tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1654934 2010-02-08T20:17:15-05:00 Thoughtful and candid discussion and commentary on the performing arts by "those who do." This is a forum meant to reflect what's currently on the minds of working actors, directors, designers, producers and writers. TypePad http://feeds.feedburner.com/ExtraCriticum?format=skinExtraCriticumhttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a088340120a8785421970b 2010-02-08T20:17:15-05:00 2010-02-08T20:17:29-05:00 Rolando Teco Thanks to our MC, JD DiSalvatore, for posting these pics. Video to soon follow.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=ExKq4W8Z6Uc:80IbWb82vs8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=ExKq4W8Z6Uc:80IbWb82vs8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/ExKq4W8Z6Uc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2010/02/pics-from-brevity-fest-la-now-on-facebook.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a088340120a866e85c970b 2010-02-05T14:14:26-05:00 2010-02-05T14:14:26-05:00 Rolando Teco Last night, we had our first Brevity Fest, at which about a dozen writers and musicians shared new work for an audience of roughly 75, who filled a cozy venue called El Cid where drinks and...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=qVYwm3Z65y0:cPl6oErGGcA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=qVYwm3Z65y0:cPl6oErGGcA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/qVYwm3Z65y0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2010/02/art-vs-commerce-two-world-views-collide-within-12-hours-of-each-other.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a088340128775bdc5d970c 2010-02-04T02:17:38-05:00 2010-02-04T02:17:38-05:00 Andrew Altenburg Earlier today, NBC Universal president Jeff Zucker sent out a 'team update' memo about the upcoming transition... but as it's in that same gooblety gook speak that the corporate suits like to talk in, I've gone...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=3Gp62Nb2G8I:hcIFEd5Iqv8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=3Gp62Nb2G8I:hcIFEd5Iqv8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/3Gp62Nb2G8I" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2010/02/nbcu-corporate-memo-decoded.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a088340128775b0a61970c 2010-02-04T02:16:45-05:00 2010-02-04T02:16:45-05:00 Rolando Teco Doors open at 7pm for the 7:30pm 90-min. lineup of readings and songs by lots of talented folk loosely connected this here blog. Come out and have a drink and a laugh (or 2 or 3)....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=0vyxI-6ED8U:OxKpsVBxm5A:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=0vyxI-6ED8U:OxKpsVBxm5A:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/0vyxI-6ED8U" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2010/02/brevity-fest-tomorrow-at-el-cid.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a0883401287757aa46970c 2010-02-03T14:18:08-05:00 2010-02-03T14:18:10-05:00 David Licata It’s way too easy to compare Eyes Wide Open, director Haim Tabakman’s film of a homosexual affair between two ultra-orthodox Jewish men in Jerusalem, to Brokeback Mountain, but that would be unfair. Comparisons like that are...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=_3u2_nFJjc4:tCLaNB0WEaM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=_3u2_nFJjc4:tCLaNB0WEaM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/_3u2_nFJjc4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2010/02/restrain-yourself.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a088340128774800dd970c 2010-02-01T23:47:57-05:00 2010-02-01T23:47:57-05:00 John Yearley Many years ago I had an argument about Norman Mailer at a party. I was pro, the long-forgotten partygoer was con. She let rip a long litany of the stupid, vainglorious things Mailer had done (they...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=M46EG0EEDHM:7phoaIyTn2M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=M46EG0EEDHM:7phoaIyTn2M:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/M46EG0EEDHM" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2010/02/jd-salinger-writer-not-freak.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a08834012877488ff6970c 2010-02-01T23:45:08-05:00 2010-02-01T23:46:02-05:00 Rolando Teco This just in, kids! JD DiSalvatore has just signed on to MC the first ever Brevity Fest, to be held at El Cid in Silverlake this Thursday evening at 7:30pm. More info on Brevity Fest can...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=h-Ux7s9F45Y:zM2xsxs_4HY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=h-Ux7s9F45Y:zM2xsxs_4HY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/h-Ux7s9F45Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2010/02/jd-disalvatore-to-mc-brevity-fest.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a088340120a81e317e970b 2010-01-29T09:11:20-05:00 2010-01-29T09:06:03-05:00 Rolando Teco I'll admit it. When I first saw the film adaptation of The Boys in the Band, I loved it. I knew I wasn't supposed to, of course. I was in college at the time. My first...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=Qm69z7vcqpo:7QS1qyaiVXM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=Qm69z7vcqpo:7QS1qyaiVXM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/Qm69z7vcqpo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2010/01/gay-man-comes-out-why-i-love-the-boys-in-the-band.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a088340120a81cd929970b 2010-01-28T15:51:41-05:00 2010-01-28T09:47:26-05:00 Rolando Teco I was at a concert the other night where music was performed by an orchestra and choir and most of it was stuff recently written by the conductor himself. It all sounded pretty bland, like watered-down...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=BovCN-Q6KUQ:6okkKrXvrLI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=BovCN-Q6KUQ:6okkKrXvrLI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/BovCN-Q6KUQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2010/01/the-beethoven-pitfall.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a0883401287717b363970c 2010-01-26T21:11:30-05:00 2010-01-26T21:11:30-05:00 Rolando Teco A picture of the theatre in El Cid, venue for Feb. 4th Brevity Fest.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=BNBoDtTFArg:JyOXGHnywnU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=BNBoDtTFArg:JyOXGHnywnU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/BNBoDtTFArg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2010/01/we-like-the-look-of-our-venue.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a088340120a802582e970b 2010-01-24T19:37:20-05:00 2010-01-24T19:37:20-05:00 Andrew Altenburg With Conan's last Tonight Show now a memory, I thought I'd do a quick run down of the winners and losers in the latest edition of the late night wars. Conan O'Brien - Sure, he's a...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=-RKzrbUr3ZE:oKgyfaSS5-Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=-RKzrbUr3ZE:oKgyfaSS5-Q:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/-RKzrbUr3ZE" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2010/01/late-night-thermometer.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a0883401287702f5ff970c 2010-01-24T16:12:34-05:00 2010-01-24T19:50:40-05:00 Rolando Teco Full disclosure: a friend of mine was in this series and another friend of a friend wrote it. So, naturally, I was curious to take a 2nd look at a show that I'd seen only a...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=0o9DcarHqhE:i_jm4-AXej8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=0o9DcarHqhE:i_jm4-AXej8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/0o9DcarHqhE" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2010/01/2nd-look-the-comeback-valerie-cherish-is-gorgeous.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a088340120a806978b970b 2010-01-24T15:35:43-05:00 2010-01-24T15:36:22-05:00 Ed Valentine Hi all! Please check out these two exciting events. (And tickets WILL sell out, especially for Puppet Playlist. So please get your tickets early!) If you're around, please join me in person: I'll be in Boston...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=RhthXZuXPZ0:zRaHajFMC3I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=RhthXZuXPZ0:zRaHajFMC3I:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/RhthXZuXPZ0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2010/01/two-cool-events-.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a08834012876fde043970c 2010-01-21T22:46:23-05:00 2010-01-21T22:47:58-05:00 Rolando Teco Speechless, by Lady Gaga. Listen here, kids! 04 Speechless<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=FabFpBqOHbg:mtuZgCecwMY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=FabFpBqOHbg:mtuZgCecwMY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/FabFpBqOHbg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2010/01/any-doubt-that-she-lady-gaga-is-a-serious-songwriter-ends-here.html