Scene4 Magazine · Arts and Media

Scene4 Magazine - Arts and Media - November 2009

2009-11-04T00:16:48Z

IN THIS ISSUE

inFocus

Playwrights
and
Directors

inView

Michael Bettencourt
The Color-Line

Nathan Thomas
Directorial Power

Arthur Meiselman
I'll Be Seeing You in
All the Old Familiar Places

Les Marcott
The Trouble with Che

Claudine Jones
Death Checks

Martin Challis
Start Off the Way
You Would Like to Finish

reView

Film Reviews
Miles David Moore
Bright Star
The Informant!
The Invention of Lying

Opera
Renate Stendhal
The Met's New 'Tosca'

Music
Karren Alenier
The Folger Consort

Culture
Renate Stendhal
Stumbling Stones in German Streets

inSight

Writing
Karren Alenier
The Steiny Road to Operadom
A Miscreant for Today

Media
Lia Beachy
La Femme, La Mujer, La Donna
Culture Shock

Poetry
Kathi Wolfe
Life Among The Heffalumps
Life is an Adventure or Nothing at All

Fiction
Martin Challis
Where Cedar Creek Falls
Chapter Ten, Part 2 - In Country

Comics
Elliot Feldman
Old Hippy
Quality Time with Dad

Arts of Thailand
Janine Yasovant
Healing the Body with Nature (also in Thai)

New Technology
Recent Reviews

inPrint

SCENE4 publishes Plays, Screenplays, Scripts, Poetry

and Production Notebooks in its online issues.

Scene4 Blogs

the readers blog

Qreviews

QuéPasa

Writers Blogs

The Dressing-Karren Alenier

On Miles David Moore-Miles David Moore

Life In Acting-Martin Challis

Thai Nights-Arthur Meiselman

Dr. Barnabas T. Bynum's New School

Musical Revue and Travelling Minstrel Show-Les Marcott

Special Issues

THE ONE

January 2009

WHAT IS ART?

January 2008

VIEW OF THE ARTS/2007

January 2007

THE ART OF SEX IN THE ARTS

February 2006

STATE OF THE ART OF THE ARTS

October 2005

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Scene4 Magazine - Arts and Media - October 2009

2009-10-04T00:23:56Z

IN THIS ISSUE

inFocus

Woodstock

40 Years Down the Road

inView

Michael Bettencourt

Digitizing Theatre - Part 2

Arthur Meiselman

In Search of Heaven's Gate

Nathan Thomas

Two Men. Two Careers.

One Country. God Save Us All.

Les Marcott

Let's Get Kinky Again

reView

Film Review

Miles David Moore

Inglorious Basterds

District 9

Hurt Locker

Music

Andrea Kapsaski

Woodstock - 40 Years Down the Road

Arts of Thailand

Janine Yasovant

A Lifestyle of Ceramics

inSight

Writing

Karren Alenier

The Steiny Road to Operadom

A Miscreant for Today

Media

Lia Beachy

La Femme, La Mujer, La Donna

Letter Heads

Poetry

Kathi Wolfe

Life Among The Heffalumps

The Pitfalls Of Pigeon-Holing

Fiction

Martin Challis

Where Cedar Creek Falls

Chapter Ten, Part 1 - In Country

Comics

Elliot Feldman

Old Hippy

Fun In The Boiler Room

New Technology

Recent Reviews

inPrint

The Last Artist In New York City

A Play by Polly Frost and Ray Sawhill

Scene4 Blogs

the readers blog

Qreviews

QuéPasa

Writers Blogs

The Dressing-Karren Alenier

On Miles David Moore-Miles David Moore

Life In Acting-Martin Challis

Thai Nights-Arthur Meiselman

Dr. Barnabas T. Bynum's New School

Musical Revue and Travelling Minstrel Show-Les Marcott

Special Issues

THE ONE

January 2009

WHAT IS ART?

January 2008

VIEW OF THE ARTS/2007

January 2007

THE ART OF SEX IN THE ARTS

February 2006

STATE OF THE ART OF THE ARTS

October 2005

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comprehensive archives of over 5000 pages

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Seattle, WA 98115 USA

+1.206.214.7664

Scene4 Magazine - Arts and Media September 2009

2009-09-01T03:19:55Z

IN THIS ISSUE

inFocus

Theatre in Brazil
Film in Thailand

inView

Michael Bettencourt
The Puritan Soul

Arthur Meiselman
The Terror of the Fading Book - An Update

Nathan Thomas
Teaching and Learning - Learning and Teaching

Les Marcott
Unforgettable Lines from Unforgettable Songs (Part 2)

Claudine Jones
Murder #17

reView

Film Review
Miles David Moore
The Taking of Pelham 123

Dance
Renate Stendhal
Pina Bausch - A Memory

Film in Thailand
Janine Yasovant
Duae Suay Du

inSight

Writing
Karren Alenier
The Steiny Road to Operadom
A Big Read

Media
Lia Beachy
La Femme, La Mujer, La Donna
Label America: Broken

Poetry
Kathi Wolfe
Life Among The Heffalumps
The Write Stuff

Fiction
Martin Challis
Where Cedar Creek Falls
Chapter Nine - Disdain

Comics
Elliot Feldman
Old Hippy
Warren Beatty and Me

Theatre
Polly Frost
Theater Gifts

New Technology
Fujitsu's
Desktop Alternative
Lifebook® V1040

inPrint
Sufic Madness
Farzana Moon

Scene4 Blogs
the readers blog
Qreviews
Qué Pasa

Writers Blogs
The Dressing-Karren Alenier
On Miles David Moore-Miles David Moore
Life In Acting-Martin Challis
Thai Nights-Arthur Meiselman
Dr. Barnabas T. Bynum's New School
Musical Revue and Travelling Minstrel Show-Les Marcott

Special Issues
THE ONE
January 2009
WHAT IS ART?
January 2008
VIEW OF THE ARTS/2007
January 2007
THE ART OF SEX IN THE ARTS
February 2006
STATE OF THE ART OF THE ARTS
October 2005

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Scene4 Magazine - Arts and Media - August 2009

2009-08-08T20:48:36Z

IN THIS ISSUE

~~~inFocus~~~
Pina Bausch
"I do all my things to not talk"
by Andrea Kapsaski

~~~inView~~~
Michael Bettencourt
"Life of the Daily Adequate"
I had also had pretentions to take up dancing
as a career. And there came a moment - that moment.

