Show Us Do Not Tell Us
One covenant of a successful live performance is adherence to the “Show, Don’t Tell” mandate. In its most essential form, that mantra means action has much more value to the human heart than mere listening.
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United We Write and Direct
Here are some of the founding ideas of UnitedStage.com from 14 years ago that led us to expand the portal today:
Welcome!
For over 25 years, The United Stage has served as a worldwide consortium for over 25,000 international Theatre professionals and amateurs who vehemently believe Playwrights must direct the original production of their plays in order for their vision to be wholly realized on stage. There are no dues or membership fees to join. No one makes any money off this site or off the idea or implementation of this entity. We ask only for your support as Citizens of what we consider to be the paramount Playwright’s Project in the world. United We Write & Direct. Divided We Write.
Honoring Don Gregory
When I was a student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, my English Major adviser was the great Don Gregory.
Spitzer Knew the Evolutionarily Inevitable
The Eliot Spitzer Hooker Psychodrama playing out in the mainstream media has reminded me of other examples of a SuperGenius father and a cursed son.
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Obama Rising in Virginia, Maryland and the District
Obama slaughtered Hillary last night in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. Barack didn’t just beat her. He whupped her good. Is Obama rising? Or is he only cresting until Hillary can smash him again in Texas and Ohio?
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Rove and Clinton: Drums of Racism Banging Obama
I suppose it had to happen sooner than later.
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Columbia University Gets Googled
We were displeased to learn Columbia University is tumbling down the Google tube:
Columbia University has partnered with Google, Inc. to digitize select public domain printed volumes in the University Libraries’ collections and make them available online using Google Book Search. The digitization project will provide teachers, students, scholars, and readers around the world with an unprecedented ability to search, locate, and read books from the University’s collections. The digital collection resulting from this project significantly advances Columbia’s ability to serve its academic community, as well as readers worldwide.
Apekind Arising!
The Apekind are coming for us! The chimps, the Barbarys, the orangutans, the gibbons, the monkeys, the gorillas, those sneaky rhesus monkeys — they’re all smarter than we are, more moral, prettier, they’re evolving faster than we are, they have more research money than we do, and they have access to better cigarettes!
My Kingdom for a Kindle or Two or Six!
The $400.00USD Amazon Kindle eReader sold out in less than five hours on its debut day November 20th. The next batch sold out even quicker — I was lucky to get one delivered Friday — and the third batch of Kindles will not be available for purchase until after December 25th.
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