New Year, New T-Shirts
Ah, the saga of the Bear Town T-shirts. I originally ordered some back around November as samples. I had gotten a really good deal, but when the shirts arrived they were awful! Most of the lettering was already beginning to peel and flake off after just one wash so I decided to go shopping for another supplier.
I finally found a good one in downtown Toronto. Their deal isn't quite as good, but the quality of their work is much, much better. When the shirts finally arrive in two or three weeks I'll selling them locally here for around $20 Cdn (about $15 US) to friends, family, strangers, etc. as a Bear Town fundraiser.
I can hardly believe 2003 is over already! While it wasn't the best year for me personally, it was a very good year for puppetry. The mainstream media finally seemed to be catching on to the idea that, yes, puppets are for adults too. Just recently, Entertainment Weekly named Avenue Q the #1 Broadway show of 2003 and yesterday Boston radio station WBUR's Here and Now featured this segment on puppetry's "comeback" with Karen Larsen, Artistic Director of the Puppet Showplace Theater in Massachusetts.
It wasn't all good news in puppetry this year though. One of the year's low points was the announcement of the impending sale of the famous Henson townhouse in New York and the final shut down of the NY Muppet workshop. Sadly, most of the incredible Jim Henson Company's puppet designers and builders have lost their jobs in recent years. One such talent is James Wojtal, who recently posted a few samples of his work online.
Well, that's a wrap for this year - see you in 2004!
I finally found a good one in downtown Toronto. Their deal isn't quite as good, but the quality of their work is much, much better. When the shirts finally arrive in two or three weeks I'll selling them locally here for around $20 Cdn (about $15 US) to friends, family, strangers, etc. as a Bear Town fundraiser.
I can hardly believe 2003 is over already! While it wasn't the best year for me personally, it was a very good year for puppetry. The mainstream media finally seemed to be catching on to the idea that, yes, puppets are for adults too. Just recently, Entertainment Weekly named Avenue Q the #1 Broadway show of 2003 and yesterday Boston radio station WBUR's Here and Now featured this segment on puppetry's "comeback" with Karen Larsen, Artistic Director of the Puppet Showplace Theater in Massachusetts.
It wasn't all good news in puppetry this year though. One of the year's low points was the announcement of the impending sale of the famous Henson townhouse in New York and the final shut down of the NY Muppet workshop. Sadly, most of the incredible Jim Henson Company's puppet designers and builders have lost their jobs in recent years. One such talent is James Wojtal, who recently posted a few samples of his work online.
Well, that's a wrap for this year - see you in 2004!
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