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Flux Sunday. March 9th

PLAYING WITH POWERFlux Sundays has been growing steadily, and we have now had to change our invitation structure so that new folks come for three sessions only – giving us a chance to know them, and vice versa – with the potential of future revisits after all on the waiting list have had a chance….

Only two more weekends left to see Christina Shipp in "Winter’s Tale"!!!

I was lucky enough to catch my friend (and Associate Member of Flux) Christina Shipp as Perdita in The American Globe Theatre’s The Winter’s Tale a few weeks ago. This is one of Shakespeare’s most beautifully written, yet enigmatic plays, shifting from desperate tragedy to pastoral comedy in the blink of a bear. As Perdita,…

Isaiah’s film is going to be on TV!

Wondering what to do until the benefit on April 14th? Wish you could see more of Isaiah? Well, who wouldn’t? So why not catch my television broadcast debut this Saturday night at 10:45 pm on PBS Channel Thirteen? “Window Shopping,” a short I starred in, was chosen as a finalist for this week’s “Reel 13”…

Racism in the United States: Seeing Things Not Just in Black and White

I am sorry to say that I am blogging about two shows that have already closed, but at least if you see a theatre presenting of one these, you’ll know to check them out for yourself. A few weeks ago, I caught the LAByrinth Theater Company’s production of Brett C. Leonard’s Unconditional, which ran at…

Support Flux: Buy a Raffle Ticket!

We hope that you are able to attend our 2008 Spring Benefit for our production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on April 14th – starting at 6:30pm at The White Rabbit (145 Houston Street). If you are unable to come, you can still participate in our raffle! The money made from the raffle will go…

The Great God Brown, Columbia Stages

When I was a younger man oh hell let’s say when I was a boy, I loved Eugene O’Neill as a convert loves the polish of his new found religion, I was blind off the shine of him; my inclination to drink, already strong and stronger for wanting to lose myself in everyone else, found…

The Lifeblood, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble

I was especially excited to see Phoenix Theatre Ensemble’s production of The Lifeblood because: A. They are a true Ensemble company, with several members having worked together over decades.B. The play is written by Glyn Maxwell, a poet, in heightened language.C. The play deals with the trial of Mary Stuart, in that endlessly interesting time…

Liberty City, New York Theatre Workshop

Rattler’s actor and friend Richard Watson and I took in Liberty City at New York Theatre Workshop on a Thursday or so ago, and I have been wanting to blog about it ever since. Thankfully, Aaron Riccio has said many of the wonderful things I’d like to say here. It is a lovely and hard…

Flux Sunday, February 24th

Directing at Flux Sundays can be a dangerous event. Why, if you’re not careful, Members like Cotton Wright might bring you to an organic beer and local foods bar in the East Village, tie you down to a chair on a stage, and then give your brains a thorough washing with her drill. (photo:Marnie Schulenburg,…

The Authentic Within Inauthentic Authenticity

Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue –Molière I know many of you who read this blog have been wondering, “Where are all the foxy females that are legendary to Flux?” I mean, we’ve all read entries from those irresistible studmuffins Jason, Joe, Gus and (sigh) Isaiah, but I think…

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