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What We Saw

Not much to say, really. Just a re-cap of the week, this was a relatively busy one. Wednesday we saw Okwui Okpokwasili’s haunting Pent Up and Thursday we saw Edith Freni’s Momma at P.S.122. Friday night we saw Eric Winick’s rearviewmirror at 59 e. 59th,

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Short Mean Lady packs a punch

I went to see Amanda Loulaki’s show at Danspace Project because she’s my friend, and I wanted to support her; you should go see it because it’s fantastic. Delirium, or that taste in my mouth is a striking, mature piece of dance exploring anxiety and

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Collapsable Giraffe Benefit

COLLAPSABLE GIRAFFE BEGGAR’S BENEFIT PARTY is tonight. We missed this week’s open rehearsals but hear it was great (Note to artists: invite us to stuff and we’ll write about it & your company. We’d rather see rehearsals and write a preview than see the show

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Road To Nowhere: David Byrne’s Bike Has Been Stolen

In an ironic twist of fate, musician/artist/verbose blogger David Byrne, who’s currently organizing the Alternative Transportation Music Festival, had his bicycle stolen outside the IFC Center last weekend. The cycling enthusiast, who’s often spotted pedaling around downtown, says “If anyone sees a bike with both

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Who’s Going To Review The Reviewers?

Charles Isherwood, the New York Times critic bloggers love to hate, will be taking part in a reading of Androcles and the Lion at the Player’s Club on April 23rd as part of the successful Project Shaw.  The conceit is that the Christians being fed to

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NYCTBlogging

Over at Parabasis, blogging stalwart Isaac Butler clarifies some facts about his exclusive cabal, the NYCTB (New York City Theater Bloggers). Originally gathered to attend a performance of Roundabout’s Pig Farm, and hopefully illustrate the viability of the internets to the traditionally stodgy press and

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Schadenfreude.tv?

If you’re currently toiling away in the often thankless arena of Off-Off Broadway, er, Indie Theater, and still flinch in horror at the memory of the drunken auteur who tried lure you to his casting couch, the time you had to step over rats in

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French Performance in Berlin

I went to Berlin and saw two fantastic performances – both French. Globalism, anyone? My brief stay in the city of Brecht happened to coincide with the France en Scene Festival. Incidentally, it also coincided with roof repairs on old Bertolt’s house, so no tours,

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This Week at P.S.122

Yes, I know I said I wasn’t P.S.122’s in-house blog. But still, it is my home away from home and I want to keep you all up-to-date on what’s going on Chez Andy. This week Best of the Boroughs continues with new work from Okwui

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Dancing at the Gershwin

For the past seven years Neke Carson and Michael Wiener have been bringing you an eclectic weekly performance series at The Gershwin Hotel. Occasionally the stage is graced by the ever-intriguing presence of Mr. Wiener himself, as is the case tomorrow, April 10th. From the

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Happy Ending with Laurie Anderson

WEDNESDAY APRIL 11, 2007 The Happy Ending Music and Reading Series, will feature Noy Holland, Lorin Stein and Laurie Anderson! and it is free!!! The doors open at 7:00. Show Starts at 8pm sharp. Happy Ending Bar 302 Broome Street Between Forsyth and Eldridge

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More Housekeeping

FYI, loyal readers, because of the way we did the upgrade most, if not all, links to the old site will be broken. All of the content from the old site is on the new site, but you’ll have to do a search for it.