Month: January 2010

  • Penny Arcade's BAD REPUTATION at Le Poisson Rouge

    The list of performers confirmed for tonight’s celebration of the the publication of “Penny Arcade: Bad Reputation” is stunning in its breadth… Blondie’s DEBBIE HARRY; author and activist SARAH SCHULMAN; club diva and Billboard recording artist KEVIN AVIANCE; co-founder of the legendary Living Theatre JUDITH MALINA; performance artist, singer/songwriter (and Faux-ni Mitchell) JOHN KELLY; performance…

  • Five Questions With Jason Eskenazi

    Name: JASON ESKENAZI Title/Occupation: DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER Organization/Company: SELF-ORGANIZED URL: jasoneskenazi.com/wonderland.html Note: When I received Eskenazi’s answers to the five questions, they were in all caps. As opposed to editing his response I felt this aspect added a sense of his infectious enthusiasm. Try listing to his Studio 360 interview before reading these replies. The photos…

  • Fusebox Festival 2010 Line-Up (So Far)

    WHEN: April 21- May 1, 2010 WHERE: 10+ venues throughout Austin, TX COST: $130 Passes WEB: www.fuseboxfestival.com “There will probably be a few more additions of note, but this is about 80%.” -Ron Berry, Founder and Artistic Director of Fusebox Festival At the end of the announcement party at east Austin’s Okay Mountain art gallery…

  • CALL TO ARTISTS: SITE FEST 2010

    SITE Fest 2010 March 6-7, 2010 Presented by Arts in Bushwick SITE Fest is a two-day, multi-location interdisciplinary event, highlighting the diversity of performance in Bushwick. Encompassing theatre, dance, music, and other forms of performance/live art, SITE seeks to expand the interaction between spectators and spectacle, as both artists and visitors move through spaces, events,…

  • Jeremy Wade at Pussy Faggot

    I must be getting old because I had it on my calendar and completely missed it. Claudia La Rocco has a great write-up on Earl Dax’s Pussy Faggot performance party over on the WNYC Blog. And here’s some video of Jeremy Wade performing:

  • OnTheBoards.TV is LIVE

    OnTheBoards.TV is a new online initiative from Seattle arts presenter On The Boards. This new online platform features full-length high definition performance videos by some of the leading artists in contemporary performance. With videos available for both rental and download, OntheBoards.tv will offer patrons better access to provocative performances regardless of where they live or…

  • Mabou Mines at NYTW

    Once upon a time in NYC there was a land called bohemia, in a world called counterculture where the inhabitants played at a game called avant garde. Take a trip in the wayback machine and visit this surreal wonderland via Mabou Mines’ Pataphysics Penyeach:Summa Dramatica & Porco Morto playing January 13-31, 2010 at New York…

  • HERE Culturemart 2010

    Was just checking out videos on HERE’s YouTube Channel – lots of interesting stuff.  There annual Culturemart festival just started and it is a great chance to see some really cool work. Check out the line-up here. And here’s a promo video for their multimedia track:

  • Trifles at the Ontological

    A little heads-up to mark your calendar for The Theater of a Two-Headed Calf’s Trifles that will run January 28—February 14, 2010 at The Ontological. The Theater of a Two-Headed Calf tackles the quiet but transgressive unfolding of Trifles, the 1916 one-act by Susan Glaspell set at the scene of a bizarre murder in the…

  • After the APAP Storm

    Well, the mayhem has subsided and I survived, if barely.  I know that it is even harder on the local presenters and my hat goes off to all the folks who produced festivals this year. There was a plentiful array of new -and returning- work and the energy generated by the season was exciting and…

  • hotINK 2010

    Now in its ninth year, Tisch School of the Arts hotINK 2010 International Festival of Play Readings is a FREE festival of play readings from around the world. hotINK brings distinguished playwrights, directors and actors from the professional theatre community together with students and alumni of the Tisch School of the Arts to present new…

  • OPEN CALL NYC: Big Art Group Casting New Group Work

    Big Art Group (New York) seeks male, female and trans-variant performers and artists for our new group work, FLESH TONE, rehearsing Feb – March with performances April 15-18, 2010 at Abrons Arts Center. Diversity is important to us. Big Art Group is a New York ensemble of performers and artists. For each new group work…