Slog - Comments on The End of an Era http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_end_of_an_era One sentence, written by Annie Wagner, has appeared in almost every issue of The Stranger for the last three years. That sentence is: The real point is not the adult-catechism monologue, but the script's gaps, in which Sister Aubrey Manning dispenses tissues to cover salacious displays of flesh and kitschy prizes to reward the dumbstruck targets of her improvisations. That is from Wagner's review of the long-long-long-running Late-Nite Catechism and has lived in the theater calendar since she wrote it in 2005. It's an elegant sentence. It explains a lot—the show, its tone, its themes, its audience—in a few well-chosen... Copyright 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:30:27 -0800 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:12:35 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by MvB The use of "dumbstruck" is particularly good.

]]> MvB http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_end_of_an_era#c1100079 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_end_of_an_era#c1100079 Theater Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:47:35 -0800 Comment by paulus she will be missed.

]]> paulus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_end_of_an_era#c1100088 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_end_of_an_era#c1100088 Theater Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:54:15 -0800 Comment by I Got Nuthin' Is it just my imagination or is The Stranger hemorrhaging employees these days?

]]> I Got Nuthin' http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_end_of_an_era#c1100128 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_end_of_an_era#c1100128 Theater Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:25:13 -0800 Comment by Youth Pastor Thank you for answering my question as to how long an era actually is. 11 years does and era make. Good show also.

]]> Youth Pastor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_end_of_an_era#c1100147 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_end_of_an_era#c1100147 Theater Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:40:04 -0800 Comment by PA Native I wanted Late-Night Catechism to be so much funnier than it actually was.

]]> PA Native http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_end_of_an_era#c1100200 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_end_of_an_era#c1100200 Theater Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:23:16 -0800 Comment by parochial schoolboy (Chicago, incidentally, is the city where Late-Nite Catechism was conceived and originally produced.)

My claim to second-hand fame is that playwright Victoria was a grammar school classmate of mine. Thus her nuns were my nuns. Confusingly, there was another Victoria in our class, whose surname was a near homonym of hers.

]]> parochial schoolboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_end_of_an_era#c1100285 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_end_of_an_era#c1100285 Theater Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:01:47 -0800 Comment by Michelle Sparkles Diamond "I wanted Late-Night Catechism to be so much funnier than it actually was."

I wanted Annie Wagner to be so much funnier than she actually was. And smarter. And less pedantic. Sighhh.. Some wishes aren't meant to come true.. OH WAIT! She's leaving!
Hooray for freakin' Tinkerbell.

]]> Michelle Sparkles Diamond http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_end_of_an_era#c1100970 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_end_of_an_era#c1100970 Theater Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:12:35 -0800