Monthly Archives: February 2007

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CAA in the House

As if APAP weren’t enough…this weekend has been the 95th Annual Conference for the College Art Association! One of my oldest and best pals (from back in the day in Seattle, when we were fighting the good fight against The Man, back before we sold

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Operation Ajax

Our pals at The Butane Group, creators of The Loneliness of Noam Chomsky, are finally back with a new piece. IRAN. 1953. THE CIA’S FIRST COVERT COUP AGANST A FOREIGN DEMOCRACY. THE ULTIMATE GAMBLE. The Butane Group presents OPERATION AJAX (a game of skill and

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New Chief Dance Critic at NY TIMES

This just in from Musical America: “Alastair Macaulay is to be the next chief dance critic of The New York Times, the newspaper announced to its staff. Macaulay, chief theater critic of the Financial Times and previously chief dance critic of The Times Literary Supplement,

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Let’s Have A Meltdown!

On February 26th The Moth is having a story slam at The Bitter End. This theme is near and dear to my heart: Meltdowns. The promo says: “Share your story about that treacherous break-up, the final straw at your nightmare job, or just a string

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Reflecting on the thinking person’s choreographer

Jill Sigman has a reputation. Of being smart. She graduated from Princeton and so I hear, most people know this. For example, the NYTimes said: “Jill Sigman has a prodigious imagination and intelligence…… a fearless performer who does not hesitate to expose the painful truths

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Shades of Gray

Spalding Gray, one of the most revered and irreverent storytellers of our time, became an indelible image: sitting alone at a desk on a bare stage, delivering hilarious and moving monologues. But what made Gray’s performances so memorable and timeless was the universal way his

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Nottthing’s Plenty for D.D.

Less is more, right? In 9 bodies, the opening “condition” of D.D. Dorvillier’s Nottthing Is Importanttt at The Kitchen, a group of performers (you guessed it, nine), slowly shifted angles and pulled at their baggy, grey-toned clothing to reveal various parts of their bodies. As

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dancer/singers needed for church

YoungJean Lee needs three female dancers who can also sing (see caveat below) for her upcoming production, CHURCH. YoungJean sez: “These need to be really advanced, seriously trained dancers–the audition consists of difficult, physically challenging dance taught quickly by choreographer Faye Driscoll to a group,

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Glitter & Doom

Last Sunday we went to do see the Glitter and Doom exhibit at the Met. It was really amazing. The work was so intense and visceral it nearly leapt off the walls. it was astonishing -to me anyway – that paints could be so emotional,

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SaBooge Opens Tonight!

SaBooge Theatre Every Day Above Ground ★★★★★ “Watching them is pure joy.” —The Irish Times “An ensemble that inspires new respect for the craft.” —Variety This bold re-imagining of Booker Prize-winner Michael Ondaatje’s Collected Works of Billy the Kid by Brooklyn and Montreal-based ensemble SaBooge

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Voice and Vision Playwriting Workshop

Voice & Vision’s Inaugural Playwriting Workshop for Women Playwrights Wednesdsays, March 14 – May 2 6:30 – 9:30pm; Location TBA fee: $450 Voice & Vision Theater’s inaugural playwriting workshop, taught by Lisa D’Amour (OBIE award-winning playwright, and writer of the recently acclaimed STANLEY 2006), is

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Nick Jones

Nick Jones is a playwright, director, puppet designer, and licensed real estate agent. His work has been performed at chashama and the Bowery Poetry Club, as well as the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art’s TBA Festival, the Dublin Fringe Festival (first runner up, “Most Entertaining”),