10/29/2003
Check out the North Bay Theatre Group
In an attempt to more widely publicize a useful resource in the North Bay Area, I'm putting links to the North Bay Theatre Group on this blog. The site serves the North Bay theater community, both the groups and audiences. It consolidates more than a dozen theater groups in one web resource.
Additionally, if you are a theater musician, please add your name to the Musicians Database on the NBTG site. The site is still open to suggestions for improvement. Use the 'Email Us' link under Info & News on the top bar.
10/21/2003
Missing link...
So now I've had to amend the Tuesday Morning Quarterback link, as TMQ is persona non grata with ESPN. More precisely, the eminent Gregg Easterbrook (who writes TMQ) is PNG with the mighty Michael Eisner, head of Disney, which owns ESPN.
The flap began with Easterbrook's unfortunate posting in his Easterblogg for The New Republic Online, where his last paragraph was a poorly executed attempt to put pressure on the Disney honchos to pull their support for Tarantino's latest film, Kill Bill. Easterbrook's last paragraph comes off as thinly-veiled (or even un-veiled) anti-Semitism. I have never known Easterbrook to write any anti-Semitic, or even any remotely racist statements. He even declines to refer to Washington's pro football team as 'R*dsk*ns', in deference to the fact that the team name is a slur against Native Americans.
Instapundit has a good collection of what's happened since. For me, though, the worst fallout is losing (hopefully only temporarily) the great fun of reading Tuesday Morning Quarterback. Easterbrook's pseudo-football/sci-fi/cheesecake column made Tuesdays worthwhile. I hope it returns to an online venue near us soon!
10/15/2003
It's tough to find a tenor in the North Bay
Santa Rosa Players is on the verge of ceasing its search for a lyric tenor for G&S THE MIKADO. The upper management has preliminarily cast the director's husband in the romantic tenor lead role. He's a very fine tenor and performer...but...the soprano lead is in college, while the tenor is post-retirement. We are hoping a May-December (or perhaps March-November) pairing for these roles won't be too far of a stretch for the audience.
Please think happy thoughts for Santa Rosa Players as we progress in our production of The Mikado...
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