Starting January 6th you can see THE DEVIL YOU KNOW at LaMama.  This show marks the first collaboration between the legendary Ping Chong and the increasingly renowned Phantom Limb Company.  On a recent snowy Sunday, Jessica and Erik from Phantom Limb...

I just got back from a matinee performance of the Pearl Theatre Company’s unexpectedly enjoyable and timely staging of Shaw’s MISALLIANCE at City Center Stage Two. I say “unexpected” only because it has been a long time since I’d seen any Shaw and I’d...

According to the NY TIMES: Vic Chesnutt, a singer-songwriter whose music dealt with mortality and black humor, died on Friday in a hospital in Athens, Ga., a spokesman for his family said. He was 45 and lived in Athens. I first saw Vic Chesnutt play...

Just read about this over at the Contemporary Performance site – the american realness festival. most of it is taking place at Abrons Arts Center from January 8-11, some of it is at New Museum and at Japan Society.  The festival website is here and it...

late  night video watching for some reason this song has been my earworm: