tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:59:49 +0000Mergatroyd bloghttp://www.mcclernan.com/bloggy.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)Blogger1383125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-2194685761404086225Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:57:00 +00002010-04-30T05:59:49.975-04:00Oh my yes - hot gay men in Regency period clothing - two hotties for the price of one - there's a publishing house Ava March devoted to it.http://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#2194685761404086225noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-7327177860574940455Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:03:00 +00002010-04-28T23:27:10.772-04:00Gene Krupa - "Sing Sing Sing"Joe Morello - "Take Five"Keith Moon - "Happy Jack"http://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#7327177860574940455noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-5818356947535153098Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:44:00 +00002010-04-28T05:45:26.568-04:00Your simple guide to the most powerful reviewer on the planet.http://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#5818356947535153098noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-5571725614886717656Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:03:00 +00002010-04-28T07:04:36.056-04:00the first 10 pages.Of course panic attacks are only amusing if you're not having one...http://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#5571725614886717656noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-9212453070443829444Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:57:00 +00002010-04-27T04:20:14.009-04:00So it turns out that Daniel Genalo, the guy I cast as Alex in my upcoming production of NEW RULES was on the very same episode of 30 Rock that NYCPlaywrights member and Mergatroyd Productions' fave actor Nick Fondulis was - in fact, Daniel's character got the job that Nick's character, Jayden Michael Tyler did not get because, well, Jayden was crazy. And Daniel was the robot guy because he does http://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#9212453070443829444noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-5851755878637271785Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:09:00 +00002010-04-26T01:10:00.121-04:00A very good rehearsal today. And the web site is mostly done. Yay.http://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#5851755878637271785noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-1679801949273426309Mon, 26 Apr 2010 03:12:00 +00002010-04-26T00:56:19.611-04:00WORDSMITHS - another work inspired by people who did me wrong - because I'm such a badass I will get you back by writing a play about you. Move over, Russian mafia.http://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#1679801949273426309noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-2438333451393288563Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:34:00 +00002010-04-23T19:48:22.677-04:00Rehearsals all weekend - for the NYCPlaywrights Fundraiser and NEW RULES - I have to do the web site ASAP!Plus, of course this always happens - inspiration has struck and I have the entire plot of my play JULIA AND BUDDY worked out - and no time to write it down for the next 48 hours.http://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#2438333451393288563noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-34116677745691898Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:22:00 +00002010-04-22T22:42:51.251-04:00Wow you have to hand it to the Oregon Regency Society, they are hardcore Regency-period-philiacs. They even manage to get men into it, and recently they provided this handy outfitting the Regency man post as a guide. It really makes me want to produce my JANE EYRE again, and damn the expenses, just to get some guys into Regency period clothing again - virtually every man looks better in the http://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#34116677745691898noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-7410672928651529822Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:22:00 +00002010-04-22T07:32:02.829-04:00I really didn't think Jon Stewart could top the "Union Appreciation Month" bit - and less than 2 weeks later he proves me wrong! The last 60 seconds of this clip is the most wondrous thing I've ever seen on TV.The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cBernie Goldberg Fires Backwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorTea Partyhttp://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#7410672928651529822noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-7505763699225244094Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:22:00 +00002010-04-20T23:23:11.567-04:00Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyhttp://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#7505763699225244094noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-3239207919071266418Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:09:00 +00002010-04-19T23:12:36.808-04:00the scripthttp://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#3239207919071266418noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-8159058973654320795Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:26:00 +00002010-04-19T00:37:27.582-04:00It's funny, the responses I've gotten from this play - it seems that everybody has had experiences with mean girls, and this play reminds them how much bodily harm they'd like to do to mean girls.more clips from the April 17 & 18 shows herehttp://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#8159058973654320795noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-3926889676068662757Sat, 17 Apr 2010 04:05:00 +00002010-04-17T00:19:46.676-04:00There's a great program available on youtube - I, Claudius A Television Epic which gives behind the