Lessons of The Fall Season from A Class Of New York Newcomers
22 December 2015
Jonathan Mandell reflects on the Fall season of New York theatre through the lens of Erin Mee’s “Drama and Performance” class at NYU, in which students see and discuss sixteen shows throughout the semester.
In the second part of Matt's interview with Pig Pen Theatre Co., he speaks with Matt, Curtis, and Ben. They discuss how to avoid cynicism for the business, speaking a common language with your collaborators, and Jerome Bettis.
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented a reading of Gianina Carbunariu’s Mihaela, the Tiger of Our Town (Romania) livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 14 December at 3:30 p.m. PST (San Francisco) / 5:30 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 6:30 p.m. EST (New York). In Twitter, use #howlround to join the conversation.
Culturehub SeoulArts/La MaMa presents the livestreaming performance of Ghost Komungobot by composer Jin Hi Kim (Composers Now Creative Resident 2015, Guggenheim Fellowship 2010) in collaboration with acclaimed visualist Benton C Bainbridge (Beastie Boys, MOMA, The Whitney Museum), and sound designer Alex Noyes. Livestreaming as part of Culturehub's Refest on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday, December 12 at 5pm PST (Los Angeles) / 7pm CST (Chicago) / 8pm EST (New York).
Ali Stroker is currently starring in Deaf West’s acclaimed Broadway production of Spring Awakening. She is the first leading actor in a wheelchair on Broadway. She’s part-trailblazer, part-advocate, part-instigator and all artist.
Did 2014 reflect a kind of final critical understanding of Eno’s subject matter? Are we all finally ready to experience with him, according to his rhythms and speech patterns, the gentle devastation of small town family life? Perhaps yes to all of the above.
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented the Italian Playwrights Project livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 7 December at 3:30 p.m. PST (San Francisco) / 5:30 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 6:30 p.m. EST (New York). In Twitter, use #howlround to join the conversation.
Suzan-Lori Parks livestreamed Watch Me Work from The Public Theater in New York City on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TVnetwork at howlround.tv on Monday 7 December at 2 p.m. PST (Vancouver, UTC -8) / 4 p.m. CST (Austin, UTC -6) / 5 p.m. EST (Montréal, UTC -5) / 10 p.m. GMT (London, UTC +0) / 23:00 CET (Berlin, UTC +1).
With The Builders Association (New York) & Nibroll (Tokyo)
Thursday 3 December 2015
New York, NY, United States
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented a performance of A Quiet Day and a conversation about Performance Robot Dramaturgy livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 3 December 3 at 2 p.m. PST (Vancouver) / 4 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 5 p.m. EST New York / 22:00 GMT (London). In Twitter, use #howlround.
Today is the first part of a two part interview with three members of the PigPen Theatre Co. (Ryan Melia, Arya Shahi and Dan Weschler). We discuss actual Rat Kings, the ‘tiering’ of Drama Schools and finding your own identity in the actor training process.
Jonathan Mandell reviews the Second Stage production of Invisible Thread, a musical based on the real-life experience of theatre artists Matt Gould and Griffin Matthews creating a charity in Uganda.
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented Richard Schechner Day livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 30 November. In Twitter, use #howlround to join the conversation.
Using the production of Ken Urban’s play A Sense of an Ending to launch the conversation, theatre artists Adrienne Campbell-Holt, Gregg Mozgala, A. Rey Pamatmat, Mfoniso Udofia, and Ken Urban talk about representation on stage.
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented Fassbinder and the Stage livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 16 November at 3:30 p.m. PST (Los Angeles) / 5:30 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 6:30 p.m. EST (New York) / 23:30 GMT (London).
Suzan-Lori Parks livestreamed Watch Me Work from The Public Theater in New York City on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TVnetwork at howlround.tv on Monday 16 November at 2 p.m. PST (Vancouver, UTC -8) / 4 p.m. CST (Austin, UTC -6) / 5 p.m. EST (Montréal, UTC -5) / 10 p.m. GMT (London, UTC +0) / 23:00 CET (Berlin, UTC +1)
Jonathan Mandell reflects on a recent experience at a Grateful Dead concert, and asks if theatres can adopt some similar strategies for audience engagement.
