http://chasgilbert.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:15:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 2009 - Another incredible year in which I am blessed by good health, wonderful family, meaningful work, interesting challenges, supportive friends, and opportunities to do what I love to do best! Here's a few highlights: January - Obama is sworn in. MTEA at Shenandoah. The Journey of the Song continues. February ... http://chasgilbert.com/?p=417 First, apologies to habitues of the Chazzyverse who may have wondered what ever happened to your esteemed author. Work-related duties have made it hard - nay, obviously impossible - to find even a spare minute to post. But never fear - travel has once more stirred the writer's impulse in ... http://chasgilbert.com/?p=372 What explains the long silence in the Chazzyverse? 2008 turned into a too-busy-to-blog year, I'm afraid. It's New Year's Day, though, and that calls for a brief backward glance. 2007 set the bar for eventfulness pretty high, what with a semester-long sabbatical leave, three weeks in Europe, and a ... http://chasgilbert.com/?p=371 The current issue of the Philadelphia City Paper has a cover story in which I'm quoted rather extensively about the Merriam Theater. There's also an anecdote about filming Jersey Girl at the Forrest Theater. The patented CG smirk (a wiseguy smile that appears on my mug whenever a camera appears) ... http://chasgilbert.com/?p=366 You can read about the upcoming production of my musical Watch the Birdie on playbill.com or broadwayworld.com. If I haven't mentioned it here yet, it's because I've been too busy to blog since I started my new job as Interim Director of the School of Theater Arts at The University ... http://chasgilbert.com/?p=364 Discovered this on a Saturday morning while browsing items in my Google Reader, and I found it very moving. It is very much in tune with my values as a father, a teacher and an artist. http://chasgilbert.com/?p=362 http://chasgilbert.com/?p=359 It happened so quickly that it's hard to recall when Gabriel Kahane showed up on my radar. I went back and searched my Google Reader sources and discovered that he had already gotten attention from Alex Ross (two years ago!) and Jeremy Denk, along with this fairly recent review of ... http://chasgilbert.com/?p=358 Alice This is a fabulous creation - a trippy Disney remix! http://chasgilbert.com/?p=356 Sitting at the kitchen table tonight, listening to the Phillies on AM radio. Cole Hamels just shut out the Braves, his first complete game shutout in the majors. AM radio is definitely old technology but it gets the job done! I was out for a Mothers' Day drive with ... http://chasgilbert.com/?p=354