Rosalyn Drexler

Norton Museum Of Art To Display Art Of Boxing In STRIKE FIRST, DANCE LIGHTLY
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 18, 2024

Explore the cultural impact of boxing through art at the Norton Museum of Art's exhibition, featuring over 110 works by artists like Basquiat and Hopper.

Theater For The New City Sets Memorial For Co-Founder George Bartenieff, September 19
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 25, 2022

On Monday, September 19, Theater For The New City, 155 First Ave. (at E. 10th Street), will present a memorial for its co-founder George Bartenieff (January 23, 1933-July 30, 2022) to celebrate his creative years at the theater, 1971-1992.  Reception begins at 7:30 PM and a narrated pictorial, remembrances and performances will start at 8:00 PM.

Rose Art Museum Presents re: collections
by Stephi Wild - Jun 29, 2021

Organized in celebration of the Rose’s 60th anniversary and opening June 25th, the exhibition re: collections, Six Decades at the Rose Art Museum, casts a critical eye in these two directions: highlighting the Rose’s radical roots while showcasing the potential for future transformations.

Theater for the New City Stages World Premiere of SINGIN' IN THE E.R.
by Julie Musbach - Aug 26, 2019

Sometimes a trip to the Emergency Room is so awful that it's just made for Theater of the Ridiculous.  That's the premise of 'Singin' in the E.R.,' the newest musical by Ruby Lynn Reyner, a star of John Vaccarro's Playhouse of the Ridiculous who has been called a female Jerry Lewis.

BWW Review: Encores! Off-Center Brings Back Maria Irene Fornes and Rev. Al Carmines' Fresh and Vibrant PROMENADE
by Michael Dale - Jul 15, 2019

Through the leadership of Reverend Bernard Scott, Greenwich Village's Judson Memorial Church became a center for emerging artists during the 1950s, welcoming the experimental, the avant-garde and the political to have their work seen without fear of censorship.

Gerard Forde to Lead Q&A Following Performance of FREDDY
by BWW News Desk - Sep 27, 2017

Curator, writer and translator Gerard Forde will lead a Q&A discussion following the Thursday, Sept. 28 performance of Freddy at the Caminito Theatre on the campus of Los Angeles City College.

Fountain Theatre's FREDDY World Premiere to Tell Story of '60s Avant-Garde Hero
by BWW News Desk - Sep 27, 2017

A naive young woman falls under the spell of Fred Herko, a brilliant ballet dancer of extraordinary charisma and talent and a fiery denizen of Andy Warhol's Factory.

Rosalyn Drexler's Play SWEET TOOTH Gets NYC Reading Alongside 'OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD' Exhibition
by BWW News Desk - Sep 19, 2017

Garth Greenan Gallery has announced a special one-night-only reading of Sweet Tooth, a play by Rosalyn Drexler, directed by Dustin Wills, as part of the ongoing exhibition Rosalyn Drexler: Occupational Hazard.

Fountain Theatre's FREDDY World Premiere to Tell Story of '60s Avant-Garde Hero
by BWW News Desk - Aug 29, 2017

A naive young woman falls under the spell of Fred Herko, a brilliant ballet dancer of extraordinary charisma and talent and a fiery denizen of Andy Warhol's Factory.

U.S. Pavilion Opens With Mark Bradford's Tomorrow Is Another Day
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2017

Tomorrow  Is Another Day, featuring new work by Mark Bradford, is presented by the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University and The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, at La Biennale di Venezia 57th International Art Exhibition.

Hollyhock House presents a J.U.S.T. Toys Production FEFU AND HER FRIENDS
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 14, 2017

This May, in celebration of Frank Lloyd Wright's 150th anniversary, UNESCO World Heritage List-nominated Hollyhock House presents a J.U.S.T. Toys Production in association withCircle X Theatre Co. of a very unique immersive event, FEFU AND HER FRIENDS, written by Maria Irene Fornes, with choreography by Zsofia Nemes, musical composition by Daniel Szabo and directed by Kate Jopson. FEFU AND HER FREIENDS is the first play EVER to be performed at the iconic house, which is located in the heart of Barnsdall Art Park, a vibrant, artistic and recreational destination. With just 20 guests admitted to each of the 12 performances, attendees will enjoy a truly intimate front row experience at the play, which previews on Thursday, May 4; with a press opening on Friday, May 5 at 8pm and runs through Sunday, May 28 (4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, 90027).

MARCH MADNESS Opening Reception at Fort Gansevoort Thursday, 3/16
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 10, 2017

March Madness is the second of two exhibitions that focus on the cultural of sport as represented in the visual arts. Curated by the duo, Hank Willis Thomas and Adam Shopkorn, this year's exhibition centers on the realm of athleticism from the perspective of women. The show features a roster of 30 artists, all women, whose artwork subvert masculine archetypes, and challenge more docile notions of femininity by highlighting the qualities of strength, fitness and agility that are characteristic of physical skill and capability. These aesthetic observations of the physical form become metaphors by which to consider broader issues about empowerment, gender roles, beauty, politics, labor, popular-culture - as well as ethnic and racial histories.

