Month: April 2004

  • I Survived Richard Foreman

    Recently, I came across a notebook I used while working with the inimitable Richard Foreman, the legendary theater maker and self-proclaimed “King of the Avant-Garde.” The incomprehensible instructions that follow […]

  • Revenge of The Full Moon

    This just in: Under the full moon on Tuesday May 4, beloved performance legend Tom Murrin will present a version of his notorious Full Moon shows, in unprecedented fashion. this […]

  • Weight

    I was reading my weekly Flavorpill and I read a listing for a new show by Melanie Hoopes called Weight. Melanie conducted over fifty interviews to create a one-woman show […]

  • Organatron

    Late last night, the following transmissions were received amidst a strange glow from a mysterious being known as ‘Servant of Og’. ‘Servant of Og’ demands our attention every Friday night […]

  • Talking with Deb Margolin

    Deb Margolin is a playwright, performance artist, founding member of the Split Britches theater company, Obie Award winner, professor and mother. I had the opportunity to speak with her after […]

  • new look at the times

    Maybe I’m the last to notice, but they re-did the theater section of the online version of the NY Times! Wow. And they’ve added these “critics picks” sections with profiles […]

  • Neal Medlyn

    Neal Medlyn is a long, tall Texan, noted entertainist, and reigning Mr. Lower East Side. He is currently performing is new show Manfinger or Neal Medlyn’s Manfinger at Collective Unconscious. […]

  • Luckily, I�d worn my pearls

    For an ass accustomed to the broken folding chairs and an eye trained for the brackish dust boxes of downtown theater, the opulence of my surroundings was a little overwhelming. […]

  • Dancing in the Street…er… Garage

    Noemie Lafrance is a site-specific choreographer and founder of Sens Production, an experimental arts organization dedicated to the creation and production of dance work staged within urban architecture. Since 2000, […]

  • Talking with the NEA 4 – Tim Miller

    In anticipation of Thursday’s panel discussion with the NEA 4 at NYU, we asked the artists to share their thoughts on art, politics, and their experience with the NEA. Tim […]

  • Remembering Spalding

    Earlier this evening I went to the memorial service for Spalding Gray, which was alternately moving, uplifting, insightful and funny.

  • Talking with the NEA 4 – Holly Hughes

    In anticipation of Thursday’s panel discussion with the NEA 4 at NYU, we asked the artists to share their thoughts on art, politics, and their experience with the NEA. Holly […]