoying?
At least that’s what you may think when Laura enters an old house far up Beachwood Canyon. Laura, although classically trained in theatre, now finds herself doing studio movies. She seems More...
‘My People’ Come Back, Again, and the World Has Changed
by Earl Wilson, Jr.
My name is Earl Wilson, Jr. I am the son of a well-known gossip columnist of the mid-20th century, Earl Wilson (Sr.). I have a unique vantage point to contemplate the cultural changes in the world over a period of more than 100 years.
My father was born on a farm in Rockford, Ohio in 1907, population 1400. I recently contacted the mayor to fin More...
Imagine a World Without INK!
INKubator is the developmental arm of the Katselas Theatre Company; this year alone INK's programs offered 27 staged readings and 11 extended workshop productions promoting the work of more than 50 writers.
To continue this work, they have started an indiegogo campaign, seeking to raise $20,000 by February 27, 2013. Because INK is affiliated wi More...
Sean C. Flaherty’s Overture
by Lisa Young-De Leon
Art and emotion have always gone hand-in-hand, whether it solely a visual expression with perhaps political content (as seen in the Romantic painting by Théodore Géricault in The Raft of the Medusa, expressing outrage toward the disregard of human life), or a deeper exploration to find an understanding—much like a science experiment—seen in t More...
Latino/a Theater Commons
by Anne García-Romero
In May 2012, Karen Zacarías, a playwright in residence at Arena Stage in Washington, DC, wanted to host an intimate conversation about the state of theater for US Latino/a artists. Karen decided to convene a small gathering of theater artists from across the country representing diverse voices. She felt there was a need for this meeting in light o More...
Alfred Molina as The Children’s Theatre Critic
Thanks for this, Funny or Die! Click Play, watch the commercial, then enjoy -- it's worth it! "Not for one moment did I believe you were a tree!"
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No Matter How You Voted, George Carlin Would Have Blamed You
America comedian George Carlin died in 2008, but if he were alive in this election cycle, he would have said the same thing. More...The Amazing, Continuing 96-Year Life of Anita Velez-Mitchell
by Jaz Dorsey
At 96 years old, Anita Velez-Mitchell is writing her memoirs looking back on a life which began on Vieques. This Caribbean island, off the coast of Puerto Rico, eventually occupied by the American military but was, back in the day, part of the Caribbean culture of coffee and sugar plantations.
In this world, Anita was "born to applause" in 1916. More...
Warren Bodow’s Second Act
by Jaz Dorsey
"At 73," says playwright Warren Bodow, "I am what I am, so I have determined to write plays about older people who face issues, problems and conflicts that are largely the result of living beyond the traditional retirement age of 65."
With these words, Bodow, it seems, speaks not only for himself but also for an entire generation of amazing Amer More...
