My tweets

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  • Wed, 16:18: “Once she read a book but found it distasteful because it contained adjectives.” -The Willoughbys, by Lois Lowry
  • Wed, 21:49: “All of us – We should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children’s expectations!” – Barack Obama
  • Thu, 10:47: I love my job. How often do you get to say “I need to work on the eye-gouging” without things turning uncomfortable? #DirectingOedipus
  • Thu, 11:51: @levarburton Don’t give it a second thought, man! LeVahr Berton is still tops in my book, and so is Reeding Ranebow!

My tweets

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  • Mon, 15:56: Line of the day: “Dad, can you help me with my homework-oh, nevermind, it’s pretty complicated, I’ll wait for Mom.” He’s grounded for life.
  • Tue, 08:34: The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. -Max de Pree
  • Tue, 10:51: THIS IS GOOD! “@TigersMLive: Tigers reportedly sign Brad Penny to one-year, incentive-laden deal http://bit.ly/gVGpzf”

A fun evening

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I had a great time last night chatting about OEDIPUS at the Howell Library! They have a group there that is studying the play, and called to ask if I’d come speak with them about our production. I spent nearly two hours in a wonderful, fun, thoughtful discussion about how we’re approaching the play, the challenges of putting it into our intimate space, the themes that we’d embraced in our adaptation of it, and a host of other neat topics. And they’ve already booked a block of tickets to see a preview!

Thanks, Howell ACE Folks – great to meet you all!

-Tony

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An in-progress shot of the set for OEDIPUS

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Rehearsals for Oedipus at The Williamston Theatre are going well – this is a great cast, good to work with – they and the stage management team really make a nice room to work in.

The set is going to be really neat – here’s a quick shot of it from yesterday!

The main platform at center stage, and on the deck around it, is where a lot of the action will happen. The smaller platform that you can see in the center of the picture, resting in between seating sections of the audience, is where the cellist sits during the show as she plays and narrates.

My tweets

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  • Wed, 12:45: Yesterday’s 1st rehearsal of OEDIPUS at The Williamston Theatre was great! Intimate space, small cast of 5 = very exciting! @WilliamstonThtr
  • Wed, 15:26: RT @TheOnion: Nuclear Bomb Detonates During Rehearsal For ‘Spider-Man’ Musical http://onion.com/gvCrjz
  • Thu, 00:12: Wait, they’re editing the “n” words out of Huck Finn? ALL of them? Nice? Night? Now? Never? Near? This is the stupidest idea ever.

Bitter Tony’s Rye Bitter has returned!

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So, my namesake beer is back in season!

Several years ago I was harassing my friend Duncan, who is the Brew Master at the Grizzly Peak Brewing Company in Ann Arbor.  I was harassing him along the lines of "Duncan!  We’ve been friends for nearly 20 years!  How come I don’t have a beer named after me yet?!  You brew new beers ALL THE TIME!"  (This conversation may have taken place while we were DRINKING beer, and playing video games.)  We were laughing and giving each other the kind of grief friends give each other when they’re drinking beer and playing videogames.  "You seem a little bitter about this, Tony", said Duncan.  "I have sampled enough of your beer, I have EARNED IT!" – and the conversation went on for a bit, I’m sure there was name calling, and then we moved on to other things.  

Some time went by, and I got a call from Duncan.  "Your beer will be on tap next week!"

Sure enough, Bitter Tony’s Rye Bitter was born! Since then, every year around this time, a new batch appears on tap!

Tonight I got to hang out at Grizzly Peak, and enjoyed some great beer!  If you get a chance, go!  It’ll only be there for a month or so, it’s on the rotating cask.  And it’s YUMMY!  🙂