Fascinating piece by playwright Stephen Belber in the Los Angeles Times. (Thanks to Thomas Cott of You've Cott Mail fame for flagging this)
My name is Stephen Belber and I am a playwright ... and I'm not sure
why. Or let me put it this way: I make a tidy living writing studio
screenplays; an indie movie just came out that I wrote and directed;
and if all goes well, I'll be directing another of my scripts in the
near future -- all of which has led me to seriously question the
Sisyphean endeavor that is playwriting. I mean let's be serious, even Tony Kushner's writing movies now, so what kind of wall are the rest of us banging our heads against?
click here to read the whole piece.
And for another take on things, see Rolando Teco's post, Is Theatre Worth Saving?
