Category: Theatre
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The Game Is Afoot!
When the idea for a puzzle contest grew in my noggin, I resloved to start it off with a real, honest to Will Shortz, legitimate crossword puzzle, then progress through a series of word games, once per week till opening week. John Munn, the artistic manager of Lakewood Playhouse (and Dr Watson in our production),…
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The Play’s the Thing
Animal Fire’s Hamlet, costarring me as Claudius, opens tonight in Priest Point Park in Olympia. The show starts at 7:00 p.m., it runs about 125 minutes with no intermission, and it’s absolutely free. You can see it any Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday night for the next three weekends.
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Transformabots!
I was last week’s guest on Animal Fire Theatre’s podcast. What fun! Host Austen Anderson invited me on to talk about theatre criticism and all the many way I can use it to get in trouble with decent Americans.
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O, My Offense Is Rank
Find out why I know more than Isaac Asimov, and not just because he’s been dead for some time, in this week’s edition of my thinky podcast The Unpleasant Truth. This episode is all about the melancholy Dane and his irascible stepdad.
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What a Piece of Work Is a Podcast
Around the time I started work on my own podcast, director Austen Anderson of Animal Fire Theatre began his.
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The Game Is Afoot!
I finally get to direct the amazing Sherlock’s Last Case by Charles Marowitz! I owe my sincerest thanks to Lakewood Playhouse, where the show will run from September 14 to October 14.
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Coming…May 18th…
Ooh, this show looks intense! You go, Olympia Family Theater! P.S.: Okay, well, OFT’s trailer is pretty good, too… …but I still like mine better.
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Not-So-Bel Canto
If nothing else, this last month has taught me the difference between humility and self-loathing. I auditioned for a musical in Lakewood and made callbacks. Great. I really wanted to be in this particular musical, because I love the director and would be surrounded by many pretty girls and hilarious men. In short, it looked…
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Losing My Religion
If you’re a churchgoing person, then I bet there was a time when you felt inflamed in the spirit. (Maybe that time is now.) You were a recent convert, or maybe you finally came of age and started to understand the faith of your childhood. Your religion was a source of instant joy and comfort.…
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Everyone’s a Critic!, Part 3
“Why do I even bother? Who reads theatre reviews, anyway? Should you? If my review says a show is bad but you think it sounds like fun, should you go see it anyway? Okay, but what if your cousin is in it? And now that local companies are announcing their 2010-2011 seasons, which upcoming shows…