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Matthew Freeman is a Brooklyn based playwright with a BFA from Emerson College. His plays include THE DEATH OF KING ARTHUR, REASONS FOR MOVING, THE GREAT ESCAPE, THE AMERICANS, THE WHITE SWALLOW, AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR, THE MOST WONDERFUL LOVE, WHEN IS A CLOCK, GLEE CLUB, THAT OLD SOFT SHOE and BRANDYWINE DISTILLERY FIRE. He served as Assistant Producer and Senior Writer for the live webcast from Times Square on New Year's Eve 2010-2012. As a freelance writer, he has contributed to Gamespy, Premiere, Complex Magazine, Maxim Online, and MTV Magazine. His plays have been published by Playscripts, Inc., New York Theatre Experience, and Samuel French.

Friday, January 21, 2011

In case you hadn't heard

Play readings are used to develop new work.

6 comments:

Ian Thal said...

Oh, and you might see somebody famous at one too!

Ian Thal said...

That article irked me so much that I had to write a response: http://ianthal.blogspot.com/2011/01/nyt-misses-point-of-staged-readings.html

Leigh Hile said...

So glad others found this article as stupid as I did.

Ian Thal said...

When I wrote about it on my blog, some commenter told me that I was missing the point and that theatres and artists should just be happy that somebody might attend a reading because of they read in the NYT that it might afford them bragging rights.

Freeman said...

Sigh. I think that you're not the one missing the point, Ian.

Ian Thal said...

I'll say! A lot of the actors I see at staged readings are ones I've already seen on stage! Hell, some of them are friends of mine! I really need to start attending the ones with movie stars!