Deanna Isaacs at the Reader has more on Oobleck’s 11th-hour off-Broadway debut. Which allows me to indulge in just a hair of schadenfreude. As she points out, neither of the first-string critics from the Trib or Sun-Times managed to make it to the show in any of its iterations over the last 15 months. If … Continued
Hee. Glad he included the “ostensibly.” Takes the pressure off. Seriously, though, VI is a founding member of the indispensable LTH Forum, and his blog is a great source for info on Chicago farmers’ markets, CSAs, and local eating in general.
We made the NYT. Also, Don Hall, aka “Angry White Guy in Chicago,” calls the tech “perfect.” Because, really, it’s all about the lighting . . . (He liked, you know, the text and the acting too.) Here’s a couple of photos from this weekend’s final shows at the Chopin (thanks Kristin!):
Oy. One more reason to leave town for the summer.
So the other day I spammed every friend and relation I could think of announcing that I finally had a freakin website, and a blog that promised to explain “what I’m doing in Wisconsin for the summer, and why I’m doing it.” I realize that, thus far, I’ve failed miserably at this charge and that my … Continued
In other news: I have a short ‘n’ sweet piece up at Jason Bitner’s new website, Cassette From My Ex. I don’t usually do stuff like this (autobiography; nostalgia) but it was fun, and surprisingly easy.
Every time I come to Washington Island something insane happens back in Chicago. Last time, the paper where I had (mostly) happily worked for years got sold–an event that led, in due time, to me not having a job and, ultimately, to winding up back on Washington Island this summer. This time, the play I’ve been … Continued
Finally. I caught the last boat to Washington Island on Tuesday night. I’m renting a house for the summer from the woman who runs the (surprisingly excellent) bookstore, Islandtime Books, but before I left Chicago she shot me a message saying she was going off island for a few days and to just stop by … Continued