Showing posts with label NY Times. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NY Times. Show all posts
Monday, September 23, 2019
Monday, June 3, 2019
NY Times Spotlights 13 FRUITCAKES at La MaMa!
Pride Month 2019
From
exhibitions to music and movies, we offer over 25 options for
commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising and
celebrating Pride Month.
NY Times singles out Byungkoo Ahn's 13 FRUITCAKES as something to check out during 2019 Gay Pride Month in NYC, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall!
13 FRUITCAKES is part of Stonewall 50 at La MaMa.
For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE
‘13 FRUITCAKES’ (June 13-16) What do Virginia Woolf, Dong Xian and Tchaikovsky have in common? They’re among the famous figures featured in “13 Fruitcakes,” a series of short staged musical vignettes focusing on prominent L.G.B.T.Q. personalities in history. A drag queen named Orlando — taken from Virginia Woolf’s novel of the same name — narrates the show, which includes music, sung in multiple languages, based on poems by queer writers such as Oscar Wilde and Walt Whitman.
Read the full list of The New York Times' Stonewall 50 Event Selections: CLICK HERE
13 FRUITCAKES is part of Stonewall 50 at La MaMa.
For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE
Friday, May 24, 2019
NY Times on SIN CHA HONG
For Tickets and Info about the show: CLICK HERE
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
New York Times on La MaMa Moves! 2018
10 Dance Performances to See in NYC This Weekend
"This festival, now in its 13th season, shines its spotlight on choreographers exploring issues around race, gender, religion and exclusion. Among the artists are Ni’Ja Whitson, who continues to excavate the idea of blackness in “The Unarrival Experiments #4” (a work in progress), and Adham Hafez, who looks at the body and politics in “To Catch a Terrorist.”
Read the full article: HERE
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PROVOCATION IS PART OF THE FESTIVAL
"The New York choreographer Jonathan González brings a sorceress to life in “Obeah.” Lucie Gregoire, from Canada, offers “Les choses dernière” (“The Last Things”), a dance about a woman fighting for survival in a chaotic world inspired by a Paul Auster novel. And Adham Hafez, an Egyptian artist, explores questions about identity in “To Catch a Terrorist.”
These are just three of 12 provocative works that will be unveiled at the La MaMa Moves! dance festival, now in its 13th year and held at La MaMa’s East Village theaters." - Gia Kourlas
Read the full article: HERE
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May 10 - June 3, 2018
Ellen Stewart Theatre &
The Downstairs @ La MaMa
66 East 4th Street
(between Bowery and Second Avenue)
New York, NY 10003
Tickets: $25 Adults; $20 Students/Seniors
For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE
Monday, April 2, 2018
Press for Jane Comfort: 40th Anniversary Retrospective
Jane Comfort and Company celebrates 40 years of making dance with an Anniversary Retrospective concert. Twenty-three former and current company members gather to recreate excerpts of works spanning from 1978 to 2018, including such favorites as the provocative take on the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas hearings from S/He, scenes from the Bessie award-winning Underground River, archival videos and much more.
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"For 40 years, Ms. Comfort has made compelling dance dramas that investigate timely issues while experimenting with ingredients like spoken text and polyrhythms. She celebrates this impressive anniversary with a retrospective that samples from her large repertory, featuring a vast cast of former and current company dancers." - Brian Schaefer, The New York Times
Read the full article: HERE
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"Comfort began her career as a Minimalist, admiring the pure lines and rhythmic subtleties in Merce Cunningham’s dances, and listening to the music of avant-garde composers Philip Glass, Glenn Branca, and Laurie Anderson. Comfort’s first creation was the solo “Steady Shift,” a tactile exploration of her own body. Yet while viewers described this 1978 piece as mathematical, they didn’t know what Comfort was thinking. Is there any way, in our sexist society, that a woman’s body can escape being political?" - Robert Johnson, The Dance Enthusiast
Read the full article: HERE
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Jane Comfort:
40th Anniversary
Retrospective
Choreographed by Jane Comfort
Presented in association with Lumberyard
This performance contains brief nudity.
Jane Comfort: Artistic Director
Joe Levasseur: Lighting Design
Lianne Arnold: Video Design
Alexandra Nikolchev and Sean Donovan: Documentary Video
Liz Prince: Costume Design
April 5, 2018 - April 8, 2018
Benefit Performance: Thursday April 5th: Tickets $200
Regular Tickets (April 6-8): $25 Adults; $20 Students/Seniors
The Ellen Stewart Theatre at La MaMa
66 East 4th Street
(between Bowery and Second Avenue)
New York, NY 10003
For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
NY Times on ‘Distant Observer’
Review: ‘Distant Observer’ Shifts Shape as Authors Take Turns
A "mesmeric, deadpan fever dream of a play...There’s a playful, volleying spirit to the whole endeavor — intriguing, endearing and odd." - Laura Collins-Hughes, The New York Times
Read the full New York Times review: HERE
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La MaMa presents
Distant Observer:
Tokyo/New York Correspondence
Written and Conceived by Takeshi Kawamura and John Jesurun
Translation by Aya Ogawa
Distant Observer: Tokyo/New York Correspondence is a collaboration between Japanese playwright/director Takeshi Kawamura and American playwright/director John Jesurun. The project is conceived as a play written and directed in collaborative partnership by both artists. Written in corresponding chapters by each playwright, it combines two established artists of the same generation, both with distinct voices and significant work, in a deep creative conversation across cultures.
