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Downer Don and his Merry Band of Fringsters
Check out Don Shirley’s LA Stage Watch re-cap of his experience at the Hollywood Fringe Festival here. But even more interesting, check out the comments after the article. Sizzle. Don took some heat at the Critic’s Panel cuz he didn’t get on the Happy Bus. Here’s some of his reasoning: Yet too often we hear [...]
Chip & the Block Will be Back Soon
For those rabid C&B fans out there, you’re probably thinkin’, “Hey, where’s my Wednesday fix?” Not to worry, Young Jesse March, the “Chip” of Chip & the Block, is temporarily indisposed with a veritable onslaught of theatrical duties and obligations. He will be back in the mix soon. We may try to squeeze in another [...]
Chip & the Block – What about knees
John: Welcome back to Chip and the Block. Today is going to be an experiment here in bloghood. Jesse is back from his theatre travels around the country and around LA and is happy to be back. Now Colin, (Bitter Lemons editor), has suggested that Jesse initiate the topic today by telling me his topic [...]
Enci & the Block – Integrity and the Actor
John March: Here we are at the beautiful Barnsdall Art Park in East Hollywood for this weeks post of Chip & the Block, where we have the lovely Enci filling in for my Chip. She’s going to take on the incredible role of being a 17 year old boy… Enci: (giggles) John: …with a strong [...]
Chip & the Block (Will be Back Next Week)
Hey, Lemon Heads, John and Jesse March, father and son team known to you as “Chip & the Block” ran into some scheduling conflicts this week – so no feature today – but they will be back next week with another addition of what will surely be a Ring-dinger of another debate for your consuming [...]
Chick & the Block – Authenticity and the Actor
John: Welcome to our fourth installment of Chip & the Block. Chip, aka Jesse, is traveling this week to NYC on theatre related business, and so we are lucky enough to have a guest “Chip”, but we’re going to actually have a guest “Chick”, lol, and the Chick who we invited this week is the [...]
Preview of Tomorrow’s Chip (Chick) & the Block
Hey, Lemon Heads, just wanted to give you a Lemon Heads-Up, that tomorrow’s regular Chip & the Block feature starring father and son team John and Jesse March is going to be a wee bit different. Jesse, the Chip of Chip & the Block is away to New York plotting his takeover of the theatre [...]
Chip & the Block – The Art of Criticism
John: Here is another blog in the block. (laughs) Today, Jesse and I are going to be talking about the art, or rather the lack of art, (we can go either way on that), regarding the art of criticism. There’s been sort of a big bruhaha in the arts community about what’s going on in [...]
What’s the Real 411 on PLAYS411? – Part One
This was meant to be a Two Part story on the Los Angeles Ticketing and Marketing Agency called PLAYS411. Part One was going to lay out the issues, present the evidence gathered about and around the complaints leveled at Plays411, then pose the questions that needed to be answered. Part Two was going to be [...]
Chip & the Block – Funding in the Arts
Jesse: Welcome to Chip and the Block. Today we’re discussing funding in the arts. The thing is that I go to an art school that is run by the State, and the State simply has no money. And because the State has no money, we get no money. So for me there are no props, [...]
Chip & the Block – fear and risk
John: Hi. My name is John and I’m a freelance session musician and sound mixer here in LA and in New York for the last 30 years. Jesse: And I’m Jesse, a senior at the Los Angeles County Highschool for the Arts. John: Welcome to our blog. We’re going to be writing about art and [...]
Welcome John and Jesse March to Bitter Lemons!
Please help me in welcoming our newest Contributors to Bitter Lemons, the father and son team of John and Jesse March! Henceforth known as “CHIP & THE BLOCK”, this debating duo will be posting their regular feature on Wednesdays to help carry you safely and soberly through those Hump Day Blues. Hooray! Please check out [...]
Avant-Garde and Story Continued
The always insightful Kyle T. Wilson over at his Frank’s Wild Lunch site was provoked enough by this post of mine that he churned out not one, not two, but THREE posts concerning the subject of Avant-garde and Story. That alone humbled me to the point of almost not responding. Almost. Kyle obviously liked the [...]
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Colin Mitchell An American Army Brat conceived in Scotland, born in Germany, a soccer fanatic, a Van Morrison disciple, a Zen-Catholic, the youngest of three brothers, son to a retired two-star general and a Scottish school teacher/painter, a writer, an actor, a director, a producer, a musician, an athlete, a husband, a father… After graduating [...]