Archive for "November, 2009"

Review- Felsenstein’s “Otello”

Posted in reviews, things that happened on November 25th, 2009

My first blog entry on the massively awesome opera blog Parterre Box has posted.
It’s a review of a DVD of Walter Felsenstein’s film of Verdi’s Otello.
You can read it here.
Here’s hoping I get to do more in the future…

Birth of a Book-Monster

Posted in theatre, things that in fact will happen on November 19th, 2009

Just when I thought I was down for the count for 2009 in terms of getting a show up in a full productionish way, I happen upon a bit of fun.
So the other day my friend Jenna, who works at the Brooklyn Lyceum now, writes me online and is all like “Oh man, I want [...]

Phase 2 complete!

Posted in theatre, things that happened on November 6th, 2009

So…the reading of PLAGUED happened Monday night, and boy howdy, was I proud. The show is in great shape- there’s still work to be done, but it’s a giant leap from where we were back in July. We had a great turn out, and the cast gave it all they had, and now we proceed [...]

Practical Origami on the Road 2 Shambala

Posted in theatre, things that happened on November 4th, 2009

Little news, folks: My short play Practical Origami, which I recorded a while back as a piece of audio theatre, was included last week on the fantastic podcast “The Road 2 Shambala.”
Once again, the cast is:
Narrator- Hal Fickett
Sherrie- Carrie Getman
The Origami Crane- Rory Sheridan
The Government- Giverny Petitmermet, Anna Derr and Jared Stern
With original music [...]