"Spalding Gray's old writing spot"

Excellent article/pictures from Our Town Downtown - Marissa Maier (Managing Editor)
Keyholes: Taking a peek into Spalding Gray’s old writing:
http://otdowntown.com/2012/01/keyholes-peek-spalding-gray%E2%80%99s-writing-spot/

"Spalding Gray Award and Rabih Mroue in Canada"

From the the Push Festival, Vancouver, BC:
(Rabih Mroue is a Spalding Gray Award recepient - this is a VERY RARE APPEARANCE!!! - see below for other appearances in US - this is ONLY Canadian appearance)
"Looking for a Missing Employee + The Pixilated Revolution
Where: The Roundhouse, 181 Roundhouse Mews
Why: "Rabih Mroue is from Lebanon and it's the first time we've had work from there. He is an actor, director and playwright who presents all over Europe and these pieces were commissioned by a number of American presenters including the Spalding Gray Foundation, the Warhol museum and others. We're working with the Grunt and Contemporary Art Gallery on this lecture-performance multimedia presentation."
Tickets: $26-$32 ($28-$34 at the door) at ticketstonight.ca

"Spalding Gray Awards Performances"

Performances based on Spalding Gray Awards 2010 and 2011:
1) From PS122 COIL Festival:

Rabih Mroué (Lebanon) - 2010 Award Winner
Looking for a Missing Employee (US Premiere) and
The Pixelated Revolution (World Premiere)
Winner of the 2010 Spalding Gray Award
$20, $15 (students / seniors)
Baryshnikov Arts Center
Howard Gilman Performance Space 450 West 37th St., Manhattan, NY

Looking for a Missing Employee
Jan 6, 7 2012 at 7:30pm
Jan 8 2012 at 5pm
The Pixelated Revolution
Jan 9 2012 at 7:30pm

ALSO: Following the performances at COIL,
Mroué will embark on his first North American tour, which includes
the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, On the Boards in Seattle, PuSh Festival in Vancouver, and the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh.

2) From PS122 COIL Festival:

Performance Space 122 and Baryshnikov Arts Center are pleased to present Young Jean Lee Theater Group:
the New York premiere, as part of COIL, PS122’s annual performance festival,
13 performances of UNTITLED FEMINIST SHOW will take place January 12–28, 2012 at the Baryshnikov Arts Center’s Jerome Robbins Theater.
Tickets are $25 ($20 for students, seniors) and can be purchased online at bacnyc.org or by phone at 212.352.3101.
The Baryshnikov Arts Center is located at 450 West 37th Street in New York City.
Schedule information: ps122.org, bacnyc.org

ALSO: The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, On the Boards in Seattle, The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis (no dates known)

"Spalding Gray Journals of Spalding Gray Review"

This is an excellent,thoughtful review full of great observations. From the magazine BOOKFORUM:http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

"Excerpts from Journals of Spalding Gray"

New York Times Article, Oct. 9, 2011, with first published material from
The Journals of Spalding Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
- http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/magazine/spalding-grays-tortured-soul.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
A MUST READ!!!
Note: first opening of article seems fine, then second time appears to need sign in/join.
Joining is free and as long as no further emails/promotions are checked, it seems fine to join.

2011 "Spalding Gray" Award

The winner of the 2011 "Spalding Gray" Award is Young Jean Lee and her theater group. Congratulations.
PS122 also announces: In addition to the local presentations, Performance Space 122 is pleased to announce that global programming continues in its second year with PS122 tours scheduled for London and Berlin in Spring 2012 and to Latin America, Asia and Australasia in the near future. Other touring presentations include continued participation with the "Spalding Gray" Award Commission which offers recipients a commission and tour with stops in New York (PS122), Minneapolis (The Walker), Pittsburgh (The Warhol Museum), Seattle (On the Boards). This award supports gifted writers/performers who fully realize all aspects of Spalding's legacy, who are fearless innovators of theatrical form, who reach into daily experience and create resonant, transcendent work that makes us all bigger, wider, wiser and, somehow, more than we were when we entered the theater.
(I'm still experimenting with getting google alerts to work - using quotation marks everywhere. No luck so far. Google is just too big to help their customers! I wonder about switching to another blog service...).

