Press

The Kitchen is represented by Blake Zidell & Associates.
For most press inquiries, please call (718) 643-9052
or email Blake (blake@blakezidell.com) or Yuri (yuri@blakezidell.com).

For general inquiries please contact Jess at (212) 255-5793 ext. 10 or jess@thekitchen.org.


Press Releases
  1. Simone Leigh: You Don’t Know Where Her Mouth Has Been
  2. The Varieties of Performance Experience: A panel discussion with authors Judith Rodenbeck and Shannon Jackson
  3. Jay Scheib: World of Wires
  4. Neal Medlyn: Wicked Clown Love
  5. Lauren Kelley: Froufrou Conclusions
  6. Dance and Process: Julie Alexander, Michelle Boulé, and Martin Lanz
  7. An Evening with Electronic Literature Organization
  8. Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion:
    Live! The Realest MC
  9. An Evening with n+1
  10. An Evening with Hal Foster: The Art-Architecture Complex and The First Pop Age
  11. Robert Ashley: That Morning Thing
  12. Jennie C. Jones: Absorb / Diffuse
  13. Joe Winter: The Stars Below
  14. Anna Sperber: FOREVERANDADAY
  15. Yvonne Rainer: Poems
  16. A.Bandit: Experiments from The [Space] Between featuring Glenn Kaino and Derek DelGaudio
  17. Wally Cardona and Jennifer Lacey with Jonathan Bepler: TOOL IS LOOT
  18. The Kitchen Block Party
    A Free Neighborhood Street Fair
  19. Pioneers of the Downtown Sound:
    Tony Conrad, Pauline Oliveros,
    Joan La Barbara, Laurie Spiegel,
    and Rhys Chatham
  20. The View from a Volcano:
    The Kitchen's Soho Years, 1971-85
  21. PearlDamour + Shawn Hall: How to Build a Forest
  22. Dean Moss and Sungmyung Chun: Nameless forest
  23. Out of Print
    An Evening with Ugly Duckling Presse
  24. Emily Roysdon: A Gay Bar Called Everywhere (With Costumes and No Practice)
  25. PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature: New Orleans
  26. Shame the Devil
  27. Michael Paul Britto and Kenya (Robinson)
  28. MGM Grand: NUT
  29. Aluminum Music
  30. 21c Liederabend op. 2
  31. Steven Reker: People Get Ready
  32. My Barbarian: Broke People’s Baroque Peoples’ Theater
  33. Vicky Shick: Not Entirely Herself
  34. Cauleen Smith: REMOTE VIEWING
  35. An Evening with Cinema 16
  36. Annie Gosfield: Daughters of the Industrial Revolution
  37. Briggan Krauss with Raha Raissnia: Cosmography
  38. Brent Green: Gravity was Everywhere Back Then
  39. Ellie Ga: The Fortunetellers
  40. Trajal Harrell: Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at The Judson Church
  41. An Evening with Esopus
  42. An Evening with CoonBidness
  43. Shim Sham
  44. Devotion: Sarah Michelson
    For New York City Players
  45. Adam Pendleton: BAND
  46. Dance and Process: Oren Barnoy, Megan Byrne, and Antonio Ramos
  47. Toni Dove: Spectropia
  48. Tamar-kali: Pseudoacoustic
    Valerie June: Organic Moonshine Roots Music
  49. An Evening with FENCE BOOKS
  50. An Evening with Sam Amidon
  51. n+1 symposium on Roland Barthes: Reflections on the public, private intellectual
  52. Justin Bond and the House of Whimsy: Re:Galli Blonde (A Sissy Fix)
  53. Alex Hubbard: Death Never Sleeps
  54. Sean Raspet: As If Written In
