La MaMa and Talking Band Announce the World Premiere of EFFLORESCENCE
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Feb 24, 2021
La MaMa and Talking Band have announced the world premiere of Efflorescence, a seven-episode serial songspiel. A new audio segment will be released daily from March 29 – April 4, 2021. On April 6, 2021, La MaMa and Talking Band will premiere the full piece followed by a post-show conversation with the artists.
DR. JULIA WONDER AND BIRDIE THE TISSUE FAIRY Comes to Guild Hall This Month
by A.A. Cristi
- Apr 3, 2019
Celebrity psychic Dr. Wonder and her loyal, if somewhat bewildered, sidekick Birdie, pull up to various salons and saloons, hotel conference rooms and auditoriums, and bus stops and auto repair shops around the nation to lecture, teach, and provide personal psychic predictions. Expect winning musical numbers and much interaction with the audience from this ongoing collaboration between Colleen O'Neill and Judith Greentree.
La Mama Announces Its 57th Winter And Spring Season
by Julie Musbach
- Jan 18, 2019
LA MAMA continues its 57th season this Winter and Spring with a roster of singular artists from around the globe as they present new works, both USA and World Premieres alike, on such topics as social inequality, immigration, racism and homophobia, it has been announced by Mia Yoo, La MaMa's Artistic Director.
Talking Band Premieres CITY OF NO ILLUSIONS at La MaMa
by Julie Musbach
- Jan 7, 2019
La MaMa presents the world premiere of City of No Illusions, the newest work from seminal theater company Talking Band. Written and directed by four-time Obie winner Paul Zimet, City of No Illusions is a dark comedy set inside a funeral home that has become a refuge for two asylum seekers. Featuring original music by Ellen Maddow and an international cast of 12 performers, City of No Illusions is scheduled to run at La MaMa's Downstairs Theater (66 E 4th St) from February 8 through 24, with an opening night of February 13.
La MaMa Fills 57th Season with Over 50 Premieres
by Julie Musbach
- Jun 20, 2018
On the heels of having won the 2018 Regional Theater Tony Award, LA MAMA Experimental Theatre Club (ETC) announces its 57th season of productions, according to Mia Yoo, the company's artistic director. The season includes over 50 U.S., NYC and world premiere productions.
Photo Flash: Mallory Catlett's Award-Winning THIS WAS THE END Returns to the Mabou Mines Theater
by A.A. Cristi
- Apr 24, 2018
Since 2004, director Mallory Catlett has worked across disciplines to expand the boundaries of theater. Through original works with her own company, Restless NYC, and collaborations with some of today's leading artists-composer Mika Karlsson (The Echo Drift), Dread Scott (Decision), Aaron Landsman (City Council Meeting & Perfect City)-Catlett creates theater that The New York Times calls "lurid, feverish and powerful." She has been called a "downtown treasure" by Time Out New York.
Photo Flash: Opening Night of FUSIFORM GYRUS - A SEPTET FOR TWO SCIENTISTS AND FIVE HORNS
by A.A. Cristi
- Feb 20, 2018
Talking Band are currently presenting the world premiere of Fusiform Gyrus - A Septet for Two Scientists and Five Horns, written and composed by OBIE Award winner Ellen Maddow, and directed by Ellie Heyman, running through February 25 at HERE, located at 145 6th Avenue (Enter on Dominick, 1 block south of Spring) in New York City.
Previews Begin Tonight for Talking Band's FUSIFORM GYRUS, Starring Tom Nelis
by Julie Musbach
- Feb 7, 2018
Talking Band will present the world premiere of Fusiform Gyrus - A Septet for Two Scientists and Five Horns, written and composed by OBIE Award winner Ellen Maddow, and directed by Ellie Heyman, running from February 7 - 25, 2018 in a limited engagement at HERE, located at 145 6th Avenue (Enter on Dominick, 1 block south of Spring) in New York City. Previews begin tonight, February 7, for a February 13 opening.
Photo Flash: First Look at Obie Winner Ellen Maddow and Talking Band's FUSIFORM GYRUS
by Stephi Wild
- Jan 19, 2018
Talking Band will present the world premiere of Fusiform Gyrus - A Septet for Two Scientists and Five Horns, written and composed by OBIE Award winner Ellen Maddow, and directed by Ellie Heyman, running from February 7 - 25, 2018 in a limited engagement at HERE, located at 145 6th Avenue (Enter on Dominick, 1 block south of Spring) in New York City. Previews begin February 7 for a February 13 opening.
Talking Band to present World Premiere of FUSIFORM GYRUS
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 5, 2018
Talking Band will present the world premiere of Fusiform Gyrus - A Septet for Two Scientists and Five Horns, written and composed by OBIE Award winner Ellen Maddow, and directed by Ellie Heyman, running from February 7 - 25, 2018 in a limited engagement at HERE, located at 145 6th Avenue (Enter on Dominick, 1 block south of Spring) in New York City. Previews begin February 7 for a February 13 opening.
Talking Band to Present World Premiere of FUSIFORM GYRUS
by Julie Musbach
- Dec 18, 2017
Talking Band will present the world premiere of Fusiform Gyrus - A Septet for Two Scientists and Five Horns, written and composed by OBIE Award winner Ellen Maddow, and directed by Ellie Heyman, running from February 7 - 25, 2018 in a limited engagement at HERE, located at 145 6th Avenue (Enter on Dominick, 1 block south of Spring) in New York City. Previews begin February 7 for a February 13 opening.
Photo Flash: Spiderwoman Celebrates 40th Anniversary at La MaMa
by BWW News Desk
- Sep 21, 2017
An earth-shaking collection of indigenous-feminist performers, bands and performance art groups gathered at La MaMa on Tuesday for an impassioned celebration of Spiderwoman, the world's longest-running Native American theatre company, and one of America's longest continuously active feminist performance collectives. Scroll down for photos from the event!
Talking Band's THE ROOM SINGS to Open Next Week at La MaMa
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 24, 2017
A room in a country house sings of those who have lived there over a span of seventy years. Performed with striking theatricality by the OBIE-award winning Talking Band, The Room Sings, uses an array of genres to tell the stories of four interlocking sets of people. As their individual stories unfold they intertwine and illuminate each other.
Taylor Mac to Receive 2017 Booth Award
by Julie Musbach
- Mar 24, 2017
Join us for an evening celebrating the groundbreaking work of Taylor Mac, American actor, playwright, performance artist, director, producer, and singer-songwriter. Mac's 24-hour, 246-song marathon performance, A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, was hailed by Wesley Morris in the New York Times as "one of the greatest experiences of my life" and was recently named the 2017 recipient of the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History.
Talking Band's THE ROOM SINGS to Tell Intertwining Stories at La MaMa This Spring
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 2, 2017
A room in a country house sings of those who have lived there over a span of seventy years. Performed with striking theatricality by the OBIE-award winning Talking Band, The Room Sings, uses an array of genres to tell the stories of four interlocking sets of people. As their individual stories unfold they intertwine and illuminate each other.
GO BACK TO WHERE YOU ARE Will Now Open This Saturday at Odyssey Theatre
by Tyler Peterson
- Jul 11, 2016
?Five-time Obie Award winner David Greenspan's unique brand of gentle wit and exquisite lyricism will be on display when Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents the West Coast premiere of his meta-theatrical comic romance, Go Back to Where You Are, beginning July 16.
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