Freelancing
12 months ago
I got my first freelance article published!! I have tickets to see a play tomorrow night and I saw one two weeks ago.
I am pretty pumped!
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How to see more live theater
It made me
 "Persistance is key to freelancing"
How I did it: It was tough to finally convince my local paper to let me freelance. I have to go to a play and write a review and then interview a director and a few actors in order to write a preview of another play. They had to see if they liked my writing style I guess. But now I am in and I am pretty pumped!! Lessons & tips: Contact your local paper, provide writing samples, and keep at it! |
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It made me
feel alive!
How I did it: I entered a contest and won season tickets to a great theater company in town. The great thing about it was that the contest was held during a blood drive so I was able to give something of value. United Blood Services has a perks program as a thank you for donating. Read how I did it…
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Entries
Step One!
22 months ago
Today I applied with my local newspaper to see if they needed a theatre reviewer. I figure it will help me accomplish a few goals in one! I will save money by getting the free tickets, and will see more live theatre! Plus I will earn a few dollars, so that will also help me save money!
Let’s hope I hear back from them soon!
Actually doing it!
2 years ago
I’d forgotten I listed this here, but a few weeks ago I went to a play with friends. We may be going to the theater this weekend and we’ve got tickets for a couple of quasi-theatrical events later this month.
Yes, please do!
3 years ago
Some good plays to see in NY from now through about March include APPARITION, SWEENEY TODD, DEAD CITY, 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, THE CATARACT, PENINSULA, PROPHET, NOBODY’S LUNCH, THE BIRTHDAY PARTY & THE ROOM, HEDDATRON, and BACH AT LEIPZIG…
Outside of NYC, I recommend seeing plays at:
LA: Circle X, Theatre of NOTE, Moving Arts
SF: Impact Theatre
Denver: Denver Theater Center
Seattle: Empty Space, Printer’s Devil
Austin: Salvage Vanguard
DC area: Baltimore Center Stage, Arena Stage
Indiana: Bloomington Playwrights Project
Saw a production of Pippin...
3 years ago
...at Binghamton University and was moderately impressed. I really enjoyed the young man they cast as Pippin, but their leading player was horribly miscast—he sang out of tune for most of the show. They had a neat design concept, which I also liked…but it seemed to leave the downstage area VERY crowded.
Annie
4 years ago
The musical! I saw it in Malmö. We actually won the tickets from a contest on the milk cartons. The whole family went, it was very good with many famous (for Swedes anyway) actors; Ulf Brunnberg, Eva Rydberg, Claes Malmberg, and Beatrice Järås.
Untitled
4 years ago
Well on track. Catching another play today and have tix for at least 3 more shows upcoming. Back in the swing!
Woo-hoo!
4 years ago
Saw 4 shows 2 weeks ago in NYC as part of Broadway.com’s Broadway Teaching Lab…
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (hilarious—great lyric writing)
Spamalot (also hilarious—if you’re a Monty Python fan)
All Shook Up (too saccharine for my taste—the music was great, the script was poor quality)
Slava’s Snowshow (the most moving piece of theater I’ve seen in a LONG time—highly, highly recommended!)
I am DEFINITELY going to the lab again next year.
Opera & a playwright
4 years ago
Okay, I went to see Jake Heggie’s opera version of “The End of the affair”—the Graham Green novel.
I also had a beer with a local playwrite!
Humana festival—here I come!
doing better
4 years ago
Doing better on this one recently. Saw 1 in Feb and 1 in March so far. Had missed it so.
