Month: March 2004

  • Goodbye Spalding

    All of us here at P.S. 122 and Culturebot were saddened today to hear the confirmation of Spalding Gray’s death. Watching him week after week as he developed his show throughout the fall and winter, everyone was amazed and heartened to see him recovering, seemingly before our very eyes. Which makes his loss all the…

  • Karen Sherman

    Karen Sherman has been living and working in New York since 1988. Her work has been presented by P.S. 122, Danspace Project, Movement Research at the Judson Church, Dixon Place, the Improvisation Festival/NY, BAX, WOW Café, The Puffin Room and various other spaces, events and benefits around town and elsewhere. She was a MacDowell Colony…

  • My New Theater-Going Technique is Unstoppable!

    I will explain the above-mentioned phrase in the rest of this post. But before I get to that, let me just say that I saw Roaring Girle on Sunday and I enjoyed it. It was great see a show of this size and scope that actually tries to break new ground. The production cost/artistic risk…

  • Theater Before Stonewall

    Robert Patrick was one of the first out gay playwrights and a a fixture at the legendary Caffe Cino, often considered the first off-off broadway theater. There’s an interesting interview with Robert over at broadwayworld.com. Not only is it interesting to hear about the pre-Stonewall origins of out, gay theater, but it is also valuable…

  • Venus on a Half Clam, redux

    If you missed Taylor Mac‘s Cardiac Arrest or Venus on a Half Clam when it was at Fez, or the $8 cover was too steep (cheap-o!) then get yourself over to The Slide (356 Bowery, in the cellar; between 3rd and 4th Sts.) on Friday, March 5th at 9pm and see it for FREE. Now,…

  • Best Idea Ever

    This looks like it’ll be fun: The Madagascar Institute presentsThe Best Idea Ever! What could possibly go wrong?

  • All Stories Are Fiction

    On February 23rd, storyteller Mike Daisey started a new monday night workshop at P.S. 122 called All Stories Are Fiction. Working off of some notes on a legal pad, he tells new stories every night – essentially building his next show in front of you.It’s a fun, intimate evening in P.S. 122’s downstairs space. Blogger…

  • ArtsJournal Live

    Culturebot’s tonier and high-brow cousin is coming out (from behind the monitor). Wanna know what the ArtsJournal bloggers look like? Well, on Wednesday, March 3 at 6:30 pm, AJ editor Doug McLennan is going to be at the Landmark Tavern (11th Ave. and 46th St., NYC), and you’re invited. He’ll be accompanied by Greg Sandow,…