We had a hard time limiting our list of shows to recommend for February because our theater cup runneth over with interesting projects happening uptown and downtown. But we highlight a filthy musical, some exciting plays, a FRIGID festival, an international touring production that involves audience participation, and we even[…]
The January theater festivals may be over (though we review one straggler) but Off-Broadway is abuzz with shows worth talking about. This week we chat about Canadians confronting each other about privilege in Winners and Losers (01:42), an unusual family Thanksgiving in A Beautiful Day in November On the Banks of the Greatest of[…]
By Lindsay Barenz, @lindsaybarenz This is a review of Andrew Scheider’s YOUARENOWHERE that I wrote when I was the the editor in chief at Flavorpill. The website has since deleted all of its content so I pasted it here at Maxamoo. YOUARENOWHERE is a performance piece that combines high tech[…]
Once in a while, very very rarely, we see a performance that universally delights and amazes the contributors to the Maxamoo podcast. That happened this week with YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider at COIL 2015 from Performance Space 122. We loved it, we couldn’t stop talking about it and that resulted[…]
Lindsay, Jack, and Nicole have thrown themselves hardcore into the NYC January theater festivals–checking out work at COIL 2015, Under The Radar, PROTOTYPE, and Special Effects all in the first week. From Courtney Love as muse to a pantsless Adrienne Truscott to Temporary Distortion’s rock stars in a box to a David Foster Wallace giant[…]
Nicole, Jack, and Lindsay preview this year’s fantastical, experimental, wonderful January performance festival season. We discuss the shows we’re most looking forward to seeing at COIL 2015, Under The Radar, PROTOTYPE, American Realness, and SQUIRTS. We also touch on four non-festival shows we’re excited about this month: Lionboy from Complicite at[…]
Part two of our joyous gathering of Maxamoo’s regular contributors, on this half we take listener questions. Questions or comments? Follow us on Twitter: Maxamoo, Lindsay, Nicole, David, Jack, Aurin, and Liz. Subscribe to Maxamoo’s New York City Theater Podcast for free on iTunes or Stitcher.
A joyous gathering of Maxamoo’s regular contributors revisiting the best and worst in New York City theater this year. Questions or comments? Follow us on Twitter: Maxamoo, Lindsay, Nicole, David, Jack, Aurin, and Liz. Subscribe to Maxamoo’s New York City Theater Podcast for free on iTunes or Stitcher.
Lindsay and David go in-depth discussing The Invisible Hand by Ayad Akhtar at New York Theatre Workshop and Pocatello by Samuel D. Hunter at Playwrights Horizons. They also touch on Allegro at Classic Stage Company and The Illusionists (a magic show) and preview the shows they’re seeing next: Once Upon A Bride There[…]
This is our December preview episode but before we get to what we’re looking forward to seeing this month we talk about a few things we saw recently, including The River with Hugh Jackman (with a slight detour about strategies for getting “cheap” tickets to this show), Naperville, Asymmetric, You Got Older, The Tempest by[…]
Keith Josef Adkins is a playwright, performer, and leader in the New York City theater community. His plays include Sweet Home, Sugar and Needles, The Final Days of Negro-ville, Safe House, and Pitbulls, which is currently playing at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in New York City. He is also the[…]
Lindsay and Nicole talk about several productions in New York City that deal with tragedies, including mental illness in Grand Concourse at Playwrights Horizons, war and its consequences in Basetrack Live at BAM, terrorism in the opera The Death of Klinghoffer at The Met, and global warming in Buzz. Never fear, the episode[…]
This is a show about solo shows with Peter Michael Marino (writer, director, performer, and producer of SOLOCOM) and Liz Richards (Fuck Yeah Great Plays). We talk about the unique challenges and opportunities solo shows present and we hear about SOLOCOM, a festival of new, comedy, solo shows this weekend[…]
A preview of the new theater we’re most excited about this month, on Broadway and beyond. Find us all on Twitter: Maxamoo, Lindsay, David, and Jack. Subscribe to Maxamoo’s New York City Theater & Performance Podcast for FREE on iTunes or Stitcher. Shows Discussed Blank! The Musical The Universe is a Small Hat Pitbulls Saturday[…]
Lindsay and Nicole discuss nine different shows across multiple disciplines and genres from Broadway plays to comedy in basement venues in Brooklyn and several plays beyond Broadway. This is an emotional episode with several strong recommendations for plays currently playing in New York City. Subscribe to Maxamoo’s New York City[…]
The founders of The Interval, Victoria Myers and Michelle Tse, join us to discuss women in the theater and we host a roundtable about upcoming plays by female playwrights. The Interval is a website that serves as a virtual home for female voices of the theater. The site hosts numerous interviews with women working in[…]
Our intrepid roundtable discusses current theater in New York City, including Found at Atlantic Theater Company, The Fortress of Solitude at The Public Theater, Forest Fringe at Abrons Art Center, and You Can’t Take It With You on Broadway featuring James Earl Jones and Rose Byrne. Find us all on[…]
It’s our monthly preview of theater opening in New York City in October. First, a list of things that we’re excited about but that we’re not discussing because we already discussed them on a past episode: The Fortress of Solitude (covered in the September preview), Forest Fringe (covered last week),[…]
A comedy episode with Nicole, Elise, and Lindsay discussing the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, TJ & Dave, and Boat, a sketch comedy trio. Find us all on Twitter: Maxamoo, Elise, Lindsay, and Nicole. Subscribe to Maxamoo’s New York City Theater Podcast on iTunes or Stitcher.
We discuss the latest in New York City theater: the revival of Kenneth Lonergan’s This Is Our Youth starring Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin, and Tavi Gevinson; Dead Behind These Eyes: A Karaoke Play from Sister Sylvester; Trade Practices on Governors Island from HERE; Let Me Ascertain You from The Civilians;[…]