i’m not ashamed to admit that some of my crazier new year’s eves were spent in the company of the Grateful Dead. Those were some trippy, goofy fun times. Here’s some YouTube video of NYE 1985 into 1986, narrated by Father Guido Sarducci and Ken
Color me impressed. Createquity pulled together his best quotes from the past year and put them all in one big end-of-year post. Very cool and lots of good ideas. Check it out here.
Looks super fun! Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Neighbors, forthcoming at the Public), director Gavin Quinn (PanPan Theatre), and dramaturg/producer Allison Lyman (NYC Players) are currently developing an adaptation of nineteenth century playwright Dion Boucicault’s famous melodrama THE OCTOROON for Performance Space 122 (to premiere June 2010)
What do our CO2 emissions look like in tangible, spatial form? Leading up to the Copenhagen Climate Change talks, San Francisco based Millennium Art had an answer. They teamed up with the United Nations Department of Public Information to create a global installation–a collection of three-story-high
I’m still digging around but with Pepsi Refresh and Coke’s Live Positively campaigns we’re seeing a distinctly different tone and approach towards giving. On the heels of the Chase Community giving campaign (which has taken some heat recently) I think we’re definitely seeing a trend. I’m
I was just checking out the IETM website and ran across this news item/call for support: A prominent actor and producer, Mohammad Alamzeb fled Pakistan in May 2009 following kidnapping and threats by the Taliban. Alamzeb is now in Malaysia with his family, facing financial
Outrageous Fortune: The Life And Times Of The New American Play by Todd London, with Ben Pesner, and Zannie Giraud Voss, examines the “collaboration in crisis” between the contemporary American playwright and the varied people who fund and produce new work. Published this month by
Just a random observation that the phrase I seem to have heard the most in 2009, and don’t recall hearing too often before, is “The perfect is the enemy of the good.” It seems like I’ve been hearing it about health reform recently, but I’ve also
Also part of APAP is Japan Society’s 13th Annual Contemporary Dance Showcase featuring work from Japan + East Asia. One of the most anticipated dance programs in New York, this year’s line-up includes: from JAPAN • Company Derashinera, acclaimed for its surreal take on everyday
Name: David Cote Title: Theater Editor Organization: Time Out New York URL: www.timeoutnewyork.com/theater 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? Born and adopted in New Hampshire. From the age of four I grew up in a
Interested in participating in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the largest performing arts festival in the world? Check out the free Edinburgh Fringe Roadshow Saturday 9 January 2010, from 11.00am to 1.00pm, doors open 10.45am at Barrow Street Theatre, 27 Barrow Street, NY 10014. The roadshow
APAP has exploded on the downtown scene over the past few years and this is without a doubt the busiest year to date. We will be trying to see as much as possible – but since the “we” is just me, well, that might be