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April 11, 2016 | Theatre,

Historia de Amor: An Introduction

FROM THE ARTIST  Historia de Amor (Love Story) was inspired by Régis Jauffret’s eponymous novel which captivated us for a variety of reasons. First, the characters. They are urban creatures...

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April 1, 2016 | Theatre,

Public Dialogues Series: Curation and the Politics of Listening

TUE, APR 5 @ 7PM Curation and the Politics of Listening How do we choose what art an audience gets to see? How do we know what they will like,...

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March 22, 2016 | News,

What Just Happened and What’s Coming Next

Last weekend was beautifully hectic here. Inside The Paramount Center, the following happened in the span of 48 hours: Lisa Dwan’s critically adored performances of three Samuel Beckett one-acts in near complete...

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March 16, 2016 | What Did You Think?,

What Did You Think of The Beckett Trilogy

Thank you for joining us for Lisa Dwan’s production of The Beckett Trilogy: Not I/Rockaby/Footfalls! The writings of Samuel Beckett have been the subject of countless scholarly analyses and cultural critiques....

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March 15, 2016 | Theatre,

The Video Guide to Getting the Most from The Beckett Trilogy

                “I knew he was radiating love and he cared. He wanted you to be perfect. It was not possible, but he wanted...

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March 15, 2016 | Theatre,

Beckett Dares to Make the Metaphor Literal

Samuel Beckett was drinking in a Paris bar, when a beggar approached him and asked him for his greatcoat. Beckett gave it to him, without bothering to empty the pockets....

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March 15, 2016 | Theatre,

Beckett’s instructions and text for ‘Not I’ are astounding

Not I By : Samuel Beckett Written in English in spring 1972. First performed at the Forum Theater of the Lincoln Center, New York, in September 1972. First published by...

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March 15, 2016 | Notes From Leadership,

Historia as Metaphor by David Dower

In her 1989 book Aids and Its Metaphors, Susan Sontag set about trying to discuss the AIDS pandemic in intellectualized terms, focusing on the mythologizing frames that created distance for...

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