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. …

Simon Ambrose – Graveyards vs. Mars

This week I had the pleasure of talking to Simon Ambrose.  Intense.  Forceful.  Unique.  Not just words, but an apt description of someone who is bound to become a theatre great. His most recent work, Monkey Spanking Time won several national awards.  His newest work,…

An Apology From Behind The Proscenium

This is an apology.  An online mea culpa.  I take the proverbial cat o’nine tails and self flagellate.  This is an open apology to the great Zenobia Lassiter. Last week, I posted an interview and diatribe against her brilliant new work, Pussy.  Yes, I said…

Performance Art

I remember living in the “80s”. It was the time of Wham! and Careless Whisper. It was the time of Broadway’s Les Miserables and Big River. Sadly, it was also the time of Ronald Reagan and Jerry Fallwell and his “Moral Majority”.  The reason I…