Extra! Extra!
As luck and irony would have it, all the press for Journalism: a.WAKE.ning? is breaking late, fast and furious. Here’s a rundown of what came across the wires this weekend:
- The Gist: Ain’t these playwrights adorable thinking their journalists?
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The Pull-quote: “Panel discussions are, by definition, deadly dull.” (“Well, gee, thanks, Brendan!” Please also note, Kiley promised to start a fist fight. Let’s see if he walks his big talk.)
- The link: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2010/11/12/the-playwrights-think-theyre-newspapermen
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The Gist: NewsWrights is promising one free drink: a shot of rye or a glass of champagne, depending on your personal prognostication for the future of journalism.
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The Pull-quote: "I may just stay sober," playwright Paul Mullin told me on the phone. "I don't know which way it'll go."
- The Link: http://www.examiner.com/theater-in-seattle/no-better-time-to-produce-theater-seattle
- The Gist: Now is exactly the time to gamble on locally grown new plays.
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The Pull-quote: “The previous golden age of American theater was smack-dab during the last Great Depression,” said Mullin. “We must not sit around on our hands waiting for the rich to pay us to make art for them. The rich don’t need our help and they will not share our vision. We need to make art for the people who are suffering in these drastic times, and let the chips fall where they may. We need to enter the fray.”
- The Link: http://www.examiner.com/theater-in-seattle/no-better-time-to-produce-theater-seattle
Late buzz is better than no buzz at all, and we are grateful for it.
So if you haven’t already bought your tickets, don’t feel bad but DO IT NOW! Click HERE to make your order at Brown Paper Tickets, or if you’re feeling lucky and pressed for time, buy them at the door.
Either way . . .
We’ll see you tonight!
I do hope to make it, even though my 15 year-old just hijacked the last $20 out of my wallet. I'll see what I can do. But I'm definitely not promising to write an article, since, you know, I don't usually.
Posted by: Omar Willey | 11/15/2010 at 02:02 PM