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Friday, March 22, 2024

An Interview with Jesse Freedman on The Brick’s “The Banality of Evil.” by Eve Bromberg

“Banality of Evil, as a phrase,” Jesse Freedman the Artistic Director of Meta-Phys Ed. told me on the phone last week, each of us speaking from our respective Brooklyn apartments, “…

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024

The Effect: The Sublimity of Performance by Eve Bromberg

If it weren’t for my erudite Anglophile cousin, I would never have known to see Lucy Prebble’s The Effect at The Shed (from March 3-March 31). An early Prebble fan, she one day turned on…

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

Joey Merlo’s On Set With Theda Bara: An Emboied Performance and A Window Into An Artist’s Mind by Eve Bromberg

The first time I saw David Greenspan perform was in Adrian Einspanier’s Lunch Bunch this past spring at the 122 Community Center in the East Village. I didn’t know of him or his l…

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Annie Wang’s “had my mouth” Offers Self-Protection Through Lyrical Movement by Eve Bromberg

Were they bearing their teeth in preparation to kill? Screaming silently in agony? Conjuring lost joy of their youth?

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Saturday, December 23, 2023

“When The End Becomes The Beginning:” Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born’s adaku part 1: the road opens by Eve Bromberg

Adaku’s forced departure forever alters her connection to reality — she is absorbed into the unknown, which marks the start of our inquiry. Her trauma, epistemically, is our starting poi…

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 02:02PM

On NYCB’s 75th Fall: Leadership, Youth, and Deviation by Eve Bromberg

This fall, NYCB kicked off the celebration of their 75th anniversary dedicating the entire season to the work of George Balanchine, the company’s co-founder and artistic realizer. On the n…

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Thursday, October 19, 2023

James Allister Sprang at Baryshnikov Arts: Seeking Active “Rest Within the Wake” by Eve Bromberg

Active reflection and associations should comprise our meditative state. If there were moments during the piece that disturbed us, we should return to the breathing exercise to find calm.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 07:25PM

Saturday, September 16, 2023

Best of The Summer: Alex Edelman’s “Just For Us” — An Nuanced Exploration of Judaism and Standpoint by Eve Bromberg

Edelman always wanted to be white. ‘I know, I know. Dream achieved!’ he says.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:43AM

Thursday, May 25, 2023

“Blessed Unrest” Misconceptions: A Mismatched Use of Traditional Theater Mechanics by Eve Bromberg

How for the next few weeks these actors get to tackle conflicts onstage and then return to their everyday lives, undeniably altered. Meanwhile, before me, a performance was taking place. We …

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 05:24PM

Monday, April 3, 2023

Lorraine Hansberry’s “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window” Offers Up Complex Women and Self-Criticism in a Quasi-Solipsistic Depiction of the by Eve Bromberg

There are those cultural events that feel too good to be true – many stars align to create a perfectly satisfying contribution, almost all-encompassing in its thoughtoutness.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 07:32PM

Wednesday, March 1, 2023