The Audacity of Desperation
My friend Jessica has an art show going on in Los Angeles called The Audacity of Desperation. Check out this interview with her and co-creator Sarah Ross at LAist.
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Abrons Art Center: “Screen Test”.
Screen Test is director and visual artist Rob Roth’s latest multi-disciplinary work, currently on show at the Lower East Side’s Abrons Art Center. The piece is a one-hour long eerie, haunting, and sometimes tickling performance that takes place in the nightmarish apocalyptic setting of a
the new kid & jollyship the whiz-bang
hello hello! I’m Rachel Karpf, the new addition to the team Andy mentioned a few days ago. I’m a director, grant writer, and sometime producer based in Fort Greene. I’ll be contributing my thoughts on Culturebot’s theater beat and general NYC arts news/gossip. Behind the
exit at the axis
Thursday night I was feeling exhausted. I had been through a bunch of meetings all day, tons of work and stuff. Then I went to a work-in-progress showing of some new work. I was really rundown and pretty much just going to go home and
BAM-tastic
I am swamped swamped swamped today so I can’t write in rapturous length about the sheer amazingness of the show I saw last night at BAM – the Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Steve Reich evening. OMG. It is rare that you see something that is almost perfect.
Darmstadt at IPR
From my friend Nick: Zach Layton and I present our first DARMSTADT festival this week at ISSUE PROJECT ROOM in Brooklyn, entitled ESSENTIAL REPERTOIRE. Over the course of six concerts beginning tomorrow (Wednesday) evening, we present a loose survey of our favorite composers hailing
Phew! What a week!
Okay so a quick wrap-up of the week that was: Monday – Columbus Day, I have no idea what I did. No idea. Worked. Tuesday – ETHEL’s Truck Stop at BAM – pretty good. Not amazing, but enjoyable. Wednesday – WOYZECK at BAM – eh.
AndrewAndrew MuMu
AndrewAndrew reviews Waves of Mu on YouTube: I saw the show last weekend and even though I was sniffly I enjoyed it quite a bit. I think it was only the second performance, so it was a little loose. That being said, I’ve been following
Jo Stromgren Kompani at Abrons
Here is the NY TIMES review. Okay – so trust me – this is not b/c I’m pimping for PS or for Abrons. This is because I think Jo Stromgren is the friggin’ shit. I have seen The Convent, The Hospital, The Department and The
Dance New Amsterdam: “Carlisle”.
This weekend, Katie Workum presented Carlisle at Dance New Amsterdam. In the first scene, the piece is promising: three open doors stage right flood the stage with light from the offstage rooms. A few leafless tree branches and some bark glued onto a column suggest
Perverted By Theater (Prelude ’08 Through The Lookingglass)
Perverted by Theater curated by Franklin Evans and Paul David Young October 22 – December 6, 2008 Opening reception: Wednesday, October 22, 6-8 pm at Apexart With works by Laylah Ali, Mel Bochner, Luis Camnitzer, Kabir Carter, Ele d’Artagnan, William Daniels, David Dupuis, Igor Eskinja,
Chekhov Lizardbrain
Went to see Pig Iron‘s Chekhov Lizardbrain tonight and I’m glad I did. It is not officially open yet so I guess it is not appropriate to do a full-fledged review. But if you haven’t bought tickets yet, you should. I imagine it will sell