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Theatre News for March 4, 2012

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Bullets over Broadway will be a musical. Sondheim says there are too many musicals on Broadway as he readies his own. Death of a Salesman returning to Broadway. It’s festival season again! . . . → Read More: Theatre News for March 4, 2012

Many ways to hear Theatre Geeks podcast

No reason to miss a single Theatre Geeks podcast.

When it comes to getting your Geek on, you have a lot of listening optons.  At the Theatre Geeks Website, you can listen directly from the page, or download the mp3 file if you wish, but here are some other choices.

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe via . . . → Read More: Many ways to hear Theatre Geeks podcast

49 Deirdre Lovejoy and our theatre game show!

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Actress (and Marcia’s daughter) Deirdre Lovejoy joins us at the Bristol Opera House, Bristol, Indiana for a special series of three podcasts in front of a live audience of fellow Theatre Geeks. . . . → Read More: 49 Deirdre Lovejoy and our theatre game show!

Theatre Geeks Live Podcast coming January 14!

Join us to celebrate the start of our third year on the internet!

We’ll be recording three special episodes of Theatre Geeks LIVE at the Bristol Opera House, for the benefit of Elkhart Civic Theatre. In addition to our usual brand of convsersation, we’ll be playing “I Know! I Know!”, our own theatre quiz . . . → Read More: Theatre Geeks Live Podcast coming January 14!

We made Alltop!

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Now, here’s what that means.

Theatre Geeks is now featured on the theatre page of Alltop, a highly rated aggregator of quality web content.  Apparently, our podcast was interesting enough for the Alltop folks to put us on their arts/theatre page.  Check it out here.

Here’s some additional info about Alltop from their statement . . . → Read More: We made Alltop!

HTML 5 and PowerPress 2.0 make Theatre Geeks iPad compatible

Until now, iPad users have been unable to listen to Theatre Geeks at the website.  The little player that we were using as part of the BluBrry plugin only offered a Flash-based player, and the iPad does not support Flash.  But the latest version of BluBrry PowerPress provides for an HTML 5 based player which . . . → Read More: HTML 5 and PowerPress 2.0 make Theatre Geeks iPad compatible

28: Writing for children’s theatre

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Kevin Reese as the Spirit of Christmas Present with Dan Harmon as Scrooge in Kevin's adaptation of A Christmas Carol.

A visit with playwright Kevin M. Reese

Children’s playwright Kevin M. Reese joins the Geeks for a lively conversation about the art, craft and business of writing, selling and producing plays for kids.  Kevin . . . → Read More: 28: Writing for children’s theatre

26: Youth and Children’s Theatre

Youth theatre and children’s theatre represent great opportunities for community theatres to grow their audiences and train the next generation of players at the same time.  This week, in the second of three episodes from Elkhart’s Daily Grind, the Geeks, along with guest panelist Rick Ellis, discuss some of the joys and pitfalls of youth . . . → Read More: 26: Youth and Children’s Theatre