Month: January 2013
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Adhesive Theater Project’s “The Service Road” by Erin Courtney
Oh, the puppets! Last last weekend took me to Erin Courtney’s The Service Road directed by Meghan Finn in an Adhesive Theater Project production at the New York City College of Technology’s […]
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American Dad Nails American Theater
http://www.hulu.com/watch/449895 This episode of American Dad is probably one of the most insightful critiques of the state of mainstream American theater that I’ve ever seen. It hilariously skewers the torpid […]
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EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission 2013-14
The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is excited to announce the 2013-2014 DANCE MOViES Commission. This is an open call for artists, choreographers, dancers, […]
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Elephant Room: Chapter XIII at The Box
Magic at its most serious mysterious… There’s something ironic and beautiful and oh-so-meta about this. The Box, formerly the den of iniquity of choice for the debauched and glamorous Page Six […]
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Words Of Advice to Young People
A few weeks ago I was invited to speak (via Skype) to the Theatre Criticism class at Royal Holloway, University of London. It was a lot of fun, they were […]
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Arturo Vidich’s “The Daedalus Effect and other dilemmas” Presented by NYLA at the Invisible Dog
Arturo Vidich’s performance piece The Daedalus Effect and other dilemmas is memorable, if unpleasant. It begins with Arturo seated in the center of The Invisible Dog, on a crude one-legged […]
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“Ephemeral Evidence” Alums Presenting Work
Back in April, Culturebot was invited to curate a week of events as part of Exit Art’s grand closing-down retrospective; our exhibit, “Ephemeral Evidence,” granted one-day performance residencies to a […]
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Interrupting the Narrative: A Talk With Tim Etchells
An interview with the director and co-founder of Forced Entertainment
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In>Time 13 Sweeps Chicago Through March 2
Curator Mark Jeffery places work in 14 institutions across the city in this semi-regular performance fest
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Jim Findlay’s “Dream of the Red Chamber”
THE PERFORMING GARAGE PRESENTS AN OPEN STUDIO SHOWING OF Jim Findlay DREAM OF THE RED CHAMBER A PERFORMANCE FOR A SLEEPING AUDIENCE Take a deeply ambient journey through Cao Xueqin’s […]
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Malloy’s Manifesto or Silent Dave Speaks His Mind
Dave Malloy breaks his silence, responding to Culturebot’s “The Theater of Tomorrow, Today” Long Table discussion at Under The Radar with a thoughtfully positive and provocative manifesto.
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“Sumeida’s Song”: New Egyptian Opera After The Revolution
Hani Omar Khalil writes about Mohamed Fairouz’s chamber opera “Sumeida’s Song”, that premiered last week at HERE Arts Center, in the context of post-revolution Egypt.