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Running away to watch the circus

Kam and I went to Cirque du Soleil's Ovo this evening. It was a really good show. They didn't have... (More...)

Classics recast into high school settings

I recently learned about another modern movie that takes a Shakespeare play and reworks it to set it in a... (More...)

Latest earworm

A couple weeks ago, the webcomic Darths & Droids had an episode that quoted two songs from Les Misérables. In... (More...)

Midsummer afternoon's "Dream"

Last time I wrote a life-update entry, I mentioned the Shakespeare Santa Cruz offsite, but didn't go into detail. Not... (More...)

Improv Everywhere in San Francisco this afternoon! (And Chicago tomorrow)

Improv Everywhere is running one of their Mp3 Experiment events in San Francisco this afternoon--two hours from now, which presumably... (More...)

Philadelphia: Secret Theater, tonight and tomorrow

It's the "second annual five-company Shakespearian Secret Dessert Theater"! The last two nights of it are tonight and tomorrow night.... (More...)

The Wheel of Death, and other amazements

I just noticed that it's been over ten years that I've been meaning (but failing) to see Cirque du Soleil.... (More...)

Best theatre

Last week's production of Carousel had some great moments, but sadly overall I wasn't thrilled with it. (I was going... (More...)

Video roundup, part 1

It's been a while since I've posted a collection of videos, and the links keep rolling in. So here's a... (More...)

Sultan's Elephant and Tyger

I keep seeing links to photos of "The Sultan's Elephant," but not to information about it. In case anyone else... (More...)

Earworm: Somewhere That's Green

The other day the song "Somewhere That's Green" (from Little Shop of Horrors, though I have the movie soundtrack rather... (More...)

Review: Rent

It's been Jed's movie week. Narnia last weekend; Æon Flux Monday night; Brokeback Mountain last night (review to come later).... (More...)

Trailblazers

These items aren't quite coherently connected, but they felt like they made a certain amount of sense together. There's a... (More...)

Another disappearing weekend

Been a while since I've posted anything personal, hasn't it? Some assorted updates: First, I apologize for all those items... (More...)

Cirque Eloize in SF through this week

Beth tells me that she just saw Cirque Éloize's "Rain" at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco. She loved it;... (More...)

Circus circus

(Is "Circus circus" the genus and species name of the common Circle?) It seems to be a circus weekend. Kam... (More...)