Director Spotlight #3: Meet Dominic D’Andrea & I’m Back to Brook
Here’s the next installment of my director-to-director interview series on http://2amtheatre.com Back To Brook: I’m also 2/3 of the way through re-reading Peter Brook’s 1968 work, The Empty Space. It’s amazing how a book can register so differently with you at different stages of your life. It had been a decade since I last read this, … Read more
Director Profile #2: Mark Fossen & Some Links
The director-to-director interview series that I began last week on 2amt continues with Mark Fossen, a freelance director in Salt Lake City, UT. Check it out. The current production of The Tempest directed by Robert Sturua at Moscow’s Et Cetera Theater does, indeed, look visually stunning! As someone who has read, seen, reviewed, and taught … Read more
An Interview w/ Michael Leeds & April Shakespeare Event
Posting on Drama, Daily has been all too light lately, but my theatre-related work has been anything but that! In this post, I draw your attention to two links: A director-to-director interview series that I’ve just kicked off at the 2amt site. South Florida director Michael Leeds is the first director profiled. and… Thinking Cap … Read more
A Tuesday Treasure, A Tune, and More
As writing and other deadlines loom, I find myself all too easily distracted today. With a 2AMt post to finish, a review to write, youth drama workshop planning to further flesh out, a prospectus to draft, and a theatre season to plan, here I sit tweeting, youtubing, and blogging. I need to put myself in … Read more
Books, Covers, Bodies, and Clothes
In spite of the ubiquity of the old adage about not judging books by their covers, too many people continue to see and assess the world and its infinitely diverse inhabitants as mere surfaces. This shallow means of perception lies at the source of bigotry and prejudice, racism and sexism, homophobia and transphobia. While many … Read more
Let’s Talk about Titus Andronicus
I’ve just finished reading for the first time Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare’s first tragedy and one of his earliest plays–scholars date its composition to circa 1589-1592, and the first Quarto version of it was printed in 1594. The play’s style is very much in keeping with a subgenre of plays popular in the 1580′s, known as … Read more
Deadly Dramatist & Pugnacious Poet: Ben Jonson
In spite of the fact that in modern times Ben Jonson has been overshadowed by Shakespeare, Jonson enjoyed tremendous success as a writer in his own era. He rather quickly worked his way from bricklayer to soldier to actor to author with a royal pension. In fact, many identify Jonson as England’s 1st poet laureate, though … Read more
Tonight and Sat., “Pericles-Prince of Tires,” HERE Arts Center in NYC (Review)
Tampa’s Jobsite Theater Company is currently performing its critically acclaimed production of Pericles at New York’s HERE Arts Center (145 Sixth Avenue, between Spring and Broome). The show will run for a limited engagement thru this Saturday, April 17. Check out this site for more details. This riotous, highly entertaining rock musical adaptation, which premiered last August … Read more
