by Magda Romanska As a child, George Gershwin would constantly get in trouble, well on his way to become a juvenile delinquent. It was sheer luck that saved him when his mother decided the family needed a piano for Ira … Continued
By Sarah Weintraub As a photographer, I envy those artists who can go to cafés and sit with their tea or coffee for hours, finding key strokes or lines on paper to express the right emotion or meaning in the … Continued
The long anticipated NewFest 2012 production of Rough & Tumble is opening today! The first performance of Rough & Tumble will be held tonight at 8:00 pm in the Jackie Liebergott Black Box at the Paramount Center, where the audience … Continued
Patrick McDonald talks with us about the “pretty crazy ride” of writing and rehearsing his new play, Rough & Tumble, our 2012 NewFest production:
by Katherine Charleton I graduated from Emerson last May with a degree in Arts Management, and moved to New York for a temporary gig as Press Coordinator at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. It was during my senior year … Continued
Late last month we presented Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, a powerful chronicle of the LA Riots that rattled the nation twenty years ago. Just last weekend we presented SHINSAI: Theaters for Japan, a benefit event for the Japanese theater community … Continued
Rough & Tumble, the play, follows the crew of Rough & Tumble, a survival television show on location in the Amazon, where you would expect to see and hear any number of animals. In fact, twenty to forty million species of animals … Continued
By Magda Romanska I am a dramaturg for the upcoming production of Café Variations, a collaboration between the SITI Company, ArtsEmerson, and Emerson Stage. I am also a faculty member at Emerson, teaching courses in dramaturgy and theatre history. The … Continued
by Christine Bernard This week ArtsEmerson is presenting Ameriville, a show that has been called “political theater made entertaining.” After our successful presentation of Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 and its focus on the social and racial struggles that are part … Continued
by Tyler L. York Anne Bogart has talked about Café Variations, the world-premiere co-production between our organization, ArtsEmerson, and the SITI Company which she is directing, as a piece based on the theme of “the alchemy that occurs when one human … Continued