Author: Eve Bromberg
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Thinking About Scales of Space and Time Differently: An Interview with Emily Johnson & Kai Recollet, The Minds Behind The Kinstillatory Fires
In mid May, I sat down with choreographer Emily Johnson and scholar Kai Recollet to discuss their ongoing “kinstillatory fires” project—gatherings that bridge dance, decolonial practices, Indigenous kinship, care, and […]
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Site Specific Theatre is The Niche That Keeps On Giving: A Conversation with Maddie Cardarelli and Shelby Gilberto, the Creative Team of OFFICE PARTY PLAY
Site specific work is notoriously hard to justify. Dramaturgically, the decision to stage a play any location other than a stage can often collapse into a gimmick: a sparkly choice […]
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Shaping The Moment Towards What it Seemed To Be Becoming: A Conversation with Eliya Smith on her Off-Broadway Debut GRIEF CAMP
Sitting down to work this afternoon, I selected to play my “On Repeat” playlist on Spotify: a selection of songs, continuously played, curated both by and for me. As […]
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“He resists the very tempting urge to wink”
Editor Eve Bromberg in conversation with Mona Pirnot on I’M ASSUMING YOU KNOW DAVID GREENSPAN, her Meta Masterpiece at The Atlantic Theater.
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On Rhythmic Utterances, The Catharsis of Musicality, and Destabilizing Interactions: A Conversation with Playwright Abe Koogler
When Deep Blue Sound announced its residence at The Public Theater, the playwrights in my MFA program were thrilled. Their response gave me an inkling as to what kind of […]
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An Archive on Floppy Disks: A Conversation with Jennifer Ashley Tepper of THE JONATHAN LARSON PROJECT
The musical Rent plays an important role not only in the history of American musical theatre, but also in the lives, hearts, and minds of that special class of earnest […]
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In Her Solo Show MY WAY, Isabel Monk Cade Confronts and Then Arrives Home
I first heard Isabel Monk Cade read her essay My Way–which has since become, through a collaboration with director Joy Donze, a fully-staged solo show– as part of The Dogtown […]
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“There’s nothing like a fertile misremembrance”: A Conversation with Jerry Lieblich and Paul Lazar on The Barbarians at La MaMa
When I scheduled my interview with Jerry Lieblich and Paul Lazar—in preparation for the latest run of The Barbarians, Jerry Lieblich’s unfurling meditation on rhetoric and power (and the power […]
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After The Connelly’s Closure: A Conversation with Julia Greer on The Hearth’s Displaced Commission RACECAR RACECAR RACECAR
“It couldn’t happen here” was the reaction most theater-goers had to the news of the closing of the East Village’s The Connelly Theater by the building’s landlord: The Roman Catholic […]
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Unplanned Relevancy: Jonathan Spector on The Broadway Premiere of “Eureka Day” at Manhattan Theatre Club
Trump’s second presidency will change our lives, though the details of how are not yet clear. This was on playwright Jonathan Spector’s mind the morning of November 8th ahead of […]
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On Porous Artistic Designations: In Conversation with Tess Howsam, Culture Lab LIC’s Artistic Director
One of the miraculous things about New York City is how much goes on without your ever knowing about it. Every day a piece of art is made, a performance […]
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A Conversation with Architectural Historian and Balletomane Thomas Mellins on “Excellence and Innovation: New York City Ballet at 75”
I’ve always known that the David H Koch Theater, once known as The New York State Theater, was made to George Balanchine’s specifications. Still, until sitting down to speak […]