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The Grass Is Always Greener On the Beckett Side

It’s time for me to confess: I’m a climax junkie.
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Don’t you know it’s gonna be/ All right?

The news section on Hanson’s website describes Gloria’s cause as “a dance-driven rock musical,” and I suppose it was that. It was also hilarious and spot-on at parts, utterly confusing at others, definitely more a “TBA thing” than a rock musical, and ultimately a work with a sometimes obscured message.
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Cédric Andrieux: The Genius of Doing Nothing

Jerôme Bel’s Cédric Andrieux Posted by: John Wilmot It’s so much more difficult to discuss something good. Train wrecks are easy and fun to describe. But trying to effectively communicate what makes something great is fraught with pitfalls and frustration. … Continue reading

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Bring Us Beckett

Gare St. Lazare Players Ireland First Love Bodyvox Dance Center Friday, September 10, 2010 Posted by Eve Connell A Beckett fan since Waiting For Godot popped my pre-adolescent brain into a different gear, I was eager to view Conor Lovett’s … Continue reading

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Three Rooms and A Surprise Ending

One of the most celebrated installations at the Highschool isn’t even in the TBA catalog
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From symphony to skate punk, T:BA:10 makes a grand entrance

Oregon Symphony + Rufus + Japanther + Shadow Puppets = My Kinda Night Opening Night Antics Schnitzer Auditorium and THE WORKS Thursday, September 9, 2010 Posted by Eve Connell The power and joy that is PICA’s T:BA festival partially rests … Continue reading

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obsolete interactivity

THE WOOSTER GROUP: THERE IS STILL TIME…BROTHER posted by laura becker A co-worker very recently asked me a question they admitted was potentially embarrassing: Is the Iraq War over? The purpose for the question was simply semantics; they wanted to … Continue reading

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Assuming Strangers

John Smith – The Girl Chewing Gum Posted by: Seth Nehil Like Michael Snow’s Wavelength or Hollis Frampton’s Nostalgia, this 1970’s structuralist film uses a simple framework to create humor, perceptual shifts, and a commentary on the filmic medium itself. … Continue reading

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“There Are No Bad Directors”

The Wooster Group, THERE IS STILL TIME…BROTHER Lecture, Elizabeth LeCompte of the Wooster Group Posted By: Julie Hammond So claimed The Wooster Group’s Liz LeCompte in her Sunday afternoon discussion with Geoff Abbas and Kathleen Forde. This was immediately clarified … Continue reading

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History Lesson Part 3

Dayna Hanson, Gloria’s Cause Posted by Michael Evans As Dayna Hanson’s presentation at TBA of her new dance theater piece “Gloria’s Cause” is billed as a “work in progress” it doesn’t seem fair to do a full-on critical review of … Continue reading

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