The science of art, Mu's new direction and more

I hope everyone's had a busy week with theater on their brains. I don't know what you've been up to, but I've begun designing a new board game - FRINGE! The base set will be a Minnesota setting (don't fret, expansions will bring your favorite fringes to life! New York! Capital! Indianapolis! They'll all be available for $29.95 at your local game shop! Base game not included). 3-5 players will pitch their show, draw their performance dates and venue, then attack each other through cards drawn from the Word of Mouth deck. Is John generating good buzz at the Rarig Thrust? Just play the "Irate Blogger" card to neutralize his performance points. The player with the most performance points after the last performance wins! But wait! Who just laid down the coveted "Encore" card? There are still some kinks, but this should work better than my Wait List Murder Mystery. Happy Tuesday! Let's get down to it. Local It was originally my intent to have a section devoted to discussing the This Week in Tennessee Williams I like to believe that the theater community is geared toward creating the best work at all times, but there is more often than not disagreement on what work should be done, what work should be seen, and what work should be praised. A new