Cast Announced for Ping Chong’s Angels of Swedenborg
Posted September 26, 2011 at 4:10 pm
by Dan Bacalzo, TheaterMania
Casting has been announced for a revival of Ping Chong’s 1985 dance theatre work, Angels of Swedenborg, to be presented at La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart Theatre, October 27-November 13, with an opening on October 30. READ MORE >>
The Innovators: Ellen Stewart
Posted at 2:28 pm
by Wickham Boyle, Dramatics Magazine
Sometimes when telling the story of a life, it helps to begin at the end.
Ellen Stewart, the founder and longtime artistic director of La MaMa E.T.C., perhaps the most important experimental theatre in the world, died last January 13. As her casket was wheeled down the center aisle of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan, members of the original cast from La MaMa’s Great Jones Repertory Company chanted and beat drums while throngs of theatre artists and others whose lives Stewart touched all jumped to their feet, clapping and hooting wildly. A standing ovation—Stewart’s final theatrical moment. READ MORE >>
“La MaMa Cantata” to Celebrate Ellen Stewart
Posted September 22, 2011 at 11:12 am
by Patrick Healy, New York Times
The composer and writer Elizabeth Swados has created a new musical work, “The La MaMa Cantata,” comprising decades of quotations by Ellen Stewart, the founder of La MaMa Experimental Theater Club, and is set to direct the piece at the downtown theater on Nov. 7 and 8, a La MaMa spokesman said on Thursday. READ MORE >>
FAB! Festival
E. 4th St between Bowery & 2nd Ave. Saturday September 24, 2011, 1PM-5PM
FREE Outdoor performances, a craft fair, site specific works, and gourmet food!
In the heart of the East Village, FABnyc brings together the best in downtown arts & culture year-round. Preview the fall season for FREE! With multiple stages showcasing exciting new dance, theater, & music performances, a selection of local artisans and gourmet food vendors, film screenings, installations, hands-on activities, and classes all on one block, this year’s festival will be bigger & better than ever. Find more info at www.fabnyc.org/fabfestival.php.
Also 3-3:30pm “CURTAINS UP”
Join Duo Multi-Cultural Arts Center, FABnyc, IATI Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Paradise Factory, Rod Rodgers Dance Company, and Teatro Circulo as they come together to make history, cut ribbons, and break gound on three cultural facilities in the East 4th Street Cultural District.