Actors

A Middle of the Night Meeting With the Commedia

8 Comments / Actors, Artists, Authors, Commedia, Historical Fiction, Magic Realism, Mask Work, Problem Solver, The Innamorati, Three Sisters, Writing Process /

I realized in the middle of the night that everything I had imagined about the plot structure of Three Sisters was insufficient unto the task. I had assumed I could move from one sister's narrative to another, forming discreet and somewhat separate interludes. But, I realized as I turned over on the pillow that If […]

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The Very Best Insults

Actors, Authors, Best Lines in a Book, Events, Poetry, Politics, Quotations, Research Notes /

This is why I love reading Shakespeare: Prince Hal: "This sanguine coward, this bed-presser, this horse-back breaker, this huge hill of flesh." Falstaff: "S'Blood, you starveling, you elf-skin, you dried neat's-tongue, you bull-pizzle, you stock fish. Oh for breath to utter what is like thee! You tailor's-yard, you sheath, you bow-case, you vile standing tuck!."

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John Turturro And Italo Calvino: Italian Folktales On The Stage And On Film

Actors, Artists, Authors, Books, Fairy Tales, Fashion, Folklore, Performance, Theater /

Actor John Turturro has acquired the rights to create a filmed version of Italo Calvino's Italian Folktales (perhaps my all time favorite fairy tale collection). Last year, Turturro tested the waters so to speak with a new play "Fiable Italiano" adapted from Calvino's collection. It was performed before sold out audiences in Turin, Naples and

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