Theatre/Theater

#Quizoola24 (by ForcedEntertainment) A 1/2 hour excerpt from...

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:59:53 -0400

#Quizoola24 (by ForcedEntertainment)

A 1/2 hour excerpt from the 24 hour performance.

Music for 18 Musicians by Steve Reich

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:20:01 -0400

Music for 18 Musicians by Steve Reich

Do we think I can do it?

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:07:16 -0400

Do we think I can do it?

where do I go next.. #figuredrawing

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:00:55 -0400

where do I go next.. #figuredrawing

QUIZOOLA! happening RIGHT NOW! CLICK HERE!!!

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 01:43:32 -0400

QUIZOOLA! happening RIGHT NOW! CLICK HERE!!!:

Forced Entertainment is live streaming a new 24 hour version of their show Quizoola from the Barbican in London. It goes until 11:59pm London time (6:59 eastern USA time). I HIGHLY recommend watching a few minutes of it.

for more info, click this link.

Basil Twist's Rite of Spring -- The New Yorker

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:09:55 -0400

Basil Twist's Rite of Spring -- The New Yorker

maryflynn: Seeing theater. Not watching theater. It’s seeing because it’s an event. You can watch a...

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 20:36:00 -0500

maryflynn:

Seeing theater. Not watching theater.

It’s seeing because it’s an event. You can watch a movie on your laptop, but you don’t watch a play. You go to see a play.

For example: you saw Wicked 10 times. You didn’t watch it 10 times.

I understand the grammar of it and yes, “saw Wicked” is correct, I agree wholeheartedly. But what about experiencing theatre?

Both watching and seeing imply passivity and the use of only one sense. (I’m not going to go into the “spectator” debate, I promise. Although I could have that conversation for hours.)

Theatre is a real life experience, an experience that involves your whole body if you’re a self-aware theatre goer, which I think is what people (or at least avid theatre goers, theatre makers, and theatre academics) should strive towards.

I’m just one person, but I think good theatre makes you experience something. Something in your body, something in your mind; it’s not just something for your eyes. It’s something for your brain and for your, dare I say it, soul.

I’m not necessarily saying we should start saying “I experienced Wicked.” However, if a piece of theatre moved you in more ways than just that once sense perception, would we be wrong?

carlosbaila: Marina Abramovic meets Ulay“Marina Abramovic and...

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:05:39 -0500

carlosbaila:

Marina Abramovic meets Ulay

“Marina Abramovic and Ulay started an intense love story in the 70s, performing art out of the van they lived in. When they felt the relationship had run its course, they decided to walk the Great Wall of China, each from one end, meeting for one last big hug in the middle and never seeing each other again. at her 2010 MoMa retrospective Marina performed ‘The Artist Is Present’ as part of the show, a minute of silence with each stranger who sat in front of her. Ulay arrived without her knowing it and this is what happened.”

Forced Entertainment

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:12:45 -0500

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grotesque #scenepainting

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:05:00 -0500

grotesque #scenepainting

practicing lining last night in #scenepainting

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:04:00 -0500

practicing lining last night in #scenepainting

REVIEW: Creation and The Factory: The Odyssey

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:16:29 -0500

REVIEW: Creation and The Factory: The Odyssey:

The actors hand a pot to the audience. In it are 24 shards of pottery, one for each of the books of the Odyssey. On each one is written a ‘task’ or an instruction to the actors about how to play that particular scene.

Obituary for LIVE THEATRE from Stolen Chair Theater...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:39:00 -0500

Obituary for LIVE THEATRE from Stolen Chair Theater Company’s Theatre is Dead

Theater Talkback: Stepping Into the Spotlight

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:32:06 -0500

Theater Talkback: Stepping Into the Spotlight:

Ben Brantley talks about his participatory experience at Peter Brook’s The Suit at BAM a few weeks ago. How a man can continue to surprise me with his brilliant writing over and over again is beyond me.

Imagine my dismay, then, when I was confronted with the beckoning hand and smile of one of the actors – a hand and a smile that brooked no refusal. What could I do? Say “I’m a theater critic, I don’t do theater”?

Trailer for dance film Motion Sickness by Jessica Kennedy and...

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:22:51 -0500

Trailer for dance film Motion Sickness by Jessica Kennedy and John McIlduff with Eddie Kay, Jessica Kennedy & Liv O’Donoghue

It’s that time of year again: book buying time! But with...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:30:50 -0500

It’s that time of year again: book buying time! But with these titles, I’m not complaining.

One Man, 10 Favorites, Guvnor

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:19:00 -0500

One Man, 10 Favorites, Guvnor :

Ben Brantley’s Top 10 Productions of 2012

“May your days be edgy and interdisciplinary.” Gotta...

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:36:35 -0500

“May your days be edgy and interdisciplinary.”

Gotta love The Kitchen

Be Stone No More – A Tabletop Shakespeare directed by Tim Etchells

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:01:57 -0500

Be Stone No More – A Tabletop Shakespeare directed by Tim Etchells:

Director Tim Etchells invites a collection of people with different relationships to Shakespeare – including actors, writers and academics – to each choose a Shakespeare play, take a seat at table and narrate / enact the story using their own selection of everyday objects as stand-ins for the characters. These comical, absurd and intimate to-camera performances are schematic diagrams of Shakespeare – lovingly made miniatures which condense the world of each play to a one metre square tabletop and summon it with a collection of banal materials and objects.

ugh, world. and amazing immersive theatre. stop it. if only I...

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:10:55 -0500

ugh, world. and amazing immersive theatre. stop it. if only I was in NY (and over 21…) to see this!

Then She Fell NYTimes Review (by Ben Brantley)

Nothing is explained as it’s happening. And if you don’t know Carroll’s life and works, you won’t know who these people are supposed to be. (Programs are given out only at the conclusion.) What you will experience is the feeling that children sometimes have of being swept up into busy, self-important social rituals that make no sense. And of spying on adult activities that don’t make much sense either and are equally creepy and thrilling.