Author: Jeremy M. Barker
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On the Practice of 600 Highwaymen
“The ensemble has to generate its own very particular vocabulary in order to articulate the words and actions that the play demands and to get people comfortable in grounding their presence on stage.”
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Prelude12 Recap: “Festifesto!”
Or, Some Preliminary Considerations Regarding the Formal Nature and Purpose of Prelude
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“The Shit-Show Circus on Ice”
An anonymous manifesto writer challenges the field to grapple with the contemporary performance marketplace
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Prelude.12 Follow-Up: An Interview with Chris Kondek
Following up on ideas raised at Prelude.12, Kai Tuchmann interviews a former Wooster Group member now based in Berlin
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“Undesirable Elements” at 20
Ping Chong & co.’s long-running documentary theater project celebrates its second decade with a book, a documentary, and a festival at La Mama
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What “Bros on Broadway” Says About How the Theater Looks at the Public
TheaterMania’s recent experiment in getting “average guys” to review theater speaks to the arts world’s abiding misconceptions about itself
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Richard Maxwell on “Neutral Hero”
The playwright and director behind NYC Players talks about trying to achieve complete neutrality onstage
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Tolstoy’s “War & Peace” as Immersive Electro-pop Opera
An interview with composer Dave Malloy and director Rachel Chavkin about “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812”
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Cbot Arts Writing of the Week Award Goes to…
Top notch reporting on Rothko’s artistic interlocutors so recently famous by way of the MPS