Tynan's Anger

And I thought a recent grad getting produced at Williamstown was impressive. Nathan Jackson's got nothing on James Gardiner and Nick Blaemire, 23 year old recent graduates of Maryland and Michigan, respectively, who are getting their musical Glory Days produced on Broadway. This is a straight transfer from the Signature Theater in Arlington, VA, and when people barely 2 years older than me get their play on the Great White Way, I must simply tip my cap. Congrats Gardiner and Blaemire, you're now the Lebron James and Mark Zuckerberg of American theater. (NYT)

Labels: broadway, glory days, james gardiner, nathan jackson, nick blaemire, young'uns

Perhaps most depressing to me, shortly after realizing that I had fewer weeks left in college than current Chicago first years have academic quarters, was realizing that no matter what job I get after graduating, it will almost certainly not compare to that of Nathan Jackson. Straight out of the Julliard, Jackson is getting his new play, Broke-ology, added to the lineup of the 2008 Williamstown Theatre Festival. The Nikos stage is designed for new plays, but most playwrights have to at least wait a few years to get a production that big. The play is getting a smaller production at the 2008 Breaking Ground Festival, run by the Huntington Theatre in Boston, which is where Williamstown artistic director Nicholas Martin is coming from. I'm not doubting that the play is worthy of the slot, but it is important to note how ridiculously good an opportunity this is for Mr. Jackson, and how extremely jealous every other recently-graduated aspiring playwright should be (as an aspiring critic, my jealousy is separate, but related).

Labels: graduation, huntington theatre, nathan jackson, williamstwon theatre festival