Arthur Meiselman
"Life Upon the Wicked Stage"
Want to act, must act, can't live without it?
Get a license! Or... satisfy your masturbatory
performing fantasy by joining a Reality
television show.

Nathan Thomas
"Playing with Plays"
The purpose of a play is to be worked on by a group of folks. Each person engages the play from a distinct perspective.

Les Marcott
"Unforgettable Lines from Unforgettable Songs"
When an intellectual argument won't suffice
and an emotional connection is needed
song lyrics work quite nicely.

Claudine Jones
"Sick of It"
My sainted mother said 'don't take it so
seriously' but every rehearsal was the same torture.
Isn't torture supposed to be illegal?

Martin Challis
"A Man of Style & Grace"
There was never a hint of status-play or ego.
I remember feeling included and inspired by him on very occasion we played.

~~~reView~~~
FILM Reviews
Old Myths, New Myths
"Star Trek"
and
"The Brothers Bloom"
Miles David Moore

DANCE
Pina Bausch
Andrea Kapsaski

OPERA
Anna Netrebko
"La Traviata "
Renate Stendhal

ARTS OF THAILAND
Lilit Pra Lor
Janine Yasovant

~~~inSight~~~
WRITING
The Steiny Road to Operadom
"The Steiny Road to Fame"
When Stein arrived in New York in 1934, she was
bowled over by how many ordinary people (even
the corner grocer) knew her by name.
Karren Alenier

MEDIA
La Femme, La Mujer, La Donna
"And the Beat Goes On"
A simpler time in my life and a way of thinking
and feeling about things that was slower, kinder
and more thoughtful.
Lia Beachy

POETRY
Life Among the Heffalumps
Happy Anniversary, Nick and Nora: Your Wit and
Martinis Will
Never Grow Old
Kathi Wolfe

COMICS
Old Hippy
Gilbert Rules!
Elliot Feldman

FICTION
"Where Cedar Creek Falls"
The serialization of a new novel by
Martin Challis
In a small country town in outback Australia a
young man is confronted with the fact that
his father is missing presumed dead.
Chapter Eight -Down
How had it come to this he wondered? Landing a
single engine plane on a disused airfield on a
whim. What he was doing carried great risk.

NEW TECHNOLOGY
Read our recent reviews.
And, look for our coming review on printers and the resurgence of Black & White Photography

~~~inPrint~~~
"Lady in Black"
Lady in Black, is not a writer's fantasy, but a weaver's dream. All words woven into the tapestry of life with colors dark and throbbing. Farzana Moon weaves a story based on the myth that when a serpent gets to be one hundred year old, it can transform itself into human form. The protagonist is believed to be this serpent, though she is a living, breathing goddess of beauty and wisdom. Wedded three times and widowed as many times, she meets the god of her love in the fourth one. Immolating her life in the end, instead of becoming the cause of her husband's death. The lush green valley of Khanaspur is the breathtaking setting against the clouds of warfare, witnessing the pangs of birth to deliver India and Pakistan into the world of Independence. It is a beautiful and sometimes terrifying story.

~~~Scene4 Books~~~
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SCENE4 BLOGS
The Readers Blog
Qreviews
Que Pasa

WRITERS BLOGS
The Dressing/Karren Alenier
Miles David Moore/MDM
Life In Acting/Martin Challis
Thai Nights/Arthur Meiselman
Dr. Barnabas T. Bynum's New School Musical Revue
and Travelling Minstrel Show/Les Marcott

~~~Special Issues~~~
THE ONE
January 2009
WHAT IS ART?
January 2008
VIEW OF THE ARTS/2007
January 2007
THE ART OF SEX IN THE ARTS
February 2006
STATE OF THE ART OF THE ARTS
October 2005

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comprehensive archives of over 5000 pages"

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Scene4 Magazine - Arts and Media - July 2009

2009-07-02T07:04:33Z

IN THIS ISSUE

inFocus--Opera, Catch as Catch Can "a flotilla of festivals"
by Ned Bobkoff

plus...

A New Feature
"Talk To Us!"
Interactive messaging with Scene4 editors, writers and readers.

~~~inView~~~

Michael Bettencourt--"The Midwife's Magical Towel"
How does the capitalist regime profit by maintaining the myth of irremediablecontrarities between men and women?

Arthur Meiselman--"In the Mind of the Beholder"
In all the theatre I've seen since, I've yet to see anyone else do that again with such a daring, hypnotic effect.

Nathan Thomas--"What's Up With That?"
It is a mark of how the world has changed that the only genuine sweetness I've experienced in the movies recently was in the movie Up.

Les Marcott--""Animal Stars and Their Memoirs"
Do you know how cold it gets in Montreal in the winter? I froze my crocodile balls off! And the insults I was subjected to...in French no less.

