What Divides Us
Brendan McCall reflects on "The Totality of All Things" by Erik Gernand, directed by Shannon Patterson.
Brendan McCall reflects on "The Totality of All Things" by Erik Gernand, directed by Shannon Patterson.
Contributor Brendan McCall on James Clements' play BEAUTY FREAK.
Brendan McCall on Sarah Groustra´s RADIO MAN, which played at The Paradise Factory earlier this month.
Contributor Brendan McCall on New York Theater Ballet's performance of program LEGENDS & VISIONARIES at Judson Church in early April.
Contributor Brendan McCall on Dan Safer SPIDER RABBIT starring Tony Torn currently playing at La MaMa.
Contributor Brendan McCall on TOUCH featuring Anthony Rapp.
Contributor Brendan McCall responds to the premier of Barry Boehm OUR HOUSE presented by THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE at A.R.T/New York Theatres.
Contributor Brendan McCall on Elevator Repair Services' ULYSSES at The Public Theater.
Contributor Brendan McCall on Suzzanne Ponomarenko's TAPESTRIES and Dominica Greene's OPENINGS, part of of The OUT FRONT Festival curated by Pioneer Go East Collective.
Contributor Brendan McCall on Alessia Palanti's "All In Your Head" presented at Arts on Site.
Let social media posts or opinion articles in the paper give us "answers" to challenging subjects. Let dance or theater (or both) instead give us time to look at our contradictory selves.
Brendan McCall reviews Tim Blake Nelson's newest play And Then We Were No More at La Mama.
Outside the LGBT Community Center, it was August 18, 2025, but as soon as I stepped into Room 101, I went back in time. People were wearing black t-shirts with the words SILENCE = DEATH blaz…
As he stepped up to his piano at the beginning of For Morgan, Nicky Paraiso looked out the intimate audience at Pangea restaurant. "It feels like family in here," he said. Sometime in the fa…
At the conclusion of the electrifying performance of Curriculum III: People, Places, and Things, members of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company took their bows to a standing ovation f…
At the opening of Memory Piece: Mr. Ailey, Alvin…the un-Ailey?, we catch glimpses of Bill T. Jones dancing in and out of darkness. His flowing white pants and matching shirt caress his bod…
Shared programs can be tricky. As a dance festival curator, part of the battle is attempting to describe a work of art effectively to the public while predicting their reaction. Putting two …
"There he is." Nicky Paraiso is sitting next to me and wants me to look at something on his phone. Ostensibly, we´re here at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery to see a show, the first o…
(This post is part of the World Theatre Day 2014/Crossing Borders salon series. More than a choreographer or a teacher, Mary Overlie is a philosopher.  When I got to study with her at …