Before I Go A-Wandering
Dunkirk NY – Posting has been light because I’m in something of a vacation mode. Since closing The Tempest 10 days ago, I’ve been working to re-orient my daily routine to something more akin to what it usually is during the school year. I’ve been resting, trying to get back on a more normal sleep pattern, eating better, and so forth. I think I’m there just about now. I call this my de-compression routine. I am always a little taken aback at how long it actually takes to re-adjust mental and physical routines. Your body really gears up during a show, and getting that physical and psychological “there’s a show tonight” feeling takes more time than I’d really like it to. Tomorrow it’s off in the car to visit Eric at Blue Ridge Dinner Theatre down in the hills of Virginia. That’s when the real vacation begins.
As a consequence theatre hasn’t been much on my mind lately, even though I have been doing my best to keep up with readings in the blogosphere. I have been taking mental notes on some of the things I’d like to write about, but they will have to wait until after vacation. I’ll give you a preview of those topics, but before I do, here’s some thoughts prompted by a post by David Cote in Time Out New York that got me thinking a bit on the nature of blogging (h/t 99 seats, whose own post was also thought-provoking). Two quotes for context, first from Mr. Cote:
5. Bloggers: Engage/enrage
This item will generate noise (and that’s the point): I wish bloggers would mix it up more. Does it take a Rachel Corrie fiasco to generate heat? The theater blogosphere has been dull, insular and quiet lately. We need more arguments, more dirt, more bloody knock-down-drag-out fights. Not just self-promotion, obscure manifestos and production diaries. And here’s hoping for a new breed of long-form critics worth reading.