Claudine Jones--""Life: To Be Determined""
In 1995, on a bizarre impulse, I auditioned for DEATHTRAP, a straight play As I recall, I didn't have a lot of competition.

~~~reView~~~

FILM Reviews
Underwhelming
Fit to Print--"State of Play" and "Nothing But the Truth"
Miles David Moore

MUSIC
Think Big--Robert Cole's Final Season--Renate Stendhal

FESTIVALS
Catch as Catch Can--A Flotilla of Festivals--Ned Bobkoff

DANCE
Red Sky--A First in Canada--Daystar/Rosalie Jones

~~~inSight~~~

OPERA
The Steiny Road to Operadom
"The Geographical History"
According to the publicity for the show, this was to be "a communal experience for the Facebook age.".
Karren Alenier

MEDIA
La Femme, La Mujer, La Donna--Cougars and Foxes and Lovers... Oh My!
It's is just one more label, one more category, one more way to objectify and diminish women.
Lia Beachy

POETRY
Life Among the Heffalumps
Quiet As A Mouse? Not So Much
Soon the mice will be talking and heaven help us-having feelings
Kathi Wolfe

PERCEPTIONS
Forever Young
Andrea Kapsaski

FICTION
"Where Cedar Creek Falls"
The serialization of a new novel by
Martin Challis
In a small country town in outback Australia
a young man is confronted with the fact that
his father is missing presumed dead.
Chapter Seven -Decision
Every day since her husband's disappearance had been unbearable. She couldn't decide which was worse: losing her husband or not knowing why.

ARTS OF THAILAND
Return to Me
M.R. Thanadsri Svativas
Janine Yasovant

[Also in Thai]

COMICS
Old Hippy
"Love&Tamales"
Elliot Feldman

NEW TECHNOLOGY
Read our recent reviews.
And, look for our coming review on printers and the resurgence of Black & White Photography

~~~Blogs~~~

SCENE4 BLOGS
The Readers Blog
Qreviews
Que Pasa

~~~inPrint~~~

"Character Flaws"
An imaginative and very cool collection of monologues, short plays, and short stories. There are 25 Monolgues with such tantalizing titles as "I Shot the Weatherman", "Kiss and Tell", "One Weekend in Reno", "Strip Club Cuisine" and "Straight Out of Sartre", among others. Each is a complete story in itself with rich characterization, perfect for auditions, studio work, and even debates and speechmaking, and... it's a delightful reading experience. Character Flaws is laced with the unique flavor and point of view of writer, actor, composer and musician, Les
Marcott.
---------------------
"Ceilings - Cielorrasos"
An intense, often disturbing work, Ceilings describes the captivity of one man inside his own skin. Gito Minore portrays the hunger, the pain, the loneliness and the desperation that drive his deepest feelings. Presented as a bilingual edition in English and Spanish.

Un intenso y perturbador trabajo, Cielorrasos
describe el cautiverio de un hombre dentro de su
propia piel. Gito Minore retrata el hambre, el
dolor, la soledad y la desesperación a la que
conducen sus sentimientos más profundos.
Presentado como edición bilingue, en inglés y
español.

~~~Scene4 Books~~~
Books-Plays-Poetry-Media
An exciting catalog of fiction, poetry and plays ready for production in an easy, inexpensive ebook-PDF format.
"See Our Latest Special Pre-Release Offer"

~~~Special Issues~~~

January 2009
WHAT IS ART?
January 2008
VIEW OF THE ARTS/2007
January 2007
THE ART OF SEX IN THE ARTS
February 2006
STATE OF THE ART OF THE ARTS
October 2005

All at www.scene4.com

"Now in our 10th year of publication with
comprehensive archives of over 5000 pages"

Scene4 (ISSN 1932-3603), published monthly by Scene4 Magazine - International
Magazine of Arts and Media. Copyright ɠ2000-2009 AVIAR-DKA LTD - AVIAR MEDIA
LLC. All rights reserved.

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+1.206.214.7664

Scene4 Magazine · Arts and Media · June 2009

2009-06-15T05:43:47Z

IN THIS ISSUE

inFocus--Opera, Dance, Film, Theatre,Commentary,The Arts of Thailand,Books and... Manfredo Fest!

~~~inView~~~

Michael Bettencourt--"Doing The Dramaturg"
This is where I would say that the playwright has to learn how to accommodate the alchemy that is going on around him. The fruit ripening in front of him is, and is not, his play.

Arthur Meiselman--"Around Midnight with Manfredo Fest"
Midnight was the time when I slid into a deliciously dark, smokey jazz club in Chicago and was bewitched by a blend of music I hadn't heard before.

Nathan Thomas--"What I'm Going To Do This Summer"
In a nation in which there are claims of Judeo-Christian influence, one fails to see an application of Christian belief in the justice system.

Les Marcott--"A List Of My Demands"
British diva and frequent rehab resident Amy Winehouse demands a lot of alcohol backstage (surprise, surprise). Styrofoam is not allowed.

Claudine Jones--"Transit"
How many times has an audition taken an unforeseen turn because of sheet music you failed to bring, or a last minute decision on appropriate clothing or somebody you see across the room.

~~~reView~~~

FILM Reviews
Underwhelming--"Duplicity" and "Sunshine Cleaning"--Miles David Moore

OPERA
Brilliance and Kitsch--Brave New Met--Renate Stendhal

DANCE
San Francisco Ballet--2009 Season--It's the Dancers!--Catherine Conway Honig

OPERA
"Siegfried" vs VOX--Karren Alenier

~~~inSight~~~

OPERA
The Steiny Road to Operadom--"Oh Virgil"--Among the guiding lights the Steiny Road Poet walks around with are not only Gertrude Stein, but also Virgil Thomson--Karren Alenier

MEDIA
La Femme, La Mujer, La Donna--Lovin' LA and the USA--Lia Beachy

POETRY
Life Among the Heffalumps--Big Love for the 'Little Book'--Kathi Wolfe

FESTIVAL
Athens belongs to us!--Athens Fringe Festival 2009--Andrea Kapsaski

FICTION
"Where Cedar Creek Falls"
The serialization of a new novel by
Martin Challis
In a small country town in outback Australia
a young man is confronted with the fact that
his father is missing presumed dead.
Chapter Seven -Decision
Every day since her husband's disappearance had been unbearable. She couldn't decide which was worse: losing her husband or not knowing why.

ARTS OF THAILAND
"Mae Nak Pra Kanong"
the musical
[Also in Thai]

COMICS
Old Hippy
"Love&Tamales"
Elliot Feldman

NEW TECHNOLOGY
Read our recent reviews.
And, look for our coming review on printers and the resurgence of Black & White Photography

