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Here , 145 Ave of the Americas, (1block south of Spring)
Irish Arts Center, 583 W. 51 St.
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Mike Daisey in The Agony and the Ecstacy of Steve Jobs
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Public’s Martinson Theater 420 Lafayette Street
New York premiere , created and performed by Mike Daisey and directed by Jean-Michele Gregory. From 10/11/1`; opening 10/17/11; closing 11/13/11 extended, now closing 12/04/11. but scheduled for a return performance from 1/31//12 to 3/04/12. Tickets $75-$85; $40 members. Daisey on America’s most mysterious technology icon in this hilarious and harrowing tale of pride, beauty, lust, and industrial design. He illuminates how the CEO of Apple and his obsessions shape our lives, while sharing stories of his own travels to China to investigate the factories where millions toil to make iPhones and iPods. Daisey’s dangerous journey shines a light on our love affair with our devices and the human cost of creating them. Scenery and lighting design by Seth Reiser. Our Review.
And God Created Great Whales
Culture Project at 45 Bleecker Street (near the NE corner of Lafayette Street).
Created, Composed and Written by Rinde Eckert, directed by David Schweizer and performed by Rinde Eckert & Nora Cole. A reprise of the innovative piece that launched the Culture Project into prominence over a decade ago. What it's about: Musical adventure that delves into the psyche of a composer who is trying to create an opera based on Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. Desperately fighting against a disease that is eating away at his mind, he must rely on a tape recorder to remind him of yesterday’s instructions to himself. From 2/07/12; opening 2/13/12; closing 3/28/12. Tickets $55; $35 during previews. except during previews (Feb 7-Feb11) when tickets are $35.Evening performances begin at 8pm, Sunday matinee performances at 3pm. Please visit www.cultureproject.org for exact dates and times of performance.Review of original version of "Whales
Assistance
Playwrights Horizons’ Mainstage Theater 416 West 42nd Street (212) 279-4200
A new play by Leslye Headland. Directed by Trip Cullman. From 2/03/12; opening 2/28/12; closing 3/11/12. Cast: Michael Esper, Sue Jean Kim, Virginia Kull, Lucas Near, Bobby Steggert). What it's about: For these young assistants, life is an endless series of humiliations at the hands of their hellacious boss, a powerful uber-magnate. In rare moments of calm when the phone calls stop rolling, Nick (Mr. Esper) and Nora (Ms. Kull) and their traumatized co-workers question whether all their work will lead to success — or just more work. Scenic design by David Korins, costume design by Jessica Pabst, lighting design by Ben Stanton and sound design by Jill BC Du Boff. Production Stage Manager is Kyle Gates. Tuesdays at 7PM, Wednesdays through Fridays at 8PM, Saturdays at 2:30 PM & 8PM and Sundays at 2:30 PM & 7:30 PM, with an additional Monday evening performance on February 27 at 7PM. Single tickets, $70). Rush tickets available.
As Wide as I Can See
At Hand Theatre Company Mainstage of HERE Arts Center 145 Avenue of Americas at Dominick Street
World Premiere of Mark Snyder's play. Directed by Dan Horrigan. From 2/23/12; closing 3/10/12. What it's about: Set in the backyard of a recession-stricken Ohio town, where the beer is on ice and the citronellas are ready to be lit. Dean, a disillusioned journalist, and his freeloading best friend unwittingly prepare for the most explosive barbecue of their lives. Tensions mount when Dean's girlfriend inadvertently invites a mysterious woman from his past to the party. Burgers are flipped and scores are settled in this new drama about remembering who you were and confronting who you've become. Cast: Ryan Barry, Mélisa Breiner-Sanders, Kay Capasso, Julie Leedes, Joshua Levine, and Conan McCarthy. Set by David L. Arsenault, costumes by Nicole Wee, lighting by Josh Bradford, and sound by Colin Whitely. I
Avenue Q
New World Stages at 50th and Eighth Avenue 212/239-6200 www.avenueq.com.
No sooner did the Tony Award winning puppet musical end its 6-year run on Broadway (22 previews and 2,534 performances), than producer Kevin McCollum announced the first ever reverse transfer of a show from Broadway to Off-Broadway. However, it's not returning to its original downtown off-Broadway home (the Vineyard), but remains uptown at the largest venue of the New World Stages complex. The re-opening will begin 10/13/09 and play Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 8 PM, Saturdays at 2 and 8 PM and Sundays at 3 and 7:30 PM. Ticketsfrom $86.50 to $66.50. For details about the show see our reviews of the Broadway and original off-broadway productionhere
Bad Kidd
Axis Theater
David Crabb's one-man show in which he plays his adolescent self, an outcast Texas teen in a goth-obsessed, drug-fueled haze and exploreswhat it means to grow up different and alone. From 2/17/12; opening 2/17/12; closing 3/10/12.
The Berenstain Bears LIVE! In Family Matters
Manhattan Movement and Arts Center (MMAC) at 248 West 60 Street-- after October 30th at Marjorie Dean Little Theater 5 West 63rd Street
Book by Michael Borton
Additional book material by Michael Slade. Adapted from the classic children’s book series by Stan and Jan Berenstain. Directed and choreographed by Devanand Janki From 6/25/11; opening 7/03/11; closing 9/04/11-- extended to 10/30/11 -- then to the Marjorie Dean Theater for an open run on Saturdays at 11AM; Sundays at 2PM. Our Review
Beyond the Horizon
The Irish Repertory Theatre 32 West 22nd Street)
Eugene O'Neill's first Publitzer winner directed by Ciarán O'Reilly. What it's about: From 2/15/12; opening 2/26/12; closing 4/09/12/ What it's about: A domestic tragedy, set on a farm in Massachusetts where Robert, a dreamer and poet who longs to go to sea and seek the promise that lies beyond the horizon, and brother Andrew, a more practical man, find themselves in love with their neighbor Ruth. Just as Robert is about to depart, however, it becomes clear that Ruth loves him and so Robert stays at home to run the farm – a job for which he is entirely unsuited – and Andrew takes his place on the sailing ship to discover lands he never dreamt of. It is a decision with irrevocable and tragic consequences. Cast: Rod Brogan, Patricia Conolly, Lucas Hall, Jonathan Judge-Russo, Aimee Laurence, Joanna Leister, Wrenn Schmidt (Irish Rep's SIVE), David Sitler, and John Thomas Wait. Set design by Hugh Landwehr; co-costume design by Linda Fisher and Jessica Barrios; lighting design by Brian Nason; music and sound design by Ryan Rumery; sound design by M. Florian Stabb; hair and wig design by Robert-Charles Vallance; and props by Deirdre Brennan. Wednesday-Saturday at 8pm; plus 3pm matinees on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $55 and $65,
The Big Meal
Playwrights Horizons’ Peter Jay Sharp Theater 416 West 42nd Street Playwrights Horizons’ Peter Jay Sharp Theaterwww.PlaywrightsHorizons.orgt
New York premiere of a new play by Dan LeFranc, directed by Sam Gold. From 3/01/12; opening 3/21/12; 4/08/12.March 1 at 7:30 PM. Cast: David Wilson Barnes (Becky Shaw, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Hamlet), Griffin Birney (Billy Elliot), Tom Bloom (Cyrano de Bergerac, Henry IV, Racing Demon), Anita Gillette (Chapter Two; Love, Loss and What I Wore; “30 Rock”), Jennifer Mudge (Dutchman, Oohrah!, The Philanthropist), Rachel Resheff (The People in the Picture, Mary Poppins, Shrek), Cameron Scoggins (Off-Broadway debut) and Phoebe Strole (The Metal Children, Spring Awakening). What it's about: Somewhere in America, in a typical suburban restaurant on a typical night, Sam and Nicole meet. And sparks fly, setting in motion an expansive tale that traverses five generations of a modern family, from first kiss to final goodbye. Spans nearly eighty years in a single sitting, Scenic and costume design by David Zinn, lighting design by Mark Barton and sound design by Leah Gelpe. Production Stage Manager is Alaina Taylor. Tuesdays through Fridays at 7:30 PM, Saturdays at 2 & 7:30 PM and Sundays at 2 & 7PM, with an additional Monday evening performance on March 19 at 7:30 PM. Single tickets, $60, , $25 rush tickets, subject to availability, day of performance only, starting one hour before showtime to patrons aged 30 and under. Proof of age required. One ticket per person, per purchase. STUDENT RUSH, $15 rush tickets, subject to availability, day of performance only, starting one hour before curtain to full-time graduate and undergraduate students.
