Randomly remembered today that I spelled theater "theatre" on a spelling test in fourth grade. No one could explain why. I can. #Anglophile
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) June 24, 2016
I’ve written elsewhere about my love of the theater-going experience. My great enthusiasm for it makes it a natural venue for practicing the art of promotion.
(It should go without saying, but I have never—ever!—tweeted during a performance.)
Back at the theatre 'cause y'all know I love drama. Tonight it's a Danish domestic drama that shocked audiences when it premiered in 1879… pic.twitter.com/QwrRaZiUP8
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) February 5, 2017
This play caused such an emotional stir that some social invites in Stockholm read, "You are requested not to mention Ibsen's Doll's House." pic.twitter.com/ANh5rn09IB
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) February 5, 2017
The theatre is for lovers! Even when you're solo. Tonight's show is the most-produced play in the US for 2016/2017. pic.twitter.com/XfYQZYyZsH
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) January 27, 2017
This play is a Cinderella story: playwright came outta almost nowhere to huge acclaim. Was working as bartender when it opened on B'way.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) January 27, 2017
@girlgloaming it would have to involve polyester, metal folding chairs, ladies named "Ethel" and "Margie" and a wicked Jell-O mold.
— Jukebox Romeo (@FrayedBlueJeans) January 27, 2017
Tyrone the crass, demonic hand puppet is out to possess a devout young man. Overheard during Act I: "This is Fucked. Up." #Hand2GodBOS pic.twitter.com/gzwozYwCB6
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) January 27, 2017
Not safe for kids, @waxbanks. It's like a Satanic Sesame Street. With ribald sex scenes. I do recommend. 😉#Hand2GodBOS
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) January 27, 2017
When you realize there’s a new puppet master in puppet club. #Hand2GodBOS @SpeakEasyStage pic.twitter.com/HIQnFRnfLE
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) January 27, 2017
I do apologize for the interruption in service. "Cad got my tongue," you might say.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) November 13, 2016
I'm back at the theater, where comedy & tragedy are never partisan. It feels right and true.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) November 13, 2016
I thought there was only one Farce on my schedule this week, alas. This one cost a pittance & lasts two hours. Shame about the other.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) November 13, 2016
Intermission at my most-anticipated play on the @huntington schedule this season. Because Ayckbourn: https://t.co/hjp0fOdrzx
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) November 13, 2016
On stage: a triptych of three married bedrooms: 1) twilight years, 2) young & feisty, 3) triangle brewing. @huntington
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) November 13, 2016
No surprise, I'm always most taken with Ernest, the old chap. "Shall I read to you for a bit?"
Oh yes please.— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) November 13, 2016
Reminds of my longtime crush on sweet grumpy Lionel from As Time Goes By. #BedroomFarceBOS pic.twitter.com/gaN1lEk1qM
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) November 13, 2016
The fourth couple, whose bedroom we don't see and who are on the rocks, are the ones that drive the plot. #BedroomFarceBOS
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) November 13, 2016
Bit of a break fm the #DemsinPhilly tonight as I'm attending the class of 1994's prom w/ @company_one. pic.twitter.com/RKxwNk3tWI
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) July 27, 2016
ps This is my 2nd Class of 1994 prom. I like my hair better this time. #PartywithC1
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) July 27, 2016
Almost time for #DogfightBOS, adapted fm the 1991 film starring River Phoenix & Lili Taylor, who famously said… pic.twitter.com/uHcP9y9oxL
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) May 14, 2016
…"The world is full of guys. Be a man." #DogfightBOS
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) May 14, 2016
Glimpsed the female lead blaze through the lobby, late, clad in full graduation garb. Congrats at @AlejandraParril! #DogfightBOS
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) May 15, 2016
Acc to an ad in the program, this team of law professionals wants to create your Trust or Estate Plan. #DogfightBOS pic.twitter.com/dzyPhMONuc
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) May 15, 2016
Tweeps! We're here at the Boston Center for the Arts in the chic South End for a lil profane, subversive drama. pic.twitter.com/39Ao7cjLv3
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) March 16, 2016
Playwright is Robert O'Hara. Play is semi-biographical, debuted Sept 2014 in NYC. Series of vignettes. Michael Jackson warming up the house.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) March 16, 2016
#lawyers pic.twitter.com/eRtH0FEg9v
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) March 17, 2016
In 6th grade, Mr. O'Hara adapted Snow White for a play called "Ebony & the 7… #Bootycandy @SpeakEasyStage
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) March 17, 2016
How's a black playwright get a name like O'Malley (or O'Hara)?