~~~Blogs~~~

SCENE4 BLOGS
The Readers Blog
Qreviews
Que Pasa

~~~inPrint~~~

"Come In, Stranger, Out Of The Fog"
During the December 1962 "killer fog" that blanketed London for 5 days, a man, having lost his way, knocks on a door to seek assistance. He is admitted into the home of a widow whom he takes to be alone. His error! A sinister mystery builds around their mutually inappropriate, inexplicable and threatening behavior. And then... a man appears!
A one-act play by
Rich Yurman
---------------------
Days and Nights

Aladdin's Electric Lamp
An apparently light, comic fantasy with a strange, sinister undertone that uses a continuous flow of lyric dialogue, time-shifts, backflashes, comedic bits, music and dance.. It is the fable of what makes ROBERT run, what makes MADELINE rebound, and what makes SHE... she!

Madelin de Rumba
A rap-chatter ballad about a woman and her dummy
Two plays by
Arthur Meiselman

~~~Scene4 Books~~~
B
ooks-Plays-Poetry-Media
An exciting catalog of fiction, poetry and plays ready for production in an easy, inexpensive ebook-PDF format.
"See Our Latest Special Pre-Release Offer."

~~~Special Issues~~~

THE ONE
January 2009
WHAT IS ART?
January 2008
VIEW OF THE ARTS/2007
January 2007
THE ART OF SEX IN THE ARTS
February 2006
STATE OF THE ART OF THE ARTS
October 2005

All at www.scene4.com

"Now in our 10th year of publication with
comprehensive archives of over 5000 pages"

Scene4 (ISSN 1932-3603), published monthly by Scene4 Magazine - International
Magazine of Arts and Media. Copyright © 2000-2009 AVIAR-DKA LTD - AVIAR MEDIA
LLC. All rights reserved.

Scene4 Magazine - Arts and Media
6920 Roosevelt Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115 USA
+1.206.214.7664

Scene4 Magazine - May 2009

2009-05-01T21:28:45Z

www.scene4.com

IN THIS ISSUE

~~~inFocus~~~
"Worthy Adversaries"
Miles David Moore reviews
'Revolutionary Road'
'Frost/Nixon'
'Doubts'
and
Arthur Meiselman revisits
Andrea Dworkin's
"First Love"

~~~inView~~~
Michael Bettencourt
"Old Lady On The Ten-Speed"
A cane, aluminum, tipped by grey rubber, dangled off the left handlebar. Her back was S'd by scoliosis and pitched forward by osteoporosis, and a thatch of white hair riffled like a reed tuft in a breeze.

Arthur Meiselman
"Andrea Dworkin"
They rarely make self-invented, self-defined provocateurs as disturbing and inspiring and life-changing as Andrea Dworkin. She was and remains one of the most important women, one of the most important voices in the twentieth century.

Nathan Thomas
"Teacher, Teacher"
A century ago Stanislavsky did the unthinkable He started to look at what he did and what great actors did, and he began to distill a practical working theory of what actors actually do.

Les Marcott
"The Importance of Being Mickey"
An Open Letter to Mickey Rourke
I'm feeling a bit of a let down
And this is coming from someone who didn't
just jump on the Mickey Rourke bandwagon.

~~~reView~~~
FILM Reviews
Worthy Adversaries
"Revolutionary Road"
"Frost/Nixon"
"Doubt"
Miles David Moore

THEATRE
Turning Political Talk
Into Stage Action
"Saint Joan"
Rich Yurman

THEATRE
Talk to the Dead
EDGE and Sylvia Plath
Ned Bobkoff

~~~inSight~~~
OPERA
The Steiny Road to Operadom
"Peter Grimes" at the WNO
Has the Steiny Road Poet fallen
in love with another
twentieth century opera?
Karren Alenier

MEDIA
La Femme, La Mujer, La Donna
Warning!
This Article May Contain Spoilers
Lia Beachy

POETRY
Life Among the Heffalumps
Happy Birthday, Yogi!
Kathi Wolfe

FICTION
"Where Cedar Creek Falls"
The serialization of a new novel by
Martin Challis
In a small country town in outback Australia
a young man is confronted with the fact that
his father is missing presumed dead.
Chapter Six -Dilemma
Torture exists in many forms. Common to all is
the perpetrator's intention and the victim's
response, which includes pain, fear and suffering.

ANCIENT ARTS OF THAILAND
The Secrets of Wat U Mong
Janine Yasovant
[Also in Thai]

COMICS
Old Hippy
"Managing Anger and... Other Things"
Elliot Feldman

NEW TECHNOLOGY
Flash It! and
Back It Up!

~~~Blogs~~~
SCENE4 BLOGS
The Readers Blog
Qreviews
Que Pasa

~~~Special Issues~~~
THE ONE
January 2009
WHAT IS ART?
January 2008
VIEW OF THE ARTS/2007
January 2007
THE ART OF SEX IN THE ARTS
February 2006
STATE OF THE ART OF THE ARTS
October 2005

~~~Scene4 Books~~~
Books-Plays-Poetry-Media
An exciting catalog of fiction, poetry and plays ready for production.

All at http://www.scene4.com

"Now in our 10th year of publication with
comprehensive archives of over 3000 pages"

Scene4 (ISSN 1932-3603), published monthly by Scene4 Magazine - International
Magazine of Arts and Media. Copyright © 2000-2009 AVIAR-DKA LTD - AVIAR MEDIA
LLC. All rights reserved.

Scene4 Magazine - Arts and Media
6920 Roosevelt Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115 USA
+1.206.214.7664

Scene4 Magazine - April 2009

2009-04-01T08:18:10Z

www.scene4.com

IN THIS ISSUE

~~~inFocus~~~
"Theatre Images"
Kfir Bolotin

~~~inView~~~
Michael Bettencourt
"Rage, Rage...."
Useful, purgative, truthful healing â€" will only
come from rage, honest moral rage at the
stupidities, lies, and fuckings-over
of the princes in power.

