Author Archives: Larissa Archer

Pina Bausch’s Le Sacre du Printemps

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Larissa Archer

I managed to get a ticket to the New Year’s Eve performance at Paris Opera’s Palais Garnier of a modern triple-bill, the piece of most interest to me being Le Sacre du Printemps. Over the phone (at 35 centimes a … Continue reading →

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Presenting….

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Larissa Archer

Available Light The Photography of … By Larissa Archer Book Preview

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On the rechristening of Henry Miller’s Theater *update*

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Larissa Archer

(I posted this as a note on my facebook page and got some interesting comments; I’ve included them here in the comments section below) Sometimes I have to agree with Christopher Isherwood. There have been some stupid, crass, and embarrassing … Continue reading →

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Paris, comme il faut.

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Larissa Archer

under the great Parisian sky… La Colosse I write my postcards at Cafe de Flore. my favorite. With French-Syrian poet Maram al-Masri, whose latest book, Je Te Menace d’une Colombe Blanche, I translated for her recent American reading tour…9WNG58NR6QKK

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Posted on May 22, 2010 by Larissa Archer

Sue Bayliss, Arthur Miller’s All My Sons

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another nice review

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Larissa Archer

in The Examiner.

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Suddenly Last Summer

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Larissa Archer

I haven’t had much time to write or brain to think, but the show is going nicely, maybe. The director shows up once in a while to deliver some catastrophic notes which we do our best to assimilate the next … Continue reading →

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My Early 30th B-Day Party

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Larissa Archer

My mom and I threw one of our famous grove street parties for my 30th birthday, even though my actual birthday is not until the 24th. My original plan was to return to New York after the holidays and have … Continue reading →

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Grove Street

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Larissa Archer

In the eighties and early nineties, Grove Street was not part of “Hayes Valley,” as it’s known now, but of “the western addition,” a neighborhood built west of the original town of San Francisco on the east bay as it … Continue reading →

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Florence and London, December 2009

Posted on December 29, 2009 by Larissa Archer

I took a short trip to Florence and London before Christmas. I got stuck in Paris airport on my way into the UK and was delayed by a day and took the train instead, luckily one of the last before … Continue reading →

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