Month: March 2011

American Idol, annie get your gun, behind the proscenium, broadway manka, Kelly Clarkson, kryle lendhoffer, manka bros., NASCAR, urinetown, ruben studdard, carrie underwood, khan manka, Ben Silverman, Fantasia, male theater group

Robert Blanton’s Straight Male Theater Group

I must admit that I was appalled.  Appalled, and then fascinated.  I was thumbing through Backstage West while sipping a Green Tea Frappuccino at Starbucks (oh, this is a horrid vice, but the Green Tea is so good – except I find that I’m getting…

Chekhov’s Platonov

This week I had the pleasure to sit down with Heinrich Mantle, the director of the upcoming Manka Black Box theatrical treat Platonov by Anton Chekhov.  Mantle has challenged audiences for three decades with his deconstruction and recomposition of many of our most beloved classics. …