Wrong Barbarians. Photo by Dixie Sheridan 
The Blatant Self-Promotion Department Checks In
The Broadway World Interview
So you want to play with the big boys, huh? When Adrienne Onofri approached me to answer some questions about where politica theater goes from here, on this dark day in our nation's history, I thought this will be fun (and it was), she's probably talking to lots of folks from last year's Fringe Festival, since every third piece was a Bush-basher, or she's talking to some of the good folks from THAW. Then I pop online and I see Tony Kushner (Tony F-ing Kushner!) and Edward Albee (Edward Albee, for chrissakes!) and... well, me!
Acts of Contrition. Photo by Jessica Ochs
It's a bit of a rush, to say the least. And then I got to the part where Mr. Kushner defends our "preaching to the choir" and I remembered that I told Ms. Onofri that our community not only preaches to the choir but we fall in love with our own voices (sort of like this blog). I'm thinking, "Okay, here's where I get into it with Tony F-ing Kushner." But Adrienne saved me... I think.
I had the pleasure of meeting Tony Kushner and hearing him speak at a Drama League lunch last year. I was fully prepared not to like him, but he's just too nice a guy and too real to dislike. Disagree with, maybe. But I was happy that I was completely mistaken. He's a good guy.
Albee, however, is just what you think... an asshole.
