31 stories by "MIKE DAISEY"
THE TRUMP CARD, my monologue about Donald Trump and all he contains in this particular American moment, is available for download as an edited theatrical transcript under and open perf…
It's pretty, but is theatre any longer necessary? - DC Theatre Scene:We've done a parallel disservice to the theatre: we've allowed an ancient institution of high purpose to devolve to somet…
Hello Internet,Mike Daisey here. I'm a monologist, and I do new shows every month at the Public Theater's Joe's Pub. Two weeks ago we announced and put on sale a show titled YES ALL WOMEN, i…
YES ALL WOMEN Created and Performed by Mike DaiseyJoe's Pub at the Public TheaterWednesday, June 25th"Doors at 9TicketsMike Daisey tackles what we don't like talking about: how our world is …
As I write this it is near noon on the seventh day. I have just turned over an hourglass my director bought me as a Christmas present. It's oversized, perfectly clear, with green sand like O…
Tom Williams writing at ChicagoCritic.com has dismissed the Chicago production of AGONY/ECSTASY there with this devastating paragraph:Now, after Daisey apologized for the above, the revised …
A theater critic just asked me what I anticipate excitedly and what I dread about having a reviewer in the house. This was my quick answer:"The act of having a theatrical critic in the house…
Scott Walters: The Wal-Marting of American Theater:Instead of local arts organizations run by and staffed by artists whose lives are made within a specific community and whose artistic visio…
In the otherwise forgettable David Mamet movie STATE AND MAIN there's a scene that has always stuck with me. It's when Alec Baldwin's character crashes a station wagon in the middle of the n…
My first real writing in the wake of all this, where I try to make an accounting for what I've done.
This American Life's retraction questions personal experiences in my show. I've made changes but I stand behind my workThis American Life is airing an episode this weekend that calls into qu…
Eventually Everything: The 2012 D-Crit Conference | D-Crit:Eventually Everything: The 2012 D-Crit ConferenceWednesday, May 2, 12:30"7:00 p.m.Visual Arts Theatre, 333 West 23rd StreetNo charg…
The transcript of THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY OF STEVE JOBS, available under a royalty-free license to be performed anywhere in the world without restriction, is now available.I would ask that…
Quality helps theater drive social change - Colin Dabkowski - The Buffalo News:With the help of other articles written about Apple during the past month and a half, Daisey's stunning perform…
The Wicked Stage: The Full McNulty:But it's the best, most forceful articulation of a theme McNulty's touched before (and his predecessor tackled from a slightly different angle), and more i…
The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events - Page 1 - Arts - Seattle - Seattle Weekly:With two big new biographies just published on Charles Dickens, one wonders how ACT's annual holida…
Writer/Actor Danny Hoch Talks Broadway, Gentrification, People With TVs In Their Heads: Gothamist:Do you feel like it's more of a challenge to connect with the audience? It seems like when I…
Daisey changing 'Agony' - Entertainment News, Legit News, Media - Variety:The performer said that despite Jobs' death, he expected the monologue to retain the same unflinching take on its to…
Public Theater Pushes Ahead with Play About Steve Jobs - Speakeasy - WSJ:Daisey said he texted the Public's artistic director, Oskar Eustis, a few minutes after learning of Jobs's death. The…
Today there is no tech company that looks more like the Big Brother from Apple's iconic 1984 commercial than Apple itself.
Art vs. Nature: Round Five by Brendan Kiley - Seattle Theater - The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper:The day's most exclusive performance was a three-course dinner for 20"ties required and…
House panel approves bill forcing ISPs to log users' web history | The Raw Story:The House Judiciary Committee approved legislation on Thursday that would require Internet service providers …
TidBITS Macs & Mac OS X: Our Favorite Hidden Features in Mac OS X Lion:The top-level Applications folder has new permissions that make it hard to remove anything; if you try to drag some…
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Review:Also gone is "Rosetta", the brilliant little code translator that allowed existing Mac applications to keep running when Apple switched its Mac products from PowerP…
Seven years ago, I left Seattle for New York - I abandoned the garage theaters and local arts scene and friends and colleagues - because I was a coward. I'd already tried to sell out once, b…
