Category: Etcetera
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Dmitri Barcomi in Conversation with Tamás Marquardt
Trans theater director Dmitri Victor Barcomi and performer-writer Tamás Marquardt talk dissent in the Soviet Bloc, making art across two continents, and the state of theater in Trump’s America.
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kNOT Company (Korea) Weaves Multiple Strands of Beauty
Brendan McCall reflects on kNOT Company’s “maedeup: Weaving Shin Yun-bok” at La MaMa
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The Echoing Silences of “Table of Silence”
Vague advocacy for “peace” that explicitly rejects and disallows analysis of the power structures, inequities, and histories that create violence has no material impact on the world other than to soothe the largely safe, comfortable audiences who encounter it.
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Drop the needle, if you will
Tess Walsh in conversation with Scout Davis about “The Life and Times of Daisy Forbes” at La MaMa | May 21-24, 2026
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Obsessed and Possessed
Lindsey Walko in conversation with Ryan Czerwonko and Megan Metrikin about Adult Film’s upcoming production of “Woyzeck” | July 15 – August 8, 2026
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The art of revealing
Tess Walsh reflects on “Well, I’ll Let You Go,” written by Bubba Weiler, directed by Jack Serio, Apr 30-Jun 20, 2026 at Studio Seaview.
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No one exists in the midwest
Aaron Tomey reflects on “Dad Don’t Read This” by playwright Eliya Smith, directed by Chloe Claudel, a co-production of Try For Baby Productions and The Goat Exchange, at St. Luke’s Theater.
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Rhythms and contradictions
Miranda Stück reflects on BODYSONNET’s first New York City presentation with “New York Now” at The Gym at Judson Church, curated and partially choreographed by Artistic Director Moscelyne ParkeHarrison.
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Basking in the Superbloom
Emily Chackerian in conversation with Eisa Davis about her new play “||: Girls :|| ||: Chance :|| ||: Music :||,” playing through June 21 at the Vineyard Theater in New York.
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What Divides Us
Brendan McCall reflects on “The Totality of All Things” by Erik Gernand, directed by Shannon Patterson.
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A Place That Was Weirder Than I Was
These days I avoid the news. It’s devastating and terrifying and—from my New York bubble—remote. Everything bad is happening somewhere else, I tell myself. This is untrue, of course, but denial can be so comforting. In Jerome, John J. Caswell Jr.’s new play at Playwrights Horizons, avoidance is a matter of survival. Set in rural…
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A life in fragments
Emilee Lord on Edu Diaz’ solo show LIPSTICK, which made its New York debut for the Fringe Festival at the Chain Theater this April.