“It’s called a soliloquy, genius!”
From “What Would Batman Do?,” by J. Torres (writer), Matthew Clark (penciller), Wade von Grawbadger (inker), Ulises Arreola & Carrie Strachan (colorists) and Deron Bennett (letterer), found in the newly […]
The Kindness of Stringed Instruments
A Vincent D’Onofrio monologue about how he’ll never play his dream role, Blanche DuBois in Streetcar, is part of a new collaboration the actor’s done with composer Dana Lynn. The […]
“Few People Recognize…”
There’s a construct, commonly used in obituaries and “Critic’s Pick” blurbs, that drives me nuts. I heard a good (bad?) example last week on a rerun of a 2006 BBC radio […]
The Playwright’s the Thing
Long Wharf Theatre has a quiz about its 50th anniversary in its current program book, listing 14 famous playwrights from Shakespeare to Paula Vogel who’ve each had more than one […]
In Awe of Scott Woodside
I’ve been listening to what may be the worst-read audiobook I’ve ever heard. Worst professionally narrated audiobook, I should qualify. Any audiobook junkie (and we are legion) has encountered severe […]
Theater Jerk Comics Collection
More theater-related comics. (I consider Tom Waits a man of the theater, for his collaborations with Robert Wilson and for the elaborate stage sets which graced his tours back in the […]