Saturday, August 29, 2015

It's The Little Things, or Why I Don't Like Modernized Productions of "Company"

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There’s an Onion article, frequently passed around by theater people, called “ Unconventional Director Sets Shakespeare Play in Time, Place...
Sunday, August 23, 2015

August on the Theater Pub blog

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Another month, another two columns. In " A Monologue of One's Own ," I wrote about the whirlwind experience of preparing to ...
Saturday, August 15, 2015

Theater Pub Posts, May through July, 2015

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Yes, I've been having a busy summer. Yes, I feel bad for neglecting this blog. Yes, I've kept writing my twice-monthly column for th...
Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Will the Burqa Be Banned in Berlin? Some Limericks

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Today, The New York Times published an op-ed piece by Anna Sauerbrey titled " Will the Burqa be Banned in Berlin "? This is a b...
Monday, May 11, 2015

"Eros the Bittersweet" by Anne Carson: The Invention of Eros

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A couple of weeks ago, I was in my local curry joint rereading Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll , and had just come to the passage w...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

April on the Theater Pub Blog

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The way the calendar for April 2015 shook out, I ended up writing 3 posts on the SF Theater Pub blog instead of my usual 2. Here's the l...
Sunday, April 26, 2015

"The Wilder Shores of Love": Romance and exoticism, what did you expect?

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The Wilder Shores of Love by Lesley Blanch My rating: 3 of 5 stars Believe it or not, I decided to read The Wilder Shores of Love becau...