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If you haven't had a chance to read it yet, check out this post over at kick-ass fight choreographer and playwright Qui Nguyen's beyondabsurdity. Milk-snortingly funny...

Review: Riding the Bull

Riding the Bull
reviewed by Pete Boisvert for nytheatre.com

Plays focusing on religious faith and devotion and their place in our world often fall into one of two camps. Either they become bogged down in the seriousness of the weight of their subject, or they madly tear down sacred cows in an attempt to offend and shock us. Flux Theatre Ensemble’s production of August Schulenburg’s Riding the Bull finds the sweet spot between cynicism and piety, giving us a stunningly imaginative comedy that never loses sight of its own heart.

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Review: LA FEMME EST MORTE or Why I Should Not F!%# My Son

LA FEMME EST MORTE or Why I Should Not F!%# My Son
reviewed by Pete Boisvert for nytheatre.com

Pick up a newspaper, flip through a magazine, or turn on a cable news channel. Odds are the first story you encounter will be on one of two topics: war or celebrity gossip. These twin themes provide the yin and yang of 21st century corporate media. In Shalimar Productions' LA FEMME EST MORTE or Why I Should Not F!%# My Son, a very modern adaptation of the Phaedra myth by Shoshona Currier, military jingoism and the lifestyles of the rich and famous collide, with fascinating results.

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Review: Bloody Lies

Got my third review up on nytheatre.com. They're coming out a bit faster now, thankfully. Check it out:

Bloody Lies

New Photo Albums

I picked up a new Olympus FE-230 on Friday after work and spent the weekend testing it out. Three new albums up on Picasa.

Folks

The Mermaid Parade

Night Shooting

NYTheatre Reviews

James and I were asked by Martin Denton to review several shows from the summer festivals for nytheatre.com. Saw my first two shows over the weekend, and the reviews just went up. Here are the links:

OFF Stages: The East Village Fragments

The FeMale Heart