collisionwork | We've Got Three Big Shows, and They're All Running

Jesus, will my body finally get the message that THE SHOWS ARE OPEN and YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAKE UP TO DO THINGS EVERY MORNING AT 6 AM AFTER LESS THAN 5 HOURS OF SLEEP?

Maybe next week.

The shows are going. Third show of Spell last night, third one of Harry in Love tonight. I was originally going to spend today going around to all the FringeNYC venues putting out cards for the three shows (at the venues that allow cards for non-Fringe shows; not all of them do), but after a look at the Fringe venue map, seeing how spread out all the spaces are this year, and remembering it's Harry tonight, I decided to make it an easy rest & study day instead, and go do the card run tomorrow.

Some press out there. I remember mentioning here the interviews I did for The Brooklyn Paper and PAPERmag online. Don't think I linked to the former, which came out a while back - it's HERE, and well-done, though I'm tired of that headline (this is like the third time it's shown up on something about me and/or my work - come on editors, find some other way to use "Hill" that isn't so random, wouldya?).

Tom Murrin let me know the PAPER piece is up HERE and very nice it is, too (though, oh god, I just noticed I'm called "downtown's Orson Welles" again - and no I can't explain why that bugs me - Berit says I'm silly for my distaste of the phrase - but it does bug me. It shouldn't, right? I mean, right?).

The Backstage review of Harry is up HERE. Not exactly a good one, but it's the play's fault, for this reviewer, not the production's, so I'm off the hook there. Odd tone to the review - one of the actors in the show (who might not like to be named) called it more a "book report" than a review, and I see the point, but can't define why.

We'll see what reviewers make of the other shows, if any reviewers show up for those (still waiting on two more reviews of Harry to come out) - one came to Spell last night, another is scheduled for later for that show (much later - won't have much effect on getting houses - this reviewer was going to come to opening night, but when that was changed to a "preview" I had to tell reviewers not to come that night - at least that one is coming back, another one can't, and isn't - he went to see Twelve Ophelias instead). No one has booked for Everything Must Go yet, dammit.

UPDATE: Martin Denton's nytheatre.com review of Harry is up, HERE, and it's a good one, both about the production and in his take on the play itself, I think. Nice to see.

So B & I are happy to be getting some rest, though we still have a big BIG weekend o'shows to get through. Next Monday and Tuesday are the first days in a while where we don't HAVE to do anything. B thinks we should arrange Monday so we don't have to leave the apartment at all, and just hunker down. Fine by me, though I want to get out and DO something non-show-related on Tuesday. In particular, I wanna see The Dark Knight in IMAX. I'm just gonna keep saying that and it will happen. I wanna see The Dark Knight in IMAX. I wanna see The Dark Knight in IMAX. 2.00 pm, Tuesday. Gonna happen. Just want big big movie that has nothing to do with my work. We won't be getting to our favorite drive-in in Maine this year (we're stuck in NYC until after the season), so we might as well do this.

Okay, as long as I'm up, here's a Friday Random Ten from the 26,100 on the iPod this morning:

1. "Concert/Single Promo" - The Golliwogs - Psychedelic Promos & Radio Spots, vol. 3
2. "Love Goes Down The Drain" - The Monochrome Set - Strange Boutique
3. "Up The Junction" - Squeeze - Cool for Cats
4. "Wait for the Black Out" - The Damned - The Black Album
5. "The Hands on My Clock Run Still" - Now - Psychedelic Archaeology Volume 8
6. "These Days" - Nico - Chelsea Girl
7. "Now I Have" - The Golden Ear-rings - Just Ear-rings
8. "Somebody Put Something In My Drink" - The Ramones - Loud Fast
9. "Finnish Farmers" - Laurie Anderson - United States Live part 2
10. "Black Network News" - Zero Boys - History Of