Godspell Revival on Broadway
Don't listen to the naysayers. I was at opening night of Godspell on Broadway and found it uplifting, hilarious and moving. To quote another show, "these are a few of my favorite things. "Full...
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Panel discussion including samuel l. jackson, douglas carter beane, david henry hwang.
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Note: is using your middle name or initial a requirement for success on broadway?
View ArticleA Room with a View
Two years ago today was the last day of my mother's life. I was performing a tiny role in Philip Glass's Orphee at Portland Opera - the role of the Glazier, the first dead soul Orpheus meets when he...
View Article'Room' on the NAMT blog
Eric Louie was just interviewed by the National Alliance for Musical Theater. He calls the book for 'Room with a View' "witty and sophisticated." I'm grateful for his kind words and support. Read More
View ArticleSubmissions Only
Can't get enough of SMASH? Check out my other total guilty geeky musical theater pleasure from the delightfully warped minds of Kate Weatherhead and Andrew Keenan Bolger - SUBMISSIONS ONLY.SUBMISSIONS...
View ArticleCommencement Address at Whidbey Writers Workshop
In 1812, the year Charles Dickens was born, 66 novels were published in England. In the US in 2011, 30,000 novels were published. Why bother writing? Here's the commencement address I gave recently at...
View Article'Room' in the News
'ROOM' WENT 'ZOOM' TO THE GLOBEWorld-premiere musical's creators marvel at how fast show has developedWritten by James HebertOn the NBC-TV show "Smash," a new musical seems to go from the germ of an...
View ArticleTwo Bobs: No Waiting
A rave review in Cabaret Scenes for the wonderful Amy Engelhardt, my collaborator on Bastard Jones. From the review: As Amy Engelhardt was ending her set at The Duplex (the first half of a show she was...
View ArticleStage Write
So I have to put in a brief plug for my friend Jeff Whiting's new iPad app Stage Write.No so much because I'm a good friend--I don't pretend to be--but because Stage Write is pretty nifty. It's like a...
View ArticleHelen Hayes Nomination
Birds of a Feather, my gay penguin play, has been nominated for Best New Play by the Helen Hayes Awards. I'd like to extend a warm thanks to the four immensely talented actors--Dan Crane, Matt...
View ArticlePower Players and Premieres
My latest guilty pleasure is this list of Broadway's 50 Most Powerful People that Broadway Spotted put together. It's like high school all over again, except I actually find it, like, fun. I think it's...
View Article"Globe's charming 'Room' musical a sweeping, funny romance"
Th lead up to the premiere has made me too exhausted - physically, emotionally, intellectually (sexually...) - to give a proper run down of the show myself, but some other people did. From UT San...
View ArticleMore Coverage for 'Room'
"The most alluring feature of A Room with a View is that, despite the obvious issues of morality, it never takes itself too seriously. Italians are painted as passionately indecent creatures who see...
View ArticleMatter of Life or Death
Even though it's been pointed out to me that bison are herbivores, I still stand by my thesis here. An essay on why theatre matters.
View ArticleEtiquette for an Apocalypse
I want to highly recommend ordering Anne Mendel's Etiquette for an Apocalypse when it comes out May 18th (it'll be on Amazon and at your local bookstore). Anne's book concerns a family living in 2020,...
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