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TODAY, WE GIVE THANKS FOR GIDEON MEDIA’S STEAL THE STARS

If you are in need of something to listen to today whilst prepping your turkey or your tofurky or your turducken, you could do a lot worse than Steal the Stars. Gideon Productions, an esteemed NY theater company that I have been following for years, has recently re-branded itself as Gideon Media in conjunction with the release of an exciting new audio drama, Steal the … Continue reading TODAY, WE GIVE THANKS FOR GIDEON MEDIA’S STEAL THE STARS

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REVIEW: GIDEON PRODUCTIONS’ UNIVERSAL ROBOTS

Context is everything, right? Gideon Productions’ crisply constructed new staging of Mac Rogers’ play Universal Robots lands squarely in the midst of an embarrassingly crude election cycle, more than a decade of American military conflict and, just a few days ago, the largest mass shooting in US history. So yeah, humankind is not at the top of my list these days. This is precisely why it … Continue reading REVIEW: GIDEON PRODUCTIONS’ UNIVERSAL ROBOTS

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PRE-GAME: GIDEON PRODUCTIONS’ UNIVERSAL ROBOTS

And we’re back. After a basically yearlong blackout, I am happy to return to STP with a quick Pre-Game for Gideon Theater’s restaging of Universal Robots at The Sheen Center, which I will be reviewing in the next few days. Back in 2009, Gideon presented Universal Robots at Manhattan Theater Source and it was my first experience with this remarkable company. Its science fiction story, an … Continue reading PRE-GAME: GIDEON PRODUCTIONS’ UNIVERSAL ROBOTS

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PRE-GAME: THE TEMPLE, OR LEBENSRAUM

My first proper Pre-Game of 2015 is for The Temple, or Lebensraum, which had its opening last night at The Brick, where it is being presented as part of 2015 Resident Artist Series. It will play through next weekend. Nat Cassidy is a super talented (and super nice) guy, whose work as a playwright, director, actor, and musician I have been sorely under exposed to. … Continue reading PRE-GAME: THE TEMPLE, OR LEBENSRAUM

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REVIEW: ASYMMETRIC

*SPOILERS, if you care about such things* There is a concept of terrifying beauty at the center of Asymmetric, an idea that encapsulates decades of American foreign policy with chilling accuracy. This idea doesn’t emerge until about midway through the show, so it helps that this svelte, deeply political espionage drama from playwright Mac Rogers clicks along so doggone fast. Produced by Gideon Productions in … Continue reading REVIEW: ASYMMETRIC

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PRE-GAME: GIDEON PRODUCTIONS’ ASYMMETRIC

I have been dragging my feet on putting together this Pre-Game for Gideon Productions’ Asymmetric before my proper review posts in the next few days. There are a number of things contributing to this – two other reviews already in the queue for the site, a bigger project that I’ve been working on for Pop Matters about Joss Whedon, and also the wonderful and frenetic … Continue reading PRE-GAME: GIDEON PRODUCTIONS’ ASYMMETRIC

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REVIEW: KILL SHAKESPEARE

An Origin story: When I was a little kid, maybe six years old, my dad’s brother and his family moved in with us temporarily. All told it was only a period of about nine months, but my memory has stretched this visit out into something far more mythic. Along with close quarters bonding time with my extended family, something else important happened during that period – … Continue reading REVIEW: KILL SHAKESPEARE

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KILL SHAKESPEARE PRE-GAME: GIDEON PRODUCTIONS

As a longtime Shakespeare guy and comic book guy, the IDW comic Kill Shakespeare has been on my radar for a while. Even so, I didn’t make time for it until I stumbled across a small blip on the internet saying that a theatrical production was to be mounted at HERE Arts Center by the fine folks over at Gideon Productions – the daring Brooklyn … Continue reading KILL SHAKESPEARE PRE-GAME: GIDEON PRODUCTIONS

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LIGATURE MARKS PRE-GAME

I didn’t intend to do a Pre-Game for Gideon Productions’ Ligature Marks, which is being presented as part of the Brick’s Game Play Festival, but my scheduling got crossed up and I found myself with an extra week to think about it beforehand. Also helpful:  playwright Mac Rogers posted a couple of blog entries on the Gideon Website that locate this new play as a kind … Continue reading LIGATURE MARKS PRE-GAME

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