They Might Be Giants, The Kingston Trio, Kander & Ebb, Angelo Badalamenti, Nino Rota, Stephen Sondheim, The Beach Boys, Michael Nyman, The Weavers, The Inkspots
Movies
Amadeus, Henry Fool, Raise the Red Lantern (or anything by Zhang Yimou), American Splendor, Mulholland Drive, Eyes Wide Shut, Barry Lyndon (or anything by Kubrick), Crimes & Misdemeanors (and selected other films by Woody Allen), Goodfellas, King of Comedy, Bringing Up Baby, North by Northwest, His Girl Friday, Young Frankestein, Ed Wood, That Obscure Object of Desire (or anything by Bunuel), Miller's Crossing, The Thin Blue Line (or anything by Errol Morris), Cabaret, Three days on the Condor, Au revoir les enfants, Brazil
Television
The Prisoner, I Claudius, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Upstairs Downstairs, The Singing Detective (or anything by Dennis Potter), Twin Peaks
Books
Cat's Cradle (or anything by Kurt Vonnegut), Catch 22, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (or anything by Oliver Sacks), Godel Escher & Bach, Maus, Age of Bronze (or anything by Eric Shanower), 1984, The Great Gatsby, The Plague, Motormorphosis, Lolita, The Wizard of Oz, Ozma of Oz (or anything by L. Frank Baum), Alice in Wonderland, Alice Through the Looking Glass (or anything by Lewis Carroll), the Five Children and It (or anything by Edith Nesbit)
Heroes
Vaclav Havel, Eugene Ionesco, Kurt Vonnegut, Tom Stoppard, Oliver Sacks, Mark Twain, Alexander S. Wiener,
About me: I am a novelist/playwright/theater director. Recent projects were a calypso musical version of Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle and a picture book about probability entitled A Very Improbable Story (Charlesbridge Press) which came out in February.
I also run the Untitled Theater Company #61, a New York based theater company that presents what I call a Theater of Ideas, with a strong absurdist influence. Our most prominent projects have been out festivals: The Havel Festival (all the plays of Vaclav Havel), The Ionesco Festival (all the plays of Eugene Ionesco), and the NEUROfest (plays based on neurological conditions.
Plays I've written include Off-Broadway show (which I co-wrote and directed) "Fairy Tales of the Absurd"; a number of plays about neurological conditions such as aphasia ("Linguish"), Korsakov's Syndrome ("Strangers"), and Aspergers ("The Boy Who Wanted to be a Robot"); a number of Jewish-themed plays such as "Golem Stories," "The Living Methuselah," and "A Shylock"; and a few others on a variety of subjects.
I'm currently working on a number of projects: a picture book about probablility, a play about my grandfather (who discovered the Rh factor in blood), another Oz novel, a play about Rudolf II, a short movie about sausage entitled "Carniovores", and many others.
Who I'd like to meet: I'm looking for people who share my interests, whether it be children's fantasy, absurdist theater, neurology, Jewish legends, puppetry, Czech Theater, or anything else.
Just finished reading your Paradox in Oz. Wonderful! It was really enjoyable to return to reading about adventures in Oz like I did when I was younger.
CRAZY! I may actually be able to make it! I am in Bridgewater on Sunday for my sister-in-law's baby shower, so I might be able to get to Westfield on Sat! Send me the details on the book signing!!
It's Red Ink Theatre Company's first show, iAlone! Come check it out Thursday and Friday nights, April 17th - May 2nd, at 7pm. It's playing at The Spot, 4437 N. Broadway. Only $10!
Hi Edward, One World is now in your town New York !!!
Please tell your friends and have a nice time.
One World in New York City takes place April 14 through April 18. Organized with the Czech Center New York, the festival will showcase some of 2008 program highlights, such as Damas de Blanco or the award-winning Crime and Punishment. All screenings will take place in the Bohemian National Hall (321 East 73rd Street). A special panel discussion on transformation aid to Burma will be held at Columbia University. For more information and tickets see: www. czechcenter. com
Edward: How's life in the Big Apple? Really wish I could be there to see your CATS CRADLE. Love Vonnegut. Did I get an email that you have a new book out? I need to read one of your books sometime. Any recommendations? Break a Leg.
Happy to inform you about the upcoming program of the One World film festival. http://www.myspace.com/oneworldprague
We have also the new trailer already on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZFzdodwH84
Hey man, it would be great if you could come over and watch some of the exciting film at the festival. Make yourself some days off in Prague and enjoy the atmosphere.
