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Post by filmnoir5 on Oct 18, 2006 19:24:58 GMT -5
Thank you again for this very interesting article. I saw the name Marsha Norman (Night Mother) I guess she will be writing an episode later this year since I have never seen her name in the credits. I remember Night Mother was made into a movie with Anne Bancroft and Sissy Spacek.
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Post by Patcat on Jan 17, 2007 16:12:23 GMT -5
Today is Warren Leight's birthday. Born 1957
Patcat
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Post by DonnaJo on Jan 17, 2007 18:18:13 GMT -5
Wow, he's old, like me (born same year)  |
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Post by Cassie on Jan 17, 2007 20:24:06 GMT -5
A half century. That's something to be proud about!! Happy Birthday Warren  |
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Post by LOCIfan on Jan 18, 2007 3:07:13 GMT -5
Happy Birthday to Mr. Leight. A half century is pretty old. But way better than the alternative. Good for him.
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Post by Techguy on Mar 15, 2007 13:17:23 GMT -5
Courtesy of www.broadwayworld.com and http://www.thereelvincentdonofrio.com:
Naked AngelsNaked Angels' Program Offers Plays by Rabe, Rebeck, Etc.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007; Posted: 3:11 PM - by BWW News Desk
Armed and Naked in America, a project by non-profit theater organization Naked Angels, will present two politically conscious programs featuring both established playwrights and promising new voices in the theatre world.
This series of new one-act plays taking on the current state of American politics and culture will take place at The Duke on 42nd Street theater, running Wednesday, April 11 through Sunday, April 22nd. This series will feature 14 different playwrights’ sharp, often funny takes on American life during wartime.
The first week includes Naked Angels company member Theresa Rebeck...The second week will feature Tony Award winner Warren Leight ...
WEEK 1:
Cards (Theresa Rebeck)
WEEK 2:
Untitled (Warren Leight)
First-week performances of Armed and Naked in America will run April 11-15...The second week will run April 18-22...
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Post by DonnaJo on Mar 15, 2007 13:29:45 GMT -5
How do these guys (Meaning Leight & Bogosian) have time to do Broadway theatre right smack in the middle of sweeps? They should be focusing all of their energy & attention on whatever it takes to keep CI from being canceled!   |
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Post by Techguy on Mar 15, 2007 13:35:38 GMT -5
It does sort of make you wonder if WL and EB have read the handwriting on the wall, doesn't it?
Right now I'm in a hope for the best but expect the worst mode.
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Post by effie on Aug 7, 2007 12:19:43 GMT -5
Leight gets a very short mention in an article in the NYTimes today about a short play festival:
Quick Bites of Theater Off a Menu of One Acts
By ANNE MIDGETTE
Published: August 7, 2007
Shorts are pants that don’t cover your legs, or theater pieces that don’t cover an evening. Both are meant to be light and fresh, and both can suffer from problems of scale if not properly tailored: revealing too much, or extending too far in a misguided attempt to be more durable, more fashionable, or more suited to evening wear.
“Summer Shorts” at 59E59 Theaters, shows the strengths and weaknesses of the genre. A two-part festival of nine new works by American playwrights (including Tina Howe and Warren Leight), it is presented by John McCormack and J. J. Kandel (who have been associated with the Ensemble Studio Theater). Of the four pieces in Series A — including a miniature musical — two were negligible, one was earnest, and one, which initially seemed like a train wreck waiting to happen, proved quirky, distinctive and funny.
This good piece was “Rain, Heavy at Times,” by Leslie Lyles, and its title, slightly stereotyped and slightly melodramatic, was indicative of the language of its main characters, Margret and Bzy, an aunt and niece who inhabit a gothic world of mutually assured destruction.