left to right: Lamman Rucker, Thom Scott II, David Wendell Boykins, Demetrius Gross, Derek Shaun, Layon Gray
(Photo: Alexandra Maertin ) |
St. Luke's Theatre 308 West 46th Street (between Eighth & Ninth Ave.), 212-239-6200.--as of June 5th: Actors Temple Theater 339 West 47th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues)
New historical drama by writer-director Layon Gray. Cast: Lamman Rucker (Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? and Meet The Browns), Demetrius Gross, Thom Scott II, Antonio Charity, Layon Gray, David Wendell Boykins, Derek Shaun, Jay Jones, and Rich Skidmore. From 1/29/10; opening 2/15/10. What it's about: Based on true events. Six men explore their collective struggle with Jim Crow, their intelligence, patriotism, dreams of an inclusive fair society, and brotherhood as they become the first African American fighter pilots in the U.S. Army Air Forces. Monday, Friday and Saturday evening at 8 PM, and Sundays at 5 PM. Tickets $31.50 and $56.50 Update: Besides move to Actor's Temple, news is that Tobias Truvillion joins the cast which also includes Lawrence Saint-Victor who is now rotating with Lamman Rucker. Open run. Our Review.
Blood Knot
Signature Center 480 West 42nd Street between Dyer and 10th Avenues 212-244-7529 or online at www.signaturetheatre.org
Written and directed by Athol Fugard. Cast: Colman Domingo as Zachariah and Scott Shepherd Morris. From 1/31/12; opening 2/16/11; closing 3/11/12. This will be the inaugural production in The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at the Company’s new Frank Gehry-designed home ). Christopher H. Barreca (Set Design), Susan Hilferty (Costume Design), Stephen Strawbridge (Lighting Design), Brett Jarvis (Sound Design) and Barbara Rubin (Dialect Coach). What it's about: Between patchwork walls in a one-room shack, two biracial South African brothers grapple with crippling poverty and lonely isolation. Morris, the punctilious force that keeps their room tidy, is light-skinned enough to pass for white, but dark-skinned Zach feels imprisoned by his job at a whites-only park. When they find themselves on some dangerous new ground, the brothers must come face to face with the blood knot between them. Fugard’s revolutionary breakthrough play is a searing indictment of apartheid and one of his most celebrated works.All regularly priced single tickets ($75) for the initial run of will be made available for $25 through The Signature Ticket Initiative: A Decade of Access. Sunday. Tuesday, Thurs, o Friday @ 7:30pm; Wed and Sun 2 and 7:30pm, Sat 2 and 8pm.
Blue Man Group
Astor Place, 423 Lafayette St. ((Astor Place/W. 4th St) 254-4370.
An extraordinary downtown hit. For details see Review.
The Broken Heart
Theatre for a New Audience at The Duke on 42nd Street
John Ford's 1629 tragi-comedy directed by Selina Cartmell. From 2/04/12; opening 2/12/12; closing 3/04/12. Scenery by Antje Ellermann, costumes by Susan Hilferty, lighting by Marcus Doshi, choreography by Annie-B Parson and original music by David Van Tieghem. The voice director is Andrew Wade and J. Allen Suddeth is the fight director. What it's about: Though set in Sparta, the world of Ford's play more closely resembles the 17th century court of Charles II. The main plot engines: a young woman is forced to marry a ridiculously jealous codger; a cruel nobleman is bent on frustrating his sister's happiness; a princess tries to stand aloof from the emotional discord, but lives to feel love ruining her composure.
Call Me Waldo
Working Theaterat June Havoc Theatre 312 W. 36 St.212 868 4444.
World-premiere by Rob Ackerman (TABLETOP). Margarett Perry directs. Cast: Matthew Boston, Brian Dykstra, Rita Rehn and Jennnifer Dorr White. From 2/14/12; opening 2/22/12; closing 3/11/12. What it's about: Comic look at the workplace, this time upending stereotypes about the working clas electrician who begins channeling the spirit of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Set & lighting design is by David L. Arsenault; sound design is by Don Tindall; costume design is by Hannah Kochman. Tuesdays at 7 pm, Wednesdays through Fridays at 8 pm; Saturdays at 2 and 8 pm; and Sundays at 3 pm. with an added matinee on Wednesday Feb. 29 at 2 pm. Seats are $25 (with the following exceptions -- Saturday matinees on Feb. 18 and Feb. 25 are pay-what-you-can at the door.)
Carrie, the Musical
MCC, Lucille Lortel Theater, Christopher Street
The newly reworked and fully re-imagined musical features music by Michael Gore, lyrics by Dean Pitchford and a book by Lawrence D. Cohen (who also adapted the 1974 novel by Stephen King for the 1976 Brian DePalma film). Directed by Stafford Arima. From 1/31/12; opening 3/01/12. Cast: Marin Mazzie (Carrie's mother, Margaret) and Molly Ransom (in the title role) are Christy Altomare; also Carmen Cusack, Jeanna De Waal, Derek Klena, Ben Thompson, Wayne Wilcox, Corey Boardman, Blair Goldberg, F. Michael Haynie, Andy Mientus, Elly Noble, And Jen Sese. Matt Williams (Chorography), Mary-Mitchell Campbell (Music Direction And Arrangements), David Zinn (Set Design), Emily Rebholz (Costume Design), Kevin Adams (Lighting Design), Sven Ortel (Projections Design), Jonathan Deans (Sound Design), Doug Besterman (Orchestrations), Annmarie Milazzo (Vocal Design), Leah J. Loukas (Wig And Hair Design) And Rick Sordelet (Fight Director). Tickets $89
Rob Leo Roy, Celia Schaefer and Eddie Allen in "The Chemist's Wife"
(Photo: Dan Region) |
ArcLight Theatre 152 West 71st Street
A New Comedy based on Nine Short Stories by Anton Chekhov. From 2/03/12; opening 2/07/12; closing 3/04/12. Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8:00pm with matinees Saturday and Sunday at 2:00pm. The Chekhov short stories featured are The Lady with the Dog, Death of a Government Clerk, The Ninny, A Blunder, The Huntsman, The Chemist's Wife, The Black Monk, Vanka, The Chorus Girl, and Gusev. The title is derived from chelovek, meaning person; vek, meaning century, or life (arch.). What it's about: A comedy about desire, death and foolishness, in 15 scenes. Cast: Eddie Allen, David Anderson, Elizabeth Fountain, Rob Leo Roy, and Celia Schaefer. Director and adaptor Melania Levitsky, who has lived in Russia, has been working on adapting Chekhov short stories for the stage for some time. Last year, a version was performed upstate by Walking the Dog Theater, for which she is associate artistic director. Scenic design is by David L. Arsenault, lighting is by Nastassia Jimemez and costumes are by Erica E. Evans.
Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words
Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street 212-868-4444
Audiences apparently enjoyed this enough for the producers to bring it back for another round of Monday night performances, beginning 9/08/08; opening 9/17/08. Open run. The celebrity guests rotate each week and will keep rotating as long as audiences keep coming. The guests interpret the actual words and stories written by the famous and the infamous, in both solo and ensemble pieces. The show begins its second open run season 9/14/09. All performances at 7:30 pm. Running time: 1 hr and 15 minutes.
Chimichangas and Zoloft
At Atlantic Stage 2
World Premiere by Fernanda Coppel, directed by Jaime Castañeda Spring 2012. What it's about: Suffering from a profound sense of disappointment after her 40th birthday, Sonia flees her family and goes on a binge of prescription Zoloft and greasy chimichangas. Sonia's rebellious daughter Jackie and her best friend Penelope hatch a plan to lure Sonia back home, while their fathers struggle with a secret association of their own. This irreverent story examines the search for happiness and the mysteries of sexuality through the eyes of two brazen teenagers.
