RELEASE: Out of Time & Place

For the last few years, I've been generally raving about the programming that goes on at Women's Project, even more so in the light of the complaints you see so often on the theatrosphere about how the majority of theater, especially above 14th Street, happens to be white and male. Well, in light of my interests in seeing a more diverse and thereby interesting range of voices on the stage, I'm happy to point out that Women's Project has just released a two-volume anthology of plays by female artists, called Out of Time & Place. It's print-on-demand right now, so it's $25 for each volume, but you can also download PDF versions for $12 each, so if you're interested in reading some work by Lynn Rosen, Laura Eason, Charity Henson-Ballard, Crystal Skillman, Christine Evans, Nadia Davids, Alexis Clements, Bekah Brunstetter, Kar Manning, Carla Ching, and Andrea Thome--most of whom I'll admit I've never heard of--then check out this link.

RELEASE: Noor Theater's Highlight Reading Series

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I go to and love the theater because it shows me things that I would not otherwise ordinarily experience, even living here in this multicultural and amazing city. So I'm happy to pass on information about Noor Theater's monthly reading series of Middle Eastern plays, which begins this Monday, September 13th, with Sevan Green's Forgotten Bread and culminates on December 13th with a tragicomedy from Betty Shamieh, whose The Black Eyed blew me away at NYTW in 2007. More voices, more views, more theater: reserve your free tickets by clicking through here.

RELEASE: Fireside Chats About Horror Films

Okay, this isn't totally theater-related, but this event's at the very cool Dixon Place, it's hosted by the very talented (and knowledgeable) Clay McLeod Chapman, and has a bunch of great guests, like actors Denis O'Hare and Abe Goldfarb. Oh, did I mention that it's totally free? Click here to get yourself a ticket; the first event of this monthly series is Wednesday, September 22nd at 9:00.

RELEASE: The Wicked Women of Off Broadway

[Part of a new initiative, I'll now be posting the best press releases about theater-related events.]

Do you like Sarah Ruhl, Annie Baker, Theresa Rebeck, and Lisa Kron? More importantly, do you like them more than me--so much so that you'd like to see them just sit around talk about off-Broadway and their developments within that world? If so, and you're free on Sunday afternoon, October 3, then click here to RSVP for the Off Broadway Alliance's free panel discussion with them, moderated by New York Times reporter Patrick Healy.

TV: Nikita

Does this image do anything for you? More importantly, is it stimulating enough to carry forty-odd minutes of the most boring revamp of the La Femme Nikita property yet? Think of the show as Alias, only repopulated with the cast of the new 90210 and without any of the snazzy scenarios JJ Abrams conjured up. Then read the whole review for Slant here.