Tantalizing

Jun 13, 2008 | Books - Film & Television - Publishing - Shakespeare - Theatre - Writing

I have been quite silent of late. Life is busy, and there are two new writing projects (or three, depending on how you count them) and one theatre project that I am being a trifle circumspect in mentioning. Why? Because until I have a contract in hand, I don't...

Page Hearn remembered

May 19, 2008 | Theatre

The official statement from CityLit: Page Hearn, a seventeen-year mainstay at Chicago’s City Lit Theater, best known for his sublime portrayal of the perfect butler Jeeves in a series of P.G. Wodehouse adaptations, died of a heart attack Saturday, May 18, while...

True Tragedy

May 17, 2008 | Theatre

I don’t know what to say. Page Hearn, a dear friend and co-conspirator in theatre and life, had a massive heart attack this afternoon and died. I’m writing this because I know there are friends who haven’t yet heard who stop by here. As a final...

Jim Posante – 1948-2008

Jan 21, 2008 | Theatre

I just got back from Ann Arbor, and a pair of memorial services for Jim Posante. To call him a mentor is putting it lightly. The man was a walking theatrical machine – actor, director, choreographer, fight choreographer, dancer, singer, trumpet-player, scenic...

New Blog

Jan 12, 2008 | Books - Reviews - Theatre

I’ve got a NEW BLOG. (Yes, as if I had time time…) It’s called A DARK WOOD, and it’s due to the other theatre company I’m a part of, ShanghiLow Theatricals. In an attempt to raise our profile, our Project Czar Steve Pickering has asked...