Men always want, or think they want, something other than what they have. Women always want to keep what they have; they just want it to be new... More >>
For a debut only a few days after Valentine's Day, Mark "Stew" Stewart and Heidi Rodewald, members of the band Negro Problem and the creators of... More >>
Humans love to record their lives. They used to do it in art, but then technology came along, bearing methods that can notate existence much more... More >>
Venus in Furs, the 1870 erotic novel by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, concerns a nobleman with a passion for pelt-draped, whip-wielding women. Kink... More >>
"Tonight, I'll be treating you to some new blood!" cries the MC at the underground wrestling club "The Garage," heralding the arrival of Binat,... More >>
Misha Shulman's The Fake History of George the Last, at Theater for the New City, draws an unusually well-pruned family tree. Patriarch George,... More >>
One good reason to look at the past: We tend to think, today, that our lives are hemmed in, small and frustrating. Our only escapes are virtual.... More >>
Around this time of year, many New Yorkers suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder. The gray days and early darkness can occasion despair and a... More >>
"Ladies and gentlemen," a preshow announcer's voice tells us solemnly, "the show you are about to see is an inaccurate distortion of Shakespeare's... More >>
Dust off the laurel wreaths and gather the bouquets. Moisturize your hands and down a lozenge in anticipation of applause and cries of... More >>
Examining a sonogram scan, Colby (Cassie Beck) and Nicholas (Greg Keller) seem perplexed. "Maybe it's upside-down," Colby suggests. "Maybe it's... More >>
