So NINE COME, that bizzare and difficult play, is over and done with. Those lines will never be stressed over again, and I won't be seeing the cast on a regualr basis any more. Sadly, a lot of the friends that I've developed in the cast wont be here next year-- graduating, studying abroad, et cetera. What does one do? Ali is also moving to Seattle ( Read more... )

I just got a long e-mail from an old friend of my Dad's. This guys is an intensely amusing Englishman who has been living in Morocco for the past several years. Maybe its only interesting to me because I grew up around him, but he's working as an extra on the set of the next Ridley Scott film (Edward Norton's in it) and apparently his home is ( Read more... )

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I am paraphrasing this, so it's not verbatim what she said but it's damn close:

"I assume that most of our listeners are younger than I am... so you really have to be aware that the draft coming back in 2005 is very possible..."

-Janeane Garofalo, The Majority Report on Air America Radio

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First rehearsal for "Nine Come" was last night! Finally! We're renting a real theater (not affiliated with the university in any way) in the Lower East Side, and we have about 16 rehearsals before opening night. Oh baby ( Read more... )

Apparently John Gray, the author of "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus," is threatening legal action against an Irish blogger that called Gray a fraud. It's really funny, Gray's degrees (BA, MA, and PhD) are all from non-accredited universities. Check out the dirt here or here . I always disliked the idea of some asshole claiming that he can ( Read more... )

Friday nightI took Ali to "Oh What A Lovely War!", after going to pizzeria Uno. Mango iced tea is the shit. The play was unusual, but good. People I know in the cast were great. And Terry is such a distinct director ( Read more... )

Lots of high-profile death recently. Gives one the willies. First Spalding Grey is pulled out of the East River after he jumped off a ferry. Then the fourth NYU student suicide of the year. Reed is officially put on notice: NYU is challenging your rumored "highest student suicide rate" record ( Read more... )