Month: April 2008

  • The Swamp Dwellers

    Theatre for a New Audience’s Literary Supplement Reading of The Swamp Dwellers By Nigerian Nobel Prize-winner, Novelist, Poet, Playwright and Activist Wole Soyinka Monday, April 14, at 7:30pm at The Cherry Lane Theatre Free NEW YORK – The Swamp Dwellers by Nigerian Nobel Prize-winner, novelist, poet, playwright and activist Wole Soyinka is this season’s final…

  • dance on the web

    Wow. How long has The Winger been around?!!! Or maybe I knew about it but its grown exponentially?? I don’t know. But it is pretty cool. Also this site The (inter) mission is pretty wild. I just started poking around on it.

  • Save the Date! IRT A.I.R. Benefit Party May 10

    So I’ve been talking about this new space for awhile. We’re starting to make some progress on pulling things together. I’d love for you to come to our party and be a part of making this place happen. It is the Biggest Little Theater in Manhattan and I want to make all kinds of great…

  • Two Women, Two Shows, One Cup

    Friday, April 18 @ 8pm 2 Women/2 Shows: Alexis Clements and Abigail Browde Conversation by Alexis Clements Award-winning writer Alexis Clements, premieres her newest one-woman piece. A cross between a performance, a lecture and a dialogue with the audience, Conversation will take you on a very personal journey through the harried world of human interaction.…

  • Live Through This.

    LIVE THROUGH THIS readings NICOLE BLACKMAN, EILEEN MYLES, CRISTY C. ROAD, SHANTE PARADIGM KGB Bar 85 East 4th St. NYC Tuesday April 15th 7-9pm Free more event info NICOLE BLACKMAN, SABRINA CHAPADJIEV, FLY, SILAS HOWARD, BONFIRE MADIGAN, and CRISTY ROAD BLUESTOCKINGS Bookstore 172 Allen St. NYC Friday April 18th 7pm Free more event info LIVE…

  • Agree or Disagree?

    In this week’s New York magazine and on nymag.com, theater critic Jeremy McCarter celebrates the magazine’s 40th anniversary by choosing the most essential New York plays and musicals of the past 40 years, the ones that took place in the city, were simply about it, or both. From A Chorus Line to Angels in America…

  • Off-Off In The Times

    Campbell Roberts has a good article in the Times about the IT Awards Off-Off Broadway study. I had a really involved conversation about this yesterday, especially in light of the changes going on in the big theaters downtown. Apparently the Public is in good enough shape financially that Mara Manus, having fixed the problem, has…

  • dark they were, and golden-eyed

    went to see jay scheib’s untitled mars at PS122 tonight. i had heard mixed things but i’m glad to say that i really enjoyed it. it is a cool mix of Phillip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, multi-media, documentary and avant-garde performance.  knowing jay’s process i’m sure the show will continue to evolved and change over…

  • quick thoughts on the arts and american society

    I’m running out the door but while I was in the shower a few ideas started coming together. First off – the financial and organizational problems of arts institutions are intrinsically related to the current non-profit funding model and the role arts and culture plays in our society. That’s obvious. When institutional change occurs it…

  • naked democracy and other news

    Okay so I went to see Democracy In America at PS122 tonight. And I don’t want to give anything away but, um, I earned this tequila by taking off all my clothes. Onstage. That’s right. Totally Naked Culturebot. Culture-Butt! Heh-heh. I think there’s going to be a lot of drinking going on downtown. I debated…

  • Special Offer for Culturebot Readers

    Culturebots are members of PS122 for the month of April! Enjoy $10 tickets to: Untitled Mars (This Title May Change) Conceived and Directed by Jay Scheib And Democracy In America Conceived and Directed by Annie Dorsen MORE INFO AFTER THE JUMP

  • experimental devices for performance

    Last night I went to the Performing Garage to see a very informal showing of  Experimental Devices for Performance by Andrew Schneider. Some of you may have seen Andrew’s work at PRELUDE last year. He’s doing amazing stuff with technology and performance – very humorous, very human and very cool.  There was some guy from…