Comments for http://www.toddlogansdesk.com/blog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:15:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on Everything You Wanted to Know about toddlogansdesk.com but Didn’t Really Give a Damn to Ask by Lisa http://www.toddlogansdesk.com/blog/?p=10#comment-69 Lisa Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:49:51 +0000 http://www.toddlogansdesk.com/blog/?p=10#comment-69 Hi...Man i just love your blog, keep the cool posts comin..holy Sunday. Hi…Man i just love your blog, keep the cool posts comin..holy Sunday.

]]> Comment on Man-Made Natural Disaster Show Biz Story by Suzanne http://www.toddlogansdesk.com/blog/?p=18#comment-62 Suzanne Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:38:25 +0000 http://www.toddlogansdesk.com/blog/?p=18#comment-62 God, i was going to post my own sob story, but it wouldn't have touched Norma Rae's sad and soggy drama. kinda does make me feel better about my own life, though, so, thanks 'Norma Rae.' God, i was going to post my own sob story, but it wouldn’t have touched Norma Rae’s sad and soggy drama. kinda does make me feel better about my own life, though, so, thanks ‘Norma Rae.’

]]> Comment on Theater Camp by Daniel http://www.toddlogansdesk.com/blog/?p=3#comment-41 Daniel Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:46:00 +0000 http://www.toddlogansdesk.com/blog/?p=3#comment-41 I couldn't understand some parts of this article Theater Camp, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting. I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Theater Camp, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.

]]> Comment on Theater Camp Sucked by Norma Rae http://www.toddlogansdesk.com/blog/?p=8#comment-35 Norma Rae Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:47:36 +0000 http://www.toddlogansdesk.com/blog/?p=8#comment-35 Postcript: I learned - a week before opening - that the play I was supposed to perform in was indeed cancelled..."due to flooding." I learned this by reading a notice on a community website. Postcript: I learned - a week before opening - that the play I was supposed to perform in was indeed cancelled…”due to flooding.” I learned this by reading a notice on a community website.

]]> Comment on Theater Camp Sucked by Daniel http://www.toddlogansdesk.com/blog/?p=8#comment-16 Daniel Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:42:16 +0000 http://www.toddlogansdesk.com/blog/?p=8#comment-16 I couldn't understand some parts of this article Theater Camp Sucked, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting. I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Theater Camp Sucked, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.

]]> Comment on Theater Camp Sucked by Jim Shankman http://www.toddlogansdesk.com/blog/?p=8#comment-12 Jim Shankman Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:22:20 +0000 http://www.toddlogansdesk.com/blog/?p=8#comment-12 Todd Congratulations! Excellent start to the New York side of your playwrighting career. Seems to have gone off without a hitch. I am green with envy! Jealous to the marrow! How many playwrights get five full days of intense and gratifying rehearsal before their play is ignominiously cancelled by an absentee producer? How many playwrights can say, "I was there in the backrow when it all began to gel, the acting, the writing, the direction, the design. And as I sat there I felt the vindication of years of struggle against a dismissive industry, the petty rejections of ignorant hacks, the smug indifference of underpaid assistants, and EVERYBODY’S A CRITIC. Todd, are you sure about that act ending, that opening line, that turn of phrase, that piece of business, that plot point, back reference, complication, underlying theme, that god only knows what they learned about in Film 101. Now all that was past and I could feel myself being heard above the vociferous din of the popular culture, my words, my story, my imagination, which I freely give to the world to make it a better, more understandable place, not for the 'strut and trade of charms upon the ivory stages,' not for the glory, the women, the Charlie Rose Show. No! I did it for the general welfare, for the furtherance of the human spirit. In all modesty. I did it for the world. And now it is nearly done, almost finished. I have only to open the doors to the world and invite them into my theatre. Here, won't you have a seat? Let me take your hat and coat. We’ll be starting any minute. AND THEN THE COCKSUCKERS CANCEL THE SHOW. THEY PUT THE GUN TO IT’S INNOCENT TEMPLE, SQUEEZE THE TRIGGER AND BLOW IT’S BRAINS ALL OVER GODDAMN 78th STREET.” My God! What I wouldn’t give for that. I don’t know if I could stand that kind of overnight success. It takes a certain sang-froid, a certain gravitas, an artistic maturity. I know I don’t if I have it. I only hope you do. Todd
Congratulations! Excellent start to the New York side of your playwrighting career. Seems to have gone off without a hitch. I am green with envy! Jealous to the marrow! How many playwrights get five full days of intense and gratifying rehearsal before their play is ignominiously cancelled by an absentee producer?
How many playwrights can say, “I was there in the backrow when it all began to gel, the acting, the writing, the direction, the design. And as I sat there I felt the vindication of years of struggle against a dismissive industry, the petty rejections of ignorant hacks, the smug indifference of underpaid assistants, and EVERYBODY’S A CRITIC. Todd, are you sure about that act ending, that opening line, that turn of phrase, that piece of business, that plot point, back reference, complication, underlying theme, that god only knows what they learned about in Film 101. Now all that was past and I could feel myself being heard above the vociferous din of the popular culture, my words, my story, my imagination, which I freely give to the world to make it a better, more understandable place, not for the ’strut and trade of charms upon the ivory stages,’ not for the glory, the women, the Charlie Rose Show. No! I did it for the general welfare, for the furtherance of the human spirit. In all modesty. I did it for the world. And now it is nearly done, almost finished. I have only to open the doors to the world and invite them into my theatre. Here, won’t you have a seat? Let me take your hat and coat. We’ll be starting any minute. AND THEN THE COCKSUCKERS CANCEL THE SHOW. THEY PUT THE GUN TO IT’S INNOCENT TEMPLE, SQUEEZE THE TRIGGER AND BLOW IT’S BRAINS ALL OVER GODDAMN 78th STREET.”
My God! What I wouldn’t give for that. I don’t know if I could stand that kind of overnight success. It takes a certain sang-froid, a certain gravitas, an artistic maturity. I know I don’t if I have it. I only hope you do.

