Culturebot recommends Rachel Chavkin’s staging of Uncle Vanya at the E. 13th St. Theater that is being presented as part of Columbia Classics Downtown. It is a very clever, innovative and moving production. It has two more performances. We haven’t seen DJ:REMIX the re-staging of
New York, NY, June 22, 2007 – Dance Theater Workshop announced today that it has selected Stephen Greco as its new Executive Director. The appointment takes effect on July 2, 2007. In announcing Stephen Greco’s appointment, Virginia Millhiser, President of Dance Theater Workshop’s Board
On May 20th, 2007, Tisch MFA Graduate in Dance deeAnn Nelson suffered a tragic fall in a performance and fractured her spine. She has since come through surgery with flying colors, and a full recovery is expected, though the rehabilitation is going to be long
I left an afternoon barbecue Saturday, stuffed full of meat and beer, to attend the opening of Area of Rescue at the Connelly Theatre. Laura Eason’s show, produced by Andhow! Theater Company, is about, well, according to the poetic-slash-cryptic description from the press materials: The
We don’t cover the Broadway scene, it’s not our beat, but we’re completely bummed that downtown luminaries Kiki & Herb lost the Special Theatrical Event Tony to a ventriloquist. Really, Tony voters? We’re happy for Jay Johnson and all (we guess), but if you can
This Friday and Saturday only! Marc Bamuthi Joseph is back in New York for the first time since his highly acclaimed solo work Word Becomes Flesh dazzled audiences at Dance Theater Workshop last year! Through the lens of hip-hop theater comes a powerful look at
Just got back from Rinde Eckert’s Horizon at NYTW. This show is an extraordinary accomplishment. Run, don’t walk. Seriously. It is a beautiful, complex, intricate, thoughtful and thought-provoking show. Eckert as writer is erudite and entertaining, David Schweizer’s direction is pitch-perfect and the performance by
Prematurely mourning the death of the WYSIWYG Talent Show? Wondering where you’ll get your fix of Real! Live! Bloggers! up close and personal? Well, sigh no more — this Sunday at 9PM the Brick brings you the Impending Theatrical Blogging Event. What does that entail?
Alas the WYSIWYG Talent Show, the first all-blogger reading and performance series, is pulling the plug. The final show, “Gays Gone Wild!: Gayer Tales of Gay Gayness” will be on June 13th at Bowery Poetry Club. WYSIWYG, co-founded by Culturebot’s very own Andy Horwitz in
It’s that time of year again! Time for the Movement Research Festival, Spring 2007. From the curators: “Engaging in a practice of permissive exploration, we strove to develop various formats for critical exchange that are both intellectually rigorous and playful. This intuitive and open generation
Former New York artstar and current L.A. Woman Ann Magnuson was in town Friday to promote her new CD, Pretty Songs & Ugly Stories, with two sets at the esteemed Joe’s Pub, and Culturebot was in attendance. Two editors, two shows, one downtown legend. Reactions
While perusing Jeremy McCarter’s review of Deuce in the current issue of New York, this sentence caught our eye: “Not to take anything away from the special badness of this play, but it’s worth noting that American playwriting (above 14th Street, anyway) has been in