CQ/CX
AtlanticTheater Company's Peter Norton Space 555 West 42nd Street
World premiere by Gabe McKinley and directed by David Leveaux. Cast: Larry Bryggman, Peter Jay Fernandez, Tim Hopper, Arliss Howard, Kobi Libii, David Pittu, Steve Rosen and Sheila Tapia. From 1/25/12; opening 2/15/12; closing 3/11/12. Tuesday to Sunday 8pm. Saturady 2pm, Sunday 3 and 7pm. What it's About: an up and coming black reporter at the New York Times (think Jason Blair), finds his dreams of becoming a famous journalist come crashing down as he becomes the center of a plagiarism scandal. Drawing on his own experience as a newsman, McKinley weaves a revealing and complex story about the collateral damage of unchecked ambition and compounded lies. The title is based on a fact checking abbreviation for a fact checking term.
Crane Story
The Playwrights Realm at The Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce Street 12-239-6200 or www.playwrightsrealm.org.
Borrowing myth and storytelling from east and west to fuse Japanese Bunraku-inspired puppetry with magical realism, Jen Silverman's world premiere. What it's about: The odyssey of a Japanese-American girl's (Angela Lin) quest to rescue her brother's soul from the Land of the Dead. Directed by Katherine Kovner. From 9/06/11; opening 9/15/11. The title of the play is derived from the ancient Japanese Myth of The Crane, a mystical creature that can live a thousand years and, to anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes, can grant a wish. Cast: Angela Lin,Christine Toy Johnson as Crane, Louis Ozawa Changchien, David Shih, Susan Hyon, Jake Manabat and Barret O'Brien. Scenery is by Michael Locher, lights by Ji-Youn Chang and costumes by Moria Clinton. Music and sound is by Nathan Roberts. The production stage manager is Joanne E. McInerney. Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8:00pm with an additional performance Monday, September 12, at 8:00pm. Tickets are $30.
Cymbeline
Theater for a New Audience's Fiasco Theater production at Barrow Street Theatre. 27 Barrow Street (at 7th Avenue, South of Christopher Street)
Shakespeare's play directed by Noah Brody and Ben Steinfeld. Cast: : Jessie Austrian, Noah Brody, Paul L. Coffey, Andy Grotelueschen, Ben Steinfeld, Emily Young. From 8/27/11; opening 9/08/11. Closing 1/15/12 Tues-Friday at 7:30pm, Sat & Sun at 2:30 and 7:30 pm Ticket Prices: Premium: $95; Orchestra & Mezzanine: $75; Student Rush: Student rush tickets, if available, are $20 (cash only) on the day of the performance, at the box office beginning at 1pm. August 27, at 7:30pm Our Review.
Danny and Sylvia: The Danny Kay Musical
St Luke's Theatre, 308 West 46th Street (212) 239-6200
Cast: Brian Childers as Danny Kaye and Kimberly Faye Greenberg as Sylvia Fine, directed by Pamela Hall and choreographed by Gene Castle. Book and lyrics by Robert McElwaine and additional music by Bob Bain. The musical follows the duo from the time the young undisciplined comic Danny Kaminsky meets aspiring songwriter Sylvia Fine at an audition in the 1930s. Under Sylvia's guidance as mentor, manager and eventually, wife, Kaye rises from improvisational comic to international film star. The musical explores their inspired collaboration and the romance and conflict that made them such a volatile and successful couple. Hit songs include Tchaikovsky, Anatole of Paris, Minnie the Moocher and Deena. From 5/06/09; opens 5/13/09; open run. Wed, Sat & Sunday at 2 PM and Saturdays at 8 PM. Tickets $56.50 & $31.50. Our Review.
Edward Albee's The Lady From Dubuque
The End Stage Theatre at Signature Center 480 West 42nd Street between Dyer and 10th Avenues. 212-244-7529 or www.signaturetheatre.org
Revival of Albee's 1980 play Cast: Jane Alexander in the title role, Catherine Curtin, Michael Hayden, Peter Francis James, Tricia Paoluccio, Laila Robins, Thomas Jay Ryan and C.J. Wilson). John Arnone (Scenic Design), Elizabeth Hope Clancy (Costume Design), David Lander (Lighting Design), John Gromada (Sound Design) and Rick Sordelet (Fight Direction). What it's about: At a late night party, Sam and Jo entertain their friends with a round of Twenty Questions and another round of drinks. When an unexpected guest and her mysterious companion arrive, the question "Who are you?" gains a whole new and desperate meaning. Like Albee's better known Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf this once again is a round of his favorite game: Get the Guest. All regularly priced single tickets ($75) for the initial run of all three shows will be made available for $25 through The Signature Ticket Initiative: A Decade of Access.
Eternal Equinox
Grove Theater Center production at 59e59 Theaters Grove Theater Center
New York premiere of the relationship between two Bloomsbury Group painters and a famed mountaineer by Joyce Hokin Sachs and directed by Kevin Cochran. From 3/01/12; opening 3/07/12; closing 3/31/12. Tuesday – Thursday at 7:30 PM; Friday at 8:30 PM; Saturday at 2:30 PM and 8:30 PM; and Sunday at 3:30 PM.Tickets are $25 ($17.50 for 59E59 Members). What it's about: In 1923 mountaineer George Mallory, about to leave on his third Everest expedition, pays a surprise visit to the summer home of two of Britain's most important artists, the Bloomsbury Group painters Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell. Based on actual events. Cast: Hollis McCarthyas Vanessa Bell; Michael Gabriel Goodfriend as Duncan Grant and Christian Pedersenas George Mallory. Scenic designfeatures recreated elements of the flamboyant West Sussex home of these two artists by Leonard Ogden. The lighting design is by David Darwin.
The Fall to Earth
59E59 Theaters
InProximity Theatre Company's NY premiere by Joel Drake Johnson and directed by Joe Brancato. From 1/13/12; opening 1/18/12; closing 2/05/11. Tuesday – Thursday at 7:15 PM; Friday at 8:15 PM; Saturday at 2:15 PM and 8:15 PM; and Sunday at 3:15 PM. What it's about: Kenny lived his life in secret. These secrets lead his mother and sister to an unfamiliar town looking for answers. With the help of a local policewoman, they uncover tragic truths about him, their family and themselves. Cast: Amelia Campbell, Deborah Hedwall and Jolie Curtsinger. Scenic design by James J. Fenton; costume design by Patricia Doherty; lighting design by Todd Wren; and properties by Jon Knust. The Production Stage Manager is Michael Palmer. Originally produced by Cicago's Steppenwolf Theater. Our Review.
Tickets $18
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Fantasticks
Snapple Theater Center 210 West 50th Street at Broadway, 212 - 307 - 4100
Book & Lyrics by Tom Jones. Music by Harvey Schmidt. Mondays, Tuesdays, Saturdays at 8PM; Wednesday and Saturdays at 2PM; Sundays at 3PM and 7:30PM The current cast: Edward Watts (El Gallo), Erik Altemus (Matt), Juliette Trafton (Luisa), Gene Jones (Hucklebee), Bill Bateman (Bellomy), MacIntyre Dixon (Henry), Michael Nostrand (Mortimer), Matt Leisy (The Mute)Our Review
Flight
Alchemy Theatre Company of Manhattan& Playwrights’ Playground NYC at DR 2 Theatre, 103 East 15th Street – off Union Square 212/239-6200
World Premiere by Michel Wallerstein, directed by Padraic Lillis. from 3/02/12/ opening 3/07/12. Casting and the design team TBA. What it's about: Dramatizes a man's search for truth, love and his identity against the backdrop of his mother's deterioration and haunting memories of her past with both confronting what she’s never shared or made peace with. Running Time: 90 mins. No intermission. Tuesday – Saturday at 8:00 pm, Sunday at 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm. Tickets are $65.