"Slavery." #Bootycandy @SpeakEasyStage— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) March 17, 2016
Hey! Who's going to @ntlive tonight to see the play #Hangmen by Martin McDonagh, famous chronicler of the West Country of Ireland?
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) March 3, 2016
It's already played in Europe, but we're next! North American performances start at 7p tonight.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) March 3, 2016
When can you go see it? Put your zip code in here and see: https://t.co/hZBa9Ku3ZL
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) March 3, 2016
I go way back w/Martin McDonagh, who thrilled me when I was studying in London in 1997. Saw The Cripple of Inishmaan in the Cottlesloe.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) March 3, 2016
Advice for tonight:
Prepare to be offended.
There will be blood.#Hangmen @thecoolidge— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) March 3, 2016
Britain abolished capital punishment in… @ntlive #Hangmen
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) March 3, 2016
Play's set in Oldham, Lancashire, largely in a pub. About the two last real-life executioners left in England. As in hangmen. #Hangmen
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) March 3, 2016
Alright, Mr. McDonagh, let's go! Lights out for the dark comedy #Hangman perf'd @royalcourt today & beamed to Boston, MA by @ntlive. #magic
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) March 3, 2016
Loved the public house up North banter, the Woodbine machine, the cool morning & warm gloaming light coming though the windows. #Hangmen
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) March 4, 2016
"Give over"
"Shove off"
"Nowt"
"Sod him"
"Fathom out"
"Think on," as in "Dream on"
"fathom out"
Let the language wash over in #Hangman.— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) March 4, 2016
"Some paraplegics are right grumpy pigs." -McDonagh being McDonagh in #Hangmen.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) March 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/girlgloaming/status/705604806426482824
If it's a Trilogy, the next one has got to be called "Our Shirley." #Hangmen @bronwynjames41
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) March 4, 2016
In heaven, #Hangmen is trending on Twitter and Trump Tower is a pinochle tournament venue. Goodnight, everybody. xo
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) March 4, 2016
Back at the theatre, tweeps! Musical based on "The Ugliest Pilgrim" by Doris Betts. Includes gospel choir. pic.twitter.com/suGhWEUb26
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) February 6, 2016
Boston! Come join the rest of the world at the London theatre tonight…in Brookline @TheCoolidge 7p. @BostonTweet https://t.co/4u2qR95hlk
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) January 28, 2016
Now for a play written for the centenary of the Abbey Theatre. By one of the precious few Irishmen w/a way w/words. pic.twitter.com/wP2PIcSzmy
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) January 17, 2016
Ok theatre voyeurs! It's press, VIP, & opening night in Boston. We're all here to watch a contentious dinner party. pic.twitter.com/SJ50WAgCgj
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) January 13, 2016
This play won the Pulitzer Prize & was nom'd for Best Play 2015. (I wrote abt the winner w/sparkling wit here: https://t.co/0rd3YwW3UG.)
