Ali Forney Center Benefit Concert: Night of a Thousand Judys Written and Hosted by Justin Sayre Music Direction by Lance Horne Featuring Martha Wash, Madeleine Peyroux, Carolee Carmello, Lea DeLaria, Karen Mason, Maude Maggart (and many others) Monday, June 17, 2013 Merkin Concert Hall at the Kaufman Center, 129 West 67th Street event site For … Continue reading
Photo Shoot: Shadows and Light and Set Models Wednesday June 5, 2013 New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza A theme to be explored in an upcoming issue of Chance Magazine is theatre and boxes — in set designs, in conceptual frameworks, in storage, in perception. One component of those … Continue reading
Photo Shoot: Chance and Here Lies Love Friday May 17, 2013 The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street Chance Magazine, discussed by our core staff in excited shouts and earnest whispers over the past year, inspiring articles on shoots in a Yonkers Mansion and the burlesque venue The Box, is now a real thing. Boxes of the first … Continue reading
A season year of theatre going — over 250 shows for Drama Desk consideration as well as a substantial additional number of concerts and readings and other events addressing other interests and work obligations — has been marked by several events over the past few weeks. One involves a group of people working through a … Continue reading
Performance and Justice: Representing Dangerous Truths Symposium Kathleen Chalfant in conversation with Karen Malpede John Jay Collage of Criminal Justice Black Box Theater, 524 West 59th Street Wednesday March 13, 2013 Events on the first of three symposium days in a delightful black box theatre in a shiny new campus building just minutes from my … Continue reading
Edith Meiser Oral History series: Kia Corthron in conversation with Todd London New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center Bruno Walter Auditorium, 111 Amsterdam Avenue Monday March 4, 2013 at 6pm The Edith Meiser Foundation has supported evenings in the Bruno Walter Auditorium I have attended in recent years honoring a … Continue reading
What: Harvardwood Presents Marge Champion (and a few surprise guests) When: Wednesday February 6, 2013, 7pm Where: LRN, 745 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY event web site The evening begins with chatting and seat selection and settling into an open brightly lit common area of the midtown offices of the corporate management consulting … Continue reading
Lunch Hour NYC June 22, 2012 — February 17, 2013 NYPL Stephen A. Schartzman Building 5th Avenue and 42nd Street D. Samuel and Jeane H. Gottesman Exhibit Hall online exhibit On a wintry midday in Midtown in January, after a meeting and before evening theatre adventures, I sidled into a long running exhibit that is … Continue reading
So when I say almost every day that I’m off to the theatre, some may doubt me. I present here events, listed by date, that required me to enter through a door into a theatre for a live performance or discussion on stage or a performance captured on film or an exhibit gallery. A simple attempt … Continue reading
The Art of Feedback Friday, October 26, 2012 2:30-5pm HERE Arts Center, 145 6th Avenue at Spring Street event site “I like to think of myself as the play’s, not the playwright’s, best friend.” (Morgan Jenness) “I’m not a noun, I’m not a dramaturg, I’m a human being giving dramaturgical feedback.” (Morgan Jenness) “Always get a … Continue reading
