I Wish
Friday, June 25
This is the 3rd time I've woken up, so why fight it? Might as well get a quick message out while I can.
Last night's show was the featured playwrights reading from their works. Romulus Linney, Tony Kushner, John Guare, and Edward Albee. Powerful and emotional experience. A friend (an actress AND a playwright) commented that actors would have ruined each of those pieces last night, too much over acting or under acting. :) Each piece was perfectly paced, the language was wonderful. I closed my eyes during a lot of plays and I know it looks like I'm sleeping but if the language and words are flowing it's like music and I just want to hear it and make my own images. Romulus read from "Goodbye, Oscar" about Oscar Wilde. Tony read from "Homebody/Kabul" with amazing power. John Guare read from "Lake Hollywood." And Albee read from a new play! His first major success was a play called "Zoo Story," and this new play is a prequel on one of the characters and what happened to them just before "Zoo Story" started. Brutal.
What did Kushner say, that Shakespeare was the big "Why Bother?" After those performances... well, after the show, my friend and I looked at each other and said "why are we here?" But strangely, after everything settles in, it gives you more resolve to be better. Maybe my/your niche will be different but just as strong.
I wish all playwrights could be here.
This is the 3rd time I've woken up, so why fight it? Might as well get a quick message out while I can.
Last night's show was the featured playwrights reading from their works. Romulus Linney, Tony Kushner, John Guare, and Edward Albee. Powerful and emotional experience. A friend (an actress AND a playwright) commented that actors would have ruined each of those pieces last night, too much over acting or under acting. :) Each piece was perfectly paced, the language was wonderful. I closed my eyes during a lot of plays and I know it looks like I'm sleeping but if the language and words are flowing it's like music and I just want to hear it and make my own images. Romulus read from "Goodbye, Oscar" about Oscar Wilde. Tony read from "Homebody/Kabul" with amazing power. John Guare read from "Lake Hollywood." And Albee read from a new play! His first major success was a play called "Zoo Story," and this new play is a prequel on one of the characters and what happened to them just before "Zoo Story" started. Brutal.
What did Kushner say, that Shakespeare was the big "Why Bother?" After those performances... well, after the show, my friend and I looked at each other and said "why are we here?" But strangely, after everything settles in, it gives you more resolve to be better. Maybe my/your niche will be different but just as strong.
I wish all playwrights could be here.
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