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) January 13, 2016
It is apparently the most widely produced play in America right now. It's abt, amongst other things, Islam. Written by Ayad Akhtar.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) January 13, 2016
Most Muslims in America are…#DisgracedBOS
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) January 13, 2016
The first Muslim elected to the US Congress was from…#DisgracedBOS
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) January 14, 2016
And it's over. Ninety mins, no intermission. Lead actor Rajesh Bose takes curtain call w/both hands over heart. My sternum vibrating too.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) January 14, 2016
Ok! It's theatre night once again. Who's got a guess? Big star in this one. pic.twitter.com/GjpdNfcVGY
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) December 20, 2015
Based on a book largely written in 1961-2, by a guy teaching English in Puerto Rico. His Mom fought for its publication after his suicide.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) December 20, 2015
Then, in 1981 they awarded the book a posthumous Pulitzer Prize.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) December 20, 2015
Intermission! Nick Offerman tearing up the stage as the towering, whiny, solipsistic Ignatius J. Reilly in A Confederacy of Dunces.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) December 20, 2015
What the hell does solipsistic mean? Luckily @waxbanks was around to help out. 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/CkpN23lnkY
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) December 20, 2015
Nick Offerman = this guy. Known for playing libertarian bureaucrat Ron Swanson on TV series Parks and Recreation. pic.twitter.com/Flsj0xUYAS
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) December 20, 2015
Spotted three brooches on stage tonight. They're making a comeback, I tell you. And I'm ready. #goodwill #ebay #cancelhercard
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) December 20, 2015
Ignatius J. Reilly on riding shotgun: "Not for me that cockpit of nausea." #DuncesBOS @huntington pic.twitter.com/zPABTNRTAW
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) December 20, 2015
Raising a Dr. Nut to the cast of #DuncesBOS! The show will close after Ignatius leaves NOLA today. @Huntington pic.twitter.com/nXqizJhwWm
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) December 20, 2015
Wikipedia tells us "A Confederacy of Dunces" is a ______ novel…
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) December 20, 2015
Fave line of @AConfederacyofD: Ignatius, leading a proletariat uprising: "This one has expired. Consume his flesh." pic.twitter.com/IkgxDu2Flu
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) December 20, 2015
The correspondence between Myrna & Ignatius reminds me of charming stop motion film "Mary and Max." #DuncesBOS @StephDiMaggio @Nick_Offerman
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) December 20, 2015
The structure, ensemble, the place-as-protagonist & the prickly hero all parallels to… #DuncesBOS @Nick_Offerman pic.twitter.com/wMwVcoktiW
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) December 20, 2015
I freaking love Olive Kitteridge. The novel, the miniseries, and most of all, the lady.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) December 20, 2015
Is it Moscow or Cambridge, MA? I've just been served a dumpling in the American Rep. Ready to enjoy the show! pic.twitter.com/ADAqCGYiNa
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) December 12, 2015
Show is Natasha, Pierre, and The Great Comet of 1812. Based on 70 pages of Tolstoy's War & Peace. An electro-pop opera, apparently.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) December 12, 2015
Concession is serving shots of vodka w/pickles on side. If your ticket says 104, you will drink for free. Pussy Riot posters in lobby.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) December 12, 2015
And I don't know how to tell you this… pic.twitter.com/prnHPLKd7X
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) December 12, 2015
…but Anna Kendrick is in the ensemble. Pretty clever how they snuck her in. @americanrep
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) December 12, 2015
Here's what happens when you go clubbing in 19th century Russia. pic.twitter.com/9oOfwegRa8
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) December 12, 2015
The 19th century brass-buttoned wool coats reminiscent of Les Mis. #24601
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) December 12, 2015
Tonight's show was "Choice" by Winnie Holzman, writer of "Wicked," & creator of "My So-Called Life." Very realistic family scenes. TV-like.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) October 22, 2015
I found the beauty of Connie Ray's Disney princess hair genuinely distracting. Is it real? I'll have what she's having. @company_one
