I’ve been saying for some time now that live theater’s chances of long-term survival will be greatly enhanced by jumping off the art/culture bandwagon and onto the entertainment and nightlife bandwagon, post-haste. Theaters need to stop promising to “challenge” and “enlighten” and start promising a good time. We need to call the concession stand “the […]
The prospect of going to Juneau, remote though it is, nevertheless holds a surprising amount of appeal. Even though the person I emailed at Perseverence Theatre asking how auditions are handled has yet to reply. In over a week. Ken tells me she’s extremely busy right now, but a whole week? Just to acknowledge receipt […]
Something is going to happen. That’s the title of a poem by Robert Penn Warren. About a lifetime ago, I performed that poem for schoolkids all up and down the eastern seaboarad … over and over and over … cafetoriums and multi-purpose rooms and gymnasiums. … Something is bound to happen on a day like […]
