Being Jonathan Harker: recollections of The Dead English
/Not every actor gets the plum role of vampire hunter and romantic lead Jonathan Harker. Steve Brachmann reflects on his part in the Dracula-inspired rock musical The Dead English
Read MoreRapture Crash
/There's a frightening possibility at the heart of Jaron Lanier's new manifesto You Are Not a Gadget: how often do we subjugate our own personalities to the fixed designs of computer software?
Read MoreAn Actor's Journal - Fuddy Meers
/The smell of sawdust, misplaced props, shouts about lights: Steve Brachmann reports on a play going up and the ways in which several real people play their parts.
Read MoreCracking the Music Genome
/Your father’s FM radio can close up shop, as far as Steve Brachman’s concerned; the music you want is at your fingertips, and you hear it the way you like it, on your computer.
Read MoreOne Encounter: Eight Hours from Home
/Out of cash, out of work, bounced from his home, and lost in the world, Steve Brachmann turned to an old friend for help—W. Somerset Maugham. In this installment of our regular feature, we see how a single good book—for Steve, it was Of Human Bondage—can help right a life.
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