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| David |
I have hidden certain posts for the time being, those which aren’t very interesting and yet seem to drive traffic to the site. The one on Chef Boyardee, for example, receives hundred of clocks a year. And the death of Eliot Ness. If that’s why you came here, you might never return.
This is a list of the most popular posts written in the year 2020.
10. On Revision
Final notes before first rehearsal for a new play script. Revision is good!
9. Culver City Public Theatre present “Sherlock Holmes Meets the Bully of Baker Street”
A fascinating, pandemic-era return to a script originally written and performed for live audiences of thousands in schools and libraries, now packaged for safely viewing at a distance.
8. Assessment
From time to time I have provided a self-assessment, where I am in my work. What has been happening in general. How is my mental and physical health. These often drop when I have been away from the blog for a bit.
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| Zelda |
7. Play a Day: John Proctor is the Villain
Each April I read one full-length play from those posted at New Play Exchange. This was one of my favorites, written by Kimberly Belflower, and has been receiving a great deal of deserved attention. The title of this play was actually the inspiration for my most recent full-length; the working title was “John Bender is the Villain,” but I have since changed that.
It's now titled "Goatfucker".
6. Fosse, Verdon and all that jazz.
The recent passing of producer and choreographer Ann Reinking brought me back to this one, an examination of how to break down the “great man” theory of history.
5. Ben Is Dead (magazine)
A nostalgic look at an artifact about nostalgia. Many thanks to the folks at BID for pushing this one up the charts.
4. “Love’s” in the time of COVID-19
A document of the last live, public performance of a play I saw in a theater, the night of Friday, March 13. This melancholy celebration was only appropriate.
3. Enola Holmes (film)
This one gained traction no doubt because the film had just dropped and folks were interested in that. But it generated a great conversation about adaptation, woman-centered narrative, and modern themes presented in period drama.
2. My mother’s hands.
A brief reflection, written the morning after my mother died.
1. A few bits of wisdom.
A letter from my grandfather to my college-aged mother, posted a few hours before my mother died. It is only just that this was the most visited and shared post of the year. It’s a good letter.
6. Fosse, Verdon and all that jazz.
The recent passing of producer and choreographer Ann Reinking brought me back to this one, an examination of how to break down the “great man” theory of history.
5. Ben Is Dead (magazine)
A nostalgic look at an artifact about nostalgia. Many thanks to the folks at BID for pushing this one up the charts.
4. “Love’s” in the time of COVID-19
A document of the last live, public performance of a play I saw in a theater, the night of Friday, March 13. This melancholy celebration was only appropriate.
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| Virginia |
This one gained traction no doubt because the film had just dropped and folks were interested in that. But it generated a great conversation about adaptation, woman-centered narrative, and modern themes presented in period drama.
2. My mother’s hands.
A brief reflection, written the morning after my mother died.
1. A few bits of wisdom.
A letter from my grandfather to my college-aged mother, posted a few hours before my mother died. It is only just that this was the most visited and shared post of the year. It’s a good letter.
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