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July 2010

Bill Connington as Oedipus (photo by

When looking for a quote to use as a title for this fantastic interview you’re about to read I had so many, many wonderful choices.   Ultimately I went with a more benign line from the Megadeath song but I urge you to check out the Alice Cooper ode to the dark one as well as the ... Read The Full Article...

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unfortunate honeymoon

THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED – BUT YOU CAN STILL CHECK OUT THE SHOW! The Happiest Medium Giveaway is on a wedding-themed roll . . . Last month we offered you An Ideal Husband,  this month we offer you a Honeymoon!   Okay, again, it’s not a REAL Honeymoon – and actually, it’s an Unfortunate ... Read The Full Article...

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The Happiest Medium Review by guest contributor Kate Mickere The art of storytelling seems to be in the Irish blood. Ancient bards used to wander the Irish countryside, singing the haunting ballads of the isle for a pint of ale. Ray Yeates is a modern bard, traveling across the Atlantic to perform the beautiful one-man ... Read The Full Article...

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I’m sure it happens to you sometimes …  You’re walking down the street, pondering the inevitability of change and the hardship it’s apt to cause when you fail to adapt, and other foibles of the human condition… Then suddenly you realize that the person beside you is reading your mind, and doesn’t like what they ... Read The Full Article...

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innovative-theatre

On July 19, 2010, The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, announced the 2010 nominees at its annual sold-out event. The Happiest Medium salutes all the nominees this year, as well as all the other fantastic actors and ensembles whose names are not on this list but whose hard work ... Read The Full Article...

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menduniverse

In a time when full immersion is the key to any good entertainment experience Mardi-Ellen Hill has managed to create a multi media-universe that allows the participant to be drawn into a world of her creation through any number of doors.  Choose your favorite: book, game, music, and let the hidden mystery that is the ... Read The Full Article...

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Ideal Husband

Not all plays written in 1893 can weather an update; something is bound to be sacrificed for the sake of modernizing, be it plot, character or theme. But An Ideal Husband is not all plays. Writer Oscar Wilde was a man who had an uncanny ability to write about the time he was living in ... Read The Full Article...

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Josh

Looking to hire Josh Rivedal for your next show but can’t get a hold of his resume or reel?  Look no further than The Gospel According To Josh – in one fast-moving hour you’ll see Josh run through his catalog of imitations, hear him sing songs both secular and sacred, and see him show his ... Read The Full Article...

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(L-R): Alex Draper, performer of Plevna: Meditations on Hatred, and Robert Emmet Lunney, performer of Gary the Thief (photo credit: Stan Barouh)

The Happiest Medium Review by guest contributor Kate Mickere Four floors below the sizzling New York streets, the Potomac Theatre Project is exploring hate. Gary the Thief and Plevna: Meditations on Hatred are two dramatic poems by Howard Barker (both directed by Richard Romagnoli) . The playwright, who has coined the term “Theatre of Catastrophe” ... Read The Full Article...

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Never Norman Rockwell

We’ve reached our final installment of our Midtown International Theatre Festival‘s Q&A. Today we chat with Kyle Baxter, writer of Never Norman Rockwell, and co-artistic director of The Collective Objective. Related Posts:Entrevista: The Starship Astrov and Asian Belle (Midtown International Theatre Festival 2010)The Starship Astrov: Best Of Both Worlds (Midtown International Theatre Festival 2010)The Gospel ... Read The Full Article...

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We continue our Midtown International Theatre Festival Q&A and speak with not only the playwright of Until We Find Each Other (Brooke Berman), but we also asked the show’s director, David Winitsky some questions. Related Posts:Entrevista: Island To Island – The Photography Of Marielle DeLunaEntrevista: From Vermont To NYC – Playwright James Lantz And The ... Read The Full Article...

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BT

In Beautiful Thing, currently being produced by Nicu’s Spoon Theatre Company, director Michelle Kuchuk accomplishes a charming revival of this British classic written by Jonathan Harvey and originally staged in 1993, with a later release as a screen adaptation by Channel 4 Films in 1996. Related Posts:Celebrating “Holy Days”Entrevista: Heather Cunningham Of Retro Productions

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