This. Is. Rich.
Yeah, Rev. Raniero Cantalamessa, being attacked for covering up sexual abuse by your subordinates, something the Church actually did is totally like attacking all Jews for something none of them...
View ArticleA Whole New Ballgame*
The Playgoer brings us this awesome nugget for a Monday morning:As part of an effort to increase the impact of its giving, the Ford Foundation is to announce a plan on Monday to dedicate $100 million...
View ArticleBehold! The Dark Continent!
Via Ta-Nehisi Coates, this piece from Granta gives the lowdown on how to REALLY write about Africa:Broad brushstrokes throughout are good. Avoid having the African characters laugh, or struggle to...
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Get the customers who already want to love you but can't. There are vast swaths of this city, basically un-covered because they are poor and black. In those neighborhoods and suburbs you can't find the...
View ArticleOnce In A Blue Moon...
...I disagree with Isaac. It does actually happen. Hold onto your hats.Isaac highlights this article from the NY Times on unpaid internships in the for-profit world. Scott Walters has dug in deep on...
View ArticleWho's Better Than You?
This post has a whole lot of truth rattling around in it. So go read it.I have many thoughts on internships and such, but the day job was a bear today. So you have to wait until tomorrow. Sorry.But...
View ArticleFame...I Wanna Live Forever!
A friend of mine linked to this post from Tom Loughlin at TACT today. Tom recounts an e-mail sent to him by a student in his Acting for Non-Actors class and it started him thinking about the need for...
View ArticleMike Huckabee's a Pig
I used to have some measure of respect for Mike Huckabee, I really did. He seemed like a genuinely good guy, despite being someone I disagree with completely. I actually used to think he was a real...
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Lisa Timmel edition:So, why new plays? Because the world changes and perspectives shift. Because American theatre, in all its forms, thrives on the new, it always has. Our theatre history is full of...
View ArticleWell...When You Put It Like THAT...
A lot of what we do sounds really, really bad in black and white. And in terms of things like, you know, the law. As the folks of the New York State Theater Institute apparently just found out.An...
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Steve Benen edition:What's the point of even having a public discourse when the leadership of a political party treats the truth like a punch-line?Now would be a terrific time for a real debate....
View ArticleYes, Stop The Madness
Aggh. Aggh. Aggh. Aggh. I've been feeling a bit ornery and cranky lately, which is one of the reasons I've been running silent lately. I don't think there's much to be gained from being a public...
View ArticleThrough The Looking-Glass
This is where we are now. Republican candidate says off-handdumb thing. Republican candidate actually repeatsdumb thing. Today, Republican candidate goes even further and continues to repeat dumb...
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The always awesome Ken Lin, as interviewed by Adam Szymkowicz:Theater really reminds me of an organic food store that just closed in my neighborhood. When I first moved here, I thought, "Wow, there's...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Will
This should make you feel young again.No matter our differences, or the outbursts of snark, we're all Friends of Will.
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Joining Forces
Isaac's not the only one making changes these days. Or, more precisely, he's not doing it alone.You may have noticed things have been a bit quiet here at 99 Seats Central of late. I've been doing some...
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Gawker edition:The main lesson here: Don't be racist. But if you really, really are—and really, really need to voice your racist thoughts—don't write them in an email to a devious friend who may later...
View ArticleGo, Phoenix!*
I guess I'm pulling for the Suns in the NBA Playoffs now. At least someone in Arizona is doing something right. Here's "frostback" Steve Nash's awesome quote:“I think it’s fantastic,” Nash said after...
View ArticleSummer's Eve* of the Day
And, of course, it's Joe Lieberman.Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) thinks he’s found a work-around on the whole Miranda rights debate for U.S. citizens accused of terrorism: Strip their citizenship and...
View ArticleSubmission Admissions (Again)
Augh. Uff. Blech.So, the Tony voters have awarded the 2010 Regional Theatre Award to the O'Neill Center. Honestly, the first person I thought would complain about that was Scott, since it's a bit of a...
View ArticleI Have Been Remiss...
...for not highlighting two pieces of very, very excellent writing out here on the interwebs. They're both by theatre guys, but neither is about theatre, in particular. Both of them made my day when I...
View ArticleToday In Irony
Dr. Rand Paul, gubernatorial candidate in Kentucky said this today:"What I don't like from the president's administration is this sort of, 'I'll put my boot heel on the throat of BP,'" Paul said in an...
View ArticleWhere Ya Been?
To quote one of the great philosophers of our time, it's been a while since I rapped at ya. What gives?Not to put too fine a point on it, but...a lot. Well, technically, it has something to do with the...
View ArticleOccupational Hazard
So I've been dieting and exercising for the last about 10 months. I've never been much of a physical exertion person, not a sports-playing guy or avid hiker or whatnot. I was an inside kid in a family...
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