Arthur Meiselman
"Cabbages and Kings"
They babble. Incessantly. Text messages and
emails and voices into little mobiles stuck in
their ears and blogs and twitters and facebooks
and youtubes and newscasts and talk shows.

Nathan Thomas
"What Makes A Good Play or A Play Good?"
The question of what makes for a good play has
been much on my mind this winter and spring.
With my company of novice actors,
the question of material is ever-present.

Les Marcott
"Astral Weeks Revisited"
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks Live at the
Hollywood Bowl - his latest effort revisits one
of the most revered recordings
in the history of rock/pop.

Claudine Jones
"Money, Power and Sex"
I see a cloud of thick blonde hair, a bright
pink, peek-a-boo blouse showing lots of arm. A
call-girl? Yikes. Then we hear the guy. They're
on a first date; met online. He's cooing, he's
booming, he knows everything and he's going to
tell her all of it.

~~~reView~~~
FILM Reviews
Hitting Close to Home
"MILK"
Miles David Moore

DANCE
San Francisco Ballet's New Season
Much Ado about Diva Scale
"Swan Rock"
Renate Stendhal

MUSIC
Two for the Seesaw
Maria Schneider/Andrea Menard
Ned Bobkoff

THEATRE - OPERA Reviews
Mary Zimmerman at Play
"Arabian Nights" and
"Lucia di Lammermoor"
Catherine Conway Honig

~~~inSight~~~
OPERA
The Steiny Road to Operadom
"Enjoying Perfect Harmony"
Encompass and the
follow-on of Four Saints
Karren Alenier

FILM
La Femme La Mujer La Donna
"Woe be the Western Woman"
Lia Beachy

POETRY
Life Among the Heffalumps
Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are To That
"Glorious Bountiful Nightmare": musings on
Christopher Nolan and "Milk"
Kathi Wolfe

PHOTOGRAPHY
Theatre Images
Kfir Bolotin

FICTION
"Where Cedar Creek Falls"
In a small country town in outback Australia a young man is confronted with the fact that his father is missing presumed dead. In the face of all the evidence to the contrary he is convinced this is not the case and sets out to discover the truth for himself.
The serialization of a new novel by Martin Challis
Chapter Five -"Distress"

ANCIENT ART
Surya Deva
A 2000-year old national treasure
Janine Yasovant
[Also in Thai]

COMICS
Old Hippy
"Fluffy Farts"
Elliot Feldman

FILM
"Z" Revisited
The academy-award winning classic by
Costa-Gavras
Griselda Steiner

~~~Blogs~~~
SCENE4 BLOGS
The Readers Blog
Qreviews
Que Pasa

~~~Special Issues~~~
THE ONE
January 2009
WHAT IS ART?
January 2008
VIEW OF THE ARTS/2007
January 2007
THE ART OF SEX IN THE ARTS
February 2006
STATE OF THE ART OF THE ARTS
October 2005

~~~Scene4 Books~~~
Books-Plays-Poetry-Media
An exciting catalog of fiction, poetry and plays ready for production.

All at www.scene4.com

"Now in our 9th year of publication with
comprehensive archives of over 3000 pages"

Scene4 Magazine - Arts and Media
6920 Roosevelt Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115 USA
+1.206.214.7664

Scene4 Magazine - February/March 2009

2009-01-25T06:27:21Z

www.scene4.com

This is a combined February/March Issue

IN THIS ISSUE

~~~inFocus~~~
"The Making of Americans"
"Images of Dance"

~~~inView~~~
Michael Bettencourt
"The Curse of the Stage Manager"
I am now at a point in my life when I no longer want to stage manage -- that is, I no longer trust the order that the stage manager brings into being.

Arthur Meiselman
"Going to the Movies... redux"
With all of the laughter, cheers, boos, singing, and, yes, chit-chat, rather than a disturbing distraction, it all became one engaging, live experience.

Nathan Thomas
"What's New?!"
On reading about the 50th Anniversary production of 'The Connection' in the New York Times.

Les Marcott
"What Is This World Coming To?"
It's a question that one asks as they ripen to middle age after they've acquired decades of preconceived notions about what should and what shouldn't be.

Claudine Jones
"Kaffeeklatsch and a Dry Handshake"
We just saw Revolutionary Road and I'm buzzing inside with the personal connections it seems to have conjured.

~~~reView~~~
FILM Reviews
Forrest Gump Redux
"Slumdog Millionaire" and
"The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button"
Miles David Moore

OPERA Review
"The Making of Americans"
Karren Alenier

PHOTOGRAPHY
Kfir Bolotin
"Images of Dance"

ART TREASURES
"Medea's Jewelry"
Andrea Kapsaski

~~~inSight~~~
OPERA
The Steiny Road to Operadom
"Jay Scheib - Conversation with a Genius"
Karren Alenier

ARTISTRY
La Femme La Mujer La Donna
"And the winner is..."
Lia Beachy

POETRY
Life Among the Heffalumps
"Happy Birthday, J.D. Salinger!"
Kathi Wolfe

OPERA
"Nancy Rhodes and opera in the 21st century"
Karren Alenier

FICTION
"Where Cedar Creek Falls"
In a small country town in outback Australia a young man is confronted with the fact that his father is missing presumed dead.
In the face of all the evidence to the contrary he is convinced this is not the case and sets out to discover the truth for himself.
The serialization of a new novel by Martin Challis
Chapter Four (Part I) - "Consequence"

BOOKS
"Michael Wright and His Beloved Country"
Janine Yasovant
[Also in Thai]

COMICS
Old Hippy
"Happy Valentine's Day!"
Elliot Feldman

COMICS
Old Hippy
"Boobyhatch"
Elliot Feldman

BOOKS
"The Spiritual Journey of Alejando Jodorowsky"
Reviewed by
Griselda Steiner

~~~inPRINT~~~
"Echo Homo Prometeus"
Think of the dark. Think of the deep. Select the worst experience from that then multiply it by the imagination. Then multiply it again and add a defining zero. Now you begin to approach his desolation.
A poetic monologue/play by Martin Burke

~~~Blogs~~~
SCENE4 BLOGS
The Readers Blog
Qreviews
Que Pasa

~~~Special Issues~~~
THE ONE
January 2009
WHAT IS ART?
January 2008
VIEW OF THE ARTS/2007
January 2007
THE ART OF SEX IN THE ARTS
February 2006
STATE OF THE ART OF THE ARTS
October 2005

~~~Scene4 Books~~~
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Scene4 Special Issue "The One" - January 2009

2009-01-01T23:41:49Z

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A Special Issue
~~~THE ONE~~~
The one most influential work/artist
in the past 100 years.