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Mary Louise Wilson and Gabriel Ebert in 4000 Miles
(Photo: Erin Balano) |
Mitzi Newhouse
From 6/06/20/11; opens 6/20/11; closing 7/09/11 at the Duke-- and moving to Mitzi Newhouse in March. What it's about: After losing his best friend while they were on a cross-country bike trip, 21 year-old Leo (to be played by Gabriel Ebert) seeks solace from his feisty 91 year-old grandmother (Mary Louise Wilson) in her West Village apartment. Also in cast, Greta Lee and Zoë Winters. 4000 Miles examines how these two outsiders find their way in today's world
.Our Review.Update: As a result of positive reviews, the run has been extended-- and what's more, has been scheduled to re-open in Spring 2012 at the Mitzi Newhouse, from 3/15/12; opening 4/02/12. Don't expect the tickets to still be $20!.
Hayley Podschun in Freckleface Strawberry the Musical
(Photo: Carol Rosegg) |
MMAC - Manhattan Movement and Arts Center, 248 West 60th Street (212) 239-6200 www.frecklefacethemusical.com.
The show is moving to this new location with performances Saturdays and Sundays at 1 pm and 3 pm Tickets are priced at $45. Closing 4/01/12. Our Review when the show first opened.
Freud's Last Session
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, 10 West 64th Street (at Central Park West) (212) 866 – 811 – 4111 --Aftr 10/02/11 New World Stages West 50th Street
Freud's Last Session for an unspecified length of time. our review
Galileo
Classic Stage Company 136 East 13th Street www.classicstage.org
Bertolt Brecht's play _(translated by Charles Laughton) directed by CSC's Artistic Director Brian Kulick and starring Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham. From 2/01/12; opening 2/23/12; closing 3/18/12. Cast besides Abraham: Jon DeVries, Robert Dorfman, Aaron Himelstein, Andy Phelan, Amanda Quaid, Steven Rattazzi, Steven Skybell and Nick Westrate. Scenic design is by Adrianne Lobel, lighting design by Justin Townsend, costume design by Oana Botez-Ban and original music and sound Explores the question of a scientist's social and ethicalresponsibility, as the brilliant scientist Galileo must choose between his life and his life's work when confronted with the Inquisition. Tuesdays at 7pm; Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8pm; Saturdays & Sundays at 3pm. Tickets are $60-$65.
Gatz
Public Theater 420 Lafayette Street (212) 967-7555, www.publictheater.org
The popular marathon event returns for a limited 28-performance run. From 3/14/12; closing 5/06/12. The show will again be presented as a marathon even with 2 intermissions and a dinner break, four times per week.Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 3 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Runnint time is 8 hours, including two 15-minute intermissions and a dinner break. Review of previous production
Giggle, Giggle, Quack
Manhattan Children’s TheatreMusical at The Access Theater, 380 Broadway, 4th Floor (212) 352-3101.
Children's musical based on the book that is Doreen Cronin’s sequel to her “Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type.”,Saturdays and Sundays at 12 noon and 2pm, From 12/31/11; closing 2/12/12. What it's about: What happens when Farmer Brown takes a vacation and leaves his brother Bob in charge of Pig, Hen and Cow. Directed by Bruce Merrill. Cast: Rebecca Blosser, Katie Howe, Molly Robinson, Alex Simmons and Mallory Wu. Tickets: $18 Adult, $16 Child, $17 Senior, $20 at the door.
Golf
Midtown Theatre, 163 West 46th Street (just east of Broadway).
Musical revue. From 11/20/10; opened 12/06/10; open ended. Saturday at 2:00 p.m.Sunday at 3:00 and 7:00 p.m. Tickets $45, including one drink at the bar. Our Review.
The Greenwich Village Follies
Manhattan Theatre Source, 177 MacDougal Street between 8th St. & Waverly Place
Music and Lyrics by Doug Silver. Book and Lyrics by Andrew Frank. Directed by John-Andrew Morrison. Based on an original concept by Fran Kirmser. Running Time: 80 minutes
From 3/31/11; opened 6. 28/11; open-ended run
Sunday at 7pm. Tickets: $35 note: Closing 11/20/11 for winter hiatus-- to return in Spring 2012.Our Review.
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Tickets $18
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American Theatre of Actors at the ATA’s Chernuchin Theatre 314 W. 54th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues
The original version of William Shakespeare’s tragic masterpiece. from 1/25/12; closing 2/12/12 The production is directed by ATA artisticFirector James Jennings and will be done in full Renaissance costume. Cast: Thomas Leverton as Hamlet and Jessica Jennings as Ophelia with W. Griffith Barker, Vincent Bivona, Jane Culley*, Sergio Diaz, Garrett Dill, Armand Eisen, William Greville, John Paul Harkins, Alan Hasnas, Vincent Iannuzzi, Jason Morris, and Harrison Valerio. *Appearing Courtesy of Actors Equity.. Evening performances are Wed. Jan. 25 thru Sat. Jan. 28, Wed. Feb. 1 thru Sat. Feb. 4 and Wed. Feb. 8 thru Sat. Feb. 11 at 7:30PM. Sunday matinees on Jan. 29, Feb. 5 and Feb. 12 at 3PM. Tickets are $18. Running Time: Just under 4 hours, including intermission. Our Review.
Hand to God
Ensemble Studio Theater, 549 West 52nd Street, Clinton; (866) 811- 4111, ensemblestudiotheatre.org
An 8-week reprise by Robert Askins in February. Directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel. Running time: 1 hour 45 minutes. Cast: Steven Boyer (Jason/Tyrone), Geneva Carr (Margery), Megan Hill (Jessica), Bobby Moreno (Timothy) and Scott Sowers (Pastor Greg). What it's about: Set largely in the basement of a suburban Texas Lutheran church where Margery(Geneva Carr) attempts to marshal a group of reluctant puppeteers into preparing a pageant for a church social event.
History of the World
The Living Theatre (21 Clinton Street, just below Houston Street at Avenue B). 12-352-0255 or visit www.livingtheatre.org
A new play written and directed by Living Theatre founder Judith Malina from 12/21/11; opening 12/12/12; closing 2/25/11. Wednesday-Saturday at 8pm). Wednesday and Thursday tickets are "Pay What You Can"; Fridayand Saturday. Tickets, $20. What it's about: The play uses the audience as participants in the action. The theme becomes the personal involvement of each spectator/participant in history, contemplating the questions: Who are you in history? In the execution of Socrates? And finally: Who are you in the Beautiful Non-Violent Anarchist Revolution yet to come? C o-stars an international ensemble of 25 actors, singers, dancers and musicians, who are working with The Living and with Malina, some for the first time, some for generations of theatrical experimentation and revolutionary art: Judith Malina, Tom Walker, Sheila Dabney, Monica Hunken, Soraya Broukhim, Brad Burgess, Homa Hynes, Jay Dobkin, Kennedy Yanko, Kyle Ryan, Brent Barker, Antwan Ward, Mary Round, Miranda Rovetto, Rose Lovell, Jen Emma Hertel, Anna Agostino, Ana Holly, John Gasper, Erin Downhour and Martin Lutz. Projection (film and live video), music, dance and sound effects and will be broadcast live on the internet on Ustream each performance. The creative team includes original music and musical direction by Shelia Dabney; choreography by Albert Lamont, Monica Hunken, Judith Malina, and the ensemble.our review
How I Learned to Drive
Second Stage Theatre 305 West 43rd Street212.246.4422
Paula Vogel's1998 Pulitzer Prize winner about a young woman's coming-of-age in the 1960's and 70's is defined by driving lessons provided by her uncle, lessons which extend well beyond learning the rules of the road. From 1/24/12; opening 2/13/12; closing 3/11/12. Tuesday, 7PM Wednesday & Saturday, 2PM & 8PM, Thursday - Friday, 8PM Sunday, 3PM February 22, 23, 24, 7PM instead of 8PM. Tickets:$64-$79. Cast: Norbert Leo Butz, Kevin Cahoon, Elizabeth Reaser, Jennifer Regan, Marnie Schulenburg. Directed by Kate Whoriskey. Running Time: 90 minutes, without intermission
Hurt Village
The Romulus Linney Courty>ard Theatre at Signature Center 440 W. 42nd St.212-244-7529 or online at www.signaturetheatre.org
Play by Katori Hall. From 2/07/12; opening 2/25/12; closing 3/18/12. What it's about: It’s the end of a long summer in Hurt Village, a housing project in Memphis, Tennessee, and a government Hope Grant means relocation for many of the project’s residents. Cast: Marsha Stephanie Blake, Charlie Hudson III, Ron Cephas Jones, Joaquina Kalukango, Tonya Pinkins, Saycon Sengblohand Lloyd Watts )
An Iliad
New York Theatre Workshop 79 East 4 Street, between Bowery and Second Avenue.
