WILL YOU BE FAMOUS?

By admin |  October 30, 2007  |   |  (0) Comments

I loved this from the Sunday New York Times article, “She’s Famous (And So Can You)”, about internet phenom-turned-Hollywood-celebrity Tila Tequila. As we get closer to The American Dream Songbook, I’m more and more fascinated by fame as the new American Dream.

It’s routine to dismiss these people, to sniff from the sideline about the depths to which the culture has sunk. Misses Hilton and Tequila may represent, respectively, leisure-class and working-class variants of the same feminine caricature, a real-time … Read More >

IS "AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY" THE NEXT GREAT AMERICAN PLAY?

By admin |  August 8, 2007  |   |  (1) Comment

I had the good fortune last night to see Tracy Letts’ new play AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY at Steppenwolf. The show has gotten a lot of heat and a lot of praise, and a number of subscribers and colleagues have said to me, “I can’t wait for you to see it so I can hear what you think!” [Some of you know that Tracy’s first play, KILLER JOE, had its world premiere at Next in 1993 (I had nothing to do … Read More >