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) October 22, 2015
The program says she has starred in The Heidi Chronicles. Of course she has. #braids
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) October 22, 2015
Waiting for the curtain to rise! Thanks @TodayTix. pic.twitter.com/LN38cY1wka
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) October 11, 2015
I can endorse @DamesAtSeaBway as 2 hrs of smile therapy. Sit close enough to see the mics snaked thru the stockings. Delight in the dimples.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) October 11, 2015
Paging my alma mater @umich. One of our own is tearing up the stage in tap shoes in @DamesAtSeaBway. "Go Blue!" says his bio. Plus: dimples.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) October 11, 2015
@girlgloaming @ntlive me too
— emma freud (@emmafreud) June 8, 2015
Ben Brantley calls "Curious Incident" "brazenly a feel-good show," with lingering darkness http://t.co/4FySu51vUE pic.twitter.com/u5ptBU24XG
— NYT Theater (@nytimestheater) June 8, 2015
.@nytimestheater & Lynne Blaszak calls the staging of "Curious Incident" a fitting metaphor for… http://t.co/0rd3YwW3UG
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) June 8, 2015
My superpower is pinpointing the moment the spell breaks in a dark theater. Really. Can somebody use that in Hollywood? @screencrafting
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) January 18, 2015
Hey! Beantown! Switch off Netflix & jump the C line to @thecoolidge by 7p. Dress in layers: it's gonna get HOT in NOLA tonight. #YVStreetcar
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 16, 2014
We've reached the interval of #YVStreetcar in Boston, MA. Heat of this production pouring off the people more than the dew point. @ntlive
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 17, 2014
Quite a midriff on Stella. Black lace panties creeping up hips seemed to defy physics. #YVStreetcar @ntlive
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 17, 2014
Who here saw Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine? …Who's thought of Blanche Devereaux from Golden Girls? #YVStreetcar @ntlive
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 17, 2014
That sudden "regirg reverb" over sink in 1st act shd have come w/warning they put on strobe lights & roller coasters. #YVStreetcar @ntlive
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 17, 2014
Blanche's hoarse voice an ominous foreshadowing of what to come. #YVStreetcar @ntlive
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 17, 2014
Modern day staging sponsored by IKEA, Jimmy Choo, Samsonite. #YVStreetcar @ntlive
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 17, 2014
Stanley: compact build, chain disappearing in chest hair, buzz cut, watch clamped to meaty wrist, tricep tat, cargo pants, motor oil smudge.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 17, 2014
"I want to deceive him long enough to make him want me."
…And the rest of us?
…And herself? #YVStreetcar @ntlive— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 17, 2014
Final scene change. House put to rights in half-light & actors stay in character, survey damage. Spent, broken. Unique & eerie. #YVStreetcar
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 17, 2014
Somebody should write it from Shep Huntleigh's point of view. #YVStreetcar @ntlive
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 17, 2014
"Funerals are pretty compared to deaths."
Which did we see?#YVStreetcar @ntlive @youngvictheatre— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 17, 2014
"I tremble for you," Blanche says.
& in the end so we all were: wrung out, barely breathing & squinting in the dark. #YVStreetcar @GillianA— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 17, 2014
Get hold of BBC's radio play of Noel Coward's "Private Lives"…if only b/c NO ONE rolls Rs like Patricia Routledge. #rrrrruggedgrrrrandeur
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) August 15, 2014
Do you know the premise of "Private Lives?" Ex-spouses end up in adjoining rooms on respective honeymoons for marriage #2. Masterful.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) August 15, 2014
Play pits crazy-making, jealous, volatile attraction aginnst lasting, cozy, steady-on love. Written in 1930, w/Brit aristocracy. #Sollocks!
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) August 15, 2014
Curtain going up in London NOW. See you in 5 hrs @thecoolidge for the almost-livestream! What @ntlive means to me: http://t.co/YTfMrQSQtN
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) June 12, 2014
Tonight's the NIGHT! Off to the theater in London, but no passport req'd. No TSA security line, even! @ntlive @NationalTheatre
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) June 12, 2014
#WiseWords from “@girlgloaming: http://t.co/ZQtgEa03Tf”! – "If you love me take me to the theatre!" or #ntlive!
