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Fringe part 2
Aug. 17th, 2009 02:36 pm( Read more... )
All in all, this was a great experience for me. I learned a lot about reviewing and about how to evaluate things. I ended up checking other peoples' reviews of shows after I'd seen them, and quite often saw that many of the comments were similar to mine. I had a great conversation with a critic who watches all the local plays in order to help nominate people for the Sterlings, which are the big theatre awards in town. He is moved by truth and honesty in performance and writing and this is what drives him.
The whole experience was fantastic and tiring. I'd do it again, for sure. I thought I'd be inspired to write a play after reviewing so many, but I found that I really just want to write good short stories and I'm not going to learn how to do plays at this moment. So I'm back at my desk writing about potato bugs today.
All in all, this was a great experience for me. I learned a lot about reviewing and about how to evaluate things. I ended up checking other peoples' reviews of shows after I'd seen them, and quite often saw that many of the comments were similar to mine. I had a great conversation with a critic who watches all the local plays in order to help nominate people for the Sterlings, which are the big theatre awards in town. He is moved by truth and honesty in performance and writing and this is what drives him.
The whole experience was fantastic and tiring. I'd do it again, for sure. I thought I'd be inspired to write a play after reviewing so many, but I found that I really just want to write good short stories and I'm not going to learn how to do plays at this moment. So I'm back at my desk writing about potato bugs today.
