@RyanNewYork
He sits on the Broad of Directors of The Ali Forney Center, where he is the founding producer of their annual Broadway Beauty Pageant fundraiser. He's also on the Board of Directors of The Deconstructive Theatre Project and the Board of Advisers of the startup TV Dinner.
He's also a director/producer, who lives in Brooklyn, NY and created the musical White Noise. Ryan writes about politics for The Huffington Post & The Hill. He has been a guest editor for Queerty and is the host of the podcast Gay History: Uncut.
Here Ryan blogs about politics, film, TV, history, religion, science, books, theater, digital media, LGBT issues, Bushwick & Williamsburg, New York City, and anything else he's interested in at the moment. Oh, and he'll probably talk a lot about himself.
This is a personal blog. Any opinions expressed here and on my Twitter represent my own and not those of my employer or clients.
1. I get an email from Mike Daisey’s email list announcing his new show.
2. I write some snarky reply.
3. Then he makes me feel like an asshole.
Friends,
For over a year now, I’ve been working with a great team to develop a new community outreach program for The Deconstructive Theatre Project (where I’m on the board of directors) called DTPe. Our first event, Evocative Objects is just a day away and is going to be super awesome. So if you are free on Saturday at 8pm, and if seeing a found object band, watching a foley performance to poetry, free food and beer, all in a junk warehouse sounds fun to you… then you should check it out.
We are offering a discount code, so be sure to get in on it.
Follow the link: http://www.deconstructivetheatreproject.org/subscribe-to-dtpe/ and type in dtpe1 in the discount code box for an exclusive $20 entry into the event.
And scroll through the brochure, it’s pretty stunning and you can learn more about our other upcoming events. I’ve grabbed a few screenshots from the brochure for the images above.
Saw The Normal Heart at Arena Stage last night and really enjoyed it. I know and love the play, had memorized monologues (like the one above) when I was still in high school. It’s a great cast and a play that younger gays need to see. Not just to know their history, but to make sure they aren’t doomed to repeat it.
Hope you’ll join me at The Deconstructive Theatre Project’s summer rooftop gala on June 2nd. Should be a great event and at $35, you won’t find a better deal to start your Saturday.
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The Deconstructive Theatre Project’s summer rooftop celebration is coming up on June 2.
Please join me for the sunset, drinks, food, live music, and a silent auction. I’d love to have you New Yorkers there to celebrate with us.All contributions are tax-deductible and support The Deconstructive Theatre Project’s production, education, and outreach programming.
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Last weekend I attended Deconstuctive Theatre Project’s The Orpheus Variations presentation at IRT. It’s a very cool project, combining live film and theatre with the Orpheus myth. Look forward to watching this develop.
For more information on DTP, visit their website.
Full disclosure: I’m on DTP’s Board of Directors.
Photos by Mitch Dean & Adam J. Thompson
Some live theater posters from the Paris metro. I wish I could have seen A Bronx Tale in French.
This wonderful story comes from the Seattle Children’s Theatre. Give this performance report a read.
From now on, whenever I’m getting too cynical about the theatre, I’ll read it again.
