http://unexpected.blogsome.com/2008/02/12/moderated-comments/ The Warehouse Theatre weblog Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:04:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha http://unexpected.blogsome.com/2008/02/12/moderated-comments/#comment-103 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:41:43 +0000 http://unexpected.blogsome.com/2008/02/12/moderated-comments/#comment-103 Ha...wish I had known that before I had submitted that last one twice. Ah me. Ha…wish I had known that before I had submitted that last one twice. Ah me.

]]> http://unexpected.blogsome.com/2008/02/12/moderated-comments/#comment-102 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:46:44 +0000 http://unexpected.blogsome.com/2008/02/12/moderated-comments/#comment-102 Looking for money? ...check the shoes! Looking for money? …check the shoes!

]]> http://unexpected.blogsome.com/2008/02/12/moderated-comments/#comment-101 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:14:16 +0000 http://unexpected.blogsome.com/2008/02/12/moderated-comments/#comment-101 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.) 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.)

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