Written by Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson, based on Homer’s Iliad translated by Robert Fagles, directed by Ms. Peterson, with alternating performances by O'Hare and Stephen Spinella. From 2/15/13; opening 3/06 with O'Hare & 3/07 with Spinella; closing 3/25/12. What it's about: A sprawling yarn based on Homer's epic poem, An Iliad spins the familiar tale of gods and goddesses, undying love and endless battles told through an original and immediate voice. Set design, Rachel Hauck; costume design, Marina Draghici; lighting design, Scott Zielinski; sound design and original music, y Mark Bennett; production stage manager,is Donald Fried. Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:00pm; Thursday and Friday at 8:00pm; Saturday at 3pm and 8pm; Sunday at 2pm and 7pm. There will also be special student matinees on Wednesday, March 14, and Wednesday, March 21, both at 1pm. Tickets start at $70 with a special ticket price of $100 to receive one ticket to a performance featuring Denis O’Hare and one ticket to a performance featuring Stephen Spinella. $20 cash only CheapTix Sundays; $25 student tickets available for all performances. For an idea of what to expect see our review when it played in NJ with Stephen Spinella here
The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G
Ma-Yi Theatre Company at Beckett Theater 410 West 42nd Streetwww.ma-yitheatre.org 212-239-6200
From 2/07/12; opening 2/14/12; closing 3/04/12. Qui Nguyen’s comedy, directed by Robert Ross Parker and featuring original cast members Jon Hoche and Bonnie Sherman, along with Neimah Djourabchi, Brooke Ishibashi and Temar Underwood. What it's about: It’s been 10 years since Agent G was last in Vietnam where his family and friends were all viciously slain. He’s now come back looking for answers and a good bit of revenge; however forces are at hand trying to stop him as well as the playwright from finishing this brutal task. Scenic and lighting design by Nick Francone, costume design by Jessica Shay, original music and sound design by Shane Rettig, multimedia design by Matthew Tennie and puppet design by David Valentine.). Tuesdays at 7:00pm, Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8:00pm, and Sundays at 3:00pm Running Time: 90 minutes, without intermission.
Instinct
Lion Theatre 410 West 42nd Street
Matthew Maguire's medical thriller. From 1/13/12/; opening 1/18/12; closing 2/04/12. Cast: Kim Blair, Maggie Bofill, Amirh Vann Rosario, and Jeffrey Withers. Directed by Michael Kimmel. Set and Lighting Design by Ben Kato, Costume Design by Christina Bullard, Sound Design by Andrew Ingkavet, and Video Design by Aaron Rhyne. What it's about: Humans never adapt as quickly as the viruses they battle in Instinct. four cohabiting epidemiologists in a race against time. Science gets personal as they fight to contain a potentially devastating outbreak, while trying to keep their relationships from unraveling. Instinct ultimately reveals that nothing is more contagious than human desire. An earlier incarnation of Instinct, called Wax Wings, premiered in spring 2011 at New York’s Wild Project.
Cast of Ionescopade
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York Theatre at Saint Peter’s on 54th St (212) 935-5820 www.yorktheatre.org
Cast: Nancy Anderson, Paul Binotto, Samuel Cohen, David Edwards, Leo Ash Evens, Susan J. Jacksand Tina Stafford. From 1/23/12; opening 2/02/12. What it's about: Taken from the works of Eugene Ionesco, with music and lyrics by Mildred Kayden, originally conceived by Robert Allan Ackerman. Directed and choreographed by Bill Castellino, with music direction by Christopher McGovern, scenic design by James Morgan, costume design by Nicole Wee, and lighting design by Mary Jo Dondlinger. . This zzany musical vaudeville, where humor is the antidote to the world’s realities premiered Off-Broadway in 1974, directed by Mr. Ackerman, and ran for almost a year at various theatres in New York City. It subsequently ran for over a year in Los Angeles directed by Mr. Castellino and has been seen around the world in various productions. Ticketsare $67.50. ionescopade |Reviewed 2/2/`12|Closing 2/20/12
Judith of Bethula
Theater for the New City 155 First Avenue 212-868-4444
Premiere limited run showcase production, Written and performed by Charles Busch and directed by Busch’s longtime collaborator Carl Andress 24 performances from 3/30/12; closing 4/28/12. What it's about: A bawdy celebration of the Hollywood Biblical epic. Lepers, whores, eunuchs, centurions, evil generals, youthful poets and a beautiful redheaded widow. Cast in addition to Busch: Dave August, Christopher Borg, Larry Bullock , Kendal Sparks, Mary Testa, Jonathan Walker, Jennifer Van Dyck, Billy Wheelan. Additional casting TBA. Scenic and Graphic Design by B.T. Whitehill, Costume Design by Jessica Jahn, Lighting Design by Kirk Bookman, Sound Design by Jill BC DuBoff, and Wig Design by Katherine Carr. All tickets are $25.00 and seating is general admission.
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La MaMa’s First Floor Theatre 74A East 4th Street www.lamama.org or www.kreutzersonataplay.com, or 212.475.7710
> American premiere of Nancy Harris adaptation of Tolstoy's novella which garnered great reviews in its world premiere run at the Dublin Gate. From 3/08/12; closing 3/25/12. Directed by Natalie Abrahami. The production incorporates film, live music and performance. T ) for its American Premiere, running March 8—25. PerformanceMarch 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24 at 7:30 P.M. and March 11, 17, 18, 24, 25 at 2:30 P.M.Tickets are $18 ($13 for seniors and students). What it's about: A man boards a train, and in the confined space of the carriage, potent memories are triggered. Soon he is confessing to a terrible crime for which he holds Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata responsible. Cast: Hilton McRae reprises his role as jealous husband Pozdynyshev. Also returning are original cast members Sophie Scott as Pozdynyshev’s wife and Tobias Beer as supposed lover Trukhachevski. The show is designed by Chloe Lamford, with lighting by Mark Howland, sound by Carolyn Downing, musical direction by Tom Mills, movement by Kate Flatt, film by Dan Stafford Clark, and projections by Ian William Galloway.
Lady From Dubuque
The Pershing Square Signature Center 480 West 42nd Street
Edward Albee's play. Cast: Jane Alexander, Catherine Curtin, Michael Hayden, Peter Francis James, Tricia Paoluccio, Laila Robins, Thomas Jay Ryan, C.J. Wilson. What it's about: Jo and Sam are having a party. As the evening wears and guests and hosts alike become less congenial, it becomes clear that the thrust and parry of chatter at this gathering isn’t completely frivolous. Something dark is at rest behind Jo’s biting humor. As the party breaks up and everyone seeks their own solace, an unexpected guest and her mysterious companion arrive. Will she bring Jo comfort? And are Jo and Sam ready to accept what this lady has to offer? From 2/14/12; closing 3/12/12
Leo
The Clurman Theater on Theater Row, 410 West 42nd Street (212) 239 – 6200
Based on an original idea and performed by Tobias Wegner. Directed by Daniel Brière
Running time: 1 hour. Tickets: $48.25. Tuesday at 7 PM; Wednesday -- Friday at 8 PM; Saturday at 2 PM and 8 PM; Sunday at 3 PM. From: 01/06/12; opening: 01/15/12 ; closing: 02/05/12 Our Review.
