Every week, I get three or four e-mails from folks asking me if I'm going to be at a convention near them soon. From the tone, some seem to be suggesting that they want to know so if I am, they can arrange to be out of town that weekend. Whatever their reason for inquiry, the answer is that I'll be at WonderCon in San Francisco a week from tomorrow and then I'm scheduled to be at the Comic-Con International in July and that's it at the moment. I will be hosting panels at each, some of which will — now that Health Care Reform has passed — be Death Panels. Show up for them or we may just kill your grandmother.
This coming Saturday, I will again be delivering a lecture (pretty much the same lecture I gave last Saturday, in fact) at Freud Hall at UCLA at Noon. A rave-reviewed production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is playing there through March 28 and the Reprise! group always precedes their Saturday matinees with a speech by someone who, like me, they can pass off as an expert on the show. The talk is free and you get what you pay for.
You may note that I haven't reviewed this production yet. This is because I haven't seen it. I was supposed to attend opening night but an UnFunny Thing Happened on the Way to the Show. Blocks away, I got a phone call and had to hurriedly go take my mother into a hospital emergency room. She is home now and doing well but I missed the show. I will see it before it closes and if you'd like to (or if you just want to view a short video trailer), go visit this page.
The next Reprise! revival is How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, which runs May 11-23 and stars Josh Grisetti, Simon Helberg and (in the Rudy Vallee role) John O'Hurley. This company always does fine work so you might want to go ahead and order tix for that at the above-linked site. I think I'm also doing the Saturday lectures on this one.
Getting back to WonderCon for a moment: On April 5, the Monday following, I will be teaching a class in Cartoon Voice Work (i.e., how to do them) at Voice One, a well-respected school/studio in San Francisco. Details on how to sign up can be found on this page.
I'm going to be other places in the near-future: The bank, the market, my mother's house, my parole hearing, my day job at Applebee's, etc., but I doubt you'd be interested in those. Heck, I have trouble believing anyone's interested in what I've listed above.