— March 2005 —
Mark your calendars for this month's show, kittens!
Machiavellian bosses, inadequate pay, scheming coworkers, and deadbeat clients – on April 19th Performance Space 122’s monthly all-blogger series of readings and performances, the WYSIWYG Talent Show, brings to life and the stage all the woes of bringing home the bacon with “Minimum Rage: Work Slaves Revolt!”
Tuesday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m. at
P.S. 122
150 1st Ave. at East 9th St.
Tickets: $7
With performances by:
* Elizabeth Spiers of FishbowlNY
* Daniel Radosh
* Jon Friedman of The Rejection Show
* Michelle Collins of You Can't Make It Up and Votergasm.org
* Brian Grosz of Doctor Grosz
* Frank Beekman of The Accidental New Yorker
* And WYSIWYG's very own Andy Horwitz of Andy's Chest and Culturebot.org
Tickets are $7 and can be bought by calling the P.S. 122 box office at 212-477-5288 or by visiting Ticketweb, right here.
OR - even better!
This month we're offering a two-fer deal with the good folks at The Rejection Show! See WYSIWYG on the 19th & The Rejection Show on the 20th for a combined total of only $10 - saves you four bucks! Call the P.S. 122 box office at 212-477-5288 or visit Ticketweb, right here.
Me, throwing down a little R. Kelly at Tuesday's WYSIWYG.
Okay, not really. But Rich is still busily working on the clips from Tuesday, and in the meantime has posted a little montage so's you can get a taste!
March 25, 2005: Rave on
Hey folks,
I'm working with Rich on a lil' something he's generally offered to do for WYSIWYG -- a short video to promote the series, with some clips and stills and quotes and so forth. But I'm having a hard time finding quotes because most of the reviews/blog posts I've been able to find so far about WYSIWYG, while overwhelmingly positive, have been focused on specific shows and performers. I kind of feel like I need some quotes that more describe what people think of the series as a whole.
Of course, since it's a promo video I'm hoping for positive quotes, but we're always open to feedback of any sort. And while we'd love to hear anyone's $0.02 worth, I'd especially love to hear from people who have attended two or more shows (so that you have some sense of what the series is like), and I'm hoping to find at least one or two quotes from people who haven't performed in it themselves for impartiality's sake.
So, what say you? What do you faithful attenders really think about WYSIWYG? Why do you keep coming back? If you had to describe WYSIWYG to someone who'd never been to one before, or to someone who doesn't know what a blog was, what would you say about it? What do you like about the shows? What would you say the writing and performances are like? And should I grab my own boobs onstage more often?
Hey kids! Video mastermind Rich Calarco, who so generously taped our show Tuesday night, is working away at getting clips together for those of you lameasses who didn't make it to see it all in its live sweaty glory. Of course, only those who were there got the full-on WYSIWYG experience -- Eurotrash having to pee right when it got to her turn or me grabbing my own boobs onstage (yeah, so what else is new?), but the first completed clip, of the delovely Joe's performance of his story "Payments," is up here if'n you want a little taste!
Another month, another WYSIWYG! Last night's show, "The City That Never Shuts Up: New York Stories," was surprisingly packed -- we sold over 30 tickets ahead of time (!) and were filled pretty much to capacity (or maybe we even sold out, I don't know), so there was a large and enthusiastic crowd waiting for our fiiiiine performers.
A few general rundowns of the evening are starting to crop up, so far from Joe, Dan, Giulia, Aaron, and Jon.
* Jeff S.'s story is here.
* Eurotrash has her story up on her site (but I can't seem to get a permalink for it, so you're just gonna have to go look for yourself) right here.
And better late than never, Nichelle has posted her story from November here. We here at WYSIWYG hope Mudear is recovering quickly and is back to her sassy ol' self in no time!
