Archive for Theatre
Back in 2010, I posted about classic works of literature reworked as movies set in a modern high school. Comments on that post led me to expand my definitions a bit, and I’ve seen a couple more such movies since then. So I thought I would post the updated list: Movie Year Original What I […]
Last night, I saw In the Heights at Woodminster Amphitheater in Joaquin Miller Park in the Oakland hills. Produced by Woodminster Summer Musicals, “Oakland's Broadway in the Redwoods Since 1967.” It was great. Highly recommended. There’s another performance tonight, and four more next Thursday through Sunday, if you’re interested. I listened to the recording of […]
I haven't posted a life update here in ages. Not sure why; just haven't felt the urge, I guess. Rather...
The most important thing I learned in high school stage tech was a paradigm. I usually phrase it this way:...
I'M GOING TO SEE HAMILTON TONIGHT! I arranged a fair bit of my plans for the past few months around...
Last night, I rewatched the Branagh Henry V, which led me to look some stuff up in the original play....
A friend asked this morning what the deal is with this Hamilton thing. Here's what I posted in response: It's...
In 2009, composer/lyricist/performer Lin-Manuel Miranda performed an amazing hip-hop piece about Alexander Hamilton (5-min video, with mostly-accurate captions) at the...
I posted here a whole bunch toward the beginning of WorldCon, mostly about the Hugos, and then switched to Facebook...
I feel like I haven't posted a general life update here in ages. Partly that's because I have half a...
I'm going to recommend a video in a minute. But first, some backstory: Kam and I went to see Cirque...
Every time I mention Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind and someone says they haven't heard of it,...