Haven't had much time to post anything new lately, but here are my latest costume designs (pix of how they actually materialized coming soon).
These were my original ideas, based on the my first meeting with the director:
However, those weren't quite the right vibe for the play. So the three we actually went with came out more similar to these (except with hands and feet):
Stats for New York this season are absurd:
Plays by Living American Playwrights for 2008-09 Season:
Roundabout: 3 white men, 1 white woman
Lincoln Center Theater: 4 white men
MTC: 5 White men, 1 black woman
Public Theater: 6 white men, 1 black woman
Second Stage: 3 white men, 1 white woman
Playwrights Horizons 4 white men, 2 women (1 black, 1 white)
Vineyard: 1 white man, 1 black man
NYTW: 1 white man, 1 white woman
Primary Stages: 3 white men, 1 white woman
Soho: 1 white man
Rattlestick: 2 white men, 1 white woman
New Group: 2 white men
Atlantic 5 white men
Total: 40 white men, 10 the rest of the world
Zero plays by Asian, Latino, Middle-Eastern playwrights. No plays with lesbian content.
Population of New York City:
Non-Latino Whites: 35%
Latinos: 27%
Blacks: 26.6 %
Asians 9.8 %
Other 1 %
White Males: 14% of New York City, 80% of 2008/09 Theater Season
If you are the first person to leave a crowded subway train, your mission (even if you choose NOT to accept it) is to move your legs as quickly as possible to the nearest exit.
Similarly, when you are the first to approach the stairs that will get you out into the real world again, you must be ready to haul ass. When you do not adhere to this fundamental rule, you don't see it, but a few hundred people behind you die a little. You may have shaved off a few minutes of each of their lives, due to the extra strain you put on their near-exploding brains.
If you are not prepared for this task, then step down and let someone else lead the crowd. You are obviously not in a hurry anyway.
However, if you ARE prepared for this task, do it with pride. Take those stairs two at a time. Roller-skate through the subway tunnels if you feel like it. A warning, though- even if you are the fastest stair-skipper in all the land, it is NOT OKAY to block the entire stairwell. Keep to the right, idiot.
Thanks.
Went to the world-famous Sylvia's last night, and was by no means disappointed. I had the California-style smothered chicken and waffle, with a side of baked mac n cheese. If you live in this city, and you have not yet gone to Sylvia's- go. It's on 125th street, east side. Reasonably priced for the wallets of artists. Huge portions. Gym across the street.
Do us all a favor. Don't go and protest at the RNC. It just makes all liberals look like fucking wack-jobs.
Also, no government? That'll definitely happen.
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