I should know better than to read the arts section of the Times while sipping my Saturday morning coffee. For many people, curling up with the arts section is a lovely weekend diversion. For me, it’s a tug back into the whirlwind of conflicting opinions around the support of artists that governs my workweek. This [...]
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Power equals energy over time.
Posted in reviews and responses on May 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Build-up
Posted in reviews and responses on April 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In my little corner of the NY performing arts community there has been much consternation over an article, which finally appeared in yesterday’s NY Times. The article exposes to the general public (or at least to the general public which includes readers of the Times Arts Section) that NYC’s massive capital boom ate a few [...]
What’s that sound?
Posted in practice and process, reviews and responses on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m working on two performance projects right now that employ Foley sound. One is a radio play to be released via podcast and the other is dance-theater piece which layers a reading of Strindberg’s Easter over a movement duet about String Theory. Sounds fun, right? My interest in Foley began with the radio scene in the movie [...]
Keep your heads.
Posted in reviews and responses on July 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »
After seeing TR Warszawa’s much-anticipated interpretation of Macbeth and the National Theatre of Scotland’s interpretation of The Bacchae within a week of each other, I have one thing to say: No more severed heads on stage. Seriously, it never works. Please stop.
Ok, I guess I have a few other things to say too: [...]
outpost
Posted in reviews and responses on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fellow inquisitor, and current expat, Sarah Gancher wrote an enticing review of a production of Faust she recently saw in Romania. Check it out, and enjoy a wonderous virtual trip to South-East Central Europe. (What a ring that has… )
No place like…
Posted in reviews and responses on May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Choreographer Susan Rethorst just wants to stay home. I can relate. For Rethorst, the whirlwind of touring and teaching all over the world has made her appreciate the calm quiet of her living room. For me, there’s the less glamorous whirlwind of trying to keep up with the NY performance world. [...]
Still in the running
Posted in reviews and responses on May 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve given in to the inertia of Facebook, and I’ll never be the same. I’m amazed (and a little appalled) at my capacity to spend hours in a delirium of fake plants and fake flair, pondering a clever “status update” to impress my virtual friends. Still, I guess it’s mostly just replaced the [...]
Stu-Stu-Studio
Posted in reviews and responses on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some of the most interesting things I’ve seen lately have been in studios. No offense to the big venues, but I’m finding lately that the intimacy and rawness of a studio showing can pack more punch than a lot of “fully realized” productions. Perhaps it has less to do with the space and more to [...]
I’m starting with the man in the mirror.
Posted in reviews and responses on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last week I saw Juliette Mapp’s Anna, Ikea, and I at Danspace Project. (Disclaimer: I also started working at Danspace Project last week.) I thought the work was interesting, even moving – a deceptively simple piece where apparent off-the-cuff chatter and movement recounting Mapp’s growing up as a dancer frequently caught me by [...]
The most exciting show on Broadway
Posted in reviews and responses on November 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Wow! IATSE’s Local 1 is on strike! After 0ver 100 years of running the shows on Broadway, the union has been driven to the street for the first time because of a breakdown in negotiations with the League of American Theatres and Producers. I happened to catch IATSE’s press conference on NY1, and I [...]
