I really need to start a Tumblr of bad production pictures. (via)
“The institution that is supposed to be the public’s watchdog, the news media, had gasped a collective yawn over the story of dead and dying homosexuals. In New York City, where half of the nation’s AIDS cases resided, The New York Times had written only three stories about the epidemic in 1981 and three more stories in all of 1982. None made the front page. Indeed, one could have lived in New York, or most of the United States for that matter, and not even have been aware from the daily newspapers that an epidemic was happening, even while government doctors themselves were predicting that the scourge would wipe out the lives of tens of thousands.” — And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
“Such a spirit of warm inclusion is a rare talent in the theater. Graney still has yet to find the right project — a show, like the New York hit “Sleep No More,” that could appeal to his edgy aesthetic, find a huge general audience and create enough of a scene that the tickets would vanish in an instant. “Romeo Juliet,” granted, is not that show. But it should only be a matter of time.” —
The Sean Graney way: First, make sure it’s a good time—Chicago Tribune
I’ve seen it become very difficult to get tickets for a Sean Graney show after the reviews come out.
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Bloomberg Businessweek just ousted Dein Spiegel for the title of “Magazine Cover of the Year.”
(Source: soupsoup, via felixsalmon)
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“Ingleside Station is the penultimate commuter railroad station along Metra’s Milwaukee District/North Line in Ingleside, Illinois.” — Great Moments in Wikipedia Articles: Metra Edition
A monk prays for peace just outside the gates of McCormick Place Saturday morning near Cermack Road and Michigan Avenue just hours before a violent NATO protest broke out.
I wrote about what makes a music video bad over at Punching a Jayhawk.