Elliot Goldenthal Honored by NYFA
by Kelsey Denette - Mar 21, 2013
The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has announced that author and co-director of the Acquavella Gallery Michael Findlay, composer Elliot Goldenthal, filmmaker Mira Nair and visual artist Fred Wilson will be inducted into the NYFA Hall of Fame on Tuesday, April 23rd at Espace (635 West 42nd Street). The evening begins at 6:30 with a cocktail reception featuring interactive art by past and current NYFA grantees, followed by dinner and remarks from all the honorees. Tickets start at $500 and tables at $5,000; tickets for the Young Patrons After party, which begins at 9:30, are $250. Tickets and tables at all levels can be purchased at www.nyfa.org.
ADAA's Art Show Raises More than $1 Million for Henry Street
by Kelsey Denette - Mar 11, 2013
The Art Show 2013, organized by the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) to benefit Henry Street Settlement, concluded with extraordinary sales and museum placements after a five-day run from March 6-10 at the historic Park Avenue Armory. Launching a week of arts
activities throughout New York City, the 25th edition of The Art Show was opened by a celebratory Gala Preview with more than 2,500 special guests. The preview and ticket sales raised more than $1 million dollars for the Lower East Side's Henry Street Settlement.
PALACE OF THE END to Continue Waterworks Company's 2013 Season, March 14-24
by BWW News Desk - Feb 21, 2013
The Waterworks Company presents Judith Thompson's Palace of the End, playing at Espace 4001 from March 14th to 24th. Directed by Rob Langford, the cast includes Sarah Marchand (the Soldier), Michael Findlay (Dr. David Kelly), and Alexandra Valassis (Nehrjas Al-Saffarh).
Waterworks Theatre Company Presents PALACE OF THE END, 3/14-3/24
by Samantha Vega - Feb 4, 2013
Coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, this gripping trio of monologues imagines the voices of three real-life figures who witness the unfolding disaster from very different times and places: A disgraced American soldier defending her actions as a prison guard at Abu Ghraib; a weapons inspector exposing the false case for war; and an Iraqi dissident who survived torture in Saddam's brutal prisons.