Comments on: Win Free Tickets to Neil Simon’s “Come Blow Your Horn” at Theatre in the Round http://tcjewfolk.com/win-free-tickets-come-blow-your-horn-theatre-in-the-round/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=win-free-tickets-come-blow-your-horn-theatre-in-the-round Twin Cities Jewfolk: the hub for hip Jewish stuff in Minneapolis and St. Paul Tue, 22 May 2012 03:06:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Leora Maccabee http://tcjewfolk.com/win-free-tickets-come-blow-your-horn-theatre-in-the-round/comment-page-1/#comment-6234 Leora Maccabee Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:27:34 +0000 http://tcjewfolk.com/?p=9659#comment-6234 What a great bunch of answers! Our winners of the free pairs of tickets are: Kris and Hal Davis. And may I saw that we draw the names randomly with a computer program, but I am thrilled that you won Hal, your answer was hilarious. And to respond to the folks who wondered about my question, I agree with all of you! I don't think it's a cop out to write about your experience. I'm not a playwright, but do write music, and every song I've written related in part to my life's experience. That's part of what art is, I think. I just thought it was a question that would get some of you stirred up! And I was right. If you didn't win the tickets, please still go check out the show! It has a good-length run, and Theatre in the Round is an awesome theater. What a great bunch of answers! Our winners of the free pairs of tickets are: Kris and Hal Davis. And may I saw that we draw the names randomly with a computer program, but I am thrilled that you won Hal, your answer was hilarious.

And to respond to the folks who wondered about my question, I agree with all of you! I don’t think it’s a cop out to write about your experience. I’m not a playwright, but do write music, and every song I’ve written related in part to my life’s experience. That’s part of what art is, I think. I just thought it was a question that would get some of you stirred up! And I was right.

If you didn’t win the tickets, please still go check out the show! It has a good-length run, and Theatre in the Round is an awesome theater.

]]> By: Merrie Kristol Forstein http://tcjewfolk.com/win-free-tickets-come-blow-your-horn-theatre-in-the-round/comment-page-1/#comment-6228 Merrie Kristol Forstein Fri, 25 Jun 2010 04:22:52 +0000 http://tcjewfolk.com/?p=9659#comment-6228 It makes sense to write about what you know about and what is important to you. Life is so very interesting. Each of us has a story to tell. Just a few of us can tell it well. It makes sense to write about what you know about and what is important to you. Life is so very interesting. Each of us has a story to tell. Just a few of us can tell it well.

]]> By: Kris http://tcjewfolk.com/win-free-tickets-come-blow-your-horn-theatre-in-the-round/comment-page-1/#comment-6221 Kris Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:17:49 +0000 http://tcjewfolk.com/?p=9659#comment-6221 As long as every one of their plays is not based on their life experience (it will start to seem repetitive in such cases), I don't see it as a "cop out" As long as every one of their plays is not based on their life experience (it will start to seem repetitive in such cases), I don’t see it as a “cop out”

]]> By: DVORAH S http://tcjewfolk.com/win-free-tickets-come-blow-your-horn-theatre-in-the-round/comment-page-1/#comment-6187 DVORAH S Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:38:41 +0000 http://tcjewfolk.com/?p=9659#comment-6187 I am entering the contest to win tickets to THEATRE IN THE ROUND/NEIL SIMON/COME BLOW YOUR HORN 2010. Although I thank you for this chance to win, I disagree strongly with negative terminology like "cop-out" & "Do you think it is a cop-out for a playwright to base plays on personal life experience?" Writing is of course crafted from a combination of experience & creative invention. I am entering the contest to win tickets to THEATRE IN THE ROUND/NEIL SIMON/COME BLOW YOUR HORN 2010.

Although I thank you for this chance to win, I disagree strongly with negative terminology like “cop-out” & “Do you think it is a cop-out for a playwright to base plays on personal life experience?”

Writing is of course crafted from a combination of experience & creative invention.

]]> By: Hal Davis http://tcjewfolk.com/win-free-tickets-come-blow-your-horn-theatre-in-the-round/comment-page-1/#comment-6171 Hal Davis Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:45:14 +0000 http://tcjewfolk.com/?p=9659#comment-6171 So, nu? What else is a first-time playwright going to write about? My late father loved the movie version of this play. Speaking of Sid Caesar, I composed this today, at the time specified: I dreamed Sid Caesar talked to me Last night at half past three. We argued Jewish comedy. “You’re still a schmuck,” said he. So, nu? What else is a first-time playwright going to write about?

My late father loved the movie version of this play.

Speaking of Sid Caesar, I composed this today, at the time specified:

I dreamed Sid Caesar talked to me
Last night at half past three.
We argued Jewish comedy.
“You’re still a schmuck,” said he.

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