Sarah Goldberg & Matthew Rhys
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Roundabout at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre 111 West 46 Street (212)719-13
By John Osborne's angry young man play, directed by Sam Gold. Cast: Adam Driver (Cliff), Sarah Goldberg (Allison), Charlotte Parry (Helena), Matthew Rhys (Jimmy) From 1/13/12; opening 2/02/12; closing 4/08/12. Andrew Lieberman (Sets), David Zinn (Costumes), Mark Barton (Lights), Bray Poor (Sound). Ticket s, $71.00-81.00. Tuesday through Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. with Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m. Running Time: Approx.2 hours, 20 minutes with intermission.Our Review.
Lost in Yonkers
TACT/The Actors Company Theatre at the Beckett Theater 410 West 42nd Street 212/2396200
The 1991 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Neil Simon directed by TACT Co-Artistic Director Jenn Thompson. From 3/14/12; opening 3/22/12; closing 4/14/12. Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday at 7:30pm; Friday at 8pm; Saturday at 2pm & 8pm; Sunday at 2pm. Tickets are $20 - $56.25. Cast: Cynthia Harris, a Alec Beard, Dominic Comperatore, Stephanie Cozart, Matthew Gumley, Russell Posner and Finnerty Steeves. John McDermott (sets), David Toser (costumes), Martin E. Vreeland (lights), Toby Algya (sound), and Lauren Madden (properties). Jack Gianino is Production Stage Manager. !-- O&M -->
Lost On the Natchez Trace
Abingdon Theatre Company Dorothy Strelsin Theatre 312 West 36th Street
A new play by Jan Buttram, Artistic Director of Abingdon Theatre Company. From ; opening 2/12/12; closing. Running time is approximately 90 minutes. What it's about: When slave auctioneer Malcolm Jeters falls from his mule in Mississippi's Natchez Trace, he is left stranded, injured and starving. Tom, a runaway slave, discovers him, offering a sliver of hope in the vast swampland. The meeting triggers a desperate negotiation for Malcolm's rescue. Cast: Peter Brouwer, Malcolm Jeters; and Leopold Lowe. Scenic design by Andrew Lu; costume design byCatherine Siracusa and Sidney Levitt; lighting design by Travis McHale; and sound design by David Margolin Lawson. The Production ,
Love, Loss and What I Wore
Westside Theatre 407 West 43rd Street 212/239-6200
World premiere adaptation by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron play from Ilene Beckerman charming book. From 9/21/09; opening 10/01/09; closing after limited 12-week run (I predict that this will, like the long-running Vagina Monologues go past the anticipated closing date——and so it has-- at this point selling tickets into March 2010). What it's about: Based on Beckerman's book of beautifully illustrated brief vignettes which added up to a poignant memoir. The play will be directed by Karen Carpenter, and will feature three different (5-member) all-star casts who will perform the piece in four-week cycles. The rotating cast is as follows: opening cast (September 21 – October 18) includes Samantha Bee, Tyne Daly, Katie Finneran, Natasha Lyonne and Rosie O'Donnell. The second cast (October 21 – November 15) includes Mary Birdsong, Tyne Daly, Lisa Joyce, Jane Lynch and Mary Louise Wilson. The November 18 – December 13 cast includes Kristin Chenoweth, Lucy DeVito, Capathia Jenkins, Rhea Perlman and Rita Wilson. Jo Winiarski (Scenic Design), Jessica Jahn (Costume Design), Jeff Croiter (Lighting Design), Walter Trarbach (Sound Design) and Maria Verel (Make-Up Design). Our Review.
Lovesick or Things That Don't Happen
Project Y Theatre Company at 59E59 Theaters (212) 279-4200 or go to www.59e59.org
, World premiere of the anti-musical written by Lia Romeo, with music and lyrics by Tony Biancosino, musical direction by Jon Spurney, and conceived and directed by Michole Biancosino with a cast of 14 actor/musicians.. From 2/03/12; opening 2/09/12; closing 2/25/12. Tuesday – Thursday at 7:30 PM; Friday and Saturday at 8:30 PM; and Sunday at 3:30 PM. Tickets are $25 ($17.50 for 59E59 Members). What it's about: Amy gets dumped by Chuck right before prom. Susie and Stacy are bridesmaids and think the groom is gay. Brad and Doug have a bro-mantic moment in the elevator. Brian and Jessica wake up after a night only one of them remembers
Million Dollar Quartet
New World Stages 340 West 50th Street Following the practice of moving from Broadway to Off-Broadway's New World Stages which has become a successful Post-Broadway venue, this musical inspired by the famed 1956 recording session that brought together four of the most legendary figures in the history of rock 'n' roll: Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash.
NEWSical the Musical: End of the World Edition
Theater Row 42nd Street, (212) 279-4200
This new edition and move from its 47th Street Theater run begins February 1st and will cover everything from Occupy Wall Street to the 2012 Presidential Election and the national fight for marriage equality to the Mayan calenda Cast: Christine Pedi Pedi , Christina Bianco, Michael West, John Walton West, Amy Griffin and Tommy Walker. The production is directed by Mark Waldrop. Ed Goldschneider (music director), Matthew Gordon (lighting designer), Jason Courson (set designer), David Kally (costume designer) Tickets $70. Schedule varies Our Review back at 47th Street.
Now Here This
Vineyard Theatre 108 East 15th Street 12 353 0303.
After a Developmental Lab Production at The Vineyard, a fully staged, world-premiere production will be mounted from 3/07/12; opening 3/28/12; closing 4/15/12. Written by Hunter Bell and Susan Blackwell, with music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen, and based on a collaboration by Hunter Bell, Michael Berresse, Susan Blackwell, Heidi Blickenstaff, Jeff Bowen and Larry Pressgrove. Musical direction is by Larry Pressgrove. Directed by Michael Berresse. Neil Patel (scenic design), Gregory Gale (costume design), Jeff Croiter (lighting design) and Acme Sound Partners (sound design. Tuesdays at 7pm, Wednesdays through Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 3pm and 8pm and Sundays at 3pm. Tickets are $75 ($100 for premium tickets), What it's about: Explores birds, bees, reptiles, early man, ancient civilizations, and outer space. Also, loneliness, friendship, hoarding, hiding, laughing, living and dying. And middle school. And dinosaurs.
Li Jun Li and Matt Dellapina
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VineyardTheatre 108 East 15th Stwww.VineyardTheatre.org 212-353-0303.
World premiere co-production with Naked Angels by Zayd Dohrn, directed by Evan Cabnet. Cast: Matthew Dellapina, Nelson Lee, Li Jun Li and Sonequa Martin-Green. From 12/21/11; opening 1/10/12; closing 2/04/12. Tuesdays at 7pm, Wednesdays through Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 3pm and 8pm and Sundays at 3pmTickets are $70. What it's about: )Set in modern-day Beijing,, this is a comedy abut a young American man, Malcolm (Dellapina) who falls in love with a young Chinese woman, Xiao Mei (Li). But as his eyes open to the subtle social, political and economic forces that inform their relationship, he must confront his complex place in this foreign culture, the friendship that brought him there, and his own deepest fears and desires. Running time 90 minutes. Our Review.
P for Parenthood
Westside Theatre 407 West 43rd Street Upstairs 212/239-6200
New York Premiere of new musical comedy with book and lyrics by Sandy Rustin, music and lyrics by Dan Lipton & David Rossmer and direction by Jeremy Dobrish. Cast: Courtney Balan, Chris Hoch, David Josefsberg, Joanna Young; also Natalie Charle Elliand Spencer Moses. From 2/08/12; opening 2/26/12.hat What it's about: Chronicles every stage of modern-day parenting, from conception to college,from the sublime to the ridiculous. Rachel Bress (Choreography), Steven Capone (Scenic Design), Emily DeAngelis (Costume Design), Michael Gottlieb (Lighting Design), Jill BC DuBoff and David Sanderson (Sound Design) and Cambra Overend (Stage Management). Tickets are $89.50 and can be purchased through Telecharge.com or by calling 212-239-6200. Rated P for Parenthood will play the following schedule: Tuesday – Thursday at 7:00, Wednesday and Saturday at 2:30, Friday and Saturday at 8, and Sunday at 3:00. Rick Miramontez/ Elizabeth Wagner rick@oandmco.com /elizabeth@oandmco.com (Take Linda or give to Greg as new parent?)
