Seattle Theatre’s New Jazz Age
Local artists and theatre companies are taking jazz onstage—and taking it beyond Duke Ellington, Satchmo, and Coltrane.
All Stories About Under the Radar Festival
Humanity, Humor, and a Live Chicken: NYC’s Many Experimental Festivals
Performance installations, dance performances, an “algorithmic concert”—January festivals presented works that defied categorization.
Public Theater Announces 2016 Under the Radar Lineup
The experimental theatre festival returns, with works from national and international artists such as Toshiki Okada, 600 HIGHWAYMEN, and Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble.
It’s All About the Execution in Belarus Free Theatre’s New ‘Trash Cuisine’
Hounded from their home country but staying together via Skype, Minsk’s toughest troupe is back in New York with another harrowing but mesmerizing piece.
NYC Festival Wrapup: Emotional Rubble, Glam Rock and Spiritual Cojones
This year, dozens of shows in a few weeks pushed boundaries and pointed in invigorating new directions for performance and performers.
Taylor Mac and Temporary Distortion: In for the Duration
Four- to six-hour performances seem to be proliferating at this year’s Under the Radar and COIL festivals. Why do artists—and audiences—want to go long?
Rodney King's L.A. Story Resonates Backward and Forward
In dramatizing questions about the man whose beating by police incited riots, solo artist Roger Guenveur Smith finds story that’s deeply American—and quintessentially L.A.
Taylor Mac, the TEAM and More Gear Up for NY's Festival January
Under the Radar and the COIL unveil slates of returning favorites, durational experiments, multi-disciplinary ventures and more.
Five Downtown Theatre Festivals in NYC to Pull Audiences Out of the Cold Snap
With Under the Radar, Coil, PROTOTYPE, American Realness, Other Forces, January is festival season in New York City. So snap out of it.
The Audacity of the Ordinary: ‘Life and Times’ at Nature Theater of Oklahoma
The ever-expanding production gambles for high stakes.
