Unseen Hunter
Poetry by Omar Willey
Night and Day Film Noir Series February 2013: Alexander Mackendrick’s The Sweet Smell of Success
In this entry, Ryan and the Star’s José Amador discuss Sweet Smell of Success, the diverse nature of Tony Curtis’ career and personal life, Burt Lancaster’s artistic instincts, the role the HUAC had in the development of Film Noir, and, somehow, the lyrics to Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B Goode.”
The Ghastly Impermanence: BBC World Service Radio Archive Goes Beta
The BBC have announced a prototype website covering the past sixty years of BBC World Service Broadcasts, including over eight hundred radio plays among the 70,000 pieces in the archive. This is an extraordinary effort and deserves the highest attention and even a little begrudging praise from those like me who tend to be naysayers wherever Auntie is concerned.
She She Pop’s Testament at On the Boards
Having already sung the praises of the nature of the programming at On the Boards (an endeavor I am likely to pick up again in the future), let us turn our attention to the organization’s latest offering, She She Pop’s Testament.
The Ghastly Impermanence: The BBC Audio Drama Awards and Predictable Shock
Thoughts on this year’s BBC Audio Drama Awards.
Endymion’s Prayer
Poetry from Joseph Ekstedt
The Seagull Project: A Method to the Madness
The production is three-quarters pure genius and one-quarter excellence. One can hardly complain about that mixture. The whole production gives me an optimism about the stage that maybe other companies will finally try to make a break from the petrifying effects of “seasons” and “shows” and rediscover what the San Francisco Actors Workshop under Herbert Blau and Jules Irving knew back in the 1950s: the play is the thing, and it is ready when it is ready.
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