From the Journals of Ian Thal

• Judicial Theatre Review of "The Overwhelming" at the Art Fuse

  Bill Marx, Editor of The Art Fuse, is conducting a new experiment, the "judicial arts review." To quote Marx:As coverage of the arts in the conventional, mainstream media wanes, critical discussion of the arts online has settled into two extremes: there’s the corporate dream of an omnipotent “Google” reviewer for [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 7:08pm EST
  

• Brother Blue 1921-2009

  On November Third, Brother Blue (Dr, Hugh Morgan Hill) left the land of the living. He took the title of "storyteller" but could be, and often was, described as a shaman, griot, or performance artist avant la lettre. He was a powerful presence in the Boston area as well as [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:16am EST
  

• Notes on Class

  I've been following Professor Matthew Isaac Cohen's blog about his course on Bread and Puppet Theatre at Royal Halloway, University of London, with interest in part because my essay "Breaking with Bread and Puppet" which is both a narrative of my decision to stop working with the troupe as well' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 8:21am EST
  

• Nobody Sucks... Except That Guy

  Last week, Don Hall, Chicago-based actor, director, theatre-observer, and activist (and well-known enough in the theatrical blogosphere that I trust someone will correct me if I left anything out) has been posting a series on the audition process on his blog An Angry White Guy in Chicago. Having recently been [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 10:00am EST