my introduction to blog nation

Hello, Internet! In this forum I'll be blogging about theater and writing. Please note that I am more than sufficiently intelligent to do so, and have an enormous vocabulary, theatrical and otherwise. Expressing myself in violet type using a charmingly jazzy literary voice shouldn't negate the quality of my viewpoint. :)

While I admire the style of the serious NY theater bloggers, I don't enjoy writing that way, and will never engage in their kind of analysis. I'm more about content and execution, and the exploration of what works and does not work onstage. Oh, and I'm obsessed with puppet theater thanks to my participation in IATC's Young Critics Seminar in France last September. (I'm developing a truly dark and downtown work using a style of Romanian puppets. By "developing," I mean that I know the look and structure of the show, but have very few details mapped out, and can't build marionettes. But it will be awesome if it ever sees the light of day.)

It's completely typical of me that I'm starting this instead of writing reviews for the Fringe shows I saw this weekend. (At the moment, I'm a staff writer for offoffonline.) The excuse-maker in me would defend my procrastination by saying that the distraction helps to foment my opinions. (The excuse-maker likes fancy words.) To an extent, this is true: I've always had to let things sit (ferment?) before I give out opinions in order to avoid delivering inane surface statements ("I liked it!") or overly caustic remarks ("It was excruciating!")

Of course, it's my firm belief that some productions are so shoddy that they don't deserve in-depth deconstruction. This isn't laziness, this is fair play. If you don't take the time to work out the kinks in your show, then don't expect me to take the time to point them out to you.

Thanks for reading, Internet! I'll try to be back soon with links to my latest reviews.