IN THIS SPECIAL ISSUE

ARS and MUSIC
ars - exitus acta probat
The end justifies the means
and the music of
of Kurt Weill
--Arthur Meiselman

FILM
The Birth of A Nation
American cinema's
original sin
--Miles David Moore

THEATRE
Bertolt Brecht
Singing about
the dark times
--Andrea Kapsaski

OPERA
Virgil Thomson
Four Saints
in Three Acts
--Karren Alenier

MUSIC
Cole Porter
The One who writes
music and lyrics
--Lia Beachy

THEATRE
Luigi Pirandello
Six Characters
In Search of An Author
--Claudine Jones

COMICS
Walt Kelly
I Go Pogo
--Elliot Feldman

THEATRENikolai Okhlopkov's
The Iron Flood
--Nathan Thomas

CULTURE
Mass Marketing
The theatre of Edward L. Bernays
--Michael Bettencourt

MUSIC
Bob Dylan
Bringing It All
Back Home
--Les Marcott

POETRY
Joyce Kilmer
A poem as lovely
as a tree
--Kathi Wolfe

WRITING
King Chulalongkorn
Klai Baan
Away from Home
--Janine Yasovant

POETRY
Raymond Carver
The word refined.
The word made precise.
--Martin Challis

~~~Blogs~~~
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The Readers Blog
Qreviews
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~~~Other Special Issues~~~
WHAT IS ART?
January 2008
VIEW OF THE ARTS/2007
January 2007
THE ART OF SEX IN THE ARTS
February 2006
STATE OF THE ART OF THE ARTS
October 2005

~~~Scene4 Books~~~
Books-Plays-Poetry-Media
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Scene4 Magazine - December 2008

2008-12-04T07:05:58Z

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COMING IN JANUARY
A Special Issue
~~~THE ONE~~~The one most influential work/artist in the past 100 years.
Online next month to celebrate the New Year of Change.~~

IN THIS ISSUE

~~~inFocus~~~
"Dr Atomic at the Met"
by Karren Alenier
"Josef Koudelka - Retrospective of a Contemporary Master"
by Andrea Kapsaski

~~~inView~~~
Michael Bettencourt
"Seasonal Thoughts"
When Shakespeare began "Richard III" with "Now is the winter of our discontent," he began with the wrong season. Summer is the real season of discontent.

Arthur Meiselman
"Owning Picasso"
I have a friend who owns a Picasso... and not much else. Which one? Don't ask, don't tell. He acquired this painting via less than legal and righteous means.

Nathan Thomas
"An Idea"
I helped found a theatre in the world of academia in 2003. I had no real concept of who would show up or what we would do if people showed up. I did have an idea, though.

Les Marcott
"Men In Suits"
Men in suits populate talk radio with arrogant, pompous, cigar chomping, self-righteous bastards who hate diversity of opinion. They only care about their own pocketbook.

Claudine Jones
"Miss You"
Dimly lit living room in a good size urban apartment. Election returns are coming in on TV. Kitchen lit from UR. Kenny, 40ish man, enters from kitchen

~~~reView~~~
FILM Reviews
Gunslingers
"Appaloosa"
"W."
Miles David Moore

OPERA
"Dr. Atomic at the Met"
Karren Alenier

PHOTOGRAPHY
"Josef Koudelka:
Retrospective of A
Contemporary Master"
Andrea Kapsaski

FABLE
"Oz in America"
Ned Bobkoff

~~~inSight~~~
OPERA
The Steiny Road to Operadom
"The Ever Best of Virgil Thomson"
Karren Alenier

ARTISTRY
La Femme La Mujer La Donna
"The Dance of the Dilettante"
Lia Beachy

POETRY
Life Among the Heffalumps
"Capracorn Trumps Cassandra"
Kathi Wolfe

FILM
Tonto and Johnny
Fistfight in Hollywood
Carole Quattro Levine

FICTION
"Where Cedar Creek Falls"
In a small country town in outback Australia a young man is confronted with the fact that his father is missing presumed dead.
In the face of all the evidence to the contrary he is convinced this is not the case and sets out to discover the truth for himself.
The serialization of a new novel by
Martin Challis
Chapter Four (Part I) - "Consequence"

COMICS
Old Hippy - Fun In The Boiler Room
"Short Nuts"
Elliot Feldman

PHOTOGRAPHY
Ted Orland
"Scenes of Wonder & Curiosity"

~~~inPRINT~~~
"Echo Homo Prometeus"
Think of the dark. Think of the deep. Select the worst experience from that then multiply it by the imagination. Then multiply it again and add a defining zero. Now you begin to approach his desolation.

A poetic monologue/play by
Martin Burke

~~~Blogs~~~
SCENE4 BLOGS
The Readers Blog
Qreviews
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~~~Special Issues~~~
WHAT IS ART?
January 2008
VIEW OF THE ARTS/2007
January 2007
THE ART OF SEX IN THE ARTS
February 2006
STATE OF THE ART OF THE ARTS
October 2005

~~~Scene4 Books~~~
Books-Plays-Poetry-Media
An exciting catalog of fiction, poetry and plays
ready for production.

