To Preserve La MaMa’s Legacy, a Shift in Leadership Styles
By Elisabeth VincentelliJanuary 04, 2023 Championing collaboration and digital projects, Mia Yoo is forging her own path at the experimental theater incubator. Artistic directors tend to be in the spotlight twice: When they are appointed and when they leave. But looking at what happens seve
A Russian Theatre Director in Exile
Dmitry Krymov starts from scratch in New York. By Helen ShawSeptember 29, 2023 In October, 2020, the Russian director Dmitry Krymov staged his own version of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” called “Everyone is Here” for the Moscow theatre School of the Modern Play. At the time, Krymov didn
Harvey Fierstein Donates $250K Matching Grant to La MaMa
By Logan Culwell-BlockJanuary 04, 2023 The donation will help complete the renovation and restoration of the historic theatre, where the four-time Tony winner got his start. Harvey Fierstein has donated a $250,000 matching grant to La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club’s capital campaign, w
Vulture (Of the Nightingale I Envy the Fate)
Hello, La MaMa, my old friend. Tonight I’m at the La MaMa space known as the Club for a short and intense piece by the theater company Motus. This Italian/itinerant outfit was founded in 1991 by Enrico Casagrande and Daniela Nicolò, who are also the creators of this show, Of the Nightingale I Env
Trinity AT La MaMa
Xinyi Zhang ’25 brings curiosity, experimentation, and a community-oriented mindset to an immersive semester in New York City
Preserving Off-Off-Broadway: Designing Improved Climate Control for the La MaMa Archive
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has offered La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, Inc., in New York, New York, a Challenge Infrastructure and Capacity Building grant (CHA-291986) for minor renovations and installation of equipment for the purpose of mitigating temperature and relativ
Vulture (Helen)
Helen., with that terse little dot at the end, is a manifesto of a title. It says: There is no “of Troy.” I am not the cause or the crux of your war. I am only myself. Full stop.
‘The Beautiful Lady’ Review: A Cabaret for the New Order
Artists and dreamers sing of revolution in a musical set on the cusp of the birth of the Soviet Union.
NYT (Underneath The Skin)
“Underneath the Skin,” a theater piece by John Kelly, meditates on the life of Samuel Steward, who always lived boldly when others dared not.
NYC Critic’s Notebook (Dance Festival)
At La MaMa, a Dance Festival That Embraces States of Change Bobbi Jene Smith’s “Broken Theater” is perhaps the most high-profile offering at La MaMa Moves!, but other programs were just as memorable.
