Review: Prototype’s EAT THE DOCUMENT Brings Back the Activism of the ‘70s
by Richard Sasanow - Jan 14, 2025
The lobby of the HERE Theatre in SoHo was buzzing after Saturday’s performance of the new opera EAT THE DOCUMENT—not just for the performance we’d just watched but for the memories of the age that the piece evoked for many in the audience. Based on the novel of the same name by Dana Spiotta, DOCUMENT is a story of the ‘70s underground, with its activism, and a tale of sacrifice and living a secret.
Preview: EAT THE DOCUMENT Premiere Kicks Off PROTOTYPE Festival 2025 Lasting through January 19
by Richard Sasanow - Jan 8, 2025
New York’s annual PROTOTYPE Festival—produced by Beth Morrison Projects and HERE, which has been showcasing visionary, nontraditional opera-theatre and music-theatre pieces since 2013—kicked off its 2025 edition on January 9 followed by BLACK LODGE/BARDO, IN A GROVE, POSITIVE VIBRATION NATION, AROOJ AFTAB: NIGHT REIGN, ART BATH, through January 19.
SACRED AND PROFANE Comes to Symphony Space This Month
by Stephi Wild - Oct 2, 2024
Composers Robert Sirota and Sheree Clement will present a shared evening of their music titled Sacred and Profane on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 7:30pm at Symphony Space in Leonard Nimoy Thalia (2537 Broadway).
PROTOTYPE Announces 2025 Festival Beginning This January
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 24, 2024
PROTOTYPE: Opera | Theatre | Now has announced the lineup for 2025, set to resume January 9-19, 2025. This will mark the final season co-produced by HERE and co-curated by Kristin Marting, who founded the Festival together with Beth Morrison and Kim Whitener, and who is also the outgoing Founding Artistic Director of HERE.
MAXlive 2023 Festival Starts Next Week
by Stephi Wild - Nov 3, 2023
Media Art Xploration (MAX) presents MAXlive 2023: Where Is My Body?, a festival of premiere and new performances grappling with some of the most pressing questions opened up by scientific and technological advancements, and how they've reshaped our relationship to our bodies and minds.
Mike Tyus, Paula Matthusen, Kate Ladenheim, and More Join MAXlive 2023 festival
by Stephi Wild - Oct 10, 2023
Media Art Xploration (MAX) presents MAXlive 2023: Where Is My Body?, a festival of premiere and new performances grappling with some of the most pressing questions opened up by scientific and technological advancements, and how they’ve reshaped our relationship to our bodies and minds. Learn more about the lineup here!
MAXlive 2023: WHERE IS MY BODY? Set For November
by Stephi Wild - Aug 30, 2023
Media Art Xploration (MAX) presents MAXlive 2023: Where Is My Body?, a festival of premiere and new performances grappling with some of the most pressing questions opened up by scientific and technological advancements, and how they've reshaped our relationship to our bodies and minds.
Duologue Festival Debuts in September
by Stephi Wild - Aug 29, 2023
Violin duo Miolina is excited to present the first ever Duologue Festival, celebrating NYC's best duos. The festival runs Thursday and Friday evenings, September 28-29, 2023, at 7PM.
ANTHONY BRAXTON THEATER IMPROVISATIONS Premieres at the Brick Theater
by Stephi Wild - Jun 6, 2023
In celebration of the 78th birthday (June 4, 1945) of Anthony Braxton—one of the most important musicians, educators, and creative thinkers of our time, as well as a mentor to EiO—Experiments in Opera presents a rare run of performances of Compositions No. 279-283, composed in 2000 for improvisational actor and improvising musicians.