Karen Graves and Bradford Cover
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Pearl Theater at City Center Stage II West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues). .
Shaw's comedy play directed by Gus Kaikkonen.From 1/10/12; opening 1/22/12; closing 2/19/12. Cast: Rachel Botchan (Grace Tranfield), Bradford Cover (Leonard Charteris), Dominic Cuskern (Mr. Cuthbertson), Dan Daily (Colonel Craven), Chris Mixon (Dr. Paramore)Shalita Grant (Sylvia Craven) Karron Graves (Julia Craven),Chris Richards (Page Boy) . What it's about: A social satire once considered too shocking for the general public (withheld twelve years before censors allowed a performance), it follows the misadventures of Leonard Charteris, whose simultaneous involvement with two women wreaks havoc on his social life while sharpening his wit. Reputedly a self-portrait, the comedy is a satire on Shaw’s own pet causes, intellectual freedom in the Ibsenite manner, and Feminism as celebrated in the Shavian manner. Our Review.
Picture Box
The Negro Ensemble Company, at Theatre Row/Beckett Theatre, 410 West 42nd Street
Play by Cate Ryan, directed by Charles Weldon.. Cast: Arthur French, Elaine Graham with Jennifer Van Dyck, Malachy Cleary & Marisa Redanty. Opening 1/15/12. Set designer is Patrice Davidson, costume design by Mark Caswell, lighting designer is Ves Weaver. What it's about: From the deep south to the northeast, a young black man comes to work at the home of a white family on New York's Long Island. This young man becomes the caretaker of the little girl who lives in the home. She has been emotionally abandoned by her mother through her mother’s second marriage. The trust of this estranged child creates a bond with her caretaker that spans a lifetime. Love and caring comes in all forms. Runnint Time: 1hr. 20 mins with No intermission Our Review.
Sam L Toutsouvas as Dr. Bernhard
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Marvell Rep at at TBG Theatre, 312 West 36th Street (west of 8th Avenue), 3rd Floor.
Arthur Schnitzler's rarely performed play translated by G.J. Weinberger and directed by Lenny Leibowitz.. What it's about: Set in Vienna, 1900, wjere a young woman is dyingof septic poisoning from a backstreet abortion. Her doctor, Professor Bernhardi, a highly respected surgeon and a Jew, decides to spare her the knowledge that she is dying. When the priest arrives to give the girl her last rites, Bernhardi refuses him admittance to her room. While the two clash, the girl dies, setting off a witch hunt that exposes the violent prejudices lurking beneath the city’s glittering surface. Cast: Sam L. Tsoutsouvas as the title character, Chris Kipiniak as Dr. Ebenwald and Geddeth Smith as Dr Cyprian. Running Time: s approximately 3 hours with intermission. From 1/31/12; opening 2/05/12; closing 2/26/12.
Psycho Therapy
The Cherry Lane Theatre 38 Commerce Streetand can be purchased by calling 212-352-3101 orwww.psychotherapytheplay.com
World premiere by Frank Strausser’s comedy about couples therapy. . .for three. Directed by Alex Lippard. From 1/19/12; opening 2/09/12; closing 2/25/12. Cast: Angelica Page, Jan Leslie Harding, Laurence Lau and Jeffrey Carlson.Michael V. Moore (Set Designer), Amanda Bujak (Costume Designer), Amy Altadonna (Sound Designer), Jeff Croiter (Lighting Designer) and Allison Leyton-Brown (Composer). Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 8:00pm; Saturdays at 3:00pm and 8:00pm and Sundays at 3:00pm and 7:00pm. Tickets are $66 with $20 student rush tickets prior to each performance
Adam Chanler-Berat
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New World Stages West 50th Street
Jonathan Larson's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical will get a new production at the venue that's proved to be an economical and successful way to present Broadway shows. The new production will again be directed by Michael Greif. Performances from 7/14/11 ; opening 8/11/11. Tickets, $69.50 to $101/50. The creative team will also include choreographer Larry Keigwin, music supervisor Tim Weil, set designer Mark Wendland, costume designer Angela Wendt, lighting designer Kevin Adams and sound designer Brian Ronan. Cast: Annaleigh Ashford (Maureen Johnson), Margot Bingham (Alexi Darling, Roger’s Mom, and others), Adam Chanler-Berat (Mark Cohen), Nicholas Christopher (Tom Collins), Arianda Fernandez (Mimi Marquez), Marcus Paul James (Mr. Jefferson, Paul, and others), Tamika Sonuja Lawrence (Mrs. Jefferson, woman with bags), Corbin Reid (Joanne Jefferson), Michael Rodriguez (Angel Schunard), Matt Shingledecker (Roger Davis), Ephraim Sykes (Benjamin Coffin III), Ben Thompson (Christmas caroler, Mr. Grey, The Man, and others), Michael Wartella (Steve, Gordon, Waiter, and others), and Morgan Weed (Mark’s Mom and others). Also in the company is Sean Michael Murray, Xavier Cano, and Genny Padilla. Our Review.
Russian Transport
The New Group @ Theatre Row- The Acorn Theatre 410 West 42nd Street, between 9th & 10th Aves (212) 239-6200,
World premiere written by Erika Sheffer. Directed by Scott Elliott. From 1/17/12; opening 1/30/12; closing 3/10/12. Cast: Janeane Garofalo, Daniel Oreskes, Morgan Spector, Sarah Steele and Raviv Ullman. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday at 7:00 PM and Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 PM. Matinees Saturday at 2:00 PM. Tickets are $60.00 What it's about: Suspenseful family drama set in the Russian Jewish community of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Diana and Misha, an immigrant couple, run a struggling car service while trying to carve out the American Dream for their teenagers, Alex and Mira. When Diana’s sexy and mysterious brother Boris arrives to stay with them, family loyalty is tested. For Alex and Mira, Uncle Boris is an exciting addition to their home, but soon Alex is pulled into his Uncle’s dangerous world. Laced with humor and intrigue, Russian Transport captures the complex layers of one very particular immigrant experience. Set Design by Derek McLane, Lighting Design by Peter Kaczorowski, Costume Design by Ann Hould-Wardand Sound Design by Bart Fasbender . Dialect Coach is Doug Paulson. Our Review.
Marylouise Burke and Marin Hinkle
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59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues
A new play by Kate Fodor, directed by Ethan McSweeny. Cast: Michael Bakkensen, Marylouise Burke, Marin Hinkle, Stephen Kunken, Paul Niebanck and Elizabeth Rich. Set design by Lee Savage, costume design by Andrea Lauer, lighting design by Matthew Richards, original music and sound design by Lindsay Jones and prop supervision by Faye Armon. What it's about: Meena Pierotti’s job is making her unhappy. Luckily, there’s a pill for that. Well, not yet. Meena has joined the clinical trial for a new drug targeting workplace depression. The trial gets messy, however, when she falls in love with her doctor, who himself is trying to enroll in a drug trial targeting heartbreak. Performances are Tuesday-Thursday at 7:00pm, Friday at 8:00pm, Saturday at 2:00pm & 8:00pm. There will be an additional Sunday matinee at 3:00 pm on February 12 and a special Wednesday matinee at 2:00pm on February 15. opening 2/07/12; closing 3/03/12
Jenn Harris and Brent Barrett
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Theatre 80, 80 St. Marks Place (between First & Second Ave.) (212) 352 - 3101
Book By Hunter Bell. Music and Lyrics by Jon Kaplan and Al Kaplan. Directed and Choreographed by Christopher Gattelli
Cast: Brent Barrett (Dr. Hannibal Lecter), Jenn Harris (Clarice Starling), Stephen Bienskie (Jaimie Gumb, aka "Buffalo Bill," et al), Harry Bouvy (Dr. Chilton, et al), Deidre Goodwin (Ardelia Mapp, et al), Jeff Hiller (Sgt. Pembry, et al), Howard Kaye (Jack Crawford, et al.), Lucia Spina (Catherine Martin, et al), Callan Bergmann (Dream Hannibal), Ashlee Dupré (Dream Clarice) Band: Brian J. Nash (Music Director/Keyboard 1), Nate Patten (Keyboard 2), Dan McMillan (Percussion), Dorothy Martin (Second Associate Conductor) Running Time: 2 hours including intermission. Fridays at 8 PM and Saturdays at 8 PM and 10:30 PM.