New Dynamic Views on Google Blogs

From Google Blogs - May,2011
Blogger currently offers five dynamic views for its public blogs. These views are only accessible if allowed for by the blog author.
Flipcard: available at http://uptonatom.blogspot.com//view/flipcard
Mosaic: available at http://uptonatom.blogspot.com//view/mosaic
Sidebar: available at http://uptonatom.blogspot.com//view/sidebar
Snapshot: available at http://uptonatom.blogspot.com//view/snapshot
Timeslide: available at http://uptonatom.blogspot.com//view/timeslide

I have yet to try them out - however they look like a great idea.

jb

And Everything is Going Fine in Amsterdam

The Holland Festival, in Amsterdam (the most prestigious arts festival in the Netherlands) will present the Dutch première of Steven Soderbergh's And Everything is Going Fine, as well as Jonathan Demme's Swimming to Cambodia and Steven Soderberghs Gray's Anatomy. You can find more information at http://www.hollandfestival.nl/. The Spalding Gray programme will take place from June 10 till 13,2011 .

The Journals of Spalding Gray

For Ordering (preorder)Journals of Spalding Gray
Note that Amazon seems to have a much better price:
$19.11 vs. $28.95 elsewhere
and only $14.99 on Kindle (Kindle free software can be downloaded for your computer
so you do not need a Kindle (though they are very good to have).
Please Pre-Order using the Affiliates link on this site
- either Random House or Amazon affiliates though as mentioned above, Amazon seems to have better price.
Note below Amazon affiliate link, instructions on going to your own country's Amazon, unless you live in Canada
(as I do)
Thanks
jb
webmanager for Estate of Spalding Gray

The 'Fine' page on spaldinggray.com

The page about And Everything is Going Fine at spaldinggray.com is the most extensive page on the web about this film. However, for unknown reasons, it does not come up on google search. So this is a blatant attempt to at least get the blog post up - sometimes that works. So for everything about
And Everything is Going Fine including schedules and extensive reviews, please see http://www.spaldinggray.com/Fine.html
Thank you
John Boland
webmanager for the Estate of Spalding Gray
spaldinggray.com

Spalding Gray Retrospective : Rochester, NY

Spalding Gray Retrospective : Rochester, NY
George Easton House, Dryden Theater
900 East Avenue
Rochester NY
April 12, 2011 - MONSTER IN A BOX
April 19, 2011 - KING OF THE HILL
April 22, 2011 (8 pm) & 24 (4:30 pm) - AND EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE
April 23, 2011 (8 pm) & 24 (7 pm) - SWIMMING TO CAMBODIA

(see www.spaldinggray.com/Updates for details/links)
ALL are rare theatrical showings. King of the Hill is an excellent film much overlooked. One of Spalding's best roles. Story of him getting the part is strange (of course), also another story of Spalding taking break outside during shoot, still with fake blood all over him...

The Journals of Spalding Gray

The Journals of Spalding Gray
Written by Spalding Gray
Edited by Kathie Russo and Nell Casey
Formats: eBook, 320 pages ; Hardcover, 336 pages Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $28.95 US
ISBN: 978-0-307-70052-0 (0-307-70052-6)
Pre-Order using the Affiliates link on spaldinggray.com
- either Random House or Amazon affiliates

Stories Left to Tell in San Fran

Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell - San Francisco - directed by Brian Katz and Daunielle Rasmussen
Jan. 25,27 - 29, 2011, 8PM, Feb.3 - 5, 8PM, Feb.10 - 12, 8PM, Feb.17 - 19, 8PM
San Francisco Bay Area Premiere - Custom Made Theater Company - Gough Street Playhouse
Spalding Gray lives on in his own words
Cast list and a short interview with Kathie Russo as well as Press Release, and Tickets link are available at www.spaldinggray.com/SLTT.html

SpaldingGray.com Mailing list - 7th anniversary

And before you do anything else, read the recent interview with Kathie at Tribecafilm.com – EXCELLENT – A MUST READ - See: http://www.tribecafilm.com/news-features/features/And_Everything_Is_Going_Fine.html

Ok – the number one question these days:

‘Is And Everything is Going Fine going to play in … Why not? How do I get it to play here. How come it’s playing in places like Savannah but not in LA besides the opening?’

