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From Indie to Broadway: Does it change your work?

Join us for a great conversation with Urinetown's Greg Kotis and Blithe Spirit's Susan Louise O'Connor. Our fellow indie theater artists share their experiences in indie theater, Broadway and more at the next Get Lit with LIT event.

Great people, great conversation, and great beer!

Monday November 9
7-9pm
Kraine Theater
85 East 4th Street

FREE TO ALL LIT MEMBERS!

No takers on the MMMQ, so I'll take the answer to my grave, never revealing that ?'s real name was Rudy Martinez.

Whoops.

stumble-through

Saw a very strong stumble-through of The Last Days of Jekyll and Hyde down at Rowan University Friday night. No sets, props or costumes and people still reaching for lines, but the thing held together very well. Huge kudos to Peter Clerke, the director and Melanie Stewart, choreographer. And the actors, of course.

We might just have ourselves a show.

Our MMMQ comes courtesy of the I-Pod shuffle. Great thing about the shuffle is you hear things you forget you even had, and in this case I was reminded I have the Cameo-Parkway recordings of ? and the Mysterians, hiding right there in plain sight, ready to rock and juke and shiver at will.

? never gave his name and claimed a Martian past. I believe everyone has the right to be who they want to be, but more earth-bound folk would tell you that ? was born:

1. Larry Borjas

2. Rudy Martinez

3. Joe "King" Carrasco

4. Freddie Rodriguez

Now back to the shuffle.

happy halloween

It's Spitfire's favorite holiday of the year, so we'll be out in the woods handing out Reese's Peanut Butter Cups to the intrepid little witches, ghosts and princesses marching across the lawn.

Great post on the NYITA blog by Shay on Community Boards, check it out:

http://nyitawards.blogspot.com

courage

Woke up thinking about courage this morning, for some reason.

And I'm thinking of all of the incredibly brave actors I've been able to work with over the years. It's the old definition, being brave doesn't mean not being scared, it means being terrified and yet you keep going.

And I think of the courage of some writers, those willing to lay it out on the stage.

And yes, there are even some brave producers out there, not enough, but some. Those willing to take a chance on a new voice or follow some director on a dark dreamquest clear, at first, only to the dreamer.

It's no fun to be afraid, but sometimes that's the only way you know you're doing something new, I guess.

So let's all go out there and spook ourselves good, what do you say?

back in the saddle

Home from the road. Spent some time in St. Louis, Memphis and a memorable night in Corinth, Mississippi where I saw a proclamation proclaiming Jefferson Davis as an American Patriot.

Yes. A different land down there, indeed.

going dark

I'm off for a little vacation, back on the 27th.

Gobspeed and good hunting to all.

hello, I must be going

Quick post today, got Jekyll to polish and a bus to catch.

Heard from a guy in Israel who wants to translate The Event.

Scrappy Jack in the Holy Land.

Now that's a movie I'd watch.

Dallas Taylor is lurking in the doorway, but if you look close it could be Michael Jackson, so Rose wins again.