Ant Hampton and the Nightmare of Global Capitalism
In the latest from the “autoteatro” auteur, Hampton delivers a stinging indictment of global capitalism that provides more symptoms than diagnosis
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Alias Ellis Mackenzie at the Philly Fringe
Alias Ellis Mackenzie was one of the shows I was most looking forward to this Fringe. I had never seen anything by Thaddeus Phillips and his company Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental before, but his work has been featured as some of the community’s favorite Fringe pieces
Seeing double in Yasuko Yokoshi’s ZERO ONE at Danspace Project
Maura responds to Yasuko Yokoshi’s ZERO ONE at Danspace Project.
Jack Ferver Serves Up a Surprisingly Conservative Version of “The Maids” at the New Museum
Despite the rich potential, “Chambre” replicates problematic interpretations of Genet’s play dating back to the 1950s
Confessions of a King Lear Fangirl
Confession: I am a King Lear fangirl (#teamlear anyone?). I’ve watched Akira Kurosawa’s version Ran (oh I don’t know) fifteen times? I even made sure to catch Uli Edel’s King of Texas (it’s real) starring Patrick Stewart as “John Lear.” I wrote a screenplay adaptation
Open Spectrum Community Dialogues – Faces of Resistance: Young, Organized & Unified #FORYOU
Open Spectrum Dialogues @ New York Live Arts, Produced in Association with MAPP International Productions and Critical Partner, Culturebot.
FIND YOURSELF HERE
Rennie McDougall responds to Joanna Kotze’s FIND YOURSELF HERE at Baryshnikov Arts Center.
SINCERITY IS THE NEW AVANT-GARDE
Alaina Ferris chats with Gelsey Bell about thingNY’s opera THIS TAKES PLACE CLOSE BY.
Feeling The Momentum in Edinburgh
Andy’s report from Festivals Edinburgh and the Momentum Symposium.
Sarah A.O. Rosner & Lydia Mokdessi talk ETLE UNIVERSE
“Does art actually DO anything? That’s very nestled into my concept of time travel.”
On Breadth and Depth: Attention Shifts in TREE OF CODES at the Park Avenue Armory
This energetic, highly polished multidisciplinary event accomplishes its goals…and that feels complicated.
Dreaming Erotica with GENET PORNO
Pushing boundaries was at the heart of Jean Genet’s seminal literary work, Our Lady of the Flowers, which weaves a highly sensational tale of promiscuity and murder in the seedy underbelly of Paris. Our Lady of the Flowers, written in 1943, became a major influence