Before our show in Westchester, we had what amounted to a day and a half in the area, which almost all of us used to go into the city. I visited briefly at different times with my good friends Emily, Alex, and Stephanie, and had a truly lovely time with each of them; the wonderful [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Off-Off-Off-Off-Off-Off-Broadway
Posted in On Touring, Pictures, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, Broadway, Cyrano, Jennifer Garner, Kevin Kline, mascara zebra, Mauritius, Merchant of Venice, piercing eloquence tour, Pygmalion, shakespeare, theater, theatre, touring theatre on October 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
‘Sblood, I love my Red Sox heartily
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Boston, Cinco Ocho Jig, Red Sox, touring on October 29, 2007 | 3 Comments »
So I was trying for a very long time to figure out some way in which I could relate today’s haze of Red-Sox-related joy to the actual Bardolatrous subject of this blog. I noted last night, whilst watching the post-game blather, that one of the owners (I forget who) referred to the team as a “band [...]
This day is called the Feast of Crispian
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Henry V, shakespeare, St. Crispin's Day on October 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As your friendly neighborhood Shakespeare Nerd, it is my duty to wish you a Happy St. Crispin’s Day! Ironically, we have the day off, and won’t be doing Henry the Fifth until Saturday. Nevertheless, this is the closest I’ve yet come to my lifelong dream of being in a production of Henry on October 25th. [...]
The Hijinks of Irregular Repertory
Posted in On Touring, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, Merchant of Venice, piercing eloquence tour, piercing eloquence troupe, shakespeare, soul fart, theater, theatre, touring theatre on October 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Burlington, Vermont, October 9:
Our performance of Merchant of Venice was an interesting one (at least for us, the actors on stage—it would be unfair to make assumptions for the audience), because we actually hadn’t done the show in a couple of weeks, though it had been approaching stability at that time. My personal experience of [...]
The Great Whacker Noodle Massacre, and Its Redemption
Posted in On Touring, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, long tears, piercing eloquence tour, piercing eloquence troupe, shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, theater, theatre, touring theatre, whacker noodles on October 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Powhattan, Virginia, September 30-31:
What was supposed to be a two-hour drive became a five-hour inch-forward through a traffic jam. I avoided any irritation, myself, by sleeping as though I had been drugged, though I retained some awareness of the valiant driver (Mr. Aaron Hochhalter) and skilled navigator (Ms. Ginna Hoben) doing all of the re-routing [...]
We few, we happy few, we band of mouthers
Posted in On Touring, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, Henry V, Merchant of Venice, piercing eloquence tour, piercing eloquence troupe, Rude Cell Phone Man, shakespeare, theater, theatre, touring theatre on October 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sterling, Virginia, September 29:
Our second-ever performance of Henry the Fifth saw an improvement over its predecessor at Loyola. We were all a little less frantic, if that’s possible in a production with so many costume changes, and as I looked out at the audience, I did not feel as though I was speaking another language. [...]
Baltimore’s F.P.C. and One of the Finest Moments of Theatre, Shakespearean or Otherwise, That I Have Ever Witnessed
Posted in On Touring, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, Earl of Sandwich, Henry V, Merchant of Venice, piercing eloquence tour, piercing eloquence troupe, shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, theater, theatre, touring theatre on October 6, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Sub-titled: “And the post is even longer, for a post, than the title is, for a title.”
Baltimore, Maryland, September 26-28:
It was a delight to stay in one theater for three days, and furthermore delightful to be able to perform our full repertory of Shrew, Merchant, and Henry—we’d yet to have a single performance of Henry! [...]
Merchant of Frederick
Posted in On Touring, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, Merchant of Venice, piercing eloquence tour, piercing eloquence troupe, Romeo and Juliet, shakespeare, theater, theatre, touring theatre on October 4, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Frederick, Maryland, September 25:
We performed Merchant of Venice for a mid-sized audience that was large-sized in enthusiasm. I think they may have had the most feistiness per capita (hereinafter referred to as F.P.C., in units of ‘whoopage’) of any adult audience so far. We knew we were in for a fun time as early as [...]
More Piercing Eloquence Pictures
Posted in Pictures, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, piercing eloquence tour, piercing eloquence troupe, shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew on October 4, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I have recently uploaded an ‘avatar’ for myself, after it seemed that WordPress so frequently recommended it. I am not sure when and where this avatar will be visible, but I thought I might explain what the picture is, in the chance that anyone sees it. I must say upfront that this explanation of an [...]
