Sunday, April 23, 2017

Like something out of Balzac or Colette

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The happy couple: Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron. Photo: AFP/Getty. It has come to my attention that not nearly enough Americans know th...
Thursday, April 13, 2017

Workshop Production of "You'll Not Feel the Drowning," April 13-22

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My play You'll Not Feel the Drowning , an hourlong drama about life in an earthquake zone, the bleak beauty of the Oregon coast, and ...
Saturday, April 8, 2017

A Sentimental Journey through France and Austria: "The Baltimore Waltz" at Magic Theatre

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Anna (Lauren English) gets a diagnosis from The Third Man (Greg Jackson) while her brother Carl (Patrick Alparone) looks on. Photo by Jen...
Friday, April 7, 2017

Script Reading Roundup: Foote, Shakespeare, Goldman

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In this month's edition of Script Reading Roundup (brief thoughts on plays that I've read): three plays about British Isles royalty ...
Tuesday, March 21, 2017

After All, Miss, This is France: Historical Accuracy and the New "Beauty and the Beast"

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I saw the new live-action Beauty and the Beast on Saturday and I've been overthinking it ever since. (This is what happens when a booki...
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Saturday, March 18, 2017

"The Bell" by Iris Murdoch is a perfect English novel

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Last November, I joined a book club for the first time. There's about 6 of us, we meet once a month, we focus on literary fiction. I had...
Thursday, March 16, 2017

Iambs and Anagrams and Anapests, Oh My

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Some sentences from my reading that have jumped out at me lately. [Leon had said] "I can't help but picture an armada of floating...