image musings: seurat, klimt, klee, aronson
Chicago Art Institute + Neue Galerie + Aronson Archives + linear connections There is nothing quite like paying homage to the centerpiece of a museum’s art collection. This past week I […]
event musings: dramaturg as producer
LMDA presents: The Dramaturg/Producer: A Symposium with LMDA About an Emerging Profession Moderated by Amy Jensen Featuring: Ken Cerniglia (Disney Theatrical Group), Jill Rafson (Roundabout Theatre Company), Peter Eckersall (visiting Professor, CUNY […]
event musings: 2013-2014 drama desk nominations announcement
Drama Desk presents: 59th Annual Drama Desk Awards Nominations Announcement Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, and Fran Drescher Friday, April 25, 2014 at 11am 54 Below, 254 West 54th Street The first of […]
event musings: why shakespeare? why now?
Drama Desk presents: Why Shakespeare? Why Now? Moderated by Carol Rocamore Panelists Julie Taymor, Daniel Sullivan, Scott Shepherd, Michael Pennington, John Glover Friday, April 4, 2014 at 11:45am Sardi’s Eugenia room, 234 West 44th Street […]
event musings: Chance + Wingspace
CHANCE + WINGSPACE cocktails and preview of Chance 3 COUTURE | STAGE Monday, March 31st @ 7pm Wingspace Theatrical Design | Old American Can Factory 232 3rd St., Brooklyn Wingspace facilities at the […]
event musings: chance photo shoot (annie-b parson)
Photo Shoot: Annie-B Parson, “Ich, Kürbisgeist” Friday February 21, 2014 Studio of David Korins, West 30th Street, New York City Chance Magazine, in its second year of publication and currently developing […]
event musings: promoting broadway
Drama Desk presents: You Gotta Have a Gimmick … or a Star! Moderated by Randie Levine-Miller Panelists Peter Filichia, Josh Ellis, Susan L. Schulman and Leslie Bader Papa Monday, February 10, 2014 at […]
review: the woodsman
The Woodsman by James Ortiz with Claire Karpen and Strangemen & Co. Directed by James Ortiz and Claire Karpen Featuring James Ortiz, Eliza Simpson, Edward W. Hardy 59E59 Theater B […]
film feature: a human being and not a chair
[re-posting of a 2009 set of musings, inspired by today’s showing of this film during 2014’s Turner Classic Movie’s “31 Days of Oscar”] A Thousand Clowns. 1962 play into 1965 movie […]
review roundup: one voice on life and death
Mercy Killers @ Stella Adler Studio (Manhattan thru February 2) Grounded @ Page 73 at Walkerspace (thru February 1) There is intensity inherent in the one person show structure — […]
mercedes ruehl: “all these things ride into town on your voice”
NYPL-PA + League of Professional Theatre Women: Mercedes Ruehl + Andrea Chapin New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center Bruno Walter Auditorium, 111 Amsterdam Avenue Monday […]
review: ruff
Ruff by Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver Directed by Lois Weaver Featuring Peggy Shaw La MaMa First Floor Theatre, 74a East 4th Street January 9, 2014 — January 26, 2014 […]
2013: excavation review themes
I have now indulged in three annual iterations (2011, 2012, and 2013) of complete lists of events that took me into a theatre or other kind of performance space during […]
2013: excavation review
I love reliving the year through this now annual summary of attendance at live performances and the occasional film screening. For this listing, all that’s required is my entry into […]
Sondheim, Company, Paley, and Serendipity
Company: Original Cast Album (1970) + Chance + Zelig-like friend Stephen Paley This is a post about serendipity: new friends, old passions, theatrical design, and Stephen Sondheim. I am surrounded […]
film feature: arty o’ the irst art
[re-posting of a 2010 set of musings, inspired by yet another re-viewing of this masterpiece courtesy of a December 5, 2013 showing on Turner Classic Movies] So I’m listening to […]
urban excavations 