Turn Off the Dumb
Posted in creativity, humanity, large theatre, theory by L. Nicol Cabe - Jan 17, 2011
I learned, via rehearsals this past week, that some theatre people are starting to treat mentions of the Broadway disaster Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark the same way as we treat MacBeth: don’t say it or you’ll curse your show! My friend B. Michael Peterson (yes, a pretentious first initial-er like me) wrote about this [...]
COMMENTSNo time to say goodbye – Hello! – I’m late, I’m late, I’m late!
Posted in humanity, large theatre, small theatre, theory by L. Nicol Cabe - Jan 10, 2011
I scanned a couple of articles about late seating and the theatre this morning. One is “The Importance of Not Being Late to the Theatre,” by Guardian writer Sans Taste, and the other is “The Sin of Lateness” over at The Playgoer blog. Both focus on how unfun theatre is just because one is expected [...]
COMMENTSLet’s crunch some numbers
Posted in large theatre, small theatre, theory by L. Nicol Cabe - Jan 06, 2011
One of my missions this year is to self-produce a couple of shows. I’ve got one in the works that I’m not too worried about. But, in order to figure out if I needed help or what sort of companies were out there in Seattle that I might want to throw a script at, I [...]
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