Busy Week

Oct 18, 2007 | Publishing - Theatre

I seem to blog in cycles – in a day I’ll write entries that will carry me through two weeks, then nothing much for another two weeks. Sorry about that, but I can’t promise to change. Especially since most of my time is being spent on writing-writing,...

Table Work and Insecurity

Oct 11, 2007 | Theatre

From the earliest reviews, people have been praising my plotting. While gratifying, it’s quite ironic because the gift that allows me to see the connections between the plays or ferret out a backstory to a single line also makes me a real nuisance in rehearsals,...

One week later….

Jul 31, 2007 | Reviews - Theatre

…and I’m just beginning to emerge from the chaos. Fun chaos, but still. This weekend was made doubly weird by the Shakespeare Festival. Two shows Saturday, one Sunday. But less than three hours before the Sunday matinee, John (the artistic director) called...

Best Synopsis Ever

Jul 23, 2007 | Shakespeare - Theatre

Okay, I should be focused on the book today, but I just read a preview of the MichShakesFest shows in the Toledo Blade, and I cracked up. This is, by far, my favorite synopsis of Macbeth ever. Ev-er. Can you tell why? Basically, Macbeth is about a heroic man who...

2 10-of-12s

Jul 17, 2007 | Theatre

It’s a theatre term, the ten-of-twelve. Under the union rules, actors cannot be called more than eight hours a day without incurring overtime. EXCEPT when teching the show, when the theatre is allowed to call for the actors to be there for ten hours in a twelve...

Mac-beth

Jun 29, 2007 | Shakespeare - Theatre

This may seem an incredibly minor and nit-picky point, but honestly, after fifteen years of productions and between one and two hundred performances of the show, this is something that sets my teeth on edge. His name is not Mcbeth. He is not Irish. His name is...