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Oh yeah? Well you tell James Franco for me that I’ve ALREADY contacted Tennessee Williams on a Ouija board and he told me to tell him to step off.

James Franco Will Conduct a Séance to Speak to Tennessee Williams

by Kyle Buchanan, NYmag.com

James Franco’s obsession with dead queer icons shows no signs of abating. Now the actor-artist (who previously played Allen Ginsberg in Howl, directed a movie about Sal Mineo, and recut River Phoenix’s performance in My Own Private Idaho) has announced  that as part of Performa, the biannual NYC performance art festival, he’ll be co-conducting a séance to get in touch with playwright Tennessee Williams via Ouija board. CONT’D>>

Beautiful Zion: A Book of the Dead

“Hi Gangters of Plein Sud Guess What!! We are not moving from this spot.”

I stumbled upon some real-life street theatre in Tribeca this summer and wrote about it for the New York Press, “New York’s Bellicose Weekly Newspaper.” It’s this week’s cover story, To Kebab and  Conquer, about a street fight between a scrappy halal cart vendor and a highbrow restaurateur.

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 Here’s the online version.  Enjoy.

New York Magazine weighs in.