Tag: Chocolate Factory

  • A Week of Playgoing: Target Margin, Witness Relocation & Nonsense Co.

    Target Margin studies ESL and Witness Relocation surprises, while Nonsense Company could stand a fresh pair of eyes

  • THROW at Chocolate Factory

    Tuesday night I caught Ursula Eagly’s newest work-in-progress at Sarah Maxfield’s rich and useful Throw Series at the Chocolate Factory. Three choreographers show around 12 minutes of material and then ask the audience three specific questions. As Maxfield states, “it’s like a focus group for dance makers.”

  • "Made Here" Screening & Discussion at The Chocolate Factory

    MADE HERE is a documentary series and website focusing on the challenging and eclectic lives of New York City performing artists. On Monday, June 21, from 6:30-8:30pm, there will be a screening of the documentary and a discussion moderated by Jennifer Wright Cook, Executive Director of The Field, about DAY & NIGHT JOBS at The…

  • Andrew Schneider at The Chocolate Factory

    Oi! The 7 trains are running this weekend (thanks to the continued slushfest), so there’s no reason for you to miss multimedia/interactive designer and performer, Andrew Schneider’s riotous tonic to the endless winter malaise festering in your subconscious.  He’s at the Chocolate Factory tonight and tomorrow with “Wow and Flutter,” a frenetic, witty, disorienting explosion…

  • Selective Memory – in progress at Chocolate Factory

    Caught this last night – Brian Rogers, AD of the Chocolate Factory is sharing his latest work-in-progress this weekend. There’s no 7 train – damn the MTA – but figure out how to get out there and have some free wine. I definitely caught that opening feeling of William Eggleston’s “Stranded in Canton” – the…

  • "Revolving Twilight" and Abby Man-Yee Chan at The Chocolate Factory

    Last night, video installation artists Lauren Petty and Shaun Irons bid farewell to their multi-channel video and sound installation at The Chocolate Factory with a live performance by NYC/HK dance artist, Abby Man-Yee Chan .  “Revolving Twilight” has been in the basement of the LIC theater since early December and was extended until last night. …

  • An Evening With Djordjevich and Peck

    Things are heating up as we hit our back-to-school stride! This looks groovy as Obie-winning Chocolate factory kicks back into gear: COMING SOON TO THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY: An Evening With Djordjevich and Peck September 9-12, 2009 @ 8PM $15 Can music and dance become indistinguishable? What might it mean for a musician to give an…

  • Vintage DJ's Ferocious Spectacular

    Ch-ch-ch-check it out!!! If Ed Sullivan and David Lynch produced a lovechild, this show would be it! Jonathan Jacobs AKA The Vintage DJ directs and hosts the first of his series of spectacle-based concert events. Ferocious Spectacular – Episode One: The Black Death features the haunting music of countertenor singer, songwriter and pianist, M. Lamar.…

  • LAPS: Live Sh– Alternative Presenter Fair

    this should be way cool. LAPS is happening! Saturday, January 10: 6-10PM. Sunday, January 11: 4-8PM. FREE admission, homemade chocolate chip cookies and cheap drinks! The Chocolate Factory Basement 5-49 49th Avenue L.I.C., NY 11101 Directions www.chocolatefactorytheater.org LAPS: Live Sh– Alternative Presenter Fair Live Sh– invites a number of independent presenters (including performance series, record…

  • Soho to L.I.C. to Philly and Back Again

    [I’m tired, I’ll try and add links later!] Okay so Wednesday I headed down to HERE ARTS CENTER to see OH WHAT WAR, Mallory Catlett & Co.’s new multimedia meditation on war from the doughboy’s perspective. The set looks like a WWI trench populated by the ghosts of deserters from every army – purgatory of…

  • Cool Stuff at The Chocolate Factory

    The World Premiere of 1965UU by Mac Wellman, starring Paul Lazar, directed by Stephen Mellor September 11 – October 4, Thurs-Sat @ 8pm $15 More than two years in development, 1965UU is a solo performance written by Mac Wellman (winner of numerous Obie awards, recent plays include Bitter Bierce at PS122, Jennie Richee with Ridge…