  55. Ralph Lemon: Meditation
  56. Rhys Chatham and Angie Eng: Echodes
  57. Sam Green and Dave Cerf: Utopia in Four Movements
    Live music by The Quavers
    special guest Brendan Canty (Fugazi)
  58. Shim Sham
  59. Christian Rizzo: b.c, janvier 1545, fontainebleau
  60. Yasmeen Godder: Singular Sensation
  61. Pamela Z: Baggage Allowance
  62. The Absolutely Other
  63. That Reminds Me: An Evening with A Public Space
  64. Donna Uchizono: longing two
    A work performed in two parts
  65. Shim Sham
  66. Derrick Adams: Go Stand Next To The Mountain
    Narcissister: This Masquerade
  67. Leslie Hewitt: On Beauty, Objects, and Dissonance
  68. Mary Halvorson / Kevin Shea
  69. Talk Show: An Evening with Ugly Duckling Presse
  70. luciana achugar: PURO DESEO
  71. Pablo Helguera: The Juvenal Players
  72. Shana Moulton and Nick Hallett: Whispering Pines 10
  73. Jay Scheib: Bellona, Destroyer of Cities
  74. Amy Granat: The Sheltering Sky
  75. Doveman and Peter Pears: An Evening with Thomas Bartlett and Nico Muhly
  76. David Neumann/Advanced Beginner Group: Big Eater
  77. An Evening with Chimurenga
  78. Alex Escalante: The 25th Frame
  79. An Evening with Cabinet: The Art of Hypochondria
  80. An Evening with Esopus
  81. Jon Kinzel: Responsible Ballet And What We Need is a Bench to Put Books On
  82. Shim Sham
  83. Hahn Rowe
  84. Nature Theater of Oklahoma: Romeo and Juliet
  85. Besides, With, Against, and Yet: Abstraction and the Ready-Made Gesture
Press Coverage
  1. "Expect to be in floods of teary laughter midway through."
    –The New York Times on Nature Theater of Oklahoma: Romeo and Juliet
  2. Critics' Picks
    –Artforum on Besides, With, Against, and Yet: Abstraction and the Ready-Made Gesture
  3. "A hilarious deconstructed take on an enduring classic."
    –Time Out New York on Nature Theater of Oklahoma: Romeo and Juliet
  4. "Out of a circle of friends, Doveman steps gingerly into the spotlight."
    –New York Magazine on Doveman and Peter Pears: An Evening with Thomas Bartlett and Nico Muhly
  5. "The choreographer explores duets."
    –Time Out New York on Jon Kinzel: Responsible Ballet And What We Need is a Bench to Put Books On
  6. "If you're in NYC next time it's on, don't miss it!"
    –The Dance Insider on Shim Sham
  7. "The Kitchen's 'Besides, With, Against, and Yet: Abstraction and the Ready-Made Gesture' staked out important ground."
    –Artforum on Besides, With, Against, and Yet: Abstraction and the Ready-Made Gesture
  8. "Site-specific abstractions of criss-crossing light and shadow"
    –Art in America on Amy Granat: The Sheltering Sky
  9. "Escalante looks at the theater of politics."
    –Time Out New York on Alex Escalante: The 25th Frame
  10. "A dark, and darkly funny, meditation on the human condition in 21st-century America."
    –New York Times on David Neumann/Advanced Beginner Group: Big Eater
  11. Interview with the Man Behind Doveman, Thomas Bartlett
    –Classical TV on Doveman and Peter Pears: An Evening with Thomas Bartlett and Nico Muhly
  12. "The next best hope to update the minimalist generation sound."
