Success stories! We’re complete suckers for ’em. This one is about Rachna Fruchbom, an overnight success after only 17 years of working as hard as she can. So it goes, newbies. So it goes….
When Rachna Fruchbom ’99 graduated from Wellesley with a degree in International Relations, her career goals were, in her own words, “I know I don’t want to be a doctor.”
Fast forward 17 years, and Fruchbom works as a writer and executive story editor for “Fresh off the Boat.”
by Team TVWriter™ Press ServiceNow this is cool. The Chicago Tribune tells us that long-running classic TV series CHEERS has been adapted into a stage play and is scheduled to play in Chicago this September. This kind of adaptation of a TV series probably wouldn’t work very well for, let’s say, NCIS, but when you think of all the Broadway shows that have been set in bars, CHEERS could be a natural.
The Chicago run of what seems intended to be a long, country-wide tour, will extend from September 20th to October 23rd. According to a recent article, “The show is licensed by CBS and produced by Stageworks Media and Troika Entertainment.” No casting has been announced, but presumably it won’t include any of the former stars. It’ll be interesting to see who appears as the next Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman, and Shelly Long.
Wonder if the omnipresent CHEERS reruns will be blacked out in Chi Town while the live show plays.
by Dennis O’NeilIt was a pretty doggone swell affair, last Saturday night at the Garnerville Arts Center – the best kind of swell affair, the kind that doesn’t require abnormal behavior or unusual threads.
Remember Thoreau? “…beware of all enterprises that require new clothes…”?
Well, nobody needed to beware at Garnerville. But I think we all enjoyed ourselves.
It happens to us all – the dread creative dry spell. Here’s one of the best articles this TVWriter™ minion has seen on solving the problem:
by Steve TobakThe human mind has a funny way of shooting itself in the foot. Just when you need to come up with an inspirational idea or a solution to a thorny problem, it has a nasty habit of over-thinking, locking itself into an endless loop and destroying any hope of a breakthrough.
You know what I’m talking about. It’s insidious. But fear not, there is a way out. You simply have to break the loop. Change things up. A simple change of place, process, players or perspective usually does the trick. If that doesn’t work, I’m afraid you’re out of luck.
