Paper Magazine published this great piece on Tom Murrin and his friendship with actor Steve Buscemi:
"Tom Murrin was a mentor to a lot of people and inspiration to that whole
downtown scene, especially coming from the world that he came from. He
had been a lawyer before he became a performance artist, and he left
that behind and traveled the world doing his shows with Johanna Went.
Later, be brought it to the East Village, doing street performances and
taking his show it into clubs all with found objects and scenery that he
made. He made everything seem so doable and accessible. As long as it
had "style and purpose," that was his definition of performance art."
Read the full article: HERE
La MaMa Presents
The Tom Murrin
Full Moon
Performance Festival
FEATURING:
Saint Fortune, Radiohole, Peculiar Works Project, Steve Buscemi, Karen Finley, Jonathan Ames, Diana Y. Greiner and Heidi Dorow, Annie Iobst, Mike Iveson, David Levine, Lumberob, Salley May,
Jennifer Miller, Brooke O'Harra and Sharon Hayes, Nicky Paraiso, Gary Ray, Chris Tanner, and
others.
April 17 – April 27, 2014
For full Festival Schedule and Tickets: Click Here
Actress, Comedian and Saturday Night Live Alumn Amy Poehler spoke to Paper Magazine about Tom Murrin in advance of THE TOM MURRIN FULL MOON PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL happening at La MaMa April 17 - 27, 2014.
"Poehler reached out to Paper to pay tribute to Tom Murrin, a
performance-art pioneer and the magazine's longtime theater critic, who
died last year, and was an early champion of the Upright Citizens
Brigade, Poehler's improv comedy troupe."
She told Paper about her encounters with Tom early in her own career:
"UCB's first [NYC] show was at a place called Surf Reality," she says,
pouring honey from a bear-shaped bottle into her tea. "That was '96. At
that time, there was an underground downtown movement -- which I'm sure
there still is, but I don't know enough about it anymore. It was an
interesting cross between performance art, sketch and music. Tom Murrin
used to perform and help run that show -- he was one of the nice artists
we met early on."
Read the full feature on Amy Poehler: HERE
La MaMa Presents
The Tom Murrin
Full Moon
Performance Festival
April 17 – April 27, 2014
For full Festival Schedule and Tickets: Click Here
