What I'm Reading
03/05/08 Filed in: Poppycock
A massive biography by Amanda Vaill. Robbins
was, of course, a theatrical dynamo, and most
show biz people know of his major works, but I
had no idea just how many projects the man had a
hand in. A clear picture emerges: He was driven,
ambitious, energetic, creative, catty, neurotic,
ambisexual, and brilliant. And immensely
talented.
I also picked up Stretching My Mind: The Collected Essays of Edward Albee
.
Albee is a marvelous essayist, and his
commentary on subjects ranging from Clifford
Odets, Samuel Beckett, and Noel Coward, to
Louise Nevelson, and Jonathan Thomas, to Three
Tall Women, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and
The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? is a rich, wonderful
glimpse of the man, his influences and friends,
and our world these past fifty years.
Next on my list: Hi Concept, Lo Tech: Theatre For Everyone in Any Place
,
about which you may learn
here.
Not a new work (published in 1996), but one that
seems it may have much to offer in today's
environment.
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