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north at lamama

We got an email about a show called North by Heather Christian. As I recall she did some lovely singing in Big Dance Theater’s The Other Here.  I don’t know much more about the show but it looks interesting. Here’s what the press release says:

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Amazons and Their Men

This weekend Culturebot went to see Clubbed Thumb‘s production of Jordan Harrison‘s Amazons and Their Men at The Ohio. We hadn’t seen any of Mr. Harrison’s work before, but we always love watching Heidi Schreck and have a lot of respect for director Ken Rus

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no dice

let’s see…Culturebot has been all caught up in the holiday hubbub and some personal life transition stuff that has resulted in a serious lack of posts.  We saw Yellow Face at The Public and quite enjoyed it, thank you very much. Hm. What else? Oh

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The Homecoming

I’ll be honest, I probably haven’t read, much less seen, a Harold Pinter play since  college. I think I saw a bad production of Betrayal about ten years ago and that was it. Mostly it seems like Pinter is someone who’s name gets dropped when

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clown-tastic!

We highly recommend 500 Clown Frankenstein! If you wanna see some top-drawer physical theater/clowning, it is just the ticket. Sophisticated literate slapstick, big on laughs highbrow and low. Its at PS122 this weekend and next, followed by 500 Clown Christmas!

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Site Specific Theatre Discussion

Join The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center at CUNY for an evening investigating the performing arts and the geography of New York City. The evening will feature the work of three artists whose site specific work utilizes cityspace in surprisingly new and challenging ways. Panel

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Under The Radar

well the old culturebot inbox is starting to get filled up with all the different press releases for all the various shows in Under The Radar. And its understandable, since the line-up is really strong. Young Jean Lee, Jay Scheib, Reggie Watts, Mike Daisey, Superamas….

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The Seafarer

I’m just wondering if Ben Brantley and I saw the same show. He loved The Seafarer. I was so bored I nearly fell asleep. At first I thought the play was just starting off slowly, but then it just kept going. And going. And going….nowhere.

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Suicide For Xmas!

This just in from Blake Zidell: THE TIGER LILLIES RETURN TO ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE WITH SUICIDE FOR CHRISTMAS Punk Cabaret Band to Perform Depraved Holiday Music December 13, 14, 15 at 8:00 P.M. What: St. Ann¹s Warehouse presents The Tiger Lillies Suicide for Christmas Where:

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Native Theatre Festival at The Public

I got behind in my postings, so I didn’t list CUNY/MESTC’s Indigenous World Theatre Series that happened last weekend. My apologies to all – it was a great program. If you missed that there is another interesting program happening December 5-9 at The Public, The

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Conversaciones sobre teatro

Instituto Cervantes New York & Martin E. Segal Theatre Center have the pleasure of inviting you to: “Conversaciones sobre teatro / Conversations About Theater” with Rodrigo García, Argentinian theater director and writer based in Spain and one of the most important authors of the contemporary

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Home Birth/The Penitent Hours

I don’t know much about either of these shows, but I’ve really liked everything I’ve seen by Nellie Tinder and I’ve heard good things about Jennie MaryTai Liu, so I think this’ll be cool… Jennie MaryTai Liu and Nellie Tinder present: Home Birth/The Penitent Hours