Author: Brendan McCall
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TOTALLY GROSS
Contributor Brendan McCall on Dan Safer SPIDER RABBIT starring Tony Torn currently playing at La MaMa.
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Intentional Collapse
Contributor Brendan McCall on TOUCH featuring Anthony Rapp.
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When to Speak Up, How to Let Go?
Contributor Brendan McCall responds to the premier of Barry Boehm OUR HOUSE presented by THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE at A.R.T/New York Theatres.
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Linguistic Pyrotechnics
Contributor Brendan McCall on Elevator Repair Services’ ULYSSES at The Public Theater.
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Magical Connections
Contributor Brendan McCall on Suzzanne Ponomarenko’s TAPESTRIES and Dominica Greene’s OPENINGS, part of of The OUT FRONT Festival curated by Pioneer Go East Collective.
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Shared Dreams, Temporary Realities
Contributor Brendan McCall on Alessia Palanti’s “All In Your Head” presented at Arts on Site.
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Her Discontented Body
Let social media posts or opinion articles in the paper give us “answers” to challenging subjects. Let dance or theater (or both) instead give us time to look at our contradictory selves.
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A Dark Future Now
Brendan McCall reviews Tim Blake Nelson’s newest play And Then We Were No More at La Mama.
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Enacting Immersion: Audiences ACT UP in David Wise´s Immersive FIGHT BACK!
Outside the LGBT Community Center, it was August 18, 2025, but as soon as I stepped into Room 101, I went back in time. People were wearing black t-shirts with […]
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In FOR MORGAN, Nicky Paraiso Remembers and Reminds Us That Art Is Dangerous
As he stepped up to his piano at the beginning of For Morgan, Nicky Paraiso looked out the intimate audience at Pangea restaurant. “It feels like family in here,” he […]
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In CURRICULUM III: PEOPLE, PLACES, AND THINGS Bill T. Jones Journeys Into the Heart of American Darkness
At the conclusion of the electrifying performance of Curriculum III: People, Places, and Things, members of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company took their bows to a standing ovation […]
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Memory in Movement: Bill T. Jones’ in MEMORY PIECE at NYLA
At the opening of Memory Piece: Mr. Ailey, Alvin…the un-Ailey?, we catch glimpses of Bill T. Jones dancing in and out of darkness. His flowing white pants and matching shirt […]