As always, I'll be adding more reviews/stories/whatev as they come to my attention. To save me having to obsessively and repeatedly check the sites of every blogger I remember seeing last night, 'cause there were SO DAMN MANY OF YOU!, feel free to email me or post a comment with the link if you have anything to say about the show!
Also, special thanks to Rich Calarco for taping the show last night. We'll have videos up on the media section of the site as soon as possible.
Addendum:
* Robocub's rundown (with high-larious pic of Joe) is now up here.
* Curly McDimple's rundown is here.
* Maccers's story is here.
Yet another addendum: Dan's story is now up here.
Oh, I almost forgot! Googlisming the talent! Here are the intros from last night:
(See the rest of this entry...)
Check this out -- it's the inaugural event of Liza and Nichelle's Brown Blog Series!
Sunday, April 10, 2005
7pm – 10pm
Lava Gina Lounge
116 Avenue C, New York, NY
From Nichelle's site: "This is an event for African Americans and Latinos who have blogs, read blogs or wonder what the fuss is all about. Hosts Liza and Nichelle will talk about blogging and how does the race affect a blogger's perspective. We will discuss the opportunities to market your blog or how to get started blogging. We want to close the gap on the 'digital divide.' And we love to meet new people."
As you might recall, Liza and Nichelle are the only folks to whom I've ever handed over the reigns for WYSIWYG -- they guest curated our January show, they both appeared in our Thanksgiving show, and Nichelle also told a dirty dirty story at our "Ladies First" show last spring, and we know the divine duo will do some really great things with the Brown Bloggers events!
Two-time WYSIWYG alum and storyteller extraordinaire Mike Daisey has been a busy man lately!
There's only one show left of his latest creation, Monopoly!, this Friday, March 4th and it's nearly sold out, so if you're hoping to catch it you'd better get your tickets right away.
But if you miss out on that one, you've got another chance coming up in just two weeks: All Stories Are Fiction returns to P. S. 122!
Last spring monologuist Mike Daisey created 13 new shows in 13 weeks in a daring new series at P.S. 122 called All Stories Are Fiction. Plucking from events that befell him in the years, days, and sometimes minutes before he walked onstage, Daisey weaved together brand-new shows, creating one-of-a-kind, never-to-be-seen-again monologues before the eyes of the audience each and every time.
Now the creator of 21 Dog Years and the monologuist the New York Times has dubbed "the master storyteller" and the Seattle Times calls "a cross between Noam Chomsky and Jack Black" is back at P.S. 122 on Monday nights from March 14 through May 9 at 7:30 PM, this time taking aim at nothing less than happiness itself.
The rules are deceptively simple: 45 minutes before show time, Mike goes into his dressing room with a legal pad and a Sharpie and creates an outline. At 7:30 sharp, Mike emerges and tells his tale for the assembled audience for the first and only time. Over two months these monologues will address the essential question of happiness: what role does it play--or should it play--in our lives?
"Each night is designed to stand on its own," says director Jean-Michele Gregory, "but there are arguments and motifs that will develop and be sustained, and over the span of this larger canvas the stories will juxtapose in ways that simply can't happen in traditional theater." P.S. 122 will be offering single tickets for $10, or a $50 pass that allows admission to the entire series.
March 14: WHERE WATER MEETS WITH WATER
Being that every river, in time, pours down to the sea.
March 21: ON LACKING CONVICTION
Not every child thrown to the wolves becomes a hero.
March 28: GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
Diplomacy: the art of saying "nice doggy" until you can find a rock.
April 4: TENSION IS THE GREAT INTEGRITY
The lost science of each piece held precisely in place.
April 11: SERENITY THROUGH VICIOUSNESS
A useful guide for rank amateurs and seasoned professionals.
April 18: JUST AS THE LIGHT FAILS
In twilight, in the dark, on each and every doorstep.
April 25: YES, THERE WILL BE DANCING
Simple questions on the afterlife, answered plainly.
May 9: TO BE ANNOUNCED
An entertainment whose nature can not yet be divulged.
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