My response to the demise of the Oleanna Take-A-Side talkbacks.

PRODUCER'S PERSPECTIVE: Everyone who I spoke to felt like the talkbacks made the experience of going to the theater even better.

Unfortunately, Mr. Mamet disagreed. As Michael Riedel reported back in November . . .

Alas, Mamet hated them [talkbacks]. He never attended one, but he's against them on principle, believing that his play should stand on its own and not be picked apart by "experts" on the law, feminism and campus sexual harassment policies.

It's always tough to hear that your author doesn't like something you want to do, especially when that something is helping market your show.