Here are my dream scenarios for the world series: 1) Joe Torre’s Dodgers defeat the Red Sox. This would be the sweetest one. Former Red Sox who had been ill-used by management (Nomar, Manny, Lowe) would get revenge, and the Steinbrenners would weep bitter tears for treating Torre so deplorably. Not to mention that Boston …
Here’s how I see it. Worst case scenario: McCain is elected. Dies in office. Palin becomes president. Rapture! Then Pelosi becomes president and, rather than forging a new path for the country, decides to pursue the McCain/Palin policies through a series of tepid retreats and failures, which she believes will improve the Democrats’ chances in …
This is the last of the scenes we’ll be posting from Irish Authors Held Hostage. Martin and I wanted to show off the wonderful talents of Lori Boyd. Enjoy. Watch for the show, perhaps, this summer at the Capital Fringe Festival.
Couldn’t resist this. It’s too funny. I apologize for Peggy Noonan’s language.
Next week, I begin teaching for the Maryland State Arts Council again. All of the preparations, revising A Thing for Redheads, and the political conventions have prevented me from adding anything new to this thing. As expected, the novelty of the blog has worn off and I’d rather direct my energies elsewhere. Something else that …
The response to the Oscar Wilde scene was so positive, we’ve decided to put the James Joyce scene up too: I thought that I was past this show, but became very nostalgic while re-editing the material. From 2003 through 2006, we were mounting a production of the show every year. It was a close-knit group, …
Well, it’s official: I’m old. Katrina Ferguson, who played Charlotte in Engaging Shaw, provoked me to join Facebook. Now I am overwhelmed with answering and making friend requests, updating my status and the status of my friends with inane non sequiturs, and giving/receiving gifts like ugly dolls and unhatched eggs. It is insane, pointless, and …
Martin Blanco and I–with the permission of the cast–have decided to put a few scenes from Irish Authors Held Hostage on the web, to interest potential investors/producers. Oscar Wilde is the first:
Just back from New York, visiting my in-laws. I took the boys to a Yankee game: the last time for me in the old stadium. Of course, I’m old enough to remember the real Yankee Stadium, with the obstructed views. In the early seventies, I went there with my Cub Scout pack on bat day, …
Glad to be done with this, finally. Though this is the last of the student films I’m posting, it was actually the first one I ever made. Another student had just spent a ton of money to make a full-color, sound synched film called No Girls Allowed, which was to be entered in the Suffolk …