by Stephen Tortora-Lee on June 24, 2010
Marie Antoinette is famous for the saying, “Let them eat cake!”
Whether she actually said it or not doesn’t really matter in the face of history or the minds of the people whose rumor-mill worked overtime and managed to get her head in the guillotine anyway.
Cake (written by Felipe Ossa and directed by Leah Bonvissuto) helps us to imagine what would happen approximately 200 years later if - instead of a monarch – we get someone like Dana Dunnigan (Ramona Floyd) who lives on the conservative right and has a radio talk show where her celebrity and the power of her notoriety among her detractors very well might lead to her beheading too. It’s the glorification by an adoring fan-base, determined to save her, that helps keep her around.
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by The Happiest Medium on June 22, 2010
Planet Connections Theatre Festivity is New York City’s premiere eco-friendly theatre festival, connecting artists and audiences with diverse dynamic charitable organizations. The Planet Connections experience entertains, enlightens and informs.
The Happiest Medium (proud sponsors of The Planet Connections Festival), will be running Q&A throughout the festival.
Today we ask one question each of Leah Bonvissuto, director of Cake (written by Felipe Ossa) and Anne Berlin writer of the book and lyrics of Revolution! These two plays both deal with politics but take on the topic in very different ways. Let’s take a look . . .
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by Karen Tortora-Lee on October 25, 2009
If you’re like me, you love cake. And the internet. And laughing at other people’s mistakes. So chances are you’ve come across Cake Wrecks already and I’m not about to tell you anything new. This tip is not for you.
This tip is for those among us who have technology-averse loved ones who say things like “I saw that secret code you sent me in your email, but it didn’t make any sense” … and you reply “That was just a link, dad. All you have to do is click on it.” And anonymous loved one says “Oh, I didn’t want to break the internet. Can you just print it out and send it to me in the mail? ” But how do you mail an ENTIRE WEB SITE of funny images? Well … now you can …
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