If you're in New York the weekend of the 27th -- or either of the weekends after that -- and feel like taking a side trip out to Long Island, here's a rare opportunity to see me act. (I don't do much of it anymore.) It's a silly comedy, but audiences are enjoying it, and I've got a nice role.

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This one is generally knowledge. I already know I screwed up the football question.

http://www.wwtbambored.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=14661&start=0

I mean, just when did it happen?

Sometimes, I find myself saying grouchy things in response to other people's posts and wonder afterward, "What the hell?"

Could I be getting old?

Anderson’s most successful play was Tea and Sympathy, the story of an adolescent boy who is branded a homosexual by his classmates. The play is a little creaky today, and many have accused it of copping out by making the accusations false (as the boy discovers when he is seduced by his housemaster’s wife). But it was pretty bold for 1953, and it ( Read more... )

Some good stuff, some not-so-good stuff ... but, all in all, the good outweighed the not-so-good. And as always, the company could not have been better.

I went in as the bottom seed in D1.  So, at the very least, I hoped my rating would improve. Beyond that, I didn't dare hope. Here's a quick rundown:

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About three weeks ago, I posted here that I had an idea for a new play.

Since then, I've been kicking around thoughts and jotting down ideas. The usual process.

Today, I reached a milestone. All the characters have names. All the notes have been organized into a scene structure. And I've started a file for this play on my computer.

I even have a very ( Read more... )

There is a btangredi  who now has a livejournal account, and all available evidence indicates that we have the same mother.

Come to think of it, I better be more careful, too. Bart can now read my 'friends only' posts.

I am the only person currently in D1 of North Salem that does not have an asterisk next to his name ... and I'm the one who's going to get pushed down to D2 if one more person rated higher than me signs up.

Of course, I myself was encouraging more people to sign up, so I have no right to complain.

And, of course, last time Cornelia expanded D1 to ten ( Read more... )

Olympia Dukakis has the flue, so we're going to have to reschedule for later in the month.

I don't care who won the game. I won $100.