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• Reader Owner files for Bankruptcy, will there be a fallout?

  Created: Monday, 29 September 2008 10:55 Author: Tony Adams

  h/t Romenesco Creative Loafing Inc., the owner of Washington City Paper, announced this morning that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In a conference call with top company officials, Ben Eason, the company’s CEO, said that the step would allow ...

• Question For Ya

  Created: Thursday, 25 September 2008 10:02 Author: Tony Adams

  If you could remove the potential disastrous consequences of the election one of our current canditates for President, which makes for a more entertaining farce? Moliere? Feydeau? The McCain campaign?Read more: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JayRaskoln...

• Press-y Foibles

  Created: Wednesday, 24 September 2008 07:06 Author: Tony Adams

  TimeOut Chicago has a list of 40 Cultural Heroes: The 40 People Who Define Chicago out this week.I'm mystified by one glaring omission.In The Trib Chris Jones is back to posting attendance stats?From the review of the remount of Dave Davinci Saves the Uni...

• Dr. Egg and the Production Needing a Better Script

  Created: Monday, 22 September 2008 09:40 Author: Tony Adams

  Over the weekend I went to see Redmoon's Dr. Egg and the Man with No Ear. It's the first Redmoon show I've been able to catch, but their reputation precedes them. Great visual storytelling--the writing, not so much. But more on that in just a bit.The fir...

• Disappointment into Lemonade

  Created: Wednesday, 17 September 2008 11:57 Author: Tony Adams

  Er lemons that is. We were all excited about Saturday night. Jenn and I had a sitter to go see Caroline or Change down at the Court. Last spring they started doing (what I think is) a cool idea, inviting AD's from companies around town to their openings ...

• Facebook, Comcast and Theater-re's

  Created: Wednesday, 17 September 2008 07:25 Author: Tony Adams

  Last week I wrote that Facebook had deactivated our account. All of the "friends" that we had were gone. Their policy is " . . .Facebook accounts are intended for use by single individuals, so groups, clubs, businesses, or other types of organizations ar...

• So Many Jobs, So Little Time.

  Created: Tuesday, 16 September 2008 17:59 Author: Denise Santomauro

  So I've submitted all my work for Militant Language and it feels weird.  I feel like I'm missing or forgetting something.  I've begun to see that when I take on a new job within the theatre, I always end up with this feeling.  I'm so used to being an a...

• What I Did This Weekend

  Created: Monday, 15 September 2008 11:07 Author: Tony Adams

  Little guy turned two yesterday. There are some things more important than theatre. Family is one. The election of a president is another.Forgetting that only reinforces the insularity that has plagued artists and companies for years. A theatre det...

• Help me update my links

  Created: Saturday, 13 September 2008 12:32 Author: Tony Adams

  So I've begun updating the blogroll on the right  I've also divided it up into Critical Cats, Chicago Cats,  and Other Cats. The critics roll is obviously Chicago heavy, but I've added the ones I know of and read. And I just know more folks in ...

• Some Stats

  Created: Friday, 12 September 2008 09:38 Author: Tony Adams

  Last month, (August '08), we received 118 new play submissions.87-by men (74%)26-by women (22%)3-unknown (Goes by initials or non gender specific name (2.5%)2-co-written male and female (1.5%)The total number was higher than an average month as Halcyon w...

• Starting Some Shit

  Created: Thursday, 11 September 2008 13:38 Author: Tony Adams

  Apparently the output as of late hasn't been up to snuff.I have been blogging less lately. Confession: it is not my top priority, it never has been. I love the exchange of ideas. I love being able to feed my son more. I have a family, a full-time job, and...

• Buried

  Created: Thursday, 11 September 2008 10:23 Author: Tony Adams

  I am buried today, so I won't be able to respond much. I won't be able to blog or respond much today. I'll be back tomorrow.Read more: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JayRaskolnikov/~3/389853919/buried.html...

• Question For Ya: Female Playwrights Edition

  Created: Wednesday, 10 September 2008 12:47 Author: Tony Adams

  Do you think audiences really care about who wrote the play they are seeing, and what sex the writer is? If that answer is yes, why isn't that reflected in programming at more major institutions?Every time there's another round of noise about the dearth ...

• Deleted by Facebook, Turning to the Page

  Created: Tuesday, 09 September 2008 13:33 Author: Tony Adams

  Latoya who runs our facebook and myspace accounts went to post an update yesterday and had a surprise waiting for her. Our account had been deleted. Turns out they delete accounts for groups and organizations,and it looks like we weren't the only ones w...

• A Debacle and a Sun Rising?

  Created: Friday, 05 September 2008 10:33 Author: Tony Adams

  Last weekend we had a benefit to help raise money for the space costs for Militant Language. It was kind of a disaster.  Turnout was pretty low. We made the mistake of having it in Wrigleyville on a summer Saturday. Years ago in my early twenties I lov...

• A Debacle and a Sun Rising?

  Created: Friday, 05 September 2008 08:11 Author: Tony Adams

  Last weekend we had a benefit to help raise money for the space costs for Militant Language. It was kind of a disaster. Turnout was pretty low. We made the mistake of having it in Wrigleyville on a summer Saturday. Years ago in my early twenties I loved i...

• Poop and Pee Soup, or Fatherhood

  Created: Tuesday, 02 September 2008 12:16 Author: Tony Adams

  I'm at home sick today, which gives me plenty of time to think, but not a lot of power to concentrate. Jenn's pregnant again as some of you know, and the second child will undoubtedly bring additional great times and some additional challenges. Her due d...