What the hell is Brian Stokes Mitchel wearing? He looks like a Homecoming king at a school in Texas.

A tie? Seriously? That’s how we start the Tony Awards in 2009?! A TIE! Okay - I’m hoping this is a sing of crazy thing to go tonight!!!!

And Billy Elliot gets it’s first Tony… some one get the fork lift, they’ll have a crate of them before the night ( Read more... )

Okay, because you were hounding me Nick, here are my Tony predicutions.

BEST MUSICAL
Billy Elliot*
Next to Normal
Rock of Ages
Shrek the Musical
--How did [title of show] not get a nomination? Seriously?! Rock of Ages?!?! That was TOS's slot!

BEST PLAY
33 Variations
Dividing the Estate
God of Carnage*
reasons to be pretty

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Guys and ( Read more... )

I miss him...

...still.

Something in your eyes... makes me want to loose myself ( Read more... )

I was prompted to write a blog on directing - "What kind of director are you / do you like? Drilling blocking or letting it emerge organically from actors? " - so here goes...

What kind of a director am I? I like to think I'm an intuitive director.

Approaching direction as storytelling and intuitively meliding imagery with performance. I think too ( Read more... )

Everyone has things they blog about. Everyone has things they don't blog about. Challenge me out of my comfort zone by telling me something I don't blog about, but you'd like to hear about, and I'll write a post about it. Ask for anything: latest movie watched, last book read, political leanings, favorite type of underwear, graphic techniques, etc ( Read more... )

I must start blogging more regularly. MUST MUST MUST.

Come see my show...

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I've abandoned my Livejournal.

I've abandoned my MySpace.

I'm whoreing around on Facebook.

I'll try to do better.

I'm directing a "In the Park" production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream.

So I'm directing Midsummer...

2 seperate questions.

1. I'm making my fairy's all puppets. Rod Puppets, Corporate puppets, kite puppets, mask puppets, and variations on bunraku puppets. Here's my question - is mixing and matching puppet styles confusing or liberating to the magic for an audience? Discuss.Further more, do Titania and Oberon have to be ( Read more... )

In 28 years of reading and working I have read a bit... I enjoy reading but I don't love it and would much rather spend time with scripts, television, film, or theatre - instead of a 'good book'.

The fastest thing I've ever been able to read was 4 days approximately 12 hours of book 6 of Harry Potter.

We have a new record. 7 hours to read - nay - ( Read more... )