U.S. Pavilion Features New Work by Mark Bradford and Collaboration with Rio Terà dei Pensieri
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 27, 2017

The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University and The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, will present Mark Bradford as the representative for the United States at La Biennale di Venezia 57th International Art Exhibition, on view from May 13 to November 26, 2017. Los Angeles-based Bradford, a leading light in contemporary art, will create new works in a variety of media-presented alongside existing work-for Tomorrow Is Another Day, co-curated by Christopher Bedford, BMA Dorothy Wagner Wallis Director and commissioner for the project; and Katy Siegel, BMA Senior Programming and Research Curator.

Rosalyn Drexler Exhibit to Open 2/12 at Rose Art Museum
by Tyler Peterson - Jan 13, 2016

The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University will present the historic, monographic exhibition Who Does She Think She Is?, a long-overdue retrospective of Rosalyn Drexler's multidisciplinary practice, February 12 – June 5, 2016. Showcasing Drexler's major paintings and collages as well as her captivating early sculptures, award-winning plays and novels, and photographic and video documentation of the flamboyant performance aspects of her life and work, the exhibition is co-curated by Rose Curator-at-Large Katy Siegel and Curatorial Assistant Caitlin Julia Rubin.  An opening reception will be held on Thursday, February 11, 2016 from 5-9pm.

Rose Art Museum Sets Spring 2016 Exhibitions
by Tyler Peterson - Dec 10, 2015

The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University has announced its Spring 2016 exhibitions: Rosalyn Drexler: Who Does She Think She Is?; Sharon Lockhart/Noa Eshkol; and Rose Video 08 | Ben Hagari, on view February 12 - June 5. Joyce Pensato's site-specific Foster Mural, Felix at the Rose, and Mark Dion's permanent installation, The Undisciplined Collector, will remain on view. Rose Collection | #FordHall2015 will transform the Lee Gallery into a community gathering space dedicated to art and activism. An opening reception will be held Thursday, February 11, 5-9 p.m.

TNC to Tribute Norman Glick, Celebrate Ronald Tavel's New Andy Warhol Book, 11/30
by BWW News Desk - Nov 18, 2015

On November 30 at 8:00, Theater for the New City will present a tribute to director/actor Norman Glick (1946-2015) and the book launch of Ronald Tavel's last book, 'Andy Warhol's Ridiculous Screenplays' (which has a forward by Marc Siegel). The evening will include video of noted performances of Tavel plays and a medley of 'Gorilla Queen' and other Theater of the Ridiculous tunes by Norman Marshall. The evening will be hosted by Chris Kapp, who was the long-time director of 'Coffeehouse Chronicles' at La Mama.

TWO BY TAVEL to Play Theater for the New City, 11/28-12/14
by BWW News Desk - Nov 28, 2014

As a tribute to the memory of director Harvey Tavel, who originated the Theater of the Ridiculous with his brother, the playwright Ronald Tavel, Theater for the New City will present 'Two by Tavel,' a double-header of 'Kitchenette' and 'Life of Juanita Castro,' directed by Norman Glick, November 28 to December 14. These two ridiculous masterpieces, originally drafted as scenarios for Andy Warhol's Film Factory, found their way to the stage in 1965 when Warhol suggested that Ronald Tavel try them out as theater. The director Ronald chose was his younger brother, Harvey.

TWO BY TAVEL to Play Theater for the New City, 11/28-12/14
by Tyler Peterson - Nov 21, 2014

As a tribute to the memory of director Harvey Tavel, who originated the Theater of the Ridiculous with his brother, the playwright Ronald Tavel, Theater for the New City will present 'Two by Tavel,' a double-header of 'Kitchenette' and 'Life of Juanita Castro,' directed by Norman Glick, November 28 to December 14. These two ridiculous masterpieces, originally drafted as scenarios for Andy Warhol's Film Factory, found their way to the stage in 1965 when Warhol suggested that Ronald Tavel try them out as theater. The director Ronald chose was his younger brother, Harvey.

INTAR & NYU Ends The 2010 New York Maria Irene Fornes Festival, 4/5
by BWW News Desk - Apr 5, 2010

INTAR (Eduardo Machado, Artistic Director/John McCormack, Executive Director) and New York University's Department of English and its Program in Dramatic Literature will end its celebration of the 80th birthday of playwright, director and teacher Maria Irene Fornés on April 5th.

The 2010 New York Fornés Festival Begins Today
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 25, 2010

INTAR (Eduardo Machado, Artistic Director/John McCormack, Executive Director) and New York University's Department of English and its Program in Dramatic Literature announced some of the cast members to celebrate the 80th birthday of playwright, director and teacher Maria Irene Fornés.