Review - Hunters and Gatherers: Slaves of Craig's List
by Kristin Salaky
- Feb 4, 2008
When Tama Janowitz coined the phrase 'Slaves of New York' with the title of her 1986 collection of short stories, she was referring to how the lack of affordable apartments in the city flings people into quick romantic commitments or has them cling onto unhealthy ones for the sake of having a place to stay. In Brooke Berman's cleverly titled Hunters and Gatherers, a reference to societies that seek out food rather than farming, the real estate market hasn't grown less competitive but the computer age (especially Craig's List) has made it easier for people to hop around various short-term situations when the opportunities to plant roots are bleak and to escape the bad ones with a few mouse clicks and a successful interview.
Review - Animals Out Of Paper: Follow The Fold
by Kristin Salaky
- Aug 5, 2008
Early arrivals to the McGinn/Cazale for Second Stage's Theatre Uptown production of Animals Out Of Paper can fill up their spare minutes by folding up a creation or two with the free origami paper made available in the lobby. Or, if you're like me, just admire the pieces already on display.
PS Classics Features Luker, Baldwin, Fizgerald And More On Fall Albums
by Jessica Lewis
- Oct 6, 2009
PS Classics, the record label dedicated to recording Broadway albums and discs of classic American songs will be releasing three albums this fall featuring some of the industry's finest talent. The albums include a debut recording of the little known 1926 Broadway musical KITTY'S KISSES, which ran from May 6 - October 6; GUTENBERG!: The Musical; and Rebecca Luker's first solo album in five years, GREENWHICH TIME.
Page 73 Productions And New Georges Present CREATURE 10/27-11/21
by Reynard Loki
- Sep 29, 2009
Page 73 Productions (Liz Jones and Asher Richelli, Executive Directors) and New Georges (Susan Bernfield, Artistic Director; Sarah Cameron Sunde, Associate Director) will present the world premiere of Heidi Schreck's riveting new play "Creature," directed by Leigh Silverman. This Off Broadway engagement will be performed at the Ohio Theatre, 66 Wooster Street (between Spring and Broome Streets). Previews begin on Tuesday, October 27, and the official Opening Night will be Monday, November 2 at 7:00 p.m. Performances will run through November 21.
Page 73 Productions and New Georges Present CREATURE 10/27-11/21
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Sep 29, 2009
Page 73 Productions (Liz Jones and Asher Richelli, Executive Directors) and New Georges (Susan Bernfield, Artistic Director; Sarah Cameron Sunde, Associate Director) will present the world premiere of Heidi Schreck's riveting new play 'CREATURE,' directed by Leigh Silverman.
54th Annual Drama Desk Award Noms Announced, '9 To 5' Leads Pack with 15 Nods
by Eddie Varley
- Apr 27, 2009
Nominations for the 54th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced this morning at the New York Friars Club by Faith Prince and Jim Dale, multi-award winning stage stars. They were joined for the announcement by William Wolf, Drama Desk President, Barbara Siegel, Chairperson of the Drama Desk Nominating Committee, Robert R. Blume, Executive Producer of the Drama Desk Awards ceremony, and Randie Levine-Miller, Director of Special Events for the Drama Desk.
EST/Sloan Project Presents First Light Festival 2009
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Jan 13, 2009
First Light Festival 2009 is a presentation of new works commissioned by the EST/Sloan Project, an initiative designed to stimulate artists to create credible and compelling work exploring the worlds of science and technology and to challenge the existing stereotypes of scientists and engineers in the popular imagination. Now in its eleventh season, The Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Project (Graeme Gillis, Program Director) program has received proposals now numbering in the hundreds, and EST/Sloan has commissioned some two hundred projects for development with grants ranging from $500 to $10,000. Each season the EST/Sloan Project commissions and develops new works, and presents the results, at various stages from first readings to fully mounted productions, in the FIRST LIGHT Festival.
Photo Flash:The Acting Company's Commedia Dell'Arte Gala
by Eddie Varley
- Nov 13, 2008
The Houseman Award honors a profound commitment to the development of classical actors and an audience for the theater. The award this year was given to Theatre Development Fund. The Warburg Award is presented for outstanding philanthropic endeavor. The award was presented to William D. Zabel, Chairman of Human Rights First, by its President, Michael Posner.
Irwin, Kushner and LaBute Join FIRST VOTE Fundraiser 11/3
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 3, 2008
Epic Theater Ensemble brings out the vote on Election Eve with 'First Vote '08,' a one-night only special event to benefit Epic's innovative, civic-minded in-school and after-school education programs.
Irwin, Kushner and LaBute Join FIRST VOTE Fundraiser 11/3
by Faetra Petillo
- Oct 27, 2008
Epic Theater Ensemble brings out the vote on Election Eve with 'First Vote '08,' a one-night only special event to benefit Epic's innovative, civic-minded in-school and after-school education programs.
Second Stage Uptown Announces Cast for Animals Out of Paper
by BWW News Desk
- Jun 17, 2008
Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Ellen Richard, Executive Director) will continue this summer's Second Stage Theatre Uptown Series with the world premiere of Rajiv Joseph's Animals Out of Paper, directed by Giovanna Sardelli. Beginning previews Monday, July 14 at Second Stage Theatre's uptown home, the McGinn/Cazale Theatre on Broadway at 76th Street, Animals Out of Paper will feature Utkarsh Ambudkar, Kellie Overbey, and Jeremy Shamos.
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