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New York

The Flavorpill Guide to This Week’s Top 10 New York Events

By Judy Berman on

For our (unconscionably high) rent money, the best thing about living in New York City is its endless supply of fun, odd, and inspired cultural events. But with so many options, it can be hard to know where to even begin planning your week. To help you make sense of it all, Flavorpill has launched a new social discovery engine where users can create and share events with friends, as well as follow Flavorpill editors’ and plugged-in local curators’ picks. Below, you’ll find the very best of what’s on offer this week, recommended by Flavorpill NYC’s very own Managing Editor, Leah Taylor. It’s just a taste of what you can find on the new Flavorpill, so if you like what you see, be sure to sign up. … Read More

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News

'This American Life' Retracts "Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory"

By Emily Temple on

Back in January, “This American Life” ran en episode entitled “Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory,” an excerpt from Mike Daisey’s one-man show The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, which presents an account of Daisey’s visit to an Apple manufacturing facility in China. The episode quickly became the show’s most popular broadcast to date, and stirred up a lot of empathy and even social activism from its listeners. However, yesterday, “This American Life” ran an entire episode retracting the story, after having discovered that Daisey fabricated large parts of his story. According to Ira Glass, the host and producer of the show, Daisey was reminded several times that his story had to meet journalistic standards, not just theatrical ones, in order to be presented as part of ”This American Life,” and Daisey agreed. Of course, as it now appears, he took quite a few dramatic licenses. … Read More

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Comedy

Mike Daisey Reveals Secrets of the World Order

By Chris Kompanek on

Mike Daisey is known for his Spalding Gray-style tour de force monologues that recall personal experiences in a social and historical context, tackling such wide-ranging topics as the financial meltdown, the corporatization of the American theatre, and his time working in customer service at Amazon.com. For three new live productions, Daisey trades his solitary table and glass of water for a talented cast of actors to craft a radio program in the mold of Orson Welles’ The War of the Worlds— except, this is billed as the go-to program for “Masons of the 3rd Order and higher.”

We met up with Daisey and his alter ego to talk about the shifty masons, former presidents, powerful business men, and even an Ayn Rand musical about libertarianism and female submission. Learn about the secret order and drink the Kool-Aid after the jump. … Read More

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Theatre

Why Theater Bloggers Should Stop Feministing All Over The Public’s New Season

By Foster Kamer on

Ever the event, The Public Theater announced their six-play subscription series for 2009-2010. Having made waves on Broadway by transferring the Tony-winning revival of Hair form Central Park to the Great White Way, eyes were definitely peeled on what they had to offer this year, at the very least, to see what kind of Broadway-bait they were locking and loading to fire at New York. And they absolutely… Read More

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