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I loved the little perspective window of the backyard! The sound the old blow-dryer made! How alienating to see non-alienated acting! Last Saturday took me to the Public for The Debate Socie…
My experience of Leev Theater Group's Hamlet, Prince of Grief (which runs through January 20th at Under the Radar) began as soon as I unwrapped myself from my winter gear and found a good an…
Incubator Arts Project’s Other Forces presented the return of Nellie Tinder‘s Evelyn, now Evelyn in Concert, this month. I would say, “Go!” like And…
A Sunday marathon at American Realness instigated thoughts about consent, the public sphere and collisions among artists. The refined schedule and pace of Ben Pryor's festival feels welcomin…
Dear European Friends in town for Under The Radar, Coil and American Realness, (& audiences who don't live in our little contemporary performing arts world all the time) may I have your …
Completing the triad of Incubator Arts Project's Other Forces is multi-instrumentalist James Moore's performance of The Book Of Heads, a series of 35 études for guitar written by downtown l…
Oh good lord I’m tired. This January thing is killer, huh? I’m not even seeing shows today–it’s meetings and parties and interviews and so on. But it’s good. I&…
So I think I’m out of the mainstream on this, because Back to Back‘s Ganesh vs. the Third Reich is one of the buzziest shows at Under the Radar this year, and it’s been pra…
Maria Hassabi is, in my experience, a divisive artist: You sort of either love her work or you don’t, without a lot of middle ground. Seeing SHOW this afternoon, at Abrons where itR…
Gustavia was the kind of show that makes me angry. Angry that it’s so good, so unique, so necessary and yet only here in New York for one performance, so it’s already come and go…
How Do I Make This A Performance? Most freakin’ hilarious site I have seen in ages. Rarely am I super jealous of sheer comic genius, this is one of those moments. I smell a festival!
"I know your name." “You do?” “Yeah.” "What is it?" "Guess." In that charming and creepy flirtation we bear some witness to the seductive, eerie, and violent relation…
Did you miss Ich, Kurbisgeist at The Chocolate Factory? Curious about what Annie-B, Paul and their ever-evolving band of collaborators are up to? Then make it over to Dixon Place on Frida…
It was probably completely predictable that I’d find myself pecking out words at 2:30 in the morning on a Wednesday (Thursday?). That’s how January is, right? Best laid plains an…
Can all the ladies in the house say Hell Yes?! Female performance makers -Â how excited are you about the January festival offerings? This feels like our year! What a plethora of exciting …
So, over at Culturebot we have a great interview up with Minneapolis choreographer/performer Emily Johnson, whose Niicugni is part of this year’s COIL Festival (she’ll be up at B…
Edit Kaldor C’est Du Chinois Promo from UTRFestival on Vimeo. Edit Kaldor’s C’est du Chinois, which opens at Under the Radar tonight, is one of the shows I was most interes…
How’s that for a series of possessives? Am I right? Ugh. I am. What a clusterfuck. January is upon us and…? Well? We got previews over at the mothership. Check ‘em: Bodycar…
What happens to "the sublime" of European Romanticism after the death of the author and the birth of tumblr? Can you "share" it? Can you "like" it? And can you stage it? "I would love if som…
This has been making its way around Facebook, but for those who don’t know, the iconic artist MarÃa Irene Fornés has been suffering through the late stages of Alzheimer’s. Wh…
Went to The Kitchen Saturday for the opening night of Radiohole’s newest work Inflatable Frankenstein. It was an incredible return to form – or maybe next step – for …
This is a great TED talk by David Byrne on how music is affected by the conditions under which it is created. while he is speaking specifically about music, the premise spans all disciplines…
Big institutions keep arguing about why they need to exist and cost so much to operate but resist transparency. Artists, audiences and funders should start to demand transparency from instit…
One day everyone will realize that Kristen Kosmas is one of the most singularly gifted, unique and important “playwrights” of her generation. And I am using the word “…
Future At The End Of The World CLOSES TONIGHT Here’s a great write-up of the show I curated for Immediate Medium at the Farley Post Office!