Well. Here is the answer. You need a theater to be willing to show it maybe. Then you email me the details and I send it on to the man at IFC who books showings. Prices depend on “on the size of the theater, ticket price, number screenings, and format “ (IFC). Foreign showing are different. Yet you still can email me. It’s just that someone else does the foreign bookings. And yes, if you want it to show in your community, you need to do some work. You need to find a location, preferably a theater of some description. So if you are interested and motivated enough, email me using the Contact sidebar page link on the site. http://www.spaldinggray.com/contact

Interview with Kathie re And Everything is Going Fine - 12/10

Tribeca Film Interview with Kathleen Russo
by Kristin McCracken
Quote :
"Monologist Spalding Gray's widow Kathleen Russo opens up about his suicide, the 7 years since,
and Steven Soderbergh's new doc about his life.
Amazingly resilient, she's our new hero!"

EXCELLENT INTERVIEW - NOT TO BE MISSED!!!

Stories Left to Tell in NYC in Jan., 1011

Spalding Gray; Stories Left to Tell
Performance Space 122 - part of the COIL Festival Wed Jan 5, 2010 at 6.30
Fri Jan 7, 2010 at 6.30
Sun Jan 9, 2010 at 9.30
Tues Jan 11, 2010 at 4.30
Cast: Kathleen Chalfant, Hazelle Goodman, Ain Gordon, Bob Holman
and a different special guest at each show.
Jan 9th the guest will be Jonathan Ames

And Everything is Going Fine showings

As of Dec. 20, 2010 - These are the showings of And Everything is Going Fine
according to IFC (note that occasional other showings appear in google alerts which may or may not happen - always best to check around and please let Contact at the spaldinggray.com site know of any showings not listed here)

Sag Harbor (presented by Lesser), 24/12/10
12/31/2010 (opens) - Denver, CO (Denver Film Society) - 01/06/2011 (closes)
1/3/2011 (opens) - Austin, TX (Alamo Ritz)- 1/5/2011 (closes)
1/14/2011 (opens) - Seattle (SIFf Cinema) - 1/20/2011 (closes)
1/18/2011 (opens) - Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL
1/21/2011 (opens) - Nashville (Belcourt) - 1/24/2011 (closes)
2/03/2011 (opens) - Bloomington, IN (IU Cinema)- 02/06/2011 (closes)
2/04/2011 (opens)- Portland, OR (Northwest Film Center) - 2/05/2011 (closes)
2/11/2011 (opens) - Hartford, CT (Real Art Ways) - 2/17/2011 (closes)
2/19/2011 - Boulder, Co. (International Film Series)
3/04/2011 - Omaha, NE (Film Streams)
3/10/2011 (opens) - Toronto, ON (TIFF Bell Lightbox) - 3/16/2011 (closes)
3/18/2011 (opens) - Columbus, OH (Wexner Center) - 3/19/2011 (closes)
4/23/2011 (opens) - George Eastman House, Rochester, NY - 4/24/2011 (closes)
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SpaldingGray.com mailing list - Nov. 28, 2010

Very short one - I have been working on numerous updates, new pages, new features and following up on many, many emails - just posted over 100 changes to the site due to emails and google alerts.
There are a surprising number of monologists requesting to be listed on the site - for sure they get listed - 5 requests in one 24 hour period - there are now 126 monologists listed...

1) And Everything is Going Fine in NYC and other places (some listed on site but best to check locally) on Dec. 10 - special stuff leading up to NYC opening
LA opening is Dec. 13th
International festival showing continue
IFC ON DEMAND is available as of Dec. 22 - see http://www.ifcfilms.com/get-ifc-films-on-demand to check you area ( I live in Canada so can not get this...whahhh!)
Everything available and current is on http://www.spaldinggray.com/Fine.html

2) Stories Left to Tell continues some showings in 2011
See http://www.spaldinggray.com/SLTT.html

3) And yes the University of Texas has acquired the Spalding Gray archives from the Estate.They are cataloging the collection and then it will be on the site with new page.
If you google it, there are many articles about it. One of the best is:
http://www.utexas.edu/news/2010/11/09/spalding_gray_archive/
Very good and exciting. University of Texas is known for their extensive Archives.

