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Currently - interning at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
May 20 '13

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May 19 '13

fishingboatproceeds:

#sass

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May 15 '13
“Standing Ovations are now de rigeur in the theater. They used to be rare, awarded only to extraordinary performances. In straight (non-musical) plays, especially, the highest compliment audiences could pay would be to sit pinned in their seats by the power of the experience they’d had. I can remember a number of occasions when not only did I not want to get out of my seat, I didn’t want to talk to anyone until I had shaken off the effect of what I had seen. No longer — you don’t get the chance. The audience is on its feet even before the first bow, no matter how limp or shallow the piece. They are, of course, giving the ovation to themselves for having been part of a participatory experience rather than a passive one, and for having spent their time and money on it. They’re reminding themselves that they’re alive. Which is not a bad thing, but which makes the extraordinary ordinary.”
— Stephen Sondheim, not a bad thing (via boringoldraphael)

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May 13 '13
sarahjburton: flavorpill: Joseph Heller’s chart outline for Catch-22. Check out the full gallery of Famous Authors’ Handwritten Outlines. Awesome.

sarahjburton:

flavorpill:

Joseph Heller’s chart outline for Catch-22. Check out the full gallery of Famous Authors’ Handwritten Outlines.

Awesome.

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May 10 '13
Stop Giving Your Money to Rich People on Kickstarter

nicolemarietherese:

Alan Jones on why Kickstarter campaigns for ‘Wish I Was Here’ and ‘Veronica Mars’ have set a terrible precedent

This definitely qualifies as yucking other people’s yums but it explores some stuff that’s been bumming me out about kickstarter. Crowd-sourcing is about people with small scale financial means but without large-scale power being able to help art happen. That’s awesome. But when you throw celebrities and actual studios into the mix, there’s another power element there that - I think - makes it possible for well-meaning people to be taken advantage of, to be less discerning and more trusting on a frontier that doesn’t actually have a ton of legit oversight. (On the other hand, who am I to decide somebody else is being taken advantage of?)

Anyway. Point is, Kickstarter is getting messy. And it’s kind of interesting to see what happens next.

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May 8 '13
jills375: The origin story of Roger we’ve been waiting 8 seasons for and all I could have ever asked for.

jills375:

The origin story of Roger we’ve been waiting 8 seasons for and all I could have ever asked for.

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May 3 '13

comedycentral:

This was magical.

If you ever needed a reason to follow @TheDailyShow, this is it.

Here’s the original segment, in case you missed it.

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Apr 28 '13

patbaer:

Bort!

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Apr 28 '13
My feelings about the Knicks’ game tomorrow.

My feelings about the Knicks’ game tomorrow.

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Apr 25 '13
They all have pink socks on but only one had the balls to show it off. 

They all have pink socks on but only one had the balls to show it off. 

13 notes Tags: Barack Obama Jimmy Carter George W. Bush George Bush Sr. Bill Clinton Pink Socks Pink Socks Wheelchair Tuba

Apr 17 '13

sarahjburton:

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - “Can’t Hold Us”

New Video

If you don’t like this I don’t like you

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Apr 16 '13
ucblove: “Interning gave me a place at UCB, then it helped me make one for myself. I met great people, I saw amazing shows,  and I grew to feel at home on the stage. Thanks, UCB” Submit / Guidelines Photo Credit: Frank Hejl

ucblove:

“Interning gave me a place at UCB, then it helped me make one for myself. I met great people, I saw amazing shows,  and I grew to feel at home on the stage. Thanks, UCB”

Submit / Guidelines

Photo Credit: Frank Hejl

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Apr 12 '13
terrysdiary: Me and Louis C.K. at my studio #

terrysdiary:

Me and Louis C.K. at my studio #

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Apr 12 '13

iamachilles:

Jonathan Winters improvises with props. Amazing.

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Apr 10 '13

claireayoublaughingatthings:

popculturebrain:

But wait, there’s more. | Empire

GIMME ALL DAT

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