Judith Roberts carried the play as Margret, an elderly woman whose zaniness is enhanced by what may be the first signs of Alzheimer’s; Ms. Roberts presented her with a Marian Seldes-like veneer of elegant gentility, so that it was impossible for either the audience or the niece to tell how far the character was impaired, even when she donned her niece’s new bra over her clothes. And the play turned out to have a viable plot involving one of Bzy’s pickups, Harry (Mark Elliot Wilson), the waiter in the restaurant where the two women are eating lunch. It proved a satisfying meal, and just the right length.
The earnest piece — more a skit than a play — was Mr. Leight’s “Amici, Ascoltate,” about three generations of an Italian-American family called on to fight in their country’s wars. The musical, “Afternoon Tea” by Eduardo Machado was a bizarre set piece about J. M. Barrie and his ex-wife; Skip Kennon’s likable music couldn’t mask the awkward lyrics, or the absence of actual plot or character development.
Mr. Machado also directed “Real World Experience” by Michael Domitrovich, about actors, and too self-referential for its own good. A note to playwrights: Having a director yell “Cut!” 10 minutes into your piece produces the theatrical equivalent of a short story that ends with “Then I woke up.” Don’t do it.
“Summer Shorts,” Series A, continues through Aug. 28, alternating with Series B (through Aug. 30), at Theater B, 59E59 Theaters, 59 East 59th Street, Manhattan, (212) 279-4200.
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Post by nwchimom on Nov 7, 2007 3:48:13 GMT -5
I watched an episode of NYPD Blue last hour (yes, insomnia...hush, Deathroe) and there was a character named "Warren Leight." Not being a big believer in coincidence, I did some research....
The episode in question, "Cold Heaters" from season 3 (1995), was written in part by *drumroll* Theresa Rebeck! Apparently Leight and Rebeck have known each other a long time. I know that Rene Balcer hired Leight on Rebeck's recommendation in 2003 (I think that's the right year).
Small world in NYC.
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Post by deathroe on Nov 7, 2007 9:10:29 GMT -5
That's a cool story. I love how contained the L&O and related universes are and how there are all those twists and quirks like that.
I consider anything past ten to be insomnia LOL
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Post by Patcat on Jan 3, 2008 0:00:24 GMT -5
Mr. Leight was one of the striking WGA writers who presented the Top Ten list on David Letterman's show tonight. The list contained the demands of the writers--Mr. Leight's was "The AMPTP will explain what AMPTP means."
Dave's in great form.
Patcat
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Post by vdovault on Jan 3, 2008 20:13:45 GMT -5
From David Letterman's Top Ten List of January 2, 2008: The Top 10 Demands of the Striking WGA Writers "7. Members of the AMPTP must explain what the hell AMPTP stands for". --Warren Leight, Showrunner: Law & Order: Criminal Intent "3. I'm no accountant, but instead of us getting 4 cents for a $20 DVD, how about we get $20 for a 4-cent DVD?" --Gina Gionfriddo, Law & Order Criminal Intent episodes 'Beast', 'Blasters', 'Country Crossover', 'Dollhouse', 'Masquerade', 'Prisoner' & 'Vacancy' Youtube video (the Top 10 List starts at 0:43 into the segment) www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPsDO0Qc1-MThe Vault PS The same YouTube user has posted more of the same show in other clips (and the show is worth watching in its entirety) |
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Post by Patcat on Jan 3, 2008 23:49:46 GMT -5
Thank you for the link and quote correction, VDOvault.
It was a great show.
Patcat
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Post by DonnaJo on Jan 4, 2008 8:52:57 GMT -5
Thanks, VDO Vault! That was great. ;D
As funny as the list was, it's still a sad reminder that this strike is deadly serious and that there are thousands of people adversely affected. Over the years, I've been without a paycheck for weeks, as has my husband, and its a terrible hardship financially. I'm sure most of the crew, including the writers themselves, don't have a big nest egg to live off of while this goes on. The only ones who aren't suffering are the big wigs, especially those with the AMPTP.
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Patrick Roy, 2006 inductee into the Hockey Hall of Fame
