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TT: Almanac
"I wanted to slap her, because her tone, and the look in her eyes going over me, made me feel like a potato she was peeling." Rex Stout, Some Buried Caesar

Bitter Lemons

The Bursting of the American Theatre Bubble
Say what? I didn’t realize there was an “American Theatre Bubble”. That’s cuz I just made it up. Not in a vacuum, mind you, but in response to Charles McNulty’s interesting article in the LA Times. In his desire to explore the state of our economy and how it connects with the state [...]

The Clyde Fitch Report

The Death of Journalism? The Death of Arts Journalism?
Apparently some people don't seem to understand the impact of what's going on in journalism, of which arts journalism is always the not-quite-wanted younger sibling.

The Critical Condition

Bylines: Billy Elliot Goes Crazy… Broadway Style!

The Globe and Mail - Theatre

From Moiseiwitsch to Moscovitch: Stratford stage controversy and Alberta review round-up
Is Stratford's Tanya Moiseiwitsch thrust stage going to be destroyed? Festival carpenter Walter Sugden has taken his campaign to save it to the Stratford Beacon Herald:I am a stagehand and scenic carpenter. I am not an artist but a skilled craftsman that helps all the artists' work come alive on that - Follow link to read full post

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The Walking House
Forget about haunted houses this Halloween. This year is marked by the arrival of a much more awesome structure: the walking house.

On Chicago Theatre

"Huh?" of the Day
Saw this item on Playbill today: ..

The Rob Kozlowski Chicago Theater and Vintage Film Medicine Show

The game
Don had a post today about the question of gender and playwriting that's worth a look. I don't know why, but I've often been somewhat ambivalent about gender issues in terms of who gets produced.