THIEVES THEATRE
Representative Press with Selected Excerpts
see
FULL ARTICLE
below for project descriptions/backgrounds
BOOKS
ON EDGE--Performance at the End of the Twentieth Century
by C. Carr (University Press of New England)
TRANSITORY GARDENS, UPROOTED LIVES
by Diana Balmori and Margaret Morton (Yale University Press)
ABC NO RIO DINERO: The Story of a Lower East Side Art Gallery
Edited by Alan Moore and Marc Miller (ABC No Rio with Collaborative Projects)
THE HILL
by Gabriele Schafer (Unpublished)
ARTICLES
THIEVES THEATRE
THE MOST AVANT GARDE COUPLE
(Tamar Babuadze), Georgian culture magazine --March, 2006
FRIDGEFEST / DIVA DIVAN
Pick of the Week THE ANTI-FRINGE FESTIVAL Cold Cuts
(Audrey Gray), Philadelphia City Paper --September 8, 2005
PRESSLER'S MISCELLANY
(Jessica Pressler), Philadelphia Weekly --August 31, 2005
FLY BY NIGHT
OTHER LIMITS, Alternatives to the biggest Fringe game in town.
(J. Cooper Robb), Philadelphia Weekly --August 29, 2001
THESE DRAMATISTS ARE PLAYING FOR TIME
(Renee Lucas Wayne), Philadelphia Daily News --April 5, 2001
PHILARAT CONFERENCE
BROOKLYN AND BEYOND... RAT
(Bridgit Dengle), Show Business --July 11-17, 2001
SAY UNCLE
EDGE ODDS AND ENDS ("Critic's Pick")
(Betty Wilder), Back Stage West --November 23, 2000
THE HEIDI HO COLLECTION
GALLERIES choices ("especially recommended")
(excerpt)
, (Kim Levin), The Village Voice --April 15, 1997
CORPULENT CHRISTI: THE FIRST CHURCH OF ELVI / part of Annex Theatre's
Lippizaner Teeth Apart
R.A.T.'S 'LIPPIZANER' IS ROWDY AND UNCONVENTIONAL HOLIDAY FARE
(excerpt)
, (Michael Upchurch), The Seattle Times --December 12, 1996
WHIM VENDORS: Have Gallery Will Travel
THE ALLURE OF CARNIVAL
(Lauren Rosenbert), NYsoho Arts Magazine --July/August 1996
RAT DROPPINGS
(excerpt)
, (Robert Faires), arts Articulations, The Austin Chronicle --August 1996
NOMAD MONAD: The Making of Thieves Theatre's Last Stand
HEARTBREAK HILL
(editorial), New York Newsday --August 19, 1993
CITY RAZES HOMLESS SHANTIES
(William T. Slattery), New York Post --August 18, 1993
FOR HOMELESS, A LAST HAVEN IS DEMOLISHED
(Ian Fisher), New York Times --August 18, 1993
REFUGEES AGAIN
(E. Sachar, T. Shioya), New York Newsday --August 17, 1993
'TERRIFIED' FAMILIES IN BID TO BOOT HOMELESS
(Rocco Parascandola), New York Post --January 2, 1993
COPS NAB MAN SHOOTING CAR
(Rocco Parascandola), New York Post --September 23, 1992
AMERICA IS AN OLD COUNTRY
(excerpt)
, (Dick Hebdige), Artforum --October 1992
POINT OF RETURN
(Bill Landis), The Village Voice --Summer 1992
FEDS ZERO IN ON COPS
(M. Parente, L. Levitt, D. Kociennierwski), New York Newsday --June 18, 1992
THE MASTER BUILDER
(J.A. Lobbia), The VillageVoice --June 17, 1992
SHANTYTOWN FAMILY HONORS ONE OF ITS OWN
(Daniel Hays), Daily News --June 11, 1992
BLAZE OF GLORY IN SHANTYTOWN
(Daniel Hays), Daily News --June 9, 1992
CON HELD IN SHANTY FIRE DEATH
(Daniel Hays), Daily News --June 5, 1992
SHANTY DWELLERS CALL COPS ABUSIVE
(Daniel Hays), Daily News --June 2, 1992
INFERNO EN LA BARRIADA
(EDLP), El Diario --May 31, 1992
ARSON AT MANHATTAN BRIDGE SHANTIES LEAVES ONE DEAD
(James Bennet), New York Times --May 31, 1992
REMAINS OF DEADLY FIRE
(Alan Raia), New York Newsday --May 30, 1992
SHANTY INFERNO
(Daniel Hays), Daily News --May 30, 1992
CELEBRATION ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE
(Bob Morris), New York Times --May 24, 1992
IN SEARCH OF BOHEMIA
(C. Carr), The Village Voice --February 4, 1992
FOR SOME PEOPLE, HOME IS WHERE THE HILL IS
(Jacquie McNish), [Toronto] Globe and Mail --October 14, 1991
VOICE CHOICES
(excerpt)
, (C. Carr), The Village Voice --September 10, 1991
MEMORIALS OF WAR AND PEACE
(Andre V. Tchelistcheff), The Livable City [Municipal Art Society] --September 1991
OUR LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS: SHANTYTOWN
(excerpt)
(FULL ARTICLE)
, (James Lardner), The New Yorker --July 1, 1991
CITY PLANS RAIDS ON HOMELESS CAMPS
(Michael Powell), New York Newsday --June 26, 1991
HE'LL TAKE MANHATTAN
(Don Helasy), New York Post --November 27, 1990
SQUATTER WAR COMING TO 'THE HILL'
(Andrea Peyser), New York Post --July 9, 1990
TRASH, THE CITY AND DEATH -- By R.W. Fassbinder
SLEAZY, SLOPPY, SENSATIONAL
(Barry Walters), The Advocate --June 7, 1987
STAGES
(excerpt)
, American Theatre --May 1987
WELL-BEHAVED BOURGEOIS KIDS PLAY AT DECADENCE
(Jim Leverette), Frankfurter Rundschau --May 6, 1987
WE DON'T WANT TO BE CENSORS
(Konrad Wepfer), Juedische Rundschau [Basel, Switzerland] --April 30, 1987
PREMIERE OF THE CONTROVERSIAL FASSBINDER PLAY
(Henry Marx), Aufbau [NYC German-language paper] --April 24, 1987
AT THE THEATER WITH DPA
(German Press Agency), Die Zeit [Germany] --April 24, 1987
TRASH, CITY, DEATH IN N.Y.