IFC Press Release on 'And Everything is Going Fine'

Here is the recent press release from IFC (I got it Nov. 15, 2010):
Official Selection: Edinburgh Film Festival, Slamdance Film Festival, True/False Film Festival, SXSW Film Festival, Hamptons Film Festival
AND EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE A Film by Steven Soderbergh Soderbergh’s Portrait of Spalding Gray, Told through Gray’s Own Performances, Opens Friday, December 10 at IFC Center
Special Screenings of Gray’s Films Presented in Days Preceding Opening
AND EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE, Stephen Soderbergh’s incisive and entertaining portrait of Spalding Gray, opens for an exclusive engagement at IFC Center on Friday, December 10. In anticipation of the opening, IFC Center will also screen a selection of Gray’s films the week of December 6, with special guests in person to introduce those shows (screening schedule to be announced November 22).
(Also special showing in LA Dec. 13th and other openings, including IFC On Demand, Dec. 22nd
See http://www.spaldinggray.com/Fine.html for complete, current details.)
AND EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE provides an intimate look at master monologist Spalding Gray, as described by his most critical, irreverent and insightful biographer: Spalding Gray. Director Steven Soderbergh, who collaborated with Gray on the film adaptation of his celebrated Gray’s Anatomy (1996), has distilled 25 years of rare and revealing footage to construct a riveting final monologue. There are glimpses of Gray’s father and of his son Forrest (who provides soaring music for the end credits), but for the most part this is an inspired one-man show, a bittersweet display of the writer-performer’s playful and embattled intelligence, his gift for tracking universal truths by looking himself squarely in the eye.
“At the very first meeting I had with Steven to discuss making the film, he said ‘I want Spalding to tell the story of Spalding,’” notes Kathleen Russo, Gray’s widow and one of the producers of the film. “After that, there was no question in my mind about anyone else directing this movie. So I handed him 120 hours of Spalding footage, which became a 90-minute documentary, all told by Spalding through the eyes of Steven Soderbergh. This is a labor of love between the director, the editor, the producers and the family of Spalding Gray—a collaboration whose main goal was to have one more story be told by one of the most unique monologists of our time.”
Spalding Gray is most celebrated for his series of 18 monologues, including Sex and Death to the Age 14; Booze, Cars and College Girls; A Personal History of the American Theater; India and After (America); Monster in a Box; Gray’s Anatomy; It’s a Slippery Slope; Morning, Noon and Night and the Obie Award-winning Swimming to Cambodia. He performed with The Performance Group and The Wooster Group, and on Broadway in plays by Gore Vidal, Thornton Wilde and others. In addition to the film adaptations of his own works—among them Swimming to Cambodia, directed by Jonathan Demme, and Monster in a Box, directed by Nick Broomfield—Gray appeared in more than 40 films, including Roland Joffe’s The Killing Fields; David Byrne’s True Stories; Soderbergh’s King of the Hill and John Boorman’s Beyond Rangoon.
89 min., not rated.
An IFC Films release.

Press screenings: Tues. Nov. 30 at 11:00am, IFC Center • Fri. Dec. 3 at 11:00am, IFC Center
To RSVP, or for information/publicity photos, contact Harris Dew at 212 924-6789
or email hdewATifccenterDOTcom

(from jb at spaldinggray.com - words in () are added by me)

Fine to open in San Antonio as well as NYC

'Fine' opens in San Antonoio, Texas, opens Dec. 10, 2010 - the link has all information available as of Oct. 26th, 2010
(no word on Kathie Russo attendance in San Antonio as NYC opening same night)
- Again note that NYC opening is same date as San Antonio:
IFC Center 323 Sixth Avenue at West Third Street,NYC - (212) 924-7771
Remember that the Spalding Gray Official website has all the latest showings, domestic and foreign:
http://www.spaldinggray.com/Fine.html

Thanks
jb
webmanager for the Estate of Spalding Gray