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A scene from Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran. Javaad Alipoor, Parivash Akbarzadeh. Photo: Peter Dibdin. BEFORE SITTING DOWN AT MY DESK for the inaugural evening of the Public Theater’s digital edition of its annual Under the Radar Festival, I scroll through my phone, looking at costumed marauders storming the Capitol Building. The pictures depict smiling Vikings, Confederate and Revolutionary war soldiers, Captain America as a paratrooper holding a straw broom. Is he a warlock, or a street-sweeper? There are enough mixed metaphors for heroism to make your head explode, and I am struck by how desperate people are for cosplay, their imaginations totally warped by popular fictions. ....
James Lapine; director Jack O Brien; and actor and writer Andrew Rannells reading from their own nontheatrical works. To register for the Zoom webinar, click here. Hershey Felder stars as Sholem Aleichem in Before Fiddler Live From Florence, running for one night only on February 7. Before the beloved musical Fiddler on the Roof, there was Sholem Aleichem and his beloved character of Tevye the Milkman. Before the beloved songs Tradition, If I Were a Rich Man, Matchmaker, and more, there was music of the Old World . a music that imitated talking, laughing, weeping, and singing, where musicians didn t just make music, they spoke to you in song Klezmer. In Florence, Italy, one of the oldest artistic centers in the world, a group of such musicians have been, by day, virtuosos in Florence s world famous ....
Theater to Stream: Festivals, Festivals, Festivals The Under the Radar, Prototype and Exponential festivals are ready to open our minds with experimental work, even if their doors are shut. Alexi Murdoch in “Wide Slumber for Lepidopterists,” part of the Prototype Festival.Credit.Pierre-Alain Giraud Set dates for previews, openings and closings. Fall and spring seasons. Heck: turning up somewhere on time! Until the pandemic occurred in 2020, many of us perhaps did not realize how much theater relies on appointments. Now that most of them have vanished, with theater and time itself becoming somewhat amorphous, it’s comforting to see that the January festivals are still happening. ....
Executive Producer: Thomas O. Kriegsmann / ArKtype Pick up the phone. Someone is on the line. You don t know their name, and you still won t when the hour is over, but through this exchange - as you follow a thread of automated prompts - a portrait of your partner will emerge through fleeting moments of exposure. A THOUSAND WAYS takes a simple premise and turns it into magic (The New Yorker). Under the Radar is thrilled to present A THOUSAND WAYS (PART ONE): A PHONE CALL, the first of an eventual three-part series by Obie Award-winning theatermakers, 600 HIGHWAYMEN, known for exhilarating performances that challenge the very definition of theater. ....
The Public Theatre Facebook/@publictheater The Public Theater kicks off its 17th annual Under the Radar Festival January 6, running through January 17. The free programming features a mix of artists, including 600 HIGHWAYMEN, Javaad Alipoor, Inua Ellams, Trinidad González, Alicia Hall Moran, Piehole, and Whitney White and Peter Mark Kendall. Curated by UTR Festival Director Mark Russell, this yearâs lineup includes digital live streams and on-demand performances, as well as the return of the Under the Radar Symposium: A Creative Summit January 7, a half-day event featuring conversations and panels. Check out a full list of programming for the Under the Radar Festival below or visit PublicTheater.org for more information and tickets. ....