From 6/24/11; opening 7/09/11; closing 8/13/11-- extended, now closing 9/24/11 UpdateAfter October 25th, moving to . Space Theater at PS 122 (150 First Avenue) for an open ended run. Tickets, $25 to $79; $20 students. Our Review.
Sleeping Demon
Atlantic's Linda Gross Theater
World Patrick Shanley. Spring 2012, What it's about: Final installment of the trilogy called 'Church and State,' which began with Doubt. The story concerns a Bronx Borough President who is forced, by the mortgage crisis, into a confrontation with a local minister. The question they confront is one that faces us all. What is the relationship between spiritual experience and social action? More Details TBA
A Slow Air
Scotland Week celebrations at 59E59 Theaters
US premiere of2-hander written and directed by David Harrower (author of Blackbird). What it's about: Examines the impact of the 2007 Glasgow Airport attacks through the eyes of a family who live in the village where the attacks were planned. Morna works as a cleaner for well-off families in Edinburgh. She spends her time drinking mostly, attempting affairs and trying to work out the mind of her 20 year old son with whom she shares her Dalry flat. Athol, her elder brother by 2 years, lives near Glasgow airport with his wife Evelyn. The owner of a floor tiling company, with two grown up children, he’s proud of his hard-won achievements since moving West years before. Like any brother and sister they have fond and not-so fond memories of their upbringing, differing views on their parents and definite opinions about each other. Especially so in their case since Morna and Athol haven’t spoken to each other in fourteen yearsWhen Morna’s son Joshua travels west to make contact with Athol he sets off, for all of them, a remarkable and life-changing series of events. Told in alternating monologues a la Brian Friel. Tuesday – Thursday at 7:15 PM; Friday at 8:15 PM; Saturday at 2:15 PM & 8:15 PM; Sunday at 3:15 PM From 4/04/12; closing 4/29/12. Cast: Lewis Howden and Susan Vidler. Tickets $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 members).
Stomp
Orpheum, 126 Second Ave (7th-8th St.), 477-3477.
An eight-member music troupe that uses low-cost, everyday object instruments to create high-energy rhythms. An off-Broadway, all-audience,long-running hit (opened 2/27/94). Our Review
OK for ages 8 and up. The age category is
probably conservative.
Grant Harrison
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The Flea is located at 41 White Street between Church and Broadway 212-352-3101 www.theflea.org
A 5-hour marathon of all seven of Sophocles’ plays re-envisioned by playwright Sean Graney, directed by Ed Sylvanus Iskandar, and starring The Bats-- 38- strong. Macao Trading Co. will provide a complimentary Asian fusion feast at all performances. From 1/19/12; closing 2/12/12. Wednesday - Saturday at 6:30pm, and Sunday at 4:30pm. Tickets (including dinner) are $40. Sophocles’ seven surviving plays—Oedipus, In Trachis, Philoktetes, In Colonus, Ajax, Elektra & Antigone—combine to create a portrait of the human condition, where the intermingling of chance & fate yields disquieting results. Julia Noulin-Merat (set), Carl Wiemann (lighting), Loren Shaw (costumes), Patrick Metzger (sound), Michael Wieser (fight director), David Dabbon (music director), Greg VanHorn (dramaturg), and Edward Herman & Kara Kaufman (stage managers). Our Review.
Tokyo Confidential
Scandal Productions atAtlantic Theater Stage 2 330 West 16th Street
Words and Music by Eric Schorr. Directed by Joanna McKeon. What it's about: Japan. 1879. Isabella Archer, a young American war widow crosses an ocean in search of a lost love—and is about to cross a line from which she can never return. It’s a journey across the boundaries between pleasure and pain, art and artifice, the secrets of the flesh and the sins of the heart. When Isabella falls in love with a renowned Japanese tattoo artist, she enters a world of extreme beauty, becoming an object of unexpected desire—in a realm of unspeakable danger. Choreography by Tricia Brouk, musical direction by Mark Hartman, set design by David M. Barber, costume design by Jacob A. Climer, lighting design by Joel E. Silver, projection design by Darrel Maloney, sound design by Carl Casella and orchestrations by Zak Sandler. Cast: Jeff Kready (Billy Elliot), Austin Ku, Mel Maghuyop, Benjamin McHugh, Manna Nichols, Mike O'Carroll and Jill Paice. Tickets are $45. Wednesday – Saturday at 8pm with matinees on Saturdays and Sundays at 3pm. opening 2/11/12
The Three Penny Opera
Marvel Rep at TBG Theatre, 312 West 36th Street (west of 8th Avenue), 3rd Floor
English version of Bertold Brech and Kurt Weill play by Michael Feingold. Directed by Lenny Leibowitz From 2/29; opening 2/12/12; closing 2/29/12 Cast: Ariela Morgenstern as Jenny Diver, Angus Hepburn as Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum, Joy Franz as Mrs Peachum, Emma Rosenthal as Polly Peachum and Matt Faucher as Macheat. Running Time: approximately 2 ½ hours with one intermission.
Tribes
Barrow Street Theatre 27 Barrow Street at 7th Avenue)
Nina Raine's comedy inr its North American premiere. Directed by David Cromer. From mid-February; opening 3/04/12. Casting and creatives TBA. What it's about: , Billy was born deaf, into a hearing family, and raised inside the fiercely idiosyncratic and unrepentantly politically incorrect cocoon of his parent’s house. He has adapted brilliantly to his family’s unconventional ways, but they’ve never bothered to return the favor. It’s not until he meets Sylvia, a young woman on the brink of deafness, that he finally understands what it means to be understood. Yes, Billy’s family can hear, but will they ever listen? For an idea of what to expect here's a link to our London review.
Untitled Feminist Show
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Baryshnikov Arts Center-Jerome Robbins Theater 450 W. 37th Street 866 811 4111.
New York premiere of Young Jean Lee’s latest experiment, six charismatic stars of the downtown theater, dance, cabaret, and burlesque worlds come together to invite the audience on an exhilarating, nearly wordless journey through expressions of a fluid and limitless sense of identity. It's part of the 2012 COIL festival. From 1/12/12; closing 2/04/12. Conceived and directed by Young Jean Lee. Choreography by Faye Driscoll, Morgan Gould, + Young Jean Lee, in collaboration with the performers .d around the globe. Tickets $25.Our Review.
Seth Numrich and Kathryn Erbe
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Rattlestick Playwrights Theater 224 Waverly Place - off Seventh Avenue South, between Perry & West 11th Streets
From 1/18/12; opening 1/26/12; closing 2/26/12. World premiere of a new play written by Daniel Talbott. Pedro Pascol directs. What it's about: 3 siblings are sent out into the snow-silent woods in the Sierra Nevada foothills to dig a hole that will be deep enough to bury a family secret. As they dig, they search for a way to escape or be rescued from their lives as the snow continues to fall and the world sinks in around them. Cast: Kathryn Erbe, Noah Galvin, Seth Numrich, Libby Woodbrich. Raul Abrego, scenic design. Tristan Raines, costume design, Joel Moritz, lighting design. Janie Bullard, Sound. Andrew Diaz, properties. Wednesday - Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm & 8pm and Sunday at 3pm. Tickets are $55 Our Review.
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