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Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Download The Trump Card Script by Mike Daisey

 THE TRUMP CARD, my monologue about Donald Trump and all he contains in this particular American moment, is available for download as an edited theatrical transcript under and open perf…

SOURCE: Mike Daisey at 11:59AM
Wednesday, September 3, 2014

It's pretty, but is theatre any longer necessary? - DC Theatre Scene by Mike Daisey

It's pretty, but is theatre any longer necessary? - DC Theatre Scene:We’ve done a parallel disservice to the theatre: we’ve allowed an ancient institution of high purpose to devolve to s…

SOURCE: Mike Daisey at 05:00AM
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

YES THIS MAN by Mike Daisey

Hello Internet,Mike Daisey here. I’m a monologist, and I do new shows every month at the Public Theater’s Joe’s Pub. Two weeks ago we announced and put on sale a show titled YES ALL WO…

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

YES ALL WOMEN by Mike Daisey

YES ALL WOMEN Created and Performed by Mike DaiseyJoe’s Pub at the Public TheaterWednesday, June 25th—Doors at 9TicketsMike Daisey tackles what we don’t like talking about: how our wor…

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

Special Reports: Firsthand: Mike Daisey, on the 29 Monologues That Make Up the 29-Night All the Faces of the Moon at the Public Theater by Mike Daisey

As I write this it is near noon on the seventh day. I have just turned over an hourglass my director bought me as a Christmas present. It's oversized, perfectly clear, with green sand like O…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:01AM
Sunday, January 13, 2013

To A Fact Checker In The Theater by Mike Daisey

Tom Williams writing at ChicagoCritic.com has dismissed the Chicago production of AGONY/ECSTASY there with this devastating paragraph:Now, after Daisey apologized for the above, the revised …

SOURCE: Mike Daisey at 02:58PM
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

On Theatrical Criticism and the Nature of Unicorns by Mike Daisey

A theater critic just asked me what I anticipate excitedly and what I dread about having a reviewer in the house. This was my quick answer:"The act of having a theatrical critic in the house…

SOURCE: Mike Daisey at 09:50PM
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Scott Walters: The Wal-Marting of American Theater by Mike Daisey

Scott Walters: The Wal-Marting of American Theater:Instead of local arts organizations run by and staffed by artists whose lives are made within a specific community and whose artistic visio…

SOURCE: Mike Daisey at 04:16PM
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Getting Back To Work by Mike Daisey

In the otherwise forgettable David Mamet movie STATE AND MAIN there’s a scene that has always stuck with me. It’s when Alec Baldwin’s character crashes a station wagon in the middle of…

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Sunday, March 25, 2012

Mike Daisey: Some Thoughts After The Storm by Mike Daisey

My first real writing in the wake of all this, where I try to make an accounting for what I've done.

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Sunday, March 18, 2012

'The truth is vitally important' | Mike Daisey by Mike Daisey

This American Life's retraction questions personal experiences in my show. I've made changes but I stand behind my workThis American Life is airing an episode this weekend that calls into qu…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:58AM
Friday, March 9, 2012

Eventually Everything: The 2012 D-Crit Conference | D-Crit by Mike Daisey

Eventually Everything: The 2012 D-Crit Conference | D-Crit:Eventually Everything: The 2012 D-Crit ConferenceWednesday, May 2, 12:30–7:00 p.m.Visual Arts Theatre, 333 West 23rd StreetNo cha…

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

AGONY/ECSTASY transcript available for download by Mike Daisey

The transcript of THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY OF STEVE JOBS, available under a royalty-free license to be performed anywhere in the world without restriction, is now available.I would ask that…

SOURCE: Mike Daisey at 12:17PM
Sunday, February 19, 2012

Quality helps theater drive social change - Colin Dabkowski - The Buffalo News by Mike Daisey

Quality helps theater drive social change - Colin Dabkowski - The Buffalo News:With the help of other articles written about Apple during the past month and a half, Daisey’s stunning perfo…

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Saturday, February 18, 2012

The Wicked Stage: The Full McNulty by Mike Daisey

The Wicked Stage: The Full McNulty:But it's the best, most forceful articulation of a theme McNulty's touched before (and his predecessor tackled from a slightly different angle), and more i…

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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events - Page 1 - Arts - Seattle - Seattle Weekly by Mike Daisey

