Month: January 2004

  • Talking to the National Theater of the United States of America

    I met with the members of the National Theater of the United States of America after a performance of their show What’s That On My Head!?! on Friday, January 30th, in the office of their space at The Nest in D.U.M.B.O. In the room were Yehuda Duenyas, Jesse Hawley, Mark Doskow, James Stanley, Ryan Bronz,…

  • Worst. Sex. Ever.

    Culturebot and P.S. 122 present an evening of tales of romantic disaster and amorous misfortunes in this anti-valentine’s day reading by some of NYC’s finest, funniest and most beloved bloggers.

  • Demon Baby

    You have one last weekend to catch DEMON BABY at the Ohio, and it’s worth the trip through the subarctic New York night–it’s a compelling piece of theater from Clubbed Thumb.

  • Taylor Mac gets some action at The Fez

    If you have never seen Taylor Mac before, you’re missing out. This writer/performer’s newest creation is morbidly entitled, Cardiac Arrest or Venus on a Half Clam. And no, I can’t explain the title.

  • The Ladies

    What happens when you put Elena Ceausescu, Imelda Marcos, Eva Peron and Madame Mao in a room for a posthumous tea party? Find out in the newest version of The Ladies from The Civilians. Culturebot saw it last year as a work-in-progress and it was really great.

  • Lawrence Goldhuber

    Lawrence Goldhuber is a dancer and choreographer best known for his work with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and his collaborative work with Heidi Latzky. Among his many other accomplishments he choreographedand performed The Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony , commissioned by Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival and The Cost of Living with the British group…

  • Salley May: Straight Outta The Psych Ward!

    If you like your performance art rife with psychotropic drugs, LP records and lovely young ladies in scant lobster costumes, then you should have been at Chashama on January 20th and 21st, 2004 to see Dixon Place’s presentation of Five and Two (5mg Haldol + 2mg Ativan),the newest performance from Downtown Legend and High Priestess…

  • Little Theatre @ Tonic

    Little Theatre, a monthly evening of performance, returns to Tonic on Monday, January 26th.

  • The Mammy Project

    Last night Culturebot went to the opening night of Michelle Matlock’s The Mammy Project at The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus’ Palace of Variety. It’s a very enjoyable and engaging show, exploring the history and persistence of the “Mammy” icon in American Culture.

  • Adventurous Women

    Check out this interview with Susan Bernfield and Emily DeVoti of New Georges by Theater2K editor Brook Stowe.

  • Arts Presenters Gone Wild

    So, another Arts Presenters Conference has come and gone, leaving behind a sea of exhausted performers and curators.

  • Radiohole Is Still My Name

    Some of you may remember Radiohole from last season’s Postmodern Arctic Performance Spectacle None of It: More or Less Hudson’s Bay, Again at P.S. 122. Well, they’re at it again, cooking up an anarchic new theatrical invention called Radiohole Is Still My Name.