Moderated Comments
Hey…for all you actors (and anyone else) who want to comment on the B-Log…just know that all comments are moderated…we’re not gonna change anything or not post anything…just know that if you don’t immediately see your comment…it’ll be up as soon as I can hit the approve button.
But it’s General Operating Grant Proposal season so I’m up to my earballs in convincing people with money that we are worthy.
Wish me lucks! and keep those comments coming!
Glad to see that Sight Unseen will be generating comments, in advance of the opening. As I wrote to Paul, I was in touch with playwright, Donald Margulies, and found out some intriguing background about the play. Here is what Margulies told me about the Fischl/Waxman comparison:
“In response to your later query about Eric Fischl: Fischl apparently became
convinced that the character of Jonathan Waxman was “based” on him (which it
was not); however, the kind of paintings Jonathan would have made, to my mind,
resemble Fischl’s. I wanted Waxman to be a plausible figure in the art world,
a contemporary of Salle and Schnabel - and Fischl - who, if he really existed,
would be included in their circle and celebrated for making similarly bold
works of art. There is nothing remotely biographically derived from Fischl. (Interestingly, I spotted Fischl at the very first New York preview of the
play: Clearly he had been alerted to the subject matter. We didn’t speak
although I later read some comment he made about the play that suggested that
he took it for a representation of himself. I met him years later and had a
cordial exchange. Neither of us mentioned Sight Unseen.)
Comment by Elisa M. Golden (Dramaturg) — February 12, 2008 @ 7:14 pm
Looking for money? …check the shoes!
Comment by Matt Arch — February 13, 2008 @ 5:46 pm
Ha…wish I had known that before I had submitted that last one twice. Ah me.
Comment by Jacob Y. — February 14, 2008 @ 1:41 pm