The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events - Page 1 - Arts - Seattle - Seattle Weekly:With two big new biographies just published on Charles Dickens, one wonders how ACT's annual holida…

SOURCE: Mike Daisey at 10:59AM
Friday, November 18, 2011

Writer/Actor Danny Hoch Talks Broadway, Gentrification, People With TVs In Their Heads: Gothamist by Mike Daisey

Writer/Actor Danny Hoch Talks Broadway, Gentrification, People With TVs In Their Heads: Gothamist:Do you feel like it's more of a challenge to connect with the audience? It seems like when I…

SOURCE: Mike Daisey at 01:57PM
Friday, October 7, 2011

Daisey changing 'Agony' - Entertainment News, Legit News, Media - Variety by Mike Daisey

Daisey changing 'Agony' - Entertainment News, Legit News, Media - Variety:The performer said that despite Jobs' death, he expected the monologue to retain the same unflinching take on its to…

SOURCE: Mike Daisey at 07:23AM

Public Theater Pushes Ahead with Play About Steve Jobs - Speakeasy - WSJ by Mike Daisey

Public Theater Pushes Ahead with Play About Steve Jobs - Speakeasy - WSJ:Daisey said he texted the Public’s artistic director, Oskar Eustis, a few minutes after learning of Jobs’s death.…

SOURCE: Mike Daisey at 07:18AM

Op-Ed Contributor: Against Nostalgia by Mike Daisey

Today there is no tech company that looks more like the Big Brother from Apple’s iconic 1984 commercial than Apple itself.

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Art vs. Nature: Round Five by Brendan Kiley - Seattle Theater - The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper by Mike Daisey

Art vs. Nature: Round Five by Brendan Kiley - Seattle Theater - The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper:The day's most exclusive performance was a three-course dinner for 20—ties required a…

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Friday, July 29, 2011

House panel approves bill forcing ISPs to log users’ web history | The Raw Story by Mike Daisey

House panel approves bill forcing ISPs to log users’ web history | The Raw Story:The House Judiciary Committee approved legislation on Thursday that would require Internet service provider…

SOURCE: Mike Daisey at 11:25AM
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

TidBITS Macs & Mac OS X: Our Favorite Hidden Features in Mac OS X Lion by Mike Daisey

TidBITS Macs & Mac OS X: Our Favorite Hidden Features in Mac OS X Lion:The top-level Applications folder has new permissions that make it hard to remove anything; if you try to drag some…

SOURCE: Mike Daisey at 12:57PM
Thursday, July 21, 2011

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Review by Mike Daisey

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Review:Also gone is "Rosetta", the brilliant little code translator that allowed existing Mac applications to keep running when Apple switched its Mac products from PowerP…

SOURCE: Mike Daisey at 12:52AM
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

The Empty Spaces Or, How Theater Failed America by MIKE DAISEY

Seven years ago, I left Seattle for New York - I abandoned the garage theaters and local arts scene and friends and colleagues - because I was a coward. I'd already tried to sell out once, b…

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Friday, July 8, 2011

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Thursday, June 30, 2011

MobileMe by Mike Daisey

MobileMe:On at least 3 occasions (that I know of), an E-mail message I've sent has not been directed to its recipient(s) by the MobileMe SMTP server. This is not a simple glitch; I've resent…

SOURCE: Mike Daisey at 04:07PM
Thursday, June 9, 2011

You Left Out the Part About ... - NYTimes.com by Mike Daisey

You Left Out the Part About ... - NYTimes.com:I am reminded of the House Republicans, opening the 112th Congress by reciting the Constitution, minus the slavery parts. I am reminded of the E…

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

How the Apple iCloud compares to Google's cloud - Computerworld by Mike Daisey

How the Apple iCloud compares to Google's cloud - Computerworld:That enables a lot of app-specific features to be universally applied. Since Apple is making the APIs for iCloud storage and s…

SOURCE: Mike Daisey at 11:08PM
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

MobileMe is dead. Long live iCloud | Apple Talk - CNET News by Mike Daisey

MobileMe is dead. Long live iCloud | Apple Talk - CNET News:Apple's solution is to put data, and the ferrying process, in the cloud, providing a system where devices effectively become vesse…

SOURCE: Mike Daisey at 01:02AM

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