YouTube is full of wonders, and I posted about this one previously. The PBS Digital Studios series about the history of theater and drama is as addictive as a bag of potato chips and much healthier for you. I couldn't stop watching the series. These fun, short, partially animated lectures cover everything from the origins … Continue reading I Finished That Fun Crash Course
What books are on your night stand? Terrence McNally Selected Works, Mark Harris's bio of Mike Nichols, James Lapine's Putting It Together, Shakespeare's As You Like It, and Jonathan Hickman's Fantastic Four: The Complete Collection. What's the last great book you read? Andrew Holleran's Dancer From The Dance. Are there any classic novels that you … Continue reading In which I give myself the NYTimes “By The Book” quiz (that absolutely no one requested):
A great listen. From last year, here's an On The Media profile of Shakespeare's influence on American history and culture. What grizzled American president played Juliet when he was a young man? https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/episodes/on-the-media-as-you-like-it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNWrOuwzax8 I had no idea PBS Digital Studios had created a whole series of animated YouTubes about theater history. These are fun for any student of the dramatic arts. Enjoy, and support your local PBS station. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeTeK9kvxyo
Since I’ve gone on a book binge lately… I’ve been looking for one of those old Folger Shakespeare paperback editions of As You Like It, but when I stopped in the thrift store down the street it was not there. Instead I picked up this Julius Caesar for a buck. I’ve been meaning to reread … Continue reading Folgers…Good To The Last Monologue
The rude mechanicals, featuring yours truly, perform for the Duke's wedding feast at the end of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. It's Flashback Friday, and here's a memory from our university yearbook. The photographer captured my theatrical triumph (LOL) as Flute the Bellows-Mender in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. I'll never forget the lady in … Continue reading Make ’em laugh, make ’em laugh, make ’em laugh!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Punzss5sHto This is an intriguing staging of Shakespeare's great fairy-and-rustics comedy. The trilling strings in the background give it a bit of a sinister edge in places. The performance of Bottom the Weaver is one of the best I've seen. Most fascinating is the switch-up of Oberon and Titania's roles (she being played by the … Continue reading Another “Midsummer Night’s Dream”
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