That Planet that’s a Large, Gaseous Cloud
No, not Neptune. No, not Jupiter. Don’t make me say it. Okay, fine.
Various and Sundry
Raves Various and Sundry
“I’m standing in a very happy place right now” Behind-the-scenes of Hamilton
As I mentioned the other week, we saw Hamilton along with a good many millions of people at the beginning of the month… and that’s led to listening to the soundtrack non-stop the following weekend, at least one rewatch so far, and delving into all sorts of reading and watching of supplemental material. Just about none has topped my theater geeky glee quite like seeing Adam Savage looking at the props used in Hamilton. As…
Acting Various and Sundry
O.G. Theater, Live This Saturday!
I was about to do a theater post anyway today, but I had to go ahead and share this. Per this article by David Gordon, the National Theatre of Greece will be doing a performance of The Persians from the historic –and we’re talking anciently historic– theater of Epidaurus this Saturday, July 25th. The YouTube link is here. Get your O.G. (Original Greek) theater on!
Various and Sundry
20 Minutes Later into the Future
Max Headroom is one of those series I definitely need to rewatch, as it feels like it’s disturbingly more prophetic than we’d like these days. Bryan Bishop over at The Verve has put together a lengthy oral history of the show and pop culture phenomenon. Check it out!
Various and Sundry
Your Moment of Solar Zen
It’s Friday, so what better way to relax than to kick back and watch and incredible and incredibly relaxing time lapse film of 10 years of The Sun!
Acting Voiceover
The Many Voices of Rob Paulsen
Odds are, you’ve heard Rob Paulsen do voices in any of a number of shows. In this 20-minute video, he returns to his Detroit stomping grounds to deliver a TEDx talk, which was enlightening and entertaining.
Various and Sundry
American Presidents before George Washington
Like a statistically noticeable chunk of Americans, my wife and I saw Hamilton this past weekend… which naturally led to us to look up the historical details of all the historical figures. One question that popped up –and really, I’m surprised this wasn’t touched on in any my history classes– was who was “in charge” of the United States before George Washington? I mean, we have that whole “Articles of Confederation” period where someone was…
Various and Sundry
That Time You Hope Randall Munroe Isn’t as Prescient as He Probably Is
I was going through my list of articles and whatnot to post on and came across this bit from the webcomic XKCD and oh… oh my. Let’s hope they put this off until a future year.
Producing
More on Getting Back to Set
Earlier this week, Cirque Du Soleil announced it was filing for bankruptcy and Broadway said it was going to be shuttered until January 2021. It’s grim for folks in the entertainment industry. Still people are trying to figure out how to get some productions back in gear, especially film and TV. Last week, I shared some guidance the film industry has been working on. This week, catching up on Scriptnotes, I heard their late May…