(Obermayer), Communale [Heidelberg, Germany] --April 23, 1987
ABOUT THAT FASSBINDER PLAY AND 'THE RICH JEW'
(G. Azon, L. Weichselbaum, D. Friedman), Downtown --April 22, 1987
NO INCIDENTS
(Harry Dederichs), Rhein-Neckar Zeitung, Heidelberg [Germany] --April 22, 1987
FASSBINDER'S CONTROVERSIAL PIECE PREMIERES IN NEW YORK
(K.U.), Allgemeine Zeitung, Mainz [Germany] --April 21, 1987
NO SCANDAL SURROUNDING 'TRASH'
(AP), Basler Zeitung [Switzerland] --April 21, 1987
CITY OF THE DAMNED
(excerpt)
, (Eileen Myles), New York Native --April 20, 1987
NO SCANDAL SURROUNDING 'TRASH'
(H.D.), Fraenkische Landeszeitung, Ansbach [Germany] --April 18-20, 1987
FASSBINDER PIECE-MORE EASILY ACCEPTED
(DPA), Wiesbadener Kurier [Germany] --April 18, 1987
NO FASSBINDER SACANDAL IN NEW YORK
(Harry Dederichs), Mannheimer Morgen [Germany] --April 18, 1987
'A FEW LINES OF DYANMITE' IN THE BASEMENT
(DPA), Rheinpfalz, Kaiserslautern [Germany] --April 18, 1987
'TRASH' DOESN'T FAZE MANHATTAN
(DPA), Augsburger Allgemeine [Germany] --April 18, 1987
FASSBINDER'S 'TRASH' NOW IN NEW YORK
(D.E.D.), Suedwest Presse, Ulm [Germany] --April 18, 1987
TRASH DISPOSAL ON LOWER BROADWAY
(Joerg von Uthmann), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung [Germany] --April 18, 1987
HERE'S MY ASS
(excerpt)
, (Evelyn Holst), Stern [Germany] --April 15, 1987
TRASH, THE CITY AND DEATH
(excerpt)
(FULL ARTICLE
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, (Thomas M. Disch), The Nation --April 11, 1987
THE RICH NEW IN MANHATTAN
(excerpt)
(FULL ARTICLE)
, (Rainer Weber), Der Spiegel [Germany] --#15/1987
TRASH, THE CITY AND DEATH
(Elinor Nauen), Cover --April 1987
A LONG-SUPPRESSED FASSBINDER PREMIERE
(Drew Featherston), New York Newsday --March 31, 1987
THE TRASHHEAP OF HISTORY
(excerpt)
, (Robert Massa), The Village Voice --March 31, 1987
NO SCANDAL SURROUNDING 'TRASH'
, Freie Presse, Vienna [Austria] --March 28, 1987
THE MARAT/SADE -- Adapted from Peter Weiss
MARAT/SADE
(Richard Shoichet), NOW [Toronto] --March 22-28, 1984
THEATRE CENTRE'S COLLECTIVE CORE
(excerpt)
, (Nick Shehan), NOW [Toronto] --March 15-21, 1984
PLAY ASSAULTS ACTORS, CROWD
(J. Spiegel), NOW [Toronto] --February 1984
DON'T WHIP MARAT/SADE
(excerpt)
, (Robert Grant), NOW [Toronto] --February, 1984
THE WHITE WHORE AND THE BIT PLAYER -- By Tom Eyen
PROSPECTING FOR GOLD ON THEATRE'S FRINGE
(excerpt)
, (Robert Crew), Toronto Star --July 1982
NUN AND SEX JOKES MAKE WOEFUL WHORE
(Ray Conlogue), Toronto Globe and Mail --July 1982