“The Conveniences of Modern Living” opened last Tuesday- and we’ve gotten some really great reviews out of it. Below is a little sampling of them. We’ve done 3 of our 4 shows, with the final show coming up this Saturday at Noon. I can’t believe it’s all about to be over- but it is! It’s [...]
In late November last year, my buddy Annie Levy commissioned me to develop an adaptation of “The Merchant of Venice” for a Jewish camp she works with in the woods of Wisconsin.
Last, week my adaptation- “Sharon is My Name”- went up!:
Take that, Pacino!
*Al Pacino ominously enters my blog entry*
Eh heh…Hey Al! Long time no see! [...]
Looks like being from Brooklyn counts for something in ink these days.
My NY Fringe show, “The Conveniences of Modern Living”, was very kindly featured earlier this week in the Brooklyn section of the NY Daily News:
You can go ahead and read the whole article here.
It started with, ‘Wouldn’t it be funny if a man [...]
This just in: My dreams of coming in third is an internet contest have been realized.
I’m the third place winner in The Omniscient Mussel’s #operaplot twitter contest, where you summarize plots of great operas in 140 characters, and pack in as much snark as humanly possible.
Here’s my winning entry, a synopsis of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin:
So [...]
So…the latest episode of Monster Literature, “The Secret Garden…OF MONSTERS!” closed mid-April, and I have to say I was really happy with how it turned out. I heard from many folks- and small children- that it was their favorite so far. Every show the team gets tighter, and more efficient and the shows get bigger [...]
This past weekend I went out and saw two excellent performances.
The first was the Vampire Cowboys latest opus Alice in Slasherland, a hilarious mash up of the horror genre from Buffy to The Ring and back again. Alice in Slasherland tells the story of sad and misunderstood teens who, naturally enough, awaken a demon apocalypse. [...]
So…the latest episode of Monster Literature, “Robin Hood: Prince of…MONSTERS!” closed this past weekend, and it went fantastic-goric. It was a huge step for whole the gang- in terms of production, performance and especially audience! With most of our 8 shows sold out over the 2 weekends, nearly 400 Park Slope kids and parents got [...]
As reported yesterday on Vanishing New York, the Village Paper Store- IMHO the best place to buy ridiculous old-school comedy props in NYC- has burnt down.
Let me just say I loved this store. Back when I was doing sketch comedy, it was the first place I’d turn whenever I needed a ludicrous and hilarious object. [...]
Before the turn of 2010, myself and fellow playwright Maya Macdonald assembled a rag tag group of playwrights to meet weekly and share and talk about the kind of work we’re all doing. We’re currently one month in, and going strong!
One of the many things I’m enjoying (besides the fact that everyone is hilarious) is [...]
My review of the Gotham Chamber Opera’s “Il Mondo Della Luna” is up on nytheatre.com.
You can read it here.
If you can swing a ticket, I highly recommend it. Opera in the planetarium! Who could ask for anything more?
