Month: October 2008

  • McCain-Keating

    Don’t forget: Don’t forget that Lehman execs were getting payouts at the same time they were begging the Gov’t to bail them out. Don’t forget that most of these guys that got bailed out were Republicans! Rich White Welfare Queens.

  • Help Wanted

    Okay Okay so here’s the deal. I need help. As usual. First and foremost I need someone to do marketing/pr for IRT. Things are starting to pick up speed over at our little theater in the West Village and we need help with re-branding, design, website, press kit, etc. etc. I’m really looking for someone…

  • Chekhov Lizardbrain

    Went to see Pig Iron‘s Chekhov Lizardbrain tonight and I’m glad I did. It is not officially open yet so I guess it is not appropriate to do a full-fledged review. But if you haven’t bought tickets yet, you should. I imagine it will sell out. It is thoughtful, intelligent, surreal, well-acted and engaging. The…

  • Bill T. Jones and other dance-y discontents

    Okay so, in all deference to my esteemed colleague and contributor Beatrice, I would be a bit more reserved in my praise of “A Quarreling Pair”. To be honest I thought the music was great – especially the one song that sounded like Wilco and the extended, psychedelic cover of Dylan’s Hard Rain is Gonna…

  • BAM: “A Quarreling Pair”

    The Bill T. Jones Arnie Zane Company is at BAM this weekend with A Quarelling Pair, and it’s great. Jones has brought together vaudeville presentational dance with his sophisticated choreography and his stunning sense of visual composition. Claudia La Rocco already reviewed the piece here. If you don’t know Jones’ work, it’s a great way…

  • Debate or Reality Show?

    It just hit me – last night’s debate as like a reality show! Sarah Palin was a stand-in for every regular person who ever wanted to be President. We watched thinking, “how’s she going to do? ” we want to know, like American Idol, how a “regular” person can be groomed and magically made over…

  • Ohio Think Tank: “Lizardbrain”.

    My favorite theater company is in from Philadelphia with a show that sounds very very good! Pig Iron is intelligent, funny, and moving physical theater. The original company members met in Paris while attending the Jacques Lecoq School, a wonderful center for “gesture and movement” training. You might have already seen their work last January,…

  • Time Out for Time Out

    Time Out editor Michael Friedson defends his lily-white “New York 40” – in a way that is almost as offensive as the New York 40 itself: I guess it just reflects the “new” New York – if you’re not white and rich – and preferably European – screw you.

  • DEBATE DEBATE DEBATE

    Sarah “The Pit Bull” Palin takes on Joe “The Bloviator” Biden in PRIMETIME! LIVE! TONIGHT! Watch as the country finally gets what it deserves. Grease yourself up and prepare to take it like a man.  Oh and in case you forgot: And people were worried about Reverend Jeremiah Wright?

  • The Return of Les Freres Corbusier

    LES FRERES is back and ready to kick your ass! And its not just because I was in HELL HOUSE – it’s because they’re one of my fave companies – irreverent, intelligent and lots ‘o fun. The company that created Hell House, Boozy, Heddatron, and A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant returns with a…