Posts by: dagirard

Targeted Theater Reviews

June 22, 2011 at 5:40 pm

If we want more people to go to the theater, we need to rethink classic theater reviews.  No matter how well written, the format has remained unchanged in my lifetime, and this means that nothing has been done to adapt to the rapidly evolving media and entertainment picture.  Of course, many online sites allow average […]

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Interactive Blogging for the Blogless

June 15, 2011 at 6:33 pm

I don’t generally read blogs and am only reading this one and contributing as part of Illana’s dramaturgy class.  While I often lose interest after reading the first few lines of  blog posts, I have found some real value here– the Ira Glass commentary definitely helped me focus on development and not on the frustrating […]

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Are there more than 36 assumptions?

June 10, 2011 at 3:05 pm

How many of those articles we playwright’s love to pass around to each other actually impact our work?  Of all I’ve read and excitedly shared, Jose Rivera’s “36 Assumptions About Playwriting” is the one I go back to again and again, the one I refer to in discussion the most frequently, the one other playwrights […]

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So much blood, so little pain

June 7, 2011 at 1:54 pm

The interpretation of Richard III at the Huntington brings quirky humor, an all male cast, and so much blood to Shakespeare’s story (according to an overheard remark from a cast member, 50 British pounds worth of stage blood per performance).  The acting is layered and masterful, and the concept is worthy.  Even the all male […]

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