There’s nothing like a prescriptive list to ignite the passion of the blogs. This week, the blogs have been having their way with theatre manifestos: 1. New York theatreist and blogger Matt Freeman’s posts How to Write a Manifesto about the State of the American Theatre on your own Blog! “Theatre is an art, not […]
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The passion of the blogs
A look back on a good year in the theatrosphere By Simon Ogden and Ian Mackenzie Time to put 2008 to bed? Good idea. But not before we take one last look at the year that was in theatre blogging. And what a year it was! From epic online dust-ups to Internet-wide collaborations, here’s our […]
Digging for theatrosphere gold
In no particular order, four pieces of theatrosphere gold: The good people at Umbrella Talk interview Canadian master Daniel MacIvor. A new Toronto theatre blog: Emerging Art Productions. Vancouver’s Lyric Stage Project is marketing its upcoming production with this intriguing campaign. Chicago-based theatre advocate Don Hall continues his painfully honest series of posts on divorce. […]
Don Hall on theatrical discourse
Chicago-based playwright and theatre blogger Don Hall weighs in on the theatrical discourse debate, laying down his case for a rougher, more honest approach: “All of this boils down to two important yet diametrically opposed notions: most theater people just want affirmation and aren’t really interested in criticism, constructive or otherwise; we all claim to […]
10 questions: Don Hall
1) What the fuck is going on?Oil production has peaked while the consuming of it increases so future generations are fucked; the President of the United States couldn’t beat me in a game of Scrabble; the WGA is on strike so there will soon be nothing but Who Wants to Give a Rich Guy a […]