— Georgina Hart (@GenieHart) June 8, 2014
Marry me RT @asmallmind: Real men go to see @ntlive #ASmallFamilyBusiness @ErrolFlynnFilm on the night the football world cup starts.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) June 12, 2014
Hey #Brookline! The only place to be tonight is @thcoolidge for a "fast & furious" dramatic farce being beamed straight fm London.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) June 12, 2014
Tonight's show is "A Small Family Business" by English playmaking giant Alan Ayckbourn. @ntlive promises comic hysteria & a macabre climax.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) June 12, 2014
Three lovely cottontops to my left very concerned by the fringe/bangs in @emmafreud's eyes. #ASmallFamilyBusiness @ntlive
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) June 13, 2014
A hiss went up at the sight of the Iron Lady in Boston, MA during the introductory segment. #ASmallFamilyBusiness @ntlive @thecoolidge
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) June 13, 2014
Set in the 1980s: rose velveteen headboard, florals, hot rollers, shell necklace, Doc Martin's, phone antenna #ASmallFamilyBusiness @ntlive
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) June 13, 2014
@emmafreud Too long, you see. We just don't know how you can see, dear. #bostonbiddies
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) June 13, 2014
In case you were wondering about Sammy's reading material in #ASmallFamilyBusiness: http://t.co/zOYXf9JDKX @ntlive
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) June 13, 2014
How abt a Q&A w/the costume designer? I'd like to hear abt Poppy's curious green pumps in Act I. #ASmallFamilyBusiness @ntlive
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) June 13, 2014
It seems that a popular game in the theatre is Pin the Politics on Alan @Ayckbourn. #ASmallFamilyBusiness @ntlive
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) June 13, 2014
@emmafreud Too high, I'm afraid. But then we're just one of the 40 countries…perhaps a new interactive feature? #emmawatch
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) June 13, 2014
Matthew Cottle gave an exc perf as Mr. Hough in #ASmallFamilyBusiness. Spittle, slumped shoulders, lecherous leer, oily hair. Blech! @ntlive
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) June 13, 2014
Least safe place at the @NationalTheatre these days? IN THE BATH. @ntlive
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) June 13, 2014
Did you take the quiz to find out whether you're an Anglophile? It's rubbish. THIS: http://t.co/AcS0jAlOEK @NationalTheatre @PBS @wgbh
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) June 24, 2014
A great piece of writing by @girlgloaming about a great piece of theatre @curiousonstage. Everyone, please read: http://t.co/mI2YAkCnys
— Tomm J Ingram (@TommJordan) July 25, 2014
ICYMI: The acronym ICYMI discovered to be passive-aggressive for "In Case you Ignored it." Henceforth, therefore: ICYII.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) August 6, 2014
ICYII: I wrote about Alan @Ayckbourn and the key to his playmaking prowess here: http://t.co/hjp0fOdZp5. #ASmallFramilyBusiness @asmallmind
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) August 6, 2014
Last week I went to a smashing play in London. But I wasn't in London. I was in Massachusetts @RockportMusic. Verily: http://t.co/HPnbLHoer3
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) October 1, 2013
We're at the interval of #CuriousIncident in Boston, USA. Full house still and silent for so many dramatic moments in Act I. @ntlive
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) May 23, 2014
Who knew it could be so searing to watch a boy assemble a toy train? #CuriousIncident @ntlive
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) May 23, 2014
A graph paper stage blinking & chalked. Toy train, rumbling tube, red socks & timer. The escalator! Brilliant, all. #CuriousIncident @ntlive
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) May 23, 2014
"I'll be keeping an eye on ya. Understand?"
"No."#CuriousIncident @ntlive— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) May 23, 2014
More praise for the superb @ntlive production of #CuriousIncident: it taught me the correct pronunciation of Siobhan.
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) May 24, 2014
Thx! An impt play MT @CharlieReilly21: This is so fantastic – totally captures the style of the orig novel. Congrats! http://t.co/lgTXcxdHSI
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) June 4, 2014
First Thing Tomorrow 