
Five Questions for Belinda McKeon, whose play "Graham and Frost" will be playing at PS122 Thursday, September 16 – Sunday, October 3, 2010 as part of the the 1st Irish Theatre Festival in NYC.
Culturebot contributor Calamity West caught up with Lookingglass founding ensemble member Andy White to talk about the history of the company and its future under his watch as new Artistic Director.
Recent trends include webcasting theater to gain new audiences and mirroring the participatory culture zeitgeist, but is getting bigger and broadcasting wider the answer to what ails the theater?
I was talking to an ambitious young playwright the other day and it started me thinking about what are the hallmarks of a truly exceptional writer
With the Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe just around the corner, Culturebot contributor Lauren Dubowski talks with Headlong and Pig Iron about the growth of performance training initiatives in Philadelphia. (Photo: Audience and faculty look on at an HPI Open Salon showing.)
Posted on 02 September 2010
Vision Disturbance, a new play by Christina Masciotti, directed by Richard Maxwell, is spare, compact and moving. Continue Reading
Posted on 31 August 2010
This Thursday, Sept. 2, 6:30 pm at the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, The Graduate Center, CUNY (365 Fifth Avenue, at 34th St.) French theatre scholar Sophie Proust will offer an overview of her research-in-progress on contemporary U.S. creative process in theatre undertaken in New York, New Orleans, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago. Continue Reading
Posted on 31 August 2010
MADE HERE is a new documentary series and website devoted to the challenging and eclectic lives of performing artists in New York City. On September 28, 2010 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm there will be a screening and discussion event at CAVE Arts Space, moderated by Culturebot's Andy Horwitz Continue Reading
Posted on 31 August 2010
On September 1st, 2010 over 300 arts institutions worldwide will be participating in Ask A Curator Day via twitter. Continue Reading
Posted on 31 August 2010
"La MaMa Puppet Series IV -- Built to Perform," the latest in La MaMa's celebrated annual puppet program, will premiere five adult puppet theater productions and remount a popular children's attraction this fall, exploring the artistic and creative possibilities of puppetry in all its forms. The series will run from October 14 to November 28, 2010. Continue Reading
Posted on 31 August 2010
Doug Varone and Dancers’ highly popular series of pared-down, informal showcases entitled Stripped returns to the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center for a second season with four intimate studio showings beginning September 24, 2010 and running through May 6, 2011. Continue Reading