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Seattle, WA 98115 USA
+1.206.214.7664

Scene4 Magazine - November 2008

2008-11-02T19:03:35Z

Archived:www.archives.scene4.com/nov-2008

In This Issue

~~~inFocus~~~
Love and Death
Glen Campbell Is Cool Again!
Centenary of a Master

~~~inView~~~
Michael Bettencourt
"In The Small Hours"
So I find myself wide awake in the small hours of the morning -- that ante-meridian limbo where time seems thinned out
and less clutching

Arthur Meiselman
"A Tradition of One"
I wrote the following column, some years ago, as an ode to young dreams and happy times and in small part to capture the image of the young and happy Niko.
I offer it again in his memory

Nathan Thomas
"Endings"
To be an American as I write feels like being at the end of a long marathon. At the end one man left standing, our election season lurches to a close.

Martin Challis
"A Powerful Question"
I am enamoured by the power of the question. More than that: I am enamoured by the power of the powerful question.

~~~reView~~~
FILM Reviews
Love and Death
"Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
"Burn After Reading"
Miles David Moore

OPERA
Opera With Popcorn
"Salome"
Live at the Met
Renate Stendhal

LITERATURE
Centenary of a Master
"Machado de Assis"
Andrea Carvalho Stark
Also in Português

MUSIC
Glen Campbell Is Cool Again
Les Marcott

~~~inSight~~~
LANGUAGE
The Steiny Road to Operadom
"The Presence of Names"
Karren Alenier

STORY
La Femme, La Mujer, La Donna
"A Work of Fiction"
Lia Beachy

POETRY
Life Among the Heffalumps
"Hope Is.....Art"
Kathi Wolfe

FICTION
"Where Cedar Creek Falls"
The serialization of a new novel by
Martin Challis
"Chapter Three - Darkening"

FILM
"Queens of Langkasuka"
in Thailand
Janine Yasovant
Also in Thai

COMICS
Old Hippy
"Getting Laid"
Elliot Feldman

NEW TECHNOLOGY
Want It Smoother and Faster?
PerfectDisk® 2008
Defragging Your PC

~~~inPRINT~~~
"The Wish Child"
In the year 2063, a wise old woman opens an old leather-bound book and tells the story of the "Wish Child," in which a young woman learns she possesses magical powers.
A screenplay by
Natalie Généreux and Jennie Bouchard

~~~Blogs~~~
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Qreviews
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~~~Special Issues~~~
WHAT IS ART?
January 2008
VIEW OF THE ARTS/2007
January 2007
THE ART OF SEX IN THE ARTS
February 2006
STATE OF THE ART OF THE ARTS
October 2005

~~~Scene4 Books~~~
Books-Plays-Poetry-Media
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ready for production

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Scene4 Magazine - Arts and Media
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Seattle, WA 98115 USA
+1.206.214.7664

Scene4 Magazine - October 2008

2008-10-01T05:01:56Z

Archived:www.archives.scene4.com/oct-2008

In This Issue

~~~inFocus~~~
WORDS, WOMEN & POLITICS
Karren Alenier
"Political Slogans"
Kathi Wolfe
"Those People"
Arthur Meiselman
"Reality: Stage It and Cage It"

~~~inView~~~
Michael Bettencourt
THE MACHO ZONE
So here I am holding this wheezing, sleeping boy
against my chest, swaying slightly, eddied about
by the blank-faced rush of people "on the go" --
and then it happened.

Arthur Meiselman
REALITY: STAGE IT AND CAGE IT
An 'avatar', a virtual creature who embodies
the above-described reality of Reality
in the media... the candidate for the
Vice-Presidency, Sarah Palin.

Nathan Thomas
MY TIME WITH THE RUSSIANS
Where does the culture begin and where does the
artist end? Or, where does the artist begin
absent any input from the culture in which the
artist lives?

Les Marcott
WHAT'S IN A NAME
Rip Van Winkle Reimagined
(with apologies to Washington Irving)

Martin Challis
NO ACTING
What changed was that I crossed the bridge
between my world and the world within the
language of the text. It became personal.
It became meaningful.

~~~reView~~~
FILM Reviews
Miles David Moore
ET IN ARCADIA EGO
"Brideshead Revisited"
"Bottle Shock"

MUSIC
Carole Quattro Levine
HIS NAME IS MATO NANJI
His Band is Indigenous

POLITICAL THEATRE
Janine Yasovant
The Arts of Thailand
"Ngew Thammasart"
in Thailand
(also in Thai)

BOOKS
Griselda Steiner
"Shopping For Porcupine"
A Life In Arctic Alaska

~~~inSight~~~
MEDIA
Karren Alenier
The Steiny Road to Operadom
"Political Slogans"

ACTING
Lia Beachy
La Femme La Mujer La Donna
"Ain't Nothing Like A Dame"

POETRY
Kathi Wolfe
Life Among the Heffalumps
"Those People"

BOOKS
"Where Cedar Creek Falls"
In a small country town in outback Australia a
young man is confronted with the fact that his
father is missing presumed dead.
In the face of all the evidence to the contrary
he is convinced this is not the case
and sets out to discover the truth for himself.
The serialization of a new novel by Martin Challis
"Chapter Two - Disquiet"

COMICS
Old Hippy
Fun In The Boiler Room
Stuff It!
Elliot Feldman

NEW TECHNOLOGY
TOSHIBA
Portégé M700
Tablet PC

~~~inPrint~~~
THE SOUND CALLED MUSIC
by Evan Guilford-Blake
A short play about two enigmatically lonely people. A MAN and a WOMAN, both unnamed, who meet in a dance club and reveal their fragile natures and their needs to each other through spare conversation and the urgencies of the moment.

~~~Blogs~~~
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~~~Special Issues~~~
WHAT IS ART?
January 2008
VIEW OF THE ARTS/2007
January 2007
THE ART OF SEX IN THE ARTS
February 2006
STATE OF THE ART OF THE ARTS
October 2005

~~~Scene4 Books~~~
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+1.206.214.7664

Scene4 Magazine - September 2008

2008-09-01T18:53:35Z

Archived:www.archives.scene4.com/sep-2008

IN THIS ISSUE

**inFocus**
Beginning this month
"Where Cedar Creek Falls"
The serialization of a new novel by
Martin Challis
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cirque du Soleil's "KÀ"
reviewed by Karren Alenier

**inView**
Michael Bettencourt
"Dogme(fill in the year)"
In 1995, Danish directors Lars van Trier and Thomas Vinterberg issued the manifesto known as Dogme95, an attempt to "purify" filmmaking by doing away with gimmicks and special effects.

