Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Hello.
...though the days have been gorgeous, full examples of how stunning this City can be in the early Fall season...Peter is in the midst of rehearsing for a reading of a new musical for the New York Musical Theatre Festival...one based on CAMILLE, written by two folks from LA who Peter says are very nice people....they called him in at the last minute to replace someone, and he has been rehearsing since Sunday. Our pals Todd Johnson and Bill Evans are in it as well, and I look forward to seeing it this coming Saturday afternoon...Peter is meeting yet more interesting new folks, and getting to wrap his good voice around new music, which he loves to do...
I meet David Staller later today at Joe Allen's for "tea" as he put it, at 4:00 before going on down to teach my class..David, a pal from days past, is elegant and well-spoken, talented and warm. Also, tall and handsome in the extreme, it is good to catch up with him and re-kindle that interesting friendship.He is Exec Producer of a group called The Epic Theater Company, and is holding a series of Monday night readings that sounds really intriguing: the playwright, always present, casts the reading of the new work ,cold, from the gathered actors, who have never seen the script. That way, the actor has no time to craft a "performance' or in any way attempt to save the writing...thus, it is also not in any way directed...such a process speaks, therefore, to what is simply written on the page as it is..i like this idea. And a discussion ensues, i gather, only if the writer has specific questions he or she needs answered. It is very pointed to the sheer craft of the thing. Peter and I will go to the next reading in October, at the Irish Rep, though David usually uses the Players Club for the gatherings. I will be glad to see and talk with Mr.Staller.
The re-cultivation of good friends.
Gotta go for now...more later....xxev
I meet David Staller later today at Joe Allen's for "tea" as he put it, at 4:00 before going on down to teach my class..David, a pal from days past, is elegant and well-spoken, talented and warm. Also, tall and handsome in the extreme, it is good to catch up with him and re-kindle that interesting friendship.He is Exec Producer of a group called The Epic Theater Company, and is holding a series of Monday night readings that sounds really intriguing: the playwright, always present, casts the reading of the new work ,cold, from the gathered actors, who have never seen the script. That way, the actor has no time to craft a "performance' or in any way attempt to save the writing...thus, it is also not in any way directed...such a process speaks, therefore, to what is simply written on the page as it is..i like this idea. And a discussion ensues, i gather, only if the writer has specific questions he or she needs answered. It is very pointed to the sheer craft of the thing. Peter and I will go to the next reading in October, at the Irish Rep, though David usually uses the Players Club for the gatherings. I will be glad to see and talk with Mr.Staller.
The re-cultivation of good friends.
Gotta go for now...more later....xxev
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