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A Master Class in Storytelling (for nerds)
The following videos present a master class in storytelling through the lens of a critique of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (with some bizarre dark humor and not safe for work language thrown in for fun). I … Continue reading
Posted in On Writing
Tagged musical theater, musical theatre, nerds, phantom menace, review, star wars, storytelling, structure
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The 7 Deadly Sins of Musical Theatre Writing
There are approximately 8 billion things that can go wrong for a musical between the time a writer first touches pen to paper and the moment the actors take their final bow. From a writing perspective, here are the seven … Continue reading
To Boldly Go…
For thirty two years, I have successfully avoided the Star Trek franchise in all its incarnations. Now, for those of you familiar with my personality and/or work, this fact may be surprising for two reasons: My plays and musicals are … Continue reading
Posted in christopher dimond, On Writing
Tagged boldly go, dimond, kooman, musical theater, musical theatre, star trek, star wars, writing, zachary quinto
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Beginnings -or- Why Older Sisters are Always Right
Setting: A car parked outside of the Pittsburgh Playhouse. Time: The early 1990’s An obnoxious fourteen-year-old boy argues with his older sister. His motives are strong and pure. He wants to spend the summer doing something awesome like sitting on … Continue reading
Critics and their power to close a Broadway show.
Wowsa…the Denis O’hare and Brendan Frasier play “Elling” is playing it’s last performance tonight after having only played 9 performances. That’s a considerably short run. The producers’ decision to close the show probably came after the almost unanimously bad reviews. … Continue reading
Posted in michael kooman, On Writing
Tagged addams family, ben brantley, brendan frasier, brighton beach memoirs, broadway, broadway critics, cole porter, critics, denis o'hare, elling, enron, enron broadway show, glorydays, infamous browadway shows, new york times, new york times theater review, shortest broadway runs, shortest broadway shows, story of my life, story of my life the musical, the lion king
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