CAST:
Anastasia Olowin | Kotoba Dan | Claire Buckingham | Kyle Griffiths | Samuel Im
March 16, 2018 - April 1, 2018
The Ellen Stewart Theatre
66 East 4th Street
(between Bowery and Second Avenue)
New York, NY 10003
Tickets: $25 Adults; $20 Students/Seniors; La MaMa's 10 @ $10 tickets available for all performances, while supplies last
For Tickets & Info: CLICK HERE
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
NY Times Critics' Pick for John Kelly's TIME NO LINE
"Mr. Kelly packs a lot in about 75 minutes, yet he also knows when to let things breathe and he performs songs to signal both parenthesis and emphasis."
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"Kelly, still lithe and gorgeous in his sixties, exudes charm and brilliance...As he shares his artistic inspirations and legacy, he crafts new work before our eyes—chalk drawings, evocative movements, duets with his younger self via archival video—simultaneously deconstructing and demonstrating the creative impulse."
- Raven Snook, Time Out New York
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"This production hit me on a cellular level and I left the theater forever changed by [John Kelly's] ability to raise one’s frequency to the stratosphere."
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"This production hit me on a cellular level and I left the theater forever changed by [John Kelly's] ability to raise one’s frequency to the stratosphere."
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"In a mesmerizing 70 minutes acclaimed performance artist John Kelly presents his memoir for the stage…With his melodious voice, charming presence and physical charisma, Kelly is commanding as he recounts his eventful life and eclectic career."
- Darryl Reilly, TheaterScene.net
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La MaMa presents
by John Kelly
February 22 - March 11, 2018
Thursday - Saturday at 7pm; Sunday at 2pm
*additional performance Monday, February 26, 2018 at 7pm
The Ellen Stewart Theatre
66 East 4th Street
(between Bowery and Second Avenue)
New York, NY 10003
Tickets: $25 Adults/$20 Students and Seniors
For Tickets & Info: CLICK HERE
Monday, January 8, 2018
NY Times on UNEXPLODED ORDNANCES (UXO)
"Planes carrying nukes, the terrifying sound of life atomized into static noise: “Unexploded Ordnances (UXO)” feels very much of the minute.
Yet the feminist duo Split Britches has spent almost two years working on its new play, which bears the 1960s aesthetic of Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove” rather than the totalitarian kitsch of Kim Jong-un, so you can’t accuse the company of hot-button opportunism. These theatermakers have steadfastly remained on the outer edge of the mainstream since 1980."
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La MaMa presents
UNEXPLODED
ORDNANCES (UXO)
by Split Britches
January 4, 2018 - January 21, 2018
The Ellen Stewart Theatre
66 East 4th Street
(Between Bowery and Second Avenue)
New York, NY 10003
Tickets: $25 Adults; $20 Students/Seniors
For Tickets & Info: CLICK HERE
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Monday, May 23, 2016
The New York Times on CHERCHEZ LA FEMME!
Jon Pareles of The New York Times chronicled August Darnell's return to New York City for the world premiere of Cherchez La Femme: The Musical at La MaMa! Kid Creole himself gave all the behind the scenes details about his music career, inspiration for this new musical, and what's next after La MaMa!
"Kid Creole and the Coconuts always seemed like a musical waiting to happen. Now that musical was taking shape, to open May 20 at La MaMa. It’s a double time warp: the 2010s looking back on the 1980s looking back on the 1940s."Jon Pareles,The New York Times
Read the full article HERE!
Cherchez La Femme the musical opens TONIGHT!
La MaMa presents
CHERCHEZ
LA FEMME:
The Musical
Book by: August Darnell and Vivien Goldman
Music and Lyric by: August Darnell and Stony Browder Jr.
Directed by: Angie Kristic
Choreographed by: Kyndra 'Binkie' Reevey
May 20 - June 12, 2016
The Ellen Stewart Theatre
66 East 4th Street
(between Bowery and Second Avenue)
New York, NY 10003
Tickets: $35 Adults; $30 Students/Seniors
For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Katy Pyle and Ballez featured in The New York Times
Gia Kourlas previews Ballez' SLEEPING BEAUTY & THE BEAST by Katy Pyle opening next week as part of 2016 La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival:
“I just don’t believe in neutral,” Ms. Pyle said in an interview after a recent rehearsal. “I want to use this form to show that people are still carrying these subconscious judgments and ideas about how we should behave in relation to each other, how we should look and move, and what’s possible and what’s allowed.”
Read the full article HERE
La MaMa presents
Choreographed by: Katy Pyle, with Jules Skloot and the Company
Conceived and Directed by: Katy Pyle
April 29 - May 08, 2016
Wednesday to Saturday at 7pm; Sunday at 4pm
Ellen Stewart Theatre
66 East 4th Street
New York, NY 10003
Tickets: Adults: $35; Students/Seniors: $30
For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE
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