Creative Control

Miscellaneous Mental Musings of an Emerging Artist

Category Archives: Theatre

Memo to Elizabeth Berkley…

You may one day awaken and find yourself replaced. By a sock puppet. And it will still do a more credible job in “Showgirls” than you managed. In fact, that … Continue reading

April 22, 2002 · Leave a comment

In other news…

I just discovered that, two years ago, a Florida man completed the first perfect game of Pac-Man in a New Hampshire arcade. The perfect game of Pac-Man requires that the … Continue reading

April 16, 2002 · Leave a comment

Zapruder Trial.

So…interesting dream I had last night, one of the first truly interesting ones that I have been able to remember in recent months. I’m at a birthday party for one … Continue reading

April 15, 2002 · Leave a comment

Bedlam Living Room.

When it rains, it pours, but I am so, so happy that the weather has gotten nice. My girlfriend and I have maintained an ongoing discussion about one day moving … Continue reading

April 11, 2002 · Leave a comment

That’s why it’s called a rough draft.

Last night was the reading of my new two-act play.

March 14, 2002 · Leave a comment

Thrown from the horse. Still contemplating a return to the saddle.

I flaked. It is Monday morning, two days after my second grab at the brass ring that is casting in Too Much Light, and I’m expecting only two of the … Continue reading

March 4, 2002 · Leave a comment

Conversations with the Inner Cynic.

I’m currently fighting off a bout of existential angst, for the simple reason that I don’t have time for it. My average live theatre attendance increases about 400% this week, … Continue reading

February 22, 2002 · Leave a comment

If at first you don’t succeed…

…plot the deaths of those that you view responsible. Just. Kidding. But I bring it up because, in a situation out of the Second Chance Playbook, I checked the Performing … Continue reading

February 8, 2002 · Leave a comment

I am Jack’s Bloodthirsty Audience.

Apparently, once a week is all I can afford to give to the LJ, at current. Work has been a bear [1], especially in the departments of photo research and … Continue reading

February 7, 2002 · Leave a comment

Within this bastard’s carnival, this vicious cabaret.

“But the backdrops peel and the sets give way, and the cast gets eaten by the play. There’s a murderer at the matinee. There are dead men in the aisles. … Continue reading

January 24, 2002 · Leave a comment