26 08, 2013

Fun Frolic? How About A Fasten-Your-Seat Belt Comedy!

2015-10-25T19:49:38+00:00

The website for the Off-Broadway production of Around the World in 80 Days has a new fancy logo. The site is still using the top hat but now instead of a static hat just sitting there, the new hat has motion and energy. It's a really nice make-over and fits the show. The show is fast moving. One might even call is a whirlwind. The show, however, is billed as a "fun frolic." That description has been in all of the press releases [...]

Fun Frolic? How About A Fasten-Your-Seat Belt Comedy!2015-10-25T19:49:38+00:00
17 07, 2013

Two Great Stories From Shanghaiist

2022-01-18T05:51:05+00:00

I love Shanghaiist. If you have never been to their site and are a Sinophile like I am, hie thee to their site right away. Today there are two headlines that made me laugh out loud, The first: Survey: China is the World's Fourth 'Horniest' Country The survey was done by AskMen, China is the fourth horniest country. Who's first? Greece. I suppose they grew tired of the Occupy Greece movement and moved on to Occupy Vagistan. Here's what AskMen has to [...]

Two Great Stories From Shanghaiist2022-01-18T05:51:05+00:00
31 05, 2013

Opening Night of Around the World in 80 Days

2023-04-05T00:12:19+00:00

Well my show Around the World in 80 Days opened last night Off-Broadway. I started my day with a wonderful lunch with good friends at the Friars Club. Had a few drinks. Played some pool on the pool table Jackie Gleason practiced on for the film The Hustler. Had pre-show sushi and drinks with my manager. Saw the show. Had champagne at intermission (Are you sensing a pattern here?). Went to the after-show party. Had a drink. Went out and [...]

Opening Night of Around the World in 80 Days2023-04-05T00:12:19+00:00
30 05, 2013

Around the World in 80 Days Opens

2015-10-25T19:49:30+00:00

My play Around the World in 80 Days opens tonight Off-Broadway. Thank you to everyone involved with the project and thank you to all my friends for their unyielding support. Fingers crossed.

Around the World in 80 Days Opens2015-10-25T19:49:30+00:00
12 05, 2013

‘World’ of Talent Brings Verne Novel to Stage

2017-10-28T06:44:08+00:00

A lovely review in the Montgomery Advertiser of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's production of Around the World in 80 Days. "A production that demonstrates to a sometimes amazed audience how even stories of massive scope can fit the confines of a stage." You can read the entire review here. And evidently the play wrote itself. Sigh. Photo courtesy David Robertson/ASF

‘World’ of Talent Brings Verne Novel to Stage2017-10-28T06:44:08+00:00
6 04, 2013

Hats and Mustaches

2017-02-11T05:49:40+00:00

My play Around the World in 80 Days is not about a balloon. If I've said it once I've said it a thousand times, "Es gibt nicht ein ballon in dem buch und es gibt nicht ein ballon in meiner show." Well, I don't usually say it in German.  The balloon is the most popular image associated with the story and I'm sure people are disappointed to discover there isn't a balloon in the show or the book. The same [...]

Hats and Mustaches2017-02-11T05:49:40+00:00
1 04, 2013

It’s Phileas, Not Phineas

2019-01-21T06:43:15+00:00

  Since the premiere of my show Around the World in 80 Days, I've had to constantly deal with two misconceptions about the play: 1. There's a balloon in the story. 2. The leading character's name is Phineas. It got to be so much for me that my playwright's notes for The Colony Theatre's production of the show addressed both of these misconceptions. So I was really excited to see a reviewer admit her naivete on both of these issues: [...]

It’s Phileas, Not Phineas2019-01-21T06:43:15+00:00
7 03, 2013

Houston Enchilada Radio Interview

2017-02-11T05:49:41+00:00

Here's the final part of the radio interview with the Theatre Lab Houston cast of China - The Whole Enchilada. China Houston Part 3

Houston Enchilada Radio Interview2017-02-11T05:49:41+00:00
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