Culturebot’s tip for this weekend is John Jesurun’s Philoktetes at Soho Rep. From their website: Ten years after abandoning Philoktetes on an island, his fellow soldiers return, now forced to ask for his help. Jesurun’s signature hybrid of vernacular and lyrical language, cinematic and stage
just found out that radiohole are doing fluke this weekend out at the hole before heading out on the road. from nonsensenyc: Have a cold beer and enjoy a surreal, non-stop thrill ride of the imagination — a psychedelic merry-go-round of rocking-boats, aquatic view-holes, hundreds
THIS JUST IN: A peculiar fable from the producers of GOD’S EAR and DEAD CITY! In a hot dry land, where life is nothing but diggin’ and eatin’ and prayin’ and sleepin’… there lives a lad who’s astonished by the arrival of his, uh… manhood.
Friday night we went to see the first preview performance of Ivo Van Hove’s The Misanthrope at NYTW. It was still really rough around the edges but it was definitely interesting. Very contemporary, hip, European – lots of video, clever props, stylish costumes and set.
13P (Thirteen Playwrights, Inc.), the OBIE Award-winning theater company comprised of 13 playwrights, will present the world premiere of Ann Marie Healy’s (P#6) “HAVE YOU SEEN STEVE STEVEN?” to be directed by 2007 OBIE Award-winning director Anne Kauffman. “HAVE YOU SEEN STEVE STEVEN” will be
“Masha, Masha, why do you always wear black?” “I’m in mourning for my life.” I love that. What an awesome way to open a play! The RSC’s production of The Seagull, though not without its faults, was totally enjoyable and actually kind of inspiring. We
Culturebot went to see Sir Ian’s Willie, er, I mean, William Shakespeare’s King Lear starring Ian McKellen at BAM last night. It was Theatre with a capital T!! Lots of bluff and bluster and British-y accents. Beautiful set, great sound design. It was everything one
…. for some upcoming-not-to-miss events. Tickets on sale now for BAM’s incredible season opening with The Seagull by the Royal Shakespeare Company, towards the end Batsheva Dance Company will be returning with “three” ….. their tickets will probably sell out, so hop on it! Tickets
I think Iphigenia 2.0 at the Signature is still in previews. Not sure. Would like to read the script so I can compare what I saw to what I was supposed to see. Now let me begin by saying that I haven’t been feeling well.
hi everybody – just a quick note, an apology, for the paucity of updates. the midsummer blahs have set in and though there is an impressive amount of theater going on around town, your humble editor has hit the wall. we have been hearing great
Culturebot has been hearing a lot about a new play reading series curated by Matthew Korahais, Daniel Manley and Andrea Stover. It is called Paper Beats Rock and has been presenting some really interesting stuff. The next one is this Sunday, July 15th at Club
For those of you who saw director Jay Scheib’s fantastic interpretation of Daniel Veronese’s Women Dreamt Horses as part of Buenos Aires In Translation at P.S.122, here is a chance to see some of Veronese’s work as a director and designer. Lincoln Center Festival will