Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Rehearsals for Captain Moonbeam & Lynchpin began this week. Things are going great so far. Our first full cast rehearsal is, I believe, tomorrow night, which is something to look forward t…
SOURCE: Scenes in the City at 05:13PMSunday, May 22, 2011
For all my joking about it, I am strangely grateful that nobody got raptured yesterday."Don't tell anybody, but I'm kind of scared," I told my friend in the car yesterday, as the hour approa…
SOURCE: Scenes in the City at 11:26AMFriday, May 20, 2011
My posts have become less frequently lately, as I've become distracted by the business of preparing for my two upcoming projects, James Comtois' Captain Moonbeam and Lynchpin followed immedi…
SOURCE: Scenes in the City at 04:03PMFriday, May 13, 2011
So, this past Wednesday was the anniversary of Douglas Adams' death, and although I'm two days late on the jump, I don't want to let the day pass completely without comment.I read The Hitchh…
SOURCE: Scenes in the City at 12:42PMThursday, May 5, 2011
Several times in the past few months, I've found myself at the curtain call of a play in the midst of a standing ovation. Some of these, for example. Now, as you can see (or read) I didn't…
SOURCE: Scenes in the City at 01:30PMTuesday, May 3, 2011
I've mentioned this on Twitter already, but I figured I might as well make it blog-official. I have another project for the summer, and it's a good one. I'll be directing Nosedive Producti…
SOURCE: Scenes in the City at 05:31PMThursday, April 28, 2011
A few weeks ago, after attending a reading, I headed to a nearby bar with some of the cast for a little post-performance celebration. As we shot the breeze, swapped our stories and jokes, a…
SOURCE: Scenes in the City at 04:06PMMonday, April 25, 2011
Good lord, it's been a long time since I posted. It's been a long and trying month of job searching and scheduling insanity, ultimately leading to my current gainful employment: a new job w…
SOURCE: Scenes in the City at 05:42PMMonday, April 11, 2011
I keep getting comp tickets to Broadway shows, courtesy of my delightful and generous friend Teresa, and I keep disliking them (either vaguely or acutely). I've left, on all three occasions…
SOURCE: Scenes in the City at 03:45PMMonday, April 4, 2011
I got slightly distracted this week with that small matter of having a job, but before I completely lost touch, I had the chance to see Feeder: A Love Story by James Carter at the HERE Arts …
SOURCE: Scenes in the City at 06:48PMWednesday, March 23, 2011
I've been somewhat lax about posting this week, a trend that might continue for a while as I struggle to get my two feet back on the ground. I'm discovering the downside of temping - that i…
SOURCE: Scenes in the City at 12:53PMFriday, March 18, 2011
I'm extremely proud to have written a post for the 2amt blog this week about My Last Play. I absolutely love this blog. It has some of the most interesting, intelligent and topical theater…
SOURCE: Scenes in the City at 10:06AMTuesday, March 15, 2011
So, I happen to love subway posters. Chalk it up to my alternate life in advertising; I'm totally fascinated by them. I scrutinize them in painstaking detail, get unreasonably angry at the…
SOURCE: Scenes in the City at 07:57AMThursday, March 10, 2011
Jenna Weinberg is a native of Brooklyn, New York, where she acts in and produces theater of all shapes and sizes. She is the co-founder and Executive Director of Mainspring Collective, a Br…
SOURCE: Scenes in the City at 07:51AMTuesday, March 8, 2011
My previous temp job ended this Friday and, by some luck or grace, I managed to scare up another job that will keep me occupied for at least another few weeks. The job doesn't start till We…
SOURCE: Scenes in the City at 03:14PMFriday, March 4, 2011
Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of being introduced to the Flux Theater Ensemble, a group whose work I had never seen before. I caught the last performance of Dog Act, and I'm glad I did.…
SOURCE: Scenes in the City at 02:26PMTuesday, March 1, 2011
I took a pretty protracted break from blogging/tweeting/reading/well, pretty much breathing anything other than the Lincoln Center Directors' Lab application this past week, which is really …
SOURCE: Scenes in the City at 03:04PMTuesday, February 22, 2011
I don't know if this is a legitimately interesting way to stage a piece, or just a big old gimmick, but I really wish I had found out about The Rubber Room before today. The idea (in case y…
SOURCE: Scenes in the City at 11:14AMThursday, February 17, 2011
I'm re-reading my notes and setting to work on writing out my interview with Jenna Weinberg, the founder and Executive Director of Mainspring Collective, and I'm finding that I'm, well, waxi…
SOURCE: Scenes in the City at 01:46PMWednesday, February 16, 2011
Regarding Black Swan, I have but one question. Why didn't Aronofsky just own it, and cast Zoe Saldana as Lily?(They both wear their hair in their face because they are feisty! And they bre…
SOURCE: Scenes in the City at 03:00PMMonday, February 14, 2011
I've been thinking a little more about the concerns Trisha Mead raised in her conversation with Rocco Landesman via the 2amt blog:...There is no clear path for a director to develop his or h…
SOURCE: Scenes in the City at 11:55AM 
