Tonight is the premiere of Verdi’s Attila at the Metropolitan opera, conducted by Riccardo Muti, with costumes by Prada. And this is not just the premiere this season, mind you. This is the first time this work has ever been heard at the Met. EVER. Since it was written. In 1846!
I will not be there [...]
This weekend, the next installment of “Monster Literature” opens- “Robin Hood: Prince of…MONSTERS!” and I have to say I’m very excited for this show. I was trying to think of clever ways to describe the show- I keep saying it’s like Wishbone meets the Terminator- or I talk about how it’s like an 80s cartoon for [...]
Following the success of the previous installment, the Brooklyn Lyceum and Mainspring Collective have kindly asked me to pen a second installment of my children’s theatre series Monster Literature. Huzzah!
Episode 2 is called Robin Hood: Prince of…MONSTERS!, and a draft of it is already finished and ready to be worked upon.
Here’ s a little description [...]
So…my children’s play “Twas the Night Before…Monsters!”- the first part of my serialized short play series for kids “Monster Literature”- is going up next weekend at the Brooklyn Lyceum. And it’s going to be friggin awesome.
The series is all about how this evil wizard attempts to destroy the spirit of humanity by sending his army [...]
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 [...]