Month: December 2009

  • To Save the Planet, Save the Seas

    Great op-ed on the role of the oceans in climate change: Few people may realize it, but in addition to producing most of the oxygen we breathe, the ocean absorbs some 25 percent of current annual carbon dioxide emissions. Half the world’s carbon stocks are held in plankton, mangroves, salt marshes and other marine life.…

  • In the Studio with Phantom Limb Company

    Starting January 6th you can see THE DEVIL YOU KNOW at LaMama.  This show marks the first collaboration between the legendary Ping Chong and the increasingly renowned Phantom Limb Company.  On a recent snowy Sunday, Jessica and Erik from Phantom Limb invited Culturebot into the studio for an interview. [BTW – Culturebot’s former intern Meryl…

  • Modern Misalliance

    I just got back from a matinee performance of the Pearl Theatre Company‘s unexpectedly enjoyable and timely staging of Shaw’s MISALLIANCE at City Center Stage Two. I say “unexpected” only because it has been a long time since I’d seen any Shaw and I’d never seen anything by the Pearl before. Also I was easily…

  • R.I.P Vic Chesnutt

    According to the NY TIMES: Vic Chesnutt, a singer-songwriter whose music dealt with mortality and black humor, died on Friday in a hospital in Athens, Ga., a spokesman for his family said. He was 45 and lived in Athens. I first saw Vic Chesnutt play a long time ago in the Crocodile Cafe in Seattle.…

  • American Realness Festival

    Just read about this over at the Contemporary Performance site – the american realness festival. most of it is taking place at Abrons Arts Center from January 8-11, some of it is at New Museum and at Japan Society.  The festival website is here and it is put on by Ben Pryor’s new company tbsp management.…

  • monkeywrench

    late  night video watching for some reason this song has been my earworm:

  • A little bit o' bad santa

    love this movie:

  • BAC to open Jerome Robbins Theater, Woosters are Resident Co.

    Early Warning: The Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) is opening the Jerome Robbins Theater with a gala event on February 16. A tribute to Jerome Robbins, the evening’s program will include performances by Mikhail Baryshnikov,Wendy Sutter, Eteri Andjaparidze, Garrison Keillor, Benjamin Millepied’s Danses Concertantes, and members of the New York City Ballet. The new state-of-the-art Jerome Robbins Theater is an…

  • Beowulf Redux

    Just after their successful smash holiday hit SANDWICH, Banana Bag & Bodice bring back BEOWULF for a limited series of club engagements for APAP-time: BEOWULF – A Thousand Years of Baggage takes on the LES Written by Jason Craig Music by Dave Malloy Directed by Rod Hipskind & Mallory Catlett Performances begin January 8th and…

  • Five Questions for Theo Stockman

    For 2 ½ hours, I wear faded, patched jeans and a maroon Sgt Pepper’s/Hendrix jacket and jump around, sing rock and roll protest songs, and get naked…. What more can you ask for?

  • memes of late

    okay so i’m not sure what to make of it, but i seem to be hearing  a lot more about sex addiction (tiger woods), hoarders, the happiness project and “the end of cute” than before. hmmm. how do these things go together, if at all? is it the last gasp of 2009? what does it…

  • Five Questions for Shannon Sindelar

    Name: 
Shannon Sindelar Title/Occupation: 
Director and co-writer for 31 Down; managing and programming director for the Ontological-Hysteric Theater URL: http://31down.org; http://ontological.com 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in Everett, Washington, outside Seattle. I started doing theater when I was young and, much…