DC area theatre peeps: here are five reasons to go see Eugene O'Neill's ANNA CHRISTIE at the Heritage O'Neill Theatre in Bethesda.

1.) It stars aeonata in the lead/title role. Anyone who's seen her in a Rude Mechanicals show knows how awesome she is ( Read more... )

After years and years of searching and hoping, someone has FINALLY posted the entirety of Derek Jacobi in CYRANO DE BERGERAC (with the translation by Anthony Burgess of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE fame):

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This just barely surpasses RICHARD II as my favorite Jacobi performance of all time. The balcony scene never fails to bring tears to my eyes once he gets ( Read more... )

So I'm contemplating my new costume for THE HEFNER MONOLOGUES. Costumes, specifically. I'm forgoing my classic ill-fitting $3.00 polyester shiny blue suit in favor of several layers of t-shirts and using different coats. Even the smoking jacket ( Read more... )

Thanks to scarydavedc for finding this:

PULP FICTION, Shakespeare-style. A collaborative work in progress.

Vincent: And know'st thou what the French name cottage pie ( Read more... )

So here's what made my 25th birthday extra special ( Read more... )

Back from the wedding. chickenhat was right: you can't plan a Hefner Monologue.

But I can write a new show, which I'll have to be doing as I have definitely made it into the 3rd Annual DC Capital Fringe Festival! Whee ( Read more... )

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Sir Laurence Olivier gets a lot of crap these days ( Read more... )

On THE DAILY SHOW tonight, Jon was talking about the recent Democratic debate where three of the other candidates (but not Obama; John Edwards, Joe BIden, and Chris Dodd) AND Tim Russert were all aggressively grilling Hillary, and Jon Stewart quipped ( Read more... )