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Uncle Vanya is dead

About Me

When I was younger I hated the theater. Once when I was there I bought some popcorn. And when my cell phone rang, the old lady who sat beside me got furious. Unfortunately for me, she happened to be a witch and turned me into a cat. "You are not going to have a cell phone or eat popcorn in the theater any more,"-she whispered angrily. "Every time you pass a theater some awesome force will take and draw you in. Only a gracious fairy can remove your curse and turn you into a man. But you would have to .. ". But at this moment the play finished, people started applauding wildly and the old lady suddenly melted away. So ever since, I've been wandering though theaters as a cat.
P.S. This is just one of my "alter egos" talking..

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Scheherazade. And why you do not meet people like her any longer ...

My Blog

Othello: a case of noble failure

Ben Brantly wrote a smashing review of "Othello" directed by Peter Sellars.http://theater2.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/theater/revie ws/28brantley.htmlHis reviews are often pieces of art by themselves, but ...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:37:00 GMT

Hmm... I hope Jeffrey Yang exists...

Stephen Burt in Boston Review brings attention to the Jeffrey Yang's poem "Jiang Kui":Jing Wang translates Jiang Kui of the Northern Song: In writing      poetry, it is better to strive to be diff...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:44:00 GMT

Re: Can Jazz Be Saved?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405297020461900457432 0303103850572.html#printModeTerry Teachout asks important questions. The way I see it, the current problem with jazz is that it lost it...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:04:00 GMT

Crucial Contemporary Theater in Brooklyn

http://www.bricktheater.com/collisionworksAll 3 longer pieces ("A Little Piece Of The Sun", "George Bataille's Bathrobe", "Blood On The Cat's Neck") are indispensable pieces of theater of the highest ...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:41:00 GMT

Is this even a joke?

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual &videoid=61510977
Posted by on Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:39:00 GMT

A highway of fraud

Are you surprised how quickly 1 billion allocated for "car clunkers" was spent? Well, a lot of these cars are going to end up on the roads of Eastern Europe. Sending billions Mafia way is one of the i...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:24:00 GMT

Why artists are asking so little?

I am startled to see no left opposition to the bailout. I can't see much there except handouts to a bunch of corrupt contractors. How exactly they are going to build the economy back on track - isn't ...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:16:00 GMT

Free ticket for Serkin, Brentano, Lalli

I will not be in the city for a few weeks, so there is a single ticket (free)http://www.92y.org/shop/event_detail.asp?productid=T-T C5KB13Seat is U1. I will need mailing address (by Thurs).Peter Serkin...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:20:00 GMT

Another financial corpse is declared Living National Treasure

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/business/25assess.html?_r= 1&hp=&pagewanted=printCitigroup is the latest corpse to be resurrected from the dead. But unlike the old story, this colossus is not...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:15:00 GMT

Please hurry to apply for free loans! Special Discount on Monday for students and seniors.

We have an incredible opportunity here, courtesy of the US Government. I give you fake high-interest rate loans and book them at inflated value. You default on the very first payment, so I book a hug...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:52:00 GMT