Arthur Meiselman
"Lester Cole"
He was a New York playwright, a prolific screenwriter during Hollywood's golden years, a leader and the most vehement
member of the blacklisted Hollywood Ten.

Nathan Thomas
"Theatre"
Sometimes a theatre doesn't need to become an industrial showplace. Sometimes a company can look toward creating relationships with its members and its audience. Sometimes it doesn't have to be about money first

Les Marcott
"Defending Jon Voight"
Who knew he was a raving mad conservative? At least he's not foaming at the mouth yet, or maybe he is.

Claudine Jones
"No Hamstrings in Heaven"
I got hooked on So You Think You Can Dance--even though it's FOX
and I should be boycotting them. But I can't miss LOST, so screw it.

Martin Challis
A Christmas Eve with Godot
After the performance it was hard to describe it to one another, yet each of us knew something extraordinary had happened.

**reView**
FILM Reviews
Strangers in the House
"Indiana Jones and the
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"
"The Visitor"
Miles David Moore

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL
"KÀ"
Karren Alenier

FILM
"Don't Blame Taylor Lautner "
Carole Quattro Levine

DANCE
"Chalice Stream"
the soft edge of victory
Ned Bobkoff

**inSight**
BOOKS
In a small country town in outback Australia a young man is confronted with the fact that his father is missing presumed dead.
In the face of all the evidence to the contrary he is convinced this is not the case and sets out to discover the truth for himself.
The serialization of a new novel by
Martin Challis
Chapter One - Certainty

POETRY
Life Among the Heffalumps
Happy Birthday, Holly Golightly!
Kathi Wolfe

THEATRE
The Arts of Thailand
Khang Lang Parp
the musical
Janine Yasovant
(also in Thai)

COMICS
Old Hippy
Fun In The Boiler Room
Whacked Out
Elliot Feldman

NEW TECHNOLOGY
Use a computer?
Of course, how else could you be reading this. The 3 most important
basic rules?
1. Backup, 2. Backup, and 3. Backup!
A review of Genie Backup 8.0

**Blogs**
Scene4 Blogs
The Readers Blog
Qreviews
Que Pasa

Writers Blogs
The Dressing/Karren Alenier
Miles David Moore/MDM
Life In Acting/Martin Challis
Thai Nights/Arthur Meiselman
Dr. Barnabas T. Bynum's New School Musical Revue and Travelling Minstrel
Show/Les Marcott

**inPrint**
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**Special Issues**
What Is Art?
January 2008
View of the Arts/2007
January 2007
The Art of Sex in the Arts
February 2006
State of the Art of the Arts
October 2005

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Scene4 Magazine - August 2008

2008-08-03T14:48:20Z

Archived:www.archives.scene4.com/aug-2008

In This Issue

~~~inFocus~~~
JAZZ
Soothing the Raging Beast
The 7th Rochester
Internationl Jazz Festival
Ned Bobkoff

**inView**
Michael Bettencourt
Sociable Contract
As a wordsmith I both hate and love it when reality casually throws
up a phrase for which I would have
given my gold crown to fashion

Arthur Meiselman
The Licensing of Actors
Who would grant this license? He--or she--who's name may not be spoken... probably. And that, as Lenny Bruce used to say, is that!

Nathan Thomas
Theatre
Years and years ago I figured there
was a secret to theatre.
If I hung on just long enough
I'd learn that secret

Les Marcott
Duct Tape Messiah
(The Life and Legend of Blaze Foley)
Every once in a blue moon, I'll hear a song I've never heard before and it will not only touch my heart - it will also land a solid punch to my gut

**reView**
FILM Reviews
Mad About the Movies
"Son of Rambow"
"The Fall"
Miles David Moore

OPERA
San Francisco Opera's
Summer of Madness
Renate Stendhal

MEDIA
Native American Television
Is More Than An Idea.
It Has To Be.
Carole Quattro Levine

MUSIC
JAZZ
Soothing the Raging Beast
The 7th Rochester
Internationl Jazz Festival
Ned Bobkoff

**inSight**
WRITING
The Steiny Road to Operadom
Death PLots
Karren Alenier

FILM and Media
La Femme
La Mujer La Donna
Summer Glow
Lia Beachy

POETRY
Life Among
the Heffalumps
Whose Story Is It, Anyway?
(Part 2)
Kathi Wolfe

PAINTING
Ganeshani
Salah Warin Jaijuntuck
Janine Yasovant
(Also in Thai)

COMICS
Old Hippy
Fun In The Boiler Room
"The Day the Toilets Exploded"
Elliot Feldman

**Blogs**

Scene4 Blogs
The Readers Blog
Qreviews
Que Pasa

**inPrint**
SCENE4 publishes Plays, Screenplays, Scripts and poetry. Check the Archives.

**Special Issues**
What Is Art?
January 2008
View of the Arts/2007
January 2007
The Art of Sex in the Arts
February 2006
State of the Art of the Arts
October 2005

**Scene4 Books**
Books-Plays-Poetry-Media
An exciting catalog of fiction, poetry and plays
ready for production

All at www.scene4.com

Scene4 Magazine - Arts and Media
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Seattle, WA 98115 USA
+1.206.214.7664