Slog - Comments on "Let the games begin!" http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/let_the_games_begin At 2:03 this afternoon, the Seattle Rep announced its next season would include I Am My Own Wife: I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, an elegant and eccentric 65-year-old transvestite, is the subject of this extraordinary comedy-drama. Not long after the fall of the Berlin wall, playwright Doug Wright began a five-year conversation with Charlotte that led to his hit play, I Am My Own Wife. The winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for drama and the Tony Award for best play, Wright uses 26 characters – played by one versatile actor – to piece... Copyright 2008 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:37:02 -0800 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:52:39 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by David Schmader Whoever signs Nick Garrison to star first wins!

]]> David Schmader http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/let_the_games_begin#c667216 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/let_the_games_begin#c667216 Arts Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:40:53 -0800 Comment by Brendan Kiley ArtsWest has already announced they want Nick DeSantis to play the role.

Sounds like Narver—and, one assumes, Nick—are lobbying the Rep.

]]> Brendan Kiley http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/let_the_games_begin#c667225 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/let_the_games_begin#c667225 Arts Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:45:13 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways nick garrison for one production and dina martina for the other!!

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/let_the_games_begin#c667253 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/let_the_games_begin#c667253 Arts Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:12:59 -0800 Comment by COMTE Why would ArtsWest want a former Canadian soccer star to be in their show?

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/let_the_games_begin#c667330 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/let_the_games_begin#c667330 Arts Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:18:55 -0800 Comment by mark mitchell Dina at the Rep would renew my faith in Seattle.

]]> mark mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/let_the_games_begin#c667346 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/let_the_games_begin#c667346 Arts Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:27:53 -0800 Comment by jonathan Ok. Y'all know that Doug Wright's piece is completely plagiarized, right?

Rosa von Praunheim did a movie a lot of years before Doug did his play. Rosa's film is called: Ich bin meine eigene Frau. For those of you that don't speak German that translates as "I am my own wife" and Doug's little play tracks the film almost word for word. Up to about 20 minutes before the end of the play, that is. Right at the point where Doug's writing starts to feel really clunky, contrived and awkward.

But Doug wrote it. All of it; all by himself. And I'm Marie of Romania.

]]> jonathan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/let_the_games_begin#c667396 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/let_the_games_begin#c667396 Arts Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:28:59 -0800 Comment by Hed-head Nick Garrison rocks a trenchcoat like nobody's business!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7rY_jZLvJo

]]> Hed-head http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/let_the_games_begin#c667881 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/let_the_games_begin#c667881 Arts Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:35:23 -0800 Comment by Geni All I know is, neither one of those damn theatres gave me a callback after I auditioned for them, so a plague on both their houses! Phooey.

]]> Geni http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/let_the_games_begin#c668174 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/let_the_games_begin#c668174 Arts Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:27:17 -0800 Comment by rrr Comte....He's not a soccer player! ;)

In my biased opinion - I think ArtsWest has the street cred. to produce a play that has homosexual or "gender-bending" messages. Look at the work they've done in the past.

]]> rrr http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/let_the_games_begin#c669081 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/let_the_games_begin#c669081 Arts Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:52:39 -0800