Watch the Sinking of the Titanic Are you just sitting around saying to yourself, "Gee, I really wish I could watch the Titanic sinking in real time?" Then I have some awesome news for you. Now you can, thank to Titanic: Honor and Glory, a "fully interactive recreation of the most famous ship in history." The company behind Titanic: Honor and Glory has just released a 2:40 hour video of the Titanic sinking. It's mesmerizing. Don't skip to the end. [...]
TheatreSquared and Me I just got back from a whirlwind trip to TheatreSquared in Fayetteville, Arkansas. I had a brilliant time. TheatreSquared is currently producing my show Around the World in 80 Days. The theatre graciously invited me out to attend opening night, do talkbacks with audiences, and be a guest pontificator lecturer at a theatre MFA class. If you have never been to TheatreSquared, hop in the vehicle of your choice and hasten your bad self to Fayetteville, AR. Surprisingly, Fayetteville was [...]
Does a Playwright Butt Sneeze in the Woods? I was in Fresno the other day and came within 60 feet of a couple of bears. I don't know if "yes" is the answer to the old saying "does a bear sh*t in the woods?" but I do know the answer is yes to "does a writer crap his pants when he comes within 60 feet of a couple of bears in the woods?" Yosemite Park It all started innocently enough. [...]
I had such a good time at the Commonweal Theatre and the town of Lanesboro, MN that I had to write two posts about it. The Town of Lanesboro A while ago I wrote about Lanesboro being named one 0f the Top Twelve Artplaces in the U.S., Yahoo naming it one of America's prettiest towns and it's distinction of being the Bed and Breakfast Capital on Minnesota. After a weekend there I can tell you it's true. First off, everyone [...]
In my Great American Theatre Talk-Back Tour of 2014, I landed at the Commonweal Theatre in Lanesboro, MN for a weekend. If I had to describe Minnesota in a word it would be “spectacular.” If I had to describe it in two words it would be “f**king spectacular.” Which, by the by, should be Minnesota’s new tourism slogan: “Minnesota – F**king Spectacular.” The Commonweal Theatre generously flew me out to see their production of Around the World in 80 Days and [...]
I've posted a few times about my play Around the World in 80 Days being performed in Turkey. The show is in Erzurum right now . The season will end in May but the show will continue next season starting from September 2014 into the 2015 season. Here's another teaser of the production. Oh how I wish I could get over there to see it.
When Italians aren't going wild for singing nuns, they're doing crazy ass base jump photoshoots. This is just plain nuts. You wouldn't catch me doing this in a thousand years. But damn it looks amazingly cool. And really, who doesn't like watching beautiful people jumping off ridiculously high mountains? It must be Italy Day for me. This is my second post about Italy and for dinner I [...]
The other day I wrote about how you can get a free coffee at Starbucks by purchasing one of the new breakfast sandwiches. I said "if there's one thing I like more than Starbucks it's free stuff from Starbucks." Well, the one thing I like more than free stuff from Starbucks is a Starbucks Disney location. A Starbucks Disney Store That's right. Starbucks announced the opening of a store in Downtown Disneyland. It's two of my favorite things coming together for a [...]
There are a couple of articles about the Erzurum State Theatre production of Around the World in 80 Days. One is on diyadinnet.com. There's another one on haberciniz.com. I can't read Turkish so had to rely on Google translate. "Erzurum at the State Theatre stage receivables wrote Jules Verne's "Around the World in 80 Days" will take place the player of the game for the first time the child...our game a thorough English gentleman of a man who circled the globe in 80 days [...]
Bruce Springsteen played Stayin' Alive!? Holy moly I'd never thought I'd see the day. Springsteen is certainly stayin' alive these days. On the final night of his tour in Australia, Bruce played a marathon show that included a fantastic cover of the Bee Gees hit song Stayin' Alive, teaming up with Eddie Vedder for a cover of the AC/DC hit Highway to Hell, and what could possibly be world record group twerk. I've been a huge Springsteen fan [...]
