Month: May 2004

  • The New New

    Over the holiday Culturebot took a brief respite from his duties as cultural man-about-town. Never fear, though, we will soon be back at our fighting weight as our legions of spies are hard at work crafting insightful analyses of arts both high and low. In the meantime, as we embark on what should prove to…

  • Deus Ex Mangina

    If Eve Ensler has taught us anything, and I think I can safely say that she has taught us very little except that violence against women would stop for ever if we would all just close our eyes and wish hard enough and that the black dominatrix chin-length bob is SO over, it is that…

  • blogging culture

    Over on the ArtsJournal.com blogs, Andrew Taylor (no, not the one from Duran Duran) talks about the new blogs on the On The Boards website. (On The Boards is a performance venue in Seattle). One of the things he brings up is the concern that people will post negative comments about the work in question.…

  • Woman of Heart and Mind

    I got an email today saying that I should go see John Kelly’s new Joni Mitchell show Get Up and Jive that has recently been extended at Fez. Well, I’ll take any opportunity to see John Kelly, regardless, but the email continued by saying that Ms. Nicole Kidman would be in the audience and, well,…

  • The Almighty

    Sometimes in this business you really manage to score a great interview with someone who is not only a towering figure in their field but an inspiration to countless people everywhere. Especially now, during Awards Season, this enduring icon gets mentioned a lot. Known by many names, we had a chance to sit down with…

  • GoTour Benefit and Workshops

    Most of you have heard of GoTour.org, the new website launched by The Field to help artists tour independently. Its a great idea and it looks like it’ll be really helpful to the community. If you want to celebrate the launch and help them raise money to keep it going, you should go to their…

  • Surprise: how to get it.

    Every day, I swim in a sea of media. Magazines, newspapers, blogs (like this one!) – I’m always on the lookout for shows to see and new movies to check out. While this means that I’ve discovered many new cool things, it’s all but eliminated one thing: the element of surprise.

  • The Economics of Theater

    In Mac Wellman’s Village Voice article this week, he gives a great overview of an emerging playwright’s community. Those of us who see theater regularly downtown have seen much of the work being created and can attest to the fact that there is an enormous amount of vitality and ingenuity. And no-one can dispute Mr.…

  • Obie Won

    Use The Force, Luke! Culturebot just returned from The Obies. It was my first time and it was a lot of fun. Click on the Obies link for a list of winners which includes Culturebot interviewees Kyle Jarrow and Mark Russell. Oh sure, I could do a big long write-up here, but, um… well. I’m…

  • Ladies First

    It’s that time of the month again. Time for Culturebot’s WYSIWYG Talent Show! Tomorrow, Tuesday, May 18th, 7:30 p.m. at P.S. 122 join Sarah Lewitinn/Ultragrrl, Eurotrash, Rachel Kramer Bussel/Lusty Lady, Jamye Waxman, Lindsay Robertson/Lindsayism, Jessica Delfino, Nichelle, and GirlyNYC as they tell their stories of the first time they …. Should be a whole lotta…

  • Try It Again Without Smiling

    A few days ago I asked people to send Culturebot their Art Worker Horror Stories. To start things off, here’s actress, playwright and screenwriter Juliana Francis’ tale of her misadventures in commercial acting. I was a squatter in a three-story grand ballroom in a since-demolished derelict hotel when I began working for the commercial agency.…

  • Antigone Interrupted

    What is it like to be buried alive? To feel the walls closing in on you, to lie in darkness knowing your eyes will never again know light, to be completely and utterly tortured by your own company, never knowing when death will bring relief? An afternoon cleaning pigeon shit out of an abandoned railway…