Decades-old drama about an angry young fighter still packs a punch BY DAVID KENNERLEY | The term “angry young man” is generally attributed to working class British playwrights in the 1950s and ‘60s, but perhaps no other drama embodies the concept more fervently than “Golden Boy,” written by Clifford Odets in New York in 1937. [...]
Continue reading …AMORE OPERA’S “La Bohème” Amore Opera revisits the production that marked its inaugural season — Puccini’s timeless masterpiece, “La Bohème.” Set in the 1840s, the opera in four acts (which had a little something to do with inspiring a little Broadway smash called “Rent”) concerns a group of bohemians living in the Latin Quarter of [...]
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COIL Fest springs, as PS122 stretches its muscles BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Cast out of necessity in the role of a nomad determined to use his tribe’s time in exile to refine their mission and expand their territory, Performance Space 122 Artistic Director Vallejo Gantner’s vision for the future would be fully funded if potent [...]
Continue reading …Your guide to Downtown December essentials BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Like Times Square on New Year’s Eve, Macy’s windows on the weekends and that starved for attention, lit beyond recognition Norway spruce clogging pedestrian traffic around Rockefeller Center, the good people of New York City know what overblown seasonal trappings to avoid. They know Dasher [...]
Continue reading …Less Than Rent’s aesthetic ‘rooted in the notion of the mashup’ BY MARTIN DENTON (of nytheatre.com and indietheaternow.com) | Less Than Rent (LTR) is only two and a half years old. Its three co-artistic directors — James Presson, Rachel Buethe, and Charlie Polinger — are all in their very early 20s. But do not confuse all [...]
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HO-HO HOMO COMICUS | Finally, host Bob Montgomery and his “Homo Comicus” crew have the perfect excuse to string up some festive lights, don their gay apparel and troll for kisses under the mistletoe. That’s a pretty accurate description of what you’ll find all year long at Gotham Comedy Club’s long-running monthly comedic showcase of [...]
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Mayan calendar called it: December is Trav S.D.’s swan song BY TRAV S.D. (travsd.wordpress.com) | Well, the big news this month is that The Slipper Room is back. After a two-year-long renovation, the Orchard Street resort quietly opened towards the end of October — just in time for Sandy to quash their planned launch bash. [...]
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Last December, Christopher D’Amelio and Lucien Terras dissolved their longstanding partnership in the acclaimed Chelsea gallery D’Amelio Terras. Since then, D’Amelio has taken over their formerly shared West 22nd Street space — while Terras has launched a private artist agency, focusing on special projects. The latter now includes an outstanding assemblage of works by four [...]
Continue reading …One day soon, only the actors will be damaged THE KITCHEN 512 W. 19th St. (btw. 10th &11th Aves). Visit thekitchen.org or call 212-255-5793 The Kitchen, one of New York’s premiere experimental performance spaces (with its location on the far west side of Manhattan), suffered some of the worst damage of any NYC venue in [...]
Continue reading …Asner gives ‘Grace’ its spine BY JERRY TALLMER | Don’t look now, but crusty, lovable Lou Grant has returned amongst us as a certain Karl, last name unknown — a bitterly caustic exterminator of ants, termites and assorted religious illusions. Oh heck, you can look, especially if you have always loved Ed Asner as gruff [...]
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