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Pixar’s bathroom. Eddie Van Halen’s M&Ms. Enough. We got it.

By Matthew Dicks | April 8, 2013 |

I’ve heard the story of Pixar’s bathrooms about a thousand times now. Enough. I get it. People peeing together make for great collaboration and great film. I’ve also heard the Van Halen brown M&M story a thousand times, too. Brown M&M’s equal contract accountability. I got it. Last week I heard the M&M story told…

Lessons and observations from a week of The Clowns.

By Matthew Dicks | January 15, 2013 |

This evening we will meet to discuss the future of The Clowns, the rock opera that my co-writer and I have spent the last five years writing. With two weeks to reflect on the workshop process that brought The Clowns to the stage for the first time, I had some final thoughts: 1. When collaborating…