1990 to 1991 – THE MYSTERIES & WHAT'S SO FUNNY?
DAVID TALKS ABOUT HIMSELF:
PERFORMANCE TEXTS:
The Mysteries & What's So Funny?: Parts 1 & 2 - 1993 Script PDF
PEOPLE WRITE ABOUT DAVID:
"Dada's Boy" by Elizabeth Zimmer PDF
"Jewish Life Mimics Art" by Joan Acocella in Daily News 1991 PDF
"Tapestry Of Life Is Rewarding" by William Furtwangler in The News and Courier May 31, 1991 PDF
"Work explores mysteries of life, art" by Robert Jones in The News and Courier June 1, 1991 PDF
"David Gordon Wraps 'Mysteries' in Fun" by Janice Berman in New York Newsday June 3, 1991 PDF
"An Artist, Present at the Creation, Reports" by Red Grooms in The New York Times July 7, 1991 LINK
"Mysteries of the Humorous" by Janice Berman in New York Newsday July 11, 1991 PDF
"Art, music the clues to 'Mysteries'" by Susan Elliott in the New York Post July 13, 1991 PDF
"Duchamp Thinking About Life" by Stephen Holden in The New York Times July 13, 1991 LINK
"Life is sweet on the avant-garde side of the street" by Devin Leonard in The New Jersey Record July 14, 1991 PDF
"Life as Art" by Deborah Jowitt in The Village Voice July 16, 1991 PDF
"Heart Isn't Easy" by Michael Feingold in The Village Voice July 23, 1991 PDF
"Life With Dada" by Tobi Tobias in New York Magazine July 29, 1991 PDF
"Megadance" by Alastair Macaulay in the Financial Times August 13, 1991 PDF
"'The Mysteries and What's So Funny?': A summation of life and art" by Kevin Kelly in The Boston Globe September 6, 1991 PDF
"Framed, but Is It Art?" by W.A.H. III in Time Magazine September 23, 1991 PDF
"Beguiling 'Mysteries'" by Alan M. Kriegsman in The Washington Post October 15, 1992 PDF
"'Mysteries' captivates with stirring images and impressions" by Richard Christiansen in the Chicago Tribune October 25, 1992 PDF
"'What's So Funny?' Romps Through Mysteries of Life" by Hedy Weiss in Chicago Sun-Times October 25, 1992 PDF
"The 'Mysteries' of Life" by Sylvie Drake in the Los Angeles Times November 14, 1992 PDF
"Arty humor, almost dance" by Allan Ulrich in the San Francisco Examiner November 19, 1992 PDF
"Sweet Mysteries of Life and Death" by Amei Wallach in New York Newsday December 1992 PDF
"A Flamboyant Tribute to Duchamp's World" by Mel Gussow in The New York Times December 18, 1992 LINK
"A whimsical foray through heady terrain" by Joseph H. Mazo in The Record December 18, 1992 PDF
"It's a great 'Mysteries'" by Clive Barnes in the New York Post December 18, 1992 PDF
"'Mysteries' examines life and art" by Michael J. Fressola in the Staten Island Advance December 21, 1992 PDF
By Michael Feingold in The Village Voice December 23-29, 1992 PDF
"An artist's evolution" by Judith Green in the San Francisco Examiner 1994 PDF
By Deborah Jowitt in The Village Voice March 8, 1994 PDF
"Son Spots" by Michael Feingold in The Village Voice March 8, 1994 PDF
"'Shlemiel' delights with fools' wisdom" by Patti Hartigan in The Boston Globe May 21, 1994 PDF
"All in the Family" by Joan Acocella in Art in America April 1995 PDF
"It's All of Our Business" by Mark Swed in the Los Angeles Times November 26, 1995 PDF
"Actor breaks new ground in a dress" by Paul Hodgins in The Orange County Register December 1, 1995 PDF
"the double identity of David Gordon" by Roger Copeland in Dance Theatre Journal 1996 PDF
"Marriage: Neat, or on the rocks?" by Gerald Weales in the Philadelphia Forum May 23, 1996 PDF
"David Gordon: Double Identity" by Roger Copeland in American Theatre July/August 1996 PDF
"No Attitude Turns" by Richard Goldstein in The Village Voice October 7, 1997 PDF
"Relationships inspire the dance" by Judy Watts in The Post and Courier May 28, 2004 PDF
"'The Baryshnikov show' flawed, but worthwhile" by Robert Jones in The Post and Courier June 1, 2004 PDF
"Conjuring a Modern Utopia Straight Out of Ancient Greece" by Tobi Tobias in The New York Times January 8, 2006 LINK
PHOTO ALBUM:
The Mysteries & What's So Funny? Photos
PERFORMANCES:
@ The Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN 1989 Program PDF *Watch here at Digital Collections NYPL
@ ABT Studio 1, NYC 1990 work in progress showing
@ Playwrights Horizons Theatre School, NYC 1990 Program PDF
@ Institute for Advanced Theater Training, American Repertory Theatre, Harvard, Cambridge, MA 1990 Program PDF *Watch here at Digital Collections NYPL
@ Schimmel Center, Place University, NYC 1991
@ Sottile Theatre, Spoleto Festival U.S.A., Charleston, SC 1991 Program PDF *Watch here at Digital Collections NYPL
@ Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie, NY 1991 Program PDF
@ Alice Tully Hall, Serious Fun!, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, NYC 1991 Program PDF *Watch here at Digital Collections NYPL
@ American Repertory Theatre, Loeb Drama Center, Cambridge, MA 1991 Program PDF
@ Warner Theatre, Washington, D.C. 1992 Program PDF
@ Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI 1992 Program PDF
@ Loeb Playhouse, West Lafayette, IN 1992 Program PDF
@ DePaul University Blackstone Theatre, Chicago, IL 1992 Program PDF
@ Folly Theater, William Jewell College, Kansas City, MO 1992 Program PDF
@ Paramount Theatre, The University of Texas at Austin, TX 1992 Program PDF
@ Cullen Theater, Houston, TX 1992 Program PDF
@ Texas Tech University, TX 1992 Program PDF
@ Wadsworth Theater, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 1992 Program PDF
@ Cowell Theater at Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 1992 Program PDF
@ Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1992Program PDF
@ Crafton-Preyer Theatre/Murphy Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 1992 Program PDF
@ The Joyce Theater, NYC 1992 Program PDF *Watch here at Digital Collections NYPL
@ Howard Community College, Smith Theatre 1993 Program PDF