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I thought I might send out a list of things that enriched my life this year. Here it is, by no means comprehensive, in no particular order.
Seth Simons
Dec 24, 2019
A few weeks ago comedian Brodie Reed tweeted the following: To my eye this was an uncontroversial if ill-acknowledged assertion true of most cultural i…
Seth Simons
Dec 11, 2019
"Everyone I know at the theater is saying 'This shit sucks.'"
Seth Simons
Nov 8, 2019
So. I’m glad SNL fired Shane Gillis. I hesitate to call it the right decision because the right decision was not to hire him. But it was the better of …
Seth Simons
Sep 17, 2019
The long debate over the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre's policy of not paying talent reached its most feverish pitch in the winter of 2012 and 2013.…
Seth Simons
Aug 1, 2019
Some news: UCBTLA Artistic Director Beth Appel is leaving the theater. Below is the email announcing her resignation, sent a little after midnight Thur…
Seth Simons
Jul 18, 2019
I have some good news. In the next month or so I will be relaunching this newsletter with more regular content, including a paid subscription tier. The…
Seth Simons
Jul 9, 2019
And some news.
Seth Simons
Jun 26, 2019
I read with great interest Miles Klee’s piece in MEL about the many problems with contemporary network late-night comedy (and The Daily Show). If you s…
Seth Simons
Apr 17, 2019
UCB East will shut its doors for the last time on February 9th. Many of its long-running shows have already given their final performances, victims of …
Seth Simons
Jan 31, 2019
"These communities are more susceptible to manipulation."
Seth Simons
Jan 29, 2019
Some news from Los Angeles.
Seth Simons
Jan 14, 2019
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