Critical Praise for I CAME TO LOOK FOR YOU ON TUESDAY

Critics are loving Chiori Miyagawa's 

I Came To Look For You On Tuesday! 

photo credit: Yi Zhao

 “creative, engaging, and quite brave…If you're looking for a good night at the theatre, then let neither wind nor rain nor a government shutdown keep you away from I Came to Look for You on Tuesday.” 

Bess Rowen, Huffington Post

photo credit: Yi Zhao

“For me, the greatest power of the piece comes from Chiori’s uncanny skill in allowing us in the audience, who hopefully have not had to confront the devastation presented here, to feel its pull. There is much to discover in I Came to Look for You Tuesday.” 

Martin Denton, NTTheaternow.com

photo credit: Yi Zhao

"I Came To Look For You On Tuesday is beautifully written, filled with poetic images that Ms. Miyagawa uses to weave together seemingly disparate stories into a logical, cohesive whole…it will leave you thinking about it long after the cast members have taken their well-deserved bows.” 

Howard Miller, Talkin’ Broadway

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“★★★★☆...the piece is wonderfully tidy; its stories don't end happily, yet somehow we leave having been swept clean.” 

Helen Shaw, Time Out  

photo credit: Yi Zhao

This is the final week of performances - the show must close on Sunday, October 13th. 

La MaMa ETC presents
A Re/Union Company Production of

I CAME TO LOOK 
FOR YOU ON TUESDAY

Written by Chiori Miyagawa
Directed by Alice Reagan

Final 5 Performances: 
Wednesday, October 9th at 7:30pm
Thursday, October 10th at 7:30pm
Friday, October 11th at 7:30pm
Saturday, October 12th at 7:30pm
Sunday, October 13th at 2:30pm

Tickets: $18 Adults; $13 Students/Seniors

For tickets and info: Click Here

A (micro) history of world economics, rehearsed

Pascal Rambert is currently rehearsing his A (micro) history of world economics, danced at the Great Jones Street Rehearsal Studios with the New York City cast. The show opens Friday, October 11th, but we got to sit in on a recent rehearsal and here is a sneak peek of what promises to be an amazing piece.

La MaMa, Performance Space 122 
and the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)’s 
Crossing the Line 2013 Festival
present

A (micro) history of 

world economics, danced 

Created and Directed by Pascal Rambert 

In collaboration with Eric Mechoulan 

October 11 – October 13, 2013 

Ellen Stewart Theatre

66 East 4th Street

New York, NY 10003

Tickets: $20 Adults/$15 Students/Seniors

For Tickets and Info: Click Here

VIDEO TRAILER: Maureen Fleming's B. MADONNA

Watch the haunting trailer for Maureen Fleming's B. MADONNA, which opens at The Ellen Stewart Theatre on October 17th.


"Fleming…seemed to transcend the material world and enter a realm of pure spirit…Wondrous choreographic metamorphosis.”
- The New York Times 


Click here to watch the trailer

La MaMa presents
Maureen Flemming's
B. Madonna

Internationally acclaimed performer, Maureen Fleming brings her contemporary unveiling of the myth of Persephone to the stage of the Ellen Stewart Theatre. With text by David Henry Hwang and music by Philip Glass (performed live by pianist Bruce Brubaker), original accordion music by Guy Klucevsek, and Taiko drumming by Kaoru Watanabe, this beautiful, multimedia meditation on ’miracles’ juxtaposes Fleming’s new and repertory works with three-dimensional video projections designed by longtime collaborator Christopher Odo.


October 17 – November 3, 2013

Tickets: $25 Adults; $20 Students/Seniors; a limited number of $10 tickets are available, in advance, for every performance as part of La MaMa's new 10 @ $10 ticketing initiative.

For tickets and info: Click Here

Ralph Cook: 1928 - 2013

Ralph with Ellen Stewart in her apartment in 2005.

Ralph Cook, founder of Theatre Genesis, regarded as one of the four theaters responsible for the explosion of New York's off-off-Broadway movement along with Caffe Cino, Judson Poets Theatre and La MaMa E.T.C. died On Monday September 23, 2013 at the age of 85.  He will be greatly missed.

6 QUESTIONS: Brigham Mosley

Writer and performer Brigham Mosley's solo show, SCARLETT O’HARA AND THE WAR ON TARA will be presented as part of La MaMa's new platform for unconventional solo performances, A Series of One, on Sunday, October 13, 2013 at 5:30pm at The Club at La MaMa. Brigham talks to us about the show and his work.

1. What was the initial inspiration for this project?

Actually the title came first, about a year ago - I knew the show would have something to do with my relationship/discomfort with NYC and the guilt associated with leaving my family to move here (and knowing that, as a gay person, moving back to my rural Oklahoma community probably will never happen). Tara is destroyed. Atlanta is sieged. WHERE DO YOU GO?!?!? Also hoop skirts.

2. What was the most challenging element in making this show?

It's actually sort of all come together in a really organic way - playing Scarlett (probably my favorite literary character ever written) just sort of opens you up to being terrible and outspoken and to never apologize for yourself. Scarlett is like this lovable monster and she just hates EVERYONE but somehow you root for her and completely identify with her. It's been so freeing to tap into that.

3. Do you think of your work at political?

You know, I don't. I think other people might - I think if you're a gay artist people think that your work is automatically political. I just write about my experiences and the things I see. I try to critique my community or culture I see as dangerous but rarely do I offer answers - questions are always more important.

4. How would you describe your aesthetic?

I believe in sentimentality and sincerity - I think irony and cynicism and this sort of let's-just-all-get-together-and-feel-smart-and-catch-the-inside-jokes-and-be-totally-removed theatre I keep seeing is so deadly. I worry about our emotional lives because it seems like the goal of everything is to just have this jaded, knowing distance. I want to make spectacle and be ugly and bold and funny and DRAMATIC! I want theatrical theatre - to be performative and tacky and celebratory - all that good stuff! The goal is to be the boy Dolly Parton.

5. Who has inspired you?

Tim Miller, Taylor Mac, Charles Ludlam, Sarah Ruhl, Young Jean Lee, Erin Markey - give me metaphors and collage and PERFORMANCE! Theatrical theatre-makers, the lot of 'em! 

6. What does working at La MaMa mean to you? 

It's a dream - truly. I learned about La MaMa when I was 18 years old in undergrad and I knew this is the sort of work I wanted to make. It feels big and wonderful.

La MaMa ETC presents

Brigham Mosley's
SCARLETT O’HARA 
AND THE WAR ON TARA

Part of A SERIES OF ONE


Sunday, October 13th @ 5:30pm


Tickets are $15 for adults; $10 for students and seniors; a limited number of $10 tickets are available (to anyone) as part of La MaMa's 10 @ $10 initiative.

For Tickets and Info: Click Here