http://www.apoorplayer.net/blog ...meditations on the art of theatre... Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:57:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dunkirk NY - There has not been much need to write since my tooth has been fixed (root canal this past Monday), largely because Scott Walters over at Theatre Ideas has gotten on one hell of a roll! Amazing what a sabbatical can do for someone :-) Scott is doing and ... http://www.apoorplayer.net/blog/2008/01/18/theatre-ideas-on-a-roll/ Dunkirk NY - While I was writing my previous post, I began to feel a great deal of pain in the right side of my mouth. I had been kept up the night before with a bit of pain, but I had thought it was a passing thing. But after ... http://www.apoorplayer.net/blog/2008/01/07/i-have-the-toothache/ ...perhaps I should be too. Dunkirk NY - Extended vacation? Boredom? Laziness? Dry rot? Empty thoughts? I would suppose some of all of these reasons would count in some part to explain not writing. What I can tell you is that I came many times in front of the keyboard, ... http://www.apoorplayer.net/blog/2008/01/04/as-long-as-everyone-else-is-back/ Dunkirk NY - Upon arriving home from my Thanksgiving break yesterday, I checked in with my survey project I began at the beginning of the month. Using a Yahoo! Group composed of Fredonia Theatre grads, I asked 6 questions which tried to provide some sort of glimpse into how successful ... http://www.apoorplayer.net/blog/2007/11/25/a-little-survey-2/ Massapequa, NY - It has been one hectic week last week. I thought I'd be able to get a decent post off, but not so. For some reason which I cannot fully explain, the week sort of got away from me. I can't say I accomplished much of anything critical ... http://www.apoorplayer.net/blog/2007/11/18/thanksgiving-break/ Dunkirk NY - So the strike is on, right as the Christmas rush is about to happen. I really have no clue as to how this is going to play out, but this morning I have been cruising the internet looking for background and information. I am not sure which ... http://www.apoorplayer.net/blog/2007/11/11/local-1-strikes/ Dunkirk NY - (Mailer) recalled something he had said at the National Book Award ceremony in 2005, when he was given a lifetime achievement award: that he felt like an old coachmaker who looks with horror at the turn of the 20th century, watching automobiles roar by with their fumes. “I think ... http://www.apoorplayer.net/blog/2007/11/11/norman-mailer-rip/ Dunkirk NY - As I mentioned in my earlier post this morning, I am currently conducting a small survey amongst alumni of SUNY Fredonia's theatre department which is trying to determine how successful in financial terms our graduates have been in the arts/entertainment field. We maintain a Yahoo! group of ... http://www.apoorplayer.net/blog/2007/11/09/a-little-survey/ Fredonia NY - I can't remember when a post-show hangover has ever lasted this long. I'm still not really back with it, actually. I think the fact that the show ended at exactly the same time the baseball season ended was a double whammy. I have been watching an ... http://www.apoorplayer.net/blog/2007/11/09/post-show-hangover/ Dunkirk NY - For those of you interested in such things, the picture below is a link to the Picasa site of our production shots of Rocky Horror, as well as past SUNY Fredonia productions. -twl http://www.apoorplayer.net/blog/2007/10/22/rocky-horror-photos/