“Theatre is a war…the actors are the ones on the front line.” – Ellen
Slings and Arrows: Season 2:02 “Fallow Time”
Henry: “‘It is the bloody business which informs. Thus to mine eyes.’ Now, shall we get along with our own ‘bloody business’?” (company laughs) Oliver: “He’s gotten better with age.” Geoffrey: “Fuck you.”
Slings and Arrows, Season 2:01 “Season’s End”
Geoffrey: “Actors should be frightened for their lives…that’s when they do their best work.” Richard: “Really? That’s just like normal people!”
Slings and Arrows: Season 1 ends with Playing the Swan
Geoffrey: “Critics are gonna murder us. Jack’s an American movie star, that’s all they care about, right?” Richard: “They can’t ignore what happened on this stage tonight!” Geoffrey: “What did happen, exactly?” Richard: “I…I don’t know! This is all new to me!” Geoffrey: “Then please, join us again! We do eight shows a week, matinees […]
Slings and Arrows Season 1:05 A Mirror Up to Nature
“There is one thing…I just happen to believe this play is the single greatest achievement in Western art. We’ve got that going for us.” – Geoffrey
Slings and Arrows: Season 1:04 Outrageous Fortune
May: “Geoffrey just fired Darren.” Anna: “Oh God. I have such mixed feelings about that.”
Slings and Arrows: Season 1:03 Madness in Great Ones
[wpcol_1quarter id=”” class=”” style=””] [/wpcol_1quarter] [wpcol_1quarter id=”” class=”” style=””] This week’s guests: (see their reactions below)[/wpcol_1quarter] [wpcol_1quarter id=”” class=”” style=””] [/wpcol_1quarter] [wpcol_1quarter_end id=”” class=”” style=””] [/wpcol_1quarter_end] “Actors! You’re all the same! You’re all a bunch of selfish, whiny children! Well fuck you all! Fuck off, you fuckers!” – Maria
Slings and Arrows: Season 1:02 Geoffrey’s Return
[wpcol_1third id=”” class=”” style=””] [/wpcol_1third] [wpcol_1third id=”” class=”” style=””] This week’s guest: (see her reactions below)[/wpcol_1third] [wpcol_1third_end id=”” class=”” style=””] [/wpcol_1third_end] Nahum: “Oliver Welles…he died last night.” Kate: “So I’m not fired?” (a moment of genuine grief and processing by Kate) Kate: “So what’s going to happen to Hamlet?” Nahum: “Hamlet will […]
Slings and Arrows: Season 1:01 Oliver’s Dream
Introducing the first of our weekly visits to Slings and Arrows, where the travails of doing theatre makes great television. Hope you can watch along with us.
Marc Shaiman breaks his silence on the music (and troubles) of Smash
Smash, which finished its run on NBC just about a week ago, was certainly a lot of things, and inspired a lot of mixed responses in those who watched the show. Even those who defended it fervently couldn’t claim it was consistently good.
Smash: The Big Finish
“C’mon, Karen Cartwright, the show’s over!” And with that line, and a shot of an empty stage, lit to high heaven, with not a drip of applause, we reach the conclusion of Smash. Ambitious, erratic, emotional, and perhaps misconceived, Smash nonetheless gave the live theatre arts a shot at the network TV big-time that it […]
Maybe Smash isn’t. But Slings and Arrows was, and we’re all watching it together this summer
Hello, dear readers! Over the last several weeks, I’ve been very moved by how many people have come up to me, or written, and said something along the lines of, “Well, Smash is doomed, but I’m sad! I enjoyed your recaps and I wish you could keep writing!” I should also note at this point […]