    –The New York Observer on Doveman and Peter Pears: An Evening with Thomas Bartlett and Nico Muhly
  13. Spring Guide: Theater
    –The Village Voice on Jay Scheib: Bellona, Destroyer of Cities
  14. Luciana Achugar brings Puro Deseo to The Kitchen
    –The Village Voice on luciana achugar: PURO DESEO
  15. Sage of the Apocalypse
    –New York Magazine on Jay Scheib: Bellona, Destroyer of Cities
  16. "Scheib...has his own immutable laws to ground us: his customarily elegant use of live video, a grimy aesthetic indebted to Cassavetes, and a sprung-rhythm acting style"
    –Time Out New York on Jay Scheib: Bellona, Destroyer of Cities
  17. The Object Whisperer: Shana Moulton's Whispering Pines
    –Rhizome on Shana Moulton and Nick Hallett: Whispering Pines 10
  18. Reality and Performance Collide at The Kitchen
    –Encore Magazine on Pablo Helguera: The Juvenal Players
  19. Incantation of the Human Body
    –Encore Magazine on luciana achugar: PURO DESEO
  20. "The work, her most sophisticated to date"
    –The New York Times on luciana achugar: PURO DESEO
  21. "a focused ritualistic exploration of haunting and the haunted"
    –Culturebot on luciana achugar: PURO DESEO
  22. Innovative Sounds
    –Encore Magazine on Mary Halvorson / Kevin Shea
  23. Halvorson's House: A BK Upstart Grinds Her Ax
    –The Village Voice on Mary Halvorson / Kevin Shea
  24. Go Stand Next to the Mountain: Brief talk with Derrick Adams’ upcoming performance
    –Encore Magazine on Derrick Adams: Go Stand Next To The Mountain
    Narcissister: This Masquerade
  25. IMPRESSIONS OF: Donna Uchizono - longing two
    –The Dance Enthusiast on Donna Uchizono: longing two
    A work performed in two parts
  26. Mirror Mirror Steps Up: A Night at the Robert Melee Talent Show
    –Opening Ceremony on Robert Melee’s Talent Show
  27. "Band" film installation replaces Rolling Stones with Deerhoof In a refashioning of Godard's "Sympathy for the Devil."
    –IFC News on Adam Pendleton: BAND
  28. Justin Bond Will Hold You Responsible
    –Culturebot on Justin Bond and the House of Whimsy: Re:Galli Blonde (A Sissy Fix)
  29. Catching Up With Justin Bond
    –Out on Justin Bond and the House of Whimsy: Re:Galli Blonde (A Sissy Fix)
  30. Justin Bond and the House of Whimsy: Re:Galli Blonde (A Sissy Fix)
    –The Huffington Post on Justin Bond and the House of Whimsy: Re:Galli Blonde (A Sissy Fix)
  31. Approval Matrix
    –New York Magazine on Justin Bond and the House of Whimsy: Re:Galli Blonde (A Sissy Fix)
  32. Sam Amidon, Slightly Cracked Folk-Singer Extraordinaire, Is Playing The Kitchen
    –The Village Voice Blogs on An Evening with Sam Amidon
  33. On the Heels of His Recently Released Album, Sam Amidon Plays The Kitchen
    –The Wall Street Journal on An Evening with Sam Amidon
  34. In Toni Dove's 'Spectropia,' the Artist Hits Her Own Mark
    –The Wall Street Journal on Toni Dove: Spectropia
  35. Matters of Faith, Prayer and Physical Exertion
    –The New York Times on Devotion: Sarah Michelson
    For New York City Players
  36. Sarah Michelson Teams Up with Richard Maxwell for Devotion
    –The Village Voice on Devotion: Sarah Michelson
    For New York City Players
  37. "In his exceptional and ongoing five-part 'Twenty Looks or Paris Is Burning at the Judson Church,' Trajal Harrell continues his rigorous exploration of two forms: postmodern dance and voguing."
    –Time Out New York on Trajal Harrell: Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at The Judson Church
  38. A Party So Nice They're Throwing It Twice
    –The Wall Street Journal on Aluminum Music
  39. The Kitchen stages a revival of a cutting-edge downtown festival.
    –Time Out New York on Aluminum Music
  40. How to Build a Forest with Pearl D'Amour and Shawn Hall
    –The Brooklyn Rail on PearlDamour + Shawn Hall: How to Build a Forest
  41. A Forest for the Trees
    –The Wall Street Journal on PearlDamour + Shawn Hall: How to Build a Forest
  42. Cooking in the Kitchen, 1971-1985
    –NY Times Style Magazine Blog on The View from a Volcano:
    The Kitchen's Soho Years, 1971-85
  43. Deb Singer and Eric Bogosian discuss the 40th anniversary of The Kitchen, and the exhibition “View from a Volcano: The Kitchen's Soho Years, 1971-85.”
