My son, lucaskrech lit this play. It is at The Crucible in Oakland where they play with fire. This is amazing. Two nights are already sold out. It's different and so worth the cost of admission. Go here for ticket information. The Crucible is across the street from the West Oakland BART station. And here's a little clip to enjoy. And here is another bit from ABC News: http://abclocal...

My son, lucaskrech , was the lighting designer for The America Play, now at the Thick House Theater in San Francisco. I should have gotten this up sooner but didn't catch the review until today. On Thursday, I'm going to see it, so I cannot give you my opinion, which I'm never short of, much to the occasional annoyance of my children. But if you are free and want to see some good local...

Thanks to lucaskrech   for pointing the way to this YouTube vid .

Found via lucaskrech .  lulumai you'll want to see this in particular. (totally work safe) Take a look at this. 

Women Observing Stars 1936 Chou Ota, Japan via COILHOUSE Link via Lukas Luxim labs recently unveiled an incredibly energy efficient light bulb that packs more luminosity than a street lamp into a pill-sized form factor. Each bulb is filled with argon gas, which turns to plasma when electricity is focused through it. The energy is driven to the bulb without electrodes. The resulting...

My son, lighting designer Lucas Krech, wrote about lighting Maurice Blanchot's "Madness of the Day," which opened at the Paradise Theater in New York over the past weekend. There is a nice review of the play here with links to theater and ticket information as well. Lucas writes extensively about theater lighting on his blog ( lucaskrech ), and I was taken with his comments about this play...

Paul Krugman's article today on the ravages of poverty of this country is on target today. How I wish Edwards had made it. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/opinion/18krugman.html?hp (Free registration required.) “Poverty in early childhood poisons the brain.” That was the opening of an article in Saturday’s Financial Times, summarizing research presented last week at the American Association for...

On my son, Lucas ( lucaskrech ) from TriCities.com , September 27, 2007: " Dracula is Back: Fang You Very Much" Important part: "Why our boy Dracula doesn’t go after a taste of her jugular is beyond me — maybe necks time? "Rose directs with his usual bloody precision, Cheri Prough DeVol designed the effective set, Amanda Aldridge outdid herself in shrouding the actors, and Cindi A. Raebel...

From the Collision Shop , things that have come up, as they so often do of a Sunday morning, that should be paid attention to, a miscellany, new things and some old things looking for a place that hasn't come along: The article from today's New York Times on working actors , or rather, trying-to-always-be-working actors. A few theatre bloggers have already linked to it -- Lucas Krech giving...

Happy Independence Day, everyone. And, not to be disrespectful, but here's the British political cartoon from January, 1776 that gives this post part of its title: (thanks to Bill in Portland, ME of Daily Kos for the image and link) And here's some good reading matter for the day (thanks lucaskrech for the link that sent me to these -- I had planned to post these and you made it...