Julie Goldberg, Books & Theater Editor
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Tisch Fails to Connect Acting and Film Students
While it seems intuitive that actors and filmmakers from the same school would collaborate, the Tisch departments often leave students out to dry.
Julie Goldberg, Books and Theater Editor
• December 2, 2019
Staff Recs: Good Music for Studying
The Arts Desk collects the perfect chill tunes for a serious study session.
Ethan Zack, Julie Goldberg and Fareid El Gafy
• November 22, 2019
‘It’s Okay to Feel Angry About This Play’
Tisch professor William Electric Black’s new play, “The Whites,” is controversial and loaded. But what should audiences take away from it?
Julie Goldberg, Books & Theater Editor
• November 15, 2019
‘In the Dream House’ Haunts and Enchants
In her latest book, Carmen Maria Machado depicts her experience of domestic abuse in an enthralling subversion of the memoir genre.
Julie Goldberg, Books &.Theater Editor
• November 4, 2019
‘The Hope Hypothesis’ Tows the Line Between Horror and Hilarity
In this Kafkaesque play set in a DMV, Cat Miller explores the way racism and xenophobia manifest in subtle but insidious ways.
Julie Goldberg, Books & Theater Editor
• October 31, 2019
A Bone of Contention: Ireland Wants James Joyce Back
As the Dublin City Council calls for the repatriation of Joyce’s remains, debate continues over the writer’s legacy and relationship to his homeland.
Julie Goldberg, Books & Theater Editor
• October 28, 2019
Staff Recs: Halloween Costumes
Scrambling to put together a last-minute Halloween costume? The Arts Desk has you covered with these costumes based on characters from some of our favorite movies.
Kaylee DeFreitas, Ethan Zack, Fareid El Gafy and Julie Goldberg
• October 25, 2019
Please Silence your Cellphones: Tisch Students Weigh in on Self-Silencing Phone Case
WSN talked to a number of Tisch students about a new phone case that helps to keep theater-goers engaged. While some praise the device’s merits, others see it as a pardoning of personal responsibility.
Julie Goldberg, Books & Theater Editor
• October 22, 2019
The Rules, Regulations and Systems of Carrie Sijia Wang
The Chinese artist discusses the absurdities of the modern world, how ITP expanded her horizons, and why she’s inspired by bureaucracy.
Julie Goldberg, Books & Theater Editor
• October 14, 2019
Tisch Alumna Talks ‘Shiva Baby,’ Goal-Setting and Twitter
Rachel Sennott discusses her time at Tisch and her upcoming projects.
Julie Goldberg, Books and Theater Editor
• October 14, 2019
‘Stupid F-cking Bird’ Soars in Its Reinvention of a Chekhov Classic
In an adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s play “The Seagull,” Aaron Posner’s “Stupid F-cking Bird” entertains while breaking convention and examining the role of theater in the world today.
Julie Goldberg, Books and Theater Editor
• October 7, 2019
Zadie Smith’s Talents on Full Display in ‘Grand Union’
In her first short-story collection, award-winning author and NYU Professor Zadie Smith crosses genres and perspectives to meditate on the trials, absurdities and unexpected joys of the modern world.
Julie Goldberg, Books & Theater Editor
• September 23, 2019
Creative Writing Community Persists Despite Lack of Major
Students on the English major’s creative writing track point out the program’s strengths and offer suggestions on how it could up its game.
Julie Goldberg, Books & Theater Editor
• September 16, 2019
Staff Recs: Pretentious Films to Impress Your Fake Friends
Need to sound like you know about movies? Here are a few of our go-tos.
Claire Fishman, Fareid El Gafy, Ethan Zack and Julie Goldberg
• September 12, 2019
Unpopular Opinions: Unconventionally Hot Girl Summer
The Arts Desk weighs in on some underrated hotties in the entertainment industry.
Kaylee DeFreitas, Ethan Zack, Fareid El Gafy, Claire Fishman and Julie Goldberg
• September 10, 2019
Amy Hempel and Casey Legler Read at NYU’s Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House
Seminal short fiction writer and Olympic swimmer-turned-memoirist joined host Darin Strauss at The Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House for a reading of their recent work, finding connection in their shared fixation with water and unconventional styles.
Julie Goldberg, Books & Theater Editor
• September 9, 2019
New York’s Indie Bookstores Survive by Promoting Community, Providing Experience
As rent hikes and Amazon pose a continuous threat to the city’s independent bookstores, small business owners tune into community interests and re-define what a bookstore can be.
Julie Goldberg, Books and Theater Editor
• September 3, 2019
‘Get Curious’: Skirball’s Fall Programming Promises Literature, Technicolor and Copulating Moles
Showcasing the experimental works of artists from across the globe, as well as introducing a pre-show ‘book club,’ Skirball is as weird and wonderful as ever.
Julie Goldberg, Books & Theater Editor
• August 24, 2019
‘Good Posture’ Spotlights an Unlikely Female Friendship
In this low-budget indie film, shot over a span of 10 days in Brooklyn, an unlikely pair forms a tender, albeit unconventional, friendship.
Julie Goldberg, Staff Writer
• May 7, 2019
Poet Deborah Landau Targets the World’s Evils
The director of NYU’s Creative Writing Program reflects on terrorism, climate change and political turmoil in her new book “Soft Targets.”
Julie Goldberg, Staff Writer
• May 5, 2019
CAS Theater Puts on Its First Shakespeare With ‘The Tempest’
Tackling Shakespeare for the first time, College of Arts and Science Theater works through difficult language to breathe new life into a classic work.
Julie Goldberg, Staff Writer
• April 22, 2019
Ghosts Face Gentrification in ‘Where Do All the Ghosts Go?’
In Barbara’s Kahn’s dark comedy, an eclectic group of ghosts who call the St. Denis building home must team up with a young lesbian couple to find new dwellings to haunt before the historic building is demolished.
Julie Goldberg, Staff Writer
• April 15, 2019
Fanning Brings Depth to the Flossy Sugar High of ‘Teen Spirit’
Though it sometimes defers to tired tropes and supplanting aesthetic luster for psychic nuance, Max Minghella’s “Teen Spirit” offers a stylized Cinderella story that is undeniably contagious.
Julie Goldberg, Staff Writer
• April 8, 2019
The Paris Review | The Dream of Literary Success
Julie Goldberg, Staff Writer
• April 4, 2019
Broke People Play Festival Prioritizes Process and Inclusivity
Placing writers at the forefront of the process, Broke People Theatre takes new and exciting work out of the classroom and onto the stage.
Julie Goldberg, Staff Writer
• March 31, 2019
‘Fiercely Independent’ Successfully Tackles Marital Ennui
This one-act play by playwright and director Kathleen K. Johnson explores the ways in which relationships cement themselves in physical space.
Julie Goldberg, Staff Writer
• March 8, 2019
Steinhardt’s ‘Radium Girls’ Spotlights Unfair Practices, Then and Now
Steinhardt Educational Theatre’s illuminating production — about the radium poisoning of young female factory workers in the early 20th century — tackles endlessly relevant themes like labor rights, corporate corruption and female rage.
Julie Goldberg, Staff Writer
• March 4, 2019
Suggestions for Non-Cheesy Valentine’s Day Reads
If you’re looking for an alternative to Nicholas Sparks this February, here are some novels and short story collections that recognize love as the strange and idiosyncratic thing it is.
Julie Goldberg, Staff Writer
• February 13, 2019
‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ Attempts to Push Satire Through Horror
The Netflix film premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and reunites “Nightcrawler” team Dan Gilroy, Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo.
Julie Goldberg, Staff Writer
• February 4, 2019
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