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oh moscow

I saw Pavol Liska’s Three Sisters last night at CSC. As Culturebot readers know, we try not to do reviews. But I will certainly offer up a strong recommendation. This is a fantastic production! It is only playing until January 16th, so see it before

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GATZ-zooks!

I just received an e-mail from ERS. If you were planning on seeing GATZ, there’s been a little bit of a change in plans. Due to unfortunate circumstances beyond their control ERS will not be able to present public performances of Gatz. After lengthy negotiations,

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Poor Theater

“I always tell myself that even if we had a million dollars, this would be the choice,” he said. “Theater people make excuses – ‘If we only had more money.’ No. Work with what you have. Havel and the dissidents didn’t have money.” So says

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collaborate or perish

The other day in the Times Margo Jefferson wrote an article with the headline Words to the Wise Performance Artist: Get Help. Collaborate. Grow. Pretty insightful and something that I’ve heard discussed a lot recently in the world of performing arts. I can think of

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2005

This week 2005 starts off with a mad rush of compelling shows. This is just a quick entry to give a heads-up, and we will follow up with more details once we get caught up!! But some of the cool stuff this week includes: Sarah

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circus freak

FYI. Wanna join the cirque or know someone who may? Cirque du Soleil is looking for Physical Actors, Dancers, Singers and Musicians for their ten current and upcoming shows. They will be holding auditions as follows: New York – January (Singing, Music) & March (Acting,

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happy holidaze

um. i guess this is a bit belated but happy chanukah, xmas, kwanzaa, etc. etc. we’ve been pretty much on vacation around here and will be until the first week of january. so check back then. if you’re looking for a good time, go see

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chashama area awards

Request for Proposals for chashama ‘s Original Work Series: One applicant will receive an AREA Award to develop an original work at chashama’s theatrical installation venue from February 7- March 7, 2005. chashama provides space for artists of all genres through its AREA Program (Accessing

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Conquest of the Universe

I realize this is a bit belated – but if you’re looking for a good show to see tonight, go catch the final performance of Salt Theater’s production of the 1967 Charles Ludlam spectacle Conquest of the Universe, or When Queens Collide. It is an

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The Mp3 Experiment

Written by Katherine Steinberg. Katherine is a writer living in New York. I’m normally the kind of person who loathes audience participation. Loathes. So then why, you may ask, would I go to The Mp3 Experiment–an improv show based entirely on audience participation? Because I

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Cadillac Beatspinner Wheel

If you’ve never seen Thomas Truax, boy howdy are you missing something. Part Mad Scientist, Part Hurdy Gurdy Man, Part Vaudeville and a few other parts as well. He makes very entertaining and theatrical musical adventues. He just sent us this excerpt of a review

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Over There

So I surfed over to Live Art Magazine, our pals in the U.K. to see what’s up over there. It had been a while since I’d visited (I’m about a year tardy in handing in an article to the editor. Sorry, David.) But there were