scenes interviews - many years after I, Claudius was made - about that incredible classic series. It's hard to believe it was produced in the 1970s.There is so much good stuff in the series, but all the bits with Derek Jacobi as Claudius and John Hurt as Caligula are absolute genius - as the clip http://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#3926889676068662757noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-6765244414421173300Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:03:00 +00002010-04-15T22:11:27.041-04:00On the one hand, I relate to Charles Isherwood's gripe about feeling like odd-man-out - I feel like that about 90% of all theater I see (with the necessary gender switch) - on the other hand I hate the obligatory "The English Patient" bashing because one character on Seinfeld didn't like the movie and felt left out. The wonder to me has always been not that one character on Seinfeld didn't like http://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#6765244414421173300noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-9117844486133129816Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:01:00 +00002010-04-15T21:23:44.638-04:00Every day I thank Athena for The Sexist - I have to put it on my blogroll soon.In this not very recent post (I was reviewing their archives) Amanda Hess had some interesting things to say about the cluelessness of art historians - not getting that "The Proposition" is about some overly-facial-haired guy trying to get some embroderer to turn hoe for him. Ah yes - that takes me back to my days in http://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#9117844486133129816noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-7505122903928203394Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:27:00 +00002010-04-14T19:28:51.523-04:00I think these two are the soul of American democracyThe Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cRachel Maddowwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorTea Partyhttp://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#7505122903928203394noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-7313855509750854682Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:45:00 +00002010-04-12T19:50:44.872-04:00http://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#7313855509750854682noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-5531184450791055007Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:23:00 +00002010-04-12T00:24:45.932-04:00GOOD WOMEN OF MORNINGSIDE production pix online...http://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#5531184450791055007noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-7439312448479693784Sun, 11 Apr 2010 06:19:00 +00002010-04-11T02:36:09.445-04:00 This is the song that the two "Good Women", Debbie-Lisa and Lisa-Jean dance to at the end of GOOD WOMEN OF MORNINGSIDE. I created it with GarageBand - it's mostly loops but I did the guitar line from scratch. A# is a bitch of a key.http://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#7439312448479693784noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-4451769533806622905Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:34:00 +00002010-04-10T04:56:25.964-04:00Another year has gone by - that makes two years now since I wrote my first sonnet. My sonnets were mainly written as a form of therapy, and so most don't stand up very well as works of art, but a few of them do hold up pretty well, I believe. First, the stats: Total sonnets year 1 (2008-2009) - 50Total sonnets year 2 (2009-2010) - 45Grand total: 95The Sonnet for Poetry Month #7 starts by http://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#4451769533806622905noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-5415850824537514086Fri, 09 Apr 2010 22:55:00 +00002010-04-09T19:07:53.862-04:00The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cVirginia's Confederate History Month & Griffin Mascotwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorTea PartyPRICELESS MOMENTS:It would be be hypocritical of me to complain about Virginia's Confederate holiday when our part of the country, the North, is marking "Union Victory" or "United States Victory Appreciation Month" celebratinghttp://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#5415850824537514086noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-7558540783064111139Fri, 09 Apr 2010 04:02:00 +00002010-04-08T19:43:38.345-04:00I was just blogging the other day about how some people in the South romanticize the Confederacy, and two days later the Governor of Virginia illustrates my point nicely by declaring April "Confederate History Month."NYTimes' Gail Collins wrote a very good column about it today:Virginia has been making big leaps lately in the category of general craziness. We all remember the Legislature’s heroichttp://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#7558540783064111139noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-7595749690575640260Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:10:00 +00002010-04-07T21:16:48.258-04:00I'm so glad I wised up and got out when I was 14 and started thinking for myself.Katha Pollitt sums up the absolutely evil misogynist nature of this cannibalistic cult:The moral authority granted the Catholic Church in the secular world is for me the most repellent aspect of the current crisis. In the succinct words of Jodi Jacobson, editor of RHRealityCheck.org, "Why is a pedophilia-ridden, http://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#7595749690575640260noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18551139.post-411484574994894491Wed, 07 Apr 2010 04:01:00 +00002010-04-06T23:43:48.972-04:00SonnetsOnly days away. Time for a last minute sonnet: O Poetess.http://www.mcclernan.com/2010_04_01_archive.asp#411484574994894491noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0