    –The Leonard Lopate Show on The View from a Volcano:
    The Kitchen's Soho Years, 1971-85
  44. The View from a Volcano: The Kitchen's Soho Years, 1971-85
    –The New Yorker on The View from a Volcano:
    The Kitchen's Soho Years, 1971-85
  45. New Ways to Dance, Found in the Eyes of Others
    –The New York Times on Wally Cardona and Jennifer Lacey with Jonathan Bepler: TOOL IS LOOT
  46. "TOOL IS LOOT...is utterly original, deeply comic and deviously beautiful."
    –The New York Times on Wally Cardona and Jennifer Lacey with Jonathan Bepler: TOOL IS LOOT
  47. "...it's a bit of heaven."
    –Dance Magazine on Wally Cardona and Jennifer Lacey with Jonathan Bepler: TOOL IS LOOT
  48. "TOOL IS LOOT was a wonderful, thoughtful and engaging performance..."
    –Culturebot on Wally Cardona and Jennifer Lacey with Jonathan Bepler: TOOL IS LOOT
  49. Faustin Linyekula: The Congolese artist embraces the future
    –Time Out New York on Faustin Linyekula/Studios Kabako: more more more… future
  50. Dreaming Out of Desperation: Q & A With Congolese Choreographer Faustin Linyekula
    –Walker Art Center on Faustin Linyekula/Studios Kabako: more more more… future
  51. "...it’s exhilarating watching these two superb artists approach dancing..."
    –DanceBeat on Wally Cardona and Jennifer Lacey with Jonathan Bepler: TOOL IS LOOT
  52. "Not only is Faustin Linyekula’s more more more…future great fun, it packs a potent message."
    –WNET on Faustin Linyekula/Studios Kabako: more more more… future
  53. Messages From Prison to an Irresistible Beat
    –The New York Times on Faustin Linyekula/Studios Kabako: more more more… future
  54. Continuing to Play With the Tension Between Formality and Wildness
    –The New York Times on Anna Sperber: FOREVERANDADAY
  55. A visionary opera composer inspires a new generation of followers.
    –Time Out New York on Robert Ashley: That Morning Thing
  56. A Fresh Stamp on a Veteran Composer’s Work
    –The New York Times on Robert Ashley: That Morning Thing
  57. Personas in Motion
    –CityArts on Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion:
    Live! The Realest MC
  58. "Experimental dazzler Jay Scheib unveils the final installment of his multimedia performance trilogy"
    –Time Out New York (20 Shows to see this winter) on Jay Scheib: World of Wires
  59. "His brand of theater always seems to be ahead of everybody else."
    –PAPERMAG on Jay Scheib: World of Wires
  60. "If you liked the ideas in 'The Matrix', check this drama out."
    –Metromix New York on Jay Scheib: World of Wires
  61. An Interview With Jay Scheib
    –Culturebot on Jay Scheib: World of Wires
  62. Alex Zafiris interviews Jay Scheib
    –BOMB Magazine's BOMBLOG on Jay Scheib: World of Wires
  63. Scott Macaulay interviews Jay Scheib
    –Filmmaker Magazine on Jay Scheib: World of Wires
  64. "Visually dazzling and conceptually rich"
    –Time Out New York (January 11, 2012 review) on Jay Scheib: World of Wires
  65. Insta-Theater Reviews By AndrewAndrew
    –PAPERMAG on Jay Scheib: World of Wires
  66. "Mr. Scheib pulls off several startling trompe-l’oeil effects"
    –The New York Times on Jay Scheib: World of Wires
  67. Simone Leigh and the Fruits of Her Labor
    –Art21 Blog on Simone Leigh: You Don’t Know Where Her Mouth Has Been
  68. “Theatrical provocateur Neal Medlyn...”
    –Bust Magazine on Neal Medlyn: Wicked Clown Love
  69. "[A] provocatively titled, spectacular exhibition"
    –Artnet on Simone Leigh: You Don’t Know Where Her Mouth Has Been