If my output on this site dims this week, yet you still wonder what I think of the state of American theater these days, head to the just-launched Engine28.com.
The site, which magically appeared last night at midnight and will last for just a week, represents the hopes and glories of dozens of journalists who’ve gathered under the banner of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism’s 2011 NEA Institute in Theater and Musical Theater.
That onerous academic-sounding title scares me, as does the mere concept of school, yet I was the guy responsible for threading it as nimbly as possible through the introductory article which you’ll find on the site’s homepage today.
Luckily for me, thus far this NEA/Annenberg experience (which began Monday and lasts through June 22) has resembled a newsroom more than it has a classroom. We’ve been on the ground covering stories since day one. Even when we do amass for a lecture or discussion, there’s usually a fancy meal involved.
I’m glad to hear there are “fancy meals” involved!