]]> Comment on Theater Camp Sucked by Norma Rae http://www.toddlogansdesk.com/blog/?p=8#comment-10 Norma Rae Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:21:17 +0000 http://www.toddlogansdesk.com/blog/?p=8#comment-10 Todd, here is my "Man-Made Natural Disaster Show Biz Story": I wish they would cancel the show I am currently “in rehearsal” for. Now, mind you, there is nothing I enjoy more than embodying a fully-realized character in a very well-written play. And this play won the Pulitzer Prize. But, the performance space is currently under water. Which also means the rehearsal space in currently under water (and untreated sewage). The director took an acting job - in Rockford! and so he won’t “be around very much, and won’t be able to attend the performances...” - but “assured” the other actor and myself that a stage manager may be able to attend one of the rehearsals - at one of the actor’s homes, maybe? - when he is not there. The play is scheduled to open in two weeks. Did I mention that the performance space is very precariously near (in) the Des Plaines River? Did I also mention that my rain dance should also win the Pulitzer Prize (if there is such a thing for dance choreography?) There should be. The river crests at nine feet. I never would have known that before this “process”. I also never thought it would be possible to fill out an Actors Equity Association Application WHILE performing a rain dance. It is. Todd, here is my “Man-Made Natural Disaster Show Biz Story”:

I wish they would cancel the show I am currently “in rehearsal” for. Now, mind you, there is nothing I enjoy more than embodying a fully-realized character in a very well-written play. And this play won the Pulitzer Prize. But, the performance space is currently under water. Which also means the rehearsal space in currently under water (and untreated sewage). The director took an acting job - in Rockford! and so he won’t “be around very much, and won’t be able to attend the performances…” - but “assured” the other actor and myself that a stage manager may be able to attend one of the rehearsals - at one of the actor’s homes, maybe? - when he is not there. The play is scheduled to open in two weeks. Did I mention that the performance space is very precariously near (in) the Des Plaines River? Did I also mention that my rain dance should also win the Pulitzer Prize (if there is such a thing for dance choreography?) There should be. The river crests at nine feet. I never would have known that before this “process”. I also never thought it would be possible to fill out an Actors Equity Association Application WHILE performing a rain dance. It is.

]]> Comment on Theater Camp Sucked by admin http://www.toddlogansdesk.com/blog/?p=8#comment-9 admin Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:55:13 +0000 http://www.toddlogansdesk.com/blog/?p=8#comment-9 Good point. I didn't. Maybe the other guys did. Hmm Good point. I didn’t. Maybe the other guys did. Hmm

]]> Comment on Theater Camp Sucked by John F. http://www.toddlogansdesk.com/blog/?p=8#comment-8 John F. Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:09:58 +0000 http://www.toddlogansdesk.com/blog/?p=8#comment-8 Too bad you didn't have 10 investors at 25% each. Or...Did You? Too bad you didn’t have 10 investors at 25% each.
Or…Did You?

]]> Comment on Theater Camp Sucked by lucy dollar http://www.toddlogansdesk.com/blog/?p=8#comment-6 lucy dollar Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:25:07 +0000 http://www.toddlogansdesk.com/blog/?p=8#comment-6 Just hang in there, They're probably a bunch of jerks, anyway Just hang in there, They’re probably a bunch of jerks, anyway

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