Quote for today

“The way actors are trained here is wrong. All they think about is interpreting a text. They worry about how to speak words and know nothing about their bodies. You see that by the way they walk. They don’t understand the weight of a gesture in space. A good actor can command an audience by moving one finger”
Robert Wilson

“Words for Bob are like tacks on the kitchen floor in the dark of night and you’re barefoot. So Bob clears a path he can walk through words without getting hurt. Bob changes the values and shapes of words. In some sense they take on more meaning; in some cases, less.”
Tom Waits on Robert Wilson

In Memorandum: Joseph Stein

The Playwright who brought us Fiddler on the Roof and Zorba has died. Joseph Stein passed away on Sunday. He was 98.

Obituaries:
NPR
Playbill

Equity Jeff Award Results

PRODUCTION / PLAY (LARGE): “The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity” – Victory Gardens in association with Teatro Vista

PRODUCTION / PLAY (MIDSIZE): “The Farnsworth Invention” – TimeLine Theatre Company

PRODUCTION / MUSICAL (LARGE): “Ragtime” – Drury Lane Productions

PRODUCTION / REVUE: “Oh Coward!” – Writers’ Theatre

ENSEMBLE: “The Brother/Sister Plays” – Steppenwolf Theatre Company

DIRECTOR / PLAY: Edward Torres – “The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity” – Victory Gardens with Teatro Vista

DIRECTOR / MUSICAL: Rachel Rockwell – “Ragtime” – Drury Lane Productions

SOLO PERFORMANCE: Mary Beth Fisher – “The Year of Magical Thinking” – Court Theatre

ACTOR IN PRINCIPAL ROLE / PLAY: Desmin Borges – “The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity” - Victory Gardens with Teatro Vista

ACTOR IN PRINCIPAL ROLE / MUSICAL: Quentin Earl Darrington – “Ragtime” – Drury Lane Productions

ACTRESS IN PRINCIPAL ROLE / PLAY: Natasha Lowe – “A Streetcar Named Desire” – Writers’ Theatre

ACTRESS IN PRINCIPAL ROLE / MUSICAL: Cory Goodrich – “Ragtime” – Drury Lane Productions

ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE / PLAY: Francis Guinan – “A Guide for the Perplexed” – Victory Gardens Theater

ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE / MUSICAL: Mark David Kaplan – “Ragtime” – Drury Lane Productions

ACTRESS IN SUPPORTING ROLE / PLAY: Natalie West – “Abigail’s Party” – A Red Orchid Theatre

ACTRESS IN SUPPORTING ROLE / MUSICAL: Valisia LeKae – “Ragtime” – Drury Lane Productions

ACTOR IN A REVUE: Rob Lindley – “Oh Coward!” – Writers’ Theatre

ACTRESS IN A REVUE: Kate Fry – “Oh Coward!” – Writers’ Theatre

SCENIC DESIGN (LARGE): Walt Spangler – “A True History of the Johnstown Flood” – Goodman Theatre

SCENIC DESIGN (MIDSIZE): James Leaming – “Tobacco Road” – American Blues Theater

COSTUMES (LARGE): Alison Siple – “The Mystery of Irma Vep” – Court Theatre

COSTUMES (MIDSIZE): Sarah E. Ross and Kristin DeiTos – “Tobacco Road” – American Blues Theater

LIGHTING (LARGE): John Culbert – “The Illusion” – Court Theatre

LIGHTING (MIDSIZE): Jaymi Lee Smith – “Mary’s Wedding” – Rivendell Theatre Ensemble

SOUND (LARGE): Ray Nardelli – “Hephaestus: A Greek Mythology Circus Tale” – Lookingglass and Silverguy Entertainment

SOUND (MIDSIZE): Victoria DeIorio – “Mary’s Wedding” – Rivendell Theatre Ensemble

CHOREOGRAPHY: Tammy Mader – “Thoroughly Modern Millie” – Drury Lane Productions

INCIDENTAL MUSIC: Ray Nardelli, Andre Pluess, Joshua Horvath, and Kevin O’Donnell – “Hephaestus” – Lookingglass and Silverguy Entertainment

MUSIC DIRECTION: Roberta Duchak – “Ragtime” – Drury Lane Productions

NEW WORK / PLAY: Kristoffer Diaz - “The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity” – Victory Gardens with Teatro Vista

MULTIMEDIA DESIGN: Bridges Media – “Trust” – Lookingglass Theatre Company

FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY: David Woolley – “The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity” – Victory Gardens with Teatro Vista

St. Crispin's Day

What's he that wishes so?
My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin.
If we are mark'd to die, we are enow
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my desires;
But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive.
No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England.
God's peace! I would not lose so great an honour
As one man more, methinks, would share from me
For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more!
Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart. His passport shall be made,
And crowns for convoy put into his purse.
We would not die in that man's company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
This day is call'd the feast of Crispian.
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is named,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say, "To-morrow is Saint Crispian."
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
And say, "These wounds I had on Crispian's day."
Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words,
Harry the King, Bedford, and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester,
Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb'red.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered,
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.


Happy Birthday:
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

In Memorandum: Tom Bosley

Broadway actor Tom Bosley died today. Best known for his role in Happy Days, he won the Tony for his role in Fiorello.

Obituaries:
NY Times