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Script Notes XII

Script Notes XII

Eleven times in the last four years, I’ve reeled off a series of movie and TV moments referencing our very own New Haven. And as far as 12th entries in...

Script Notes XII

Eleven times in the last four years, I’ve reeled off a series of movie and TV moments referencing our very own New Haven. And as far as 12th entries in...

Unreal

Unreal

“The Art Institute was yesterday afternoon the scene of a delicate and interesting experiment, upon the result of which a personal reputation may be said to have rested and certainly...

Unreal

“The Art Institute was yesterday afternoon the scene of a delicate and interesting experiment, upon the result of which a personal reputation may be said to have rested and certainly...

Game On

Game On

The worst thing a kid can say about homework is that it is too hard. The worst thing a kid can say about a game is it’s too easy.—Henry Jenkins,...

Game On

The worst thing a kid can say about homework is that it is too hard. The worst thing a kid can say about a game is it’s too easy.—Henry Jenkins,...

Prong Rock

Prong Rock

Several minutes into a 10-song set at Cafe Nine, Sam Carlson, singer and guitarist for The Tines, took a moment to announce that their new single had been released that...

Prong Rock

Several minutes into a 10-song set at Cafe Nine, Sam Carlson, singer and guitarist for The Tines, took a moment to announce that their new single had been released that...

Small Fortune

Small Fortune

When we last left Ivytown, the comic book city purportedly inspired by New Haven, we had just read Showcase #34, the serial anthology where it debuted in 1961. We saw...

Small Fortune

When we last left Ivytown, the comic book city purportedly inspired by New Haven, we had just read Showcase #34, the serial anthology where it debuted in 1961. We saw...

War Party

War Party

Moments before a recent dress rehearsal, New Haven Theater Company costumer Elizabeth Saylor nipped into the vintage store that serves as front of house to borrow period-appropriate clip earrings. Company...

War Party

Moments before a recent dress rehearsal, New Haven Theater Company costumer Elizabeth Saylor nipped into the vintage store that serves as front of house to borrow period-appropriate clip earrings. Company...