Under the Radar Gives Glimpse of 2026 Programming
The citywide festival, now curated in conjunction with several NYC presenters, has announced a partial slate of formally adventurous work.
The citywide festival, now curated in conjunction with several NYC presenters, has announced a partial slate of formally adventurous work.
The directors of this iconic NYC festival, now a city-wide celebration since losing its longtime home, aren’t just planning next January’s programming but the fest’s next 20 years as well.
New York’s premier international and experimental festival sticks with the city-wide multi-venue approach as Meropi Peponides and Kaneza Schaal join the leadership team.
With Under the Radar bouncing back and Prototype and Exponential still going strong, it was challenging, surprising festival season all over again.
The festival’s leader accounts for what has been lost and gained from the “divorce” from the Public Theater, and what this year’s multi-venue iteration has in store.
Javaad Alipoor and Kirsty Housley’s new multi-screen theatre/film offering refracts the human race’s struggles through a pair of joy-riding Iranian teens.
The festival, running Jan. 6-17, 2021, will offer its productions virtually for free for the first time.
What I saw when I chose to focus on artists of color at Under the Radar, COIL, et al.
In a week of showgoing, I enjoyed reconnecting with my performing-arts-presenter peers, but also searched for points of entry for the uninitiated.
As he gears up for another festival January, the downtown impresario weighs in on a busy and changing scene.