The Crying of Lot 49 has a sequel? I was convinced that Pynchon had trapped me in his next surreal… [more]
The K&K Super Buffet in Ridgewood, Queens first strikes you with how huge and tacky it is. The neon… [more]
I’ve recently added a new odd job to my list of part-time gigs: being a standardized patient for medical… [more]
A fact about religion — monotheism, anyway — is that it places at the center of one’s life a figure… [more]
In a 1930 introduction to The Philanderer, George Bernard Shaw writes, “There is a disease to which… [more]
“For those who know how to look, the store is plain as day,” Gabe Fowler says of the exterior of… [more]
I met with Ariel Loh and Kevin Olken Henthorn of Stone Cold Fox at the Black Swan in Bed Stuy. It was… [more]
“For those who know how to look, the store is plain as day,” Gabe Fowler says of the exterior of… [more]
February 5, 2012
by Aaron Botwick
In a 1930 introduction to The Philanderer, George Bernard Shaw writes, “There is a disease to which plays as well as men become liable with advancing years. In men it is called doting, in plays dating. The more topical the … Continue reading
February 4, 2012
by Amber Frost
I met with Ariel Loh and Kevin Olken Henthorn of Stone Cold Fox at the Black Swan in Bed Stuy. It was the first serious cold snap we had felt so far, and the black interior of the dimly lit … Continue reading
February 1, 2012
by Kevin Korber
The K&K Super Buffet in Ridgewood, Queens first strikes you with how huge and tacky it is. The neon letters are all in solid primary colors, the walls are made of a grainy plaster painted the ugliest shade of beige. … Continue reading
February 1, 2012
by Ryan Briles
There’s something quintessentially stoner about Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa’s new record, Mac and Devin Go To High School and not for the reason you’d expect. It’s not just that all the songs are about smoking weed (they are), it’s … Continue reading
January 31, 2012
by Aaron Botwick
Vivian Bearing, Ph.D., can remember the precise moment when she knew that words would be her life’s work. It is her fifth birthday and she begins to read The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies by Beatrix Potter. She asks her … Continue reading
January 24, 2012
by Moze Halperin
Alexis. A Greek Tragedy, Italian theater company Motus’s follow-up performance to last year’s Under the Radar entry, Too Late! Antigone (contest #2), presents a series of very artfully executed political and metatheatrical clichés. The fundamental question driving the play is also … Continue reading
January 22, 2012
by Philip Waller
Ghoulish makeup, Polish dubstep, heavy metal-style screaming, poetry, and a penis were all on display at In the Solitude of the Cotton Fields, directed by Poland’s up-and-coming Radolsaw Rychick, and presented as part of LaMama and the Public Theater’s Under … Continue reading
January 18, 2012
by Aaron Botwick
We’ve all seen the photos. A sign that reads, “Do Drunken Driving.” Another that warns, “Slip and Fall Down Carefully.” Or a can labeled, “The Jew’s Ear Juice”–perhaps the most unappetizing beverage on the planet. These comical mistranslations provide the … Continue reading
January 11, 2012
by Aaron Botwick
In the opening moments of The Glass Menagerie, Tom tells his audience, “The play is memory.” The same line could be used by Brian Friel in Dancing at Lughnasa, which is narrated by Michael (Michael McMonagle), a man who recalls … Continue reading
January 9, 2012
by Moze Halperin
So. The Under the Radar festival is going on. And we’re interested in these plays. So. Go see these plays. In no particular order: 1. Alexis. A Greek Tragedy Enrico Cassagrande, co-director/co-creator of Alexis, A Greek Tragedy concluded an interview … Continue reading