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December 3, 2008
Front Page Meets Center Stage
With reportage, The Civilians find drama in daily life.
Back Stage
by Halley Bondy
The actors' trade pub profiles the upcoming Brooklyn at Eye Level project by The Civilians.
Part theatre artists and part investigative journalists, the New York City-based production company The Civilians hit the streets last month to report on the Atlantic Yards project, a commercial development plan already in the works in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Though the real drama is in the Yards, The Civilians will enact all sides of the convoluted issue on stage in Brooklyn at Eye Level, a limited engagement from Dec. 4-7 at the Brooklyn Lyceum.
...Over the past few months, members of The Civilians, including actors, reached out to the Brooklyn district, conducted interviews, and compiled Brooklyn at Eye Level under the direction of Steve Cosson. Some of the interviews were also put to music by composer Michael Friedman.
NoLandGrab: The article mistakenly states that Forest City Ratner "began construction in 2007" — the only "construction" thus far has been the company's relentless and methodical de-construction of a large swath of Prospect Heights.
Posted by eric at December 3, 2008 7:58 PM