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Atlantic Theater Company at the Linda Gross Theater 336 West 20 Street Starring Stephen Rea (The Crying Game, Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me) and Sean McGinley (the film On a Clear Day) reprising their starring roles in Dublin and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Sam Shepard makes his Atlantic debut with this world premiering Abbey Theatre production directed by Jimmy Fay. What it's about: Dark comedy about Byron and Ames, old friends, re-united by mutual desperation. Over bourbon on ice, they sit, reflect and bicker until fifty years of love, friendship and rivalry are put to the test at the barrel of a gun. From 1/09/10; opening 1/27/10; closing 3/07/10--extended, now closing 3/21/10. Scenic design by Brien Vahey, costume design by Joan Bergin, lighting design by Paul Keogan and sound design by Phillip Stewart. Our Review. The Aliens Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre 224 Waverly Place (off Seventh Avenue South – Between West 11th and Perry Street) www.rattlestick.org (212) 868-444 World Premiere by Annie Baker, directed by Sam Gold (the same team of the hit show Circle Mirror Transformatio). From 4/15/10; opening 4/22/10; closing 5/30/10. Monday, Thursday-Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m. American Soldiers Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue (at E. 10th Street) 212 868 4444/ www.theaterforthenewcity.net A new play by Matt Morillo (best known for his comedy Angry Young Women in Low Rise Jeans with High Class Issues). Cast: Kate Reilly, Tom Pilutik, Stu Richel, Nick Coleman and Julia Giolzetti. Set design by ÂMark Marcante. Lighting design by Amith A. Chandrashaker. From 1/14/10; closing 1/31/10. Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 3:00 PM. $20 general admission. Running time: 1:55. What it's about: The patriarch of a politically prominent Long Island family fights to hold the family together when his eldest daughter Angela, an Army veteran, returns from the Middle East for an uneasy homecoming. The girl, emotionally scarred from her military service, is struggling to take her ex-boyfriend and sister away with her to start a new life in Colorado. Her aim is to liberate them of the hometown influences of society, religion and class that led her to enlist. The play reveals the urge of children to break away, the power of family destiny and the emotional ties that bind. Angels in America Signature Theatre Company Peter Norton Space The invaluable Signature's 20th Anniversary season in 2010-2011 will celebrate Tony Kushner with the first New York revival of Kushner's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning epic work, ANGELS IN AMERICA: A GAY FANTASIA ON NATIONAL THEMES playing in repertory with Part Two: PERESTROIKA. The production will be directed by Michael Greif. The Kushner season will also include two more works TBA. Watch this space for other details.
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 Black Angels Over Tuskegee St. Luke’s Theatre 308 West 46th Street (between Eighth & Ninth Ave.), 212-239-6200. New historical dram 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 > Blind Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre 224 Waverly Place (off Seventh Avenue South – Between West 11th and Perry Street) www.rattlestick.org (212) 868-444 World Premiere by Craig Wright, directed by Lucie Tiberghien. Cast: Veanne Cox, Seth Numrich and Danielle Slavick. Takeshi Kata (sets), Anne Kennedy (costumes), Matthew Richards (lights), Ryan Rumery (sound), Christian Frederickson (music) and Eugenia Furneaux-Arends (props). Melissa Mae Gregus is Production Stage Manager. From 2/17/10; opening 2/25/10; closing 3/21/10. What it's about: Contemporary re-telling of Oedipus in which a married couple slowly rediscover the secret they thought they had buried deep within the cavities of their unconscious. The play explores the blindness of two individuals but also the blindness of a culture that now must confront its own folly. Monday, Thursday-Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson The Public Theater 425 Lafayette Street Reprise of the rock musical that played a sold-out run last spring as part of the Public's Public LAB season. The co-production with Center Theatre Group and in association with Les Freres Corbusier, is written and directed by Alex Timbers and features music and lyrics by Michael Friedman. From 3/23/10; closing 4/2310. What it's about: A look at America's seventh president, Andrew Jackson that reveals questions about the country we live in and the leaders we choose. Cast will include members of the original Public LAB cast: James Barry as Male Soloist; Darren Goldstein as Calhoun; Greg Hildreth as Red Eagle; Jeff Hiller as John Quincy Adams; Lucas Near-Verbrugghe as Martin Van Buren; Maria Elena Ramirez as Rachel; Kate Cullen Roberts as Elizabeth; Ben Steinfeld as James Monroe; Benjamin Walker as Andrew Jackson; and Colleen Werthmann as The Storyteller. Complete casting TBA. For schedule details, see www.publictheater.org. For an idea of what to expect, see our review of the LAB production here. Blue Man Group Astor Place, 423 Lafayette St. ((Astor Place/W. 4th St) 254-4370. An extraordinary downtown hit. For details see Review. The Book of Grace Public Theater 420 Lafayette Street www.publictheater.org New play by Suzan-Lori Parks currently Master Writer Chair at the Public. Directed by James Macdonald. Cast: Amari Cheatom as Buddy, John Doman as Vet, andElizabeth Marvel as Grace. From 3/02/10; opening 3/16/10; closing 4/04/10., What it's about: When a young man returns home to South Texas to confront his father, everyday life erupts into a battle for personal survival. Weaves the story of three people bound together by love and longing, passion and ambition. Currently, Parks is the Master Writer Chair at The Public Theater. The Boys in the Band Transport Group at 7 West 26th Street, 12th Floor (between Sixth Avenue and Broadway). www.transportgroup.org"Revival of Mart Crowley's, one of the first ever to deal with contemporary life among gay men that played 1,000 performances in its original Off-Broadway production at Theatre Four. From 2/12/10; opening 2/19/10; closing. Cast: Jonathan Hammond as Michael; Christopher Innvar as Larry; Kevin Isola as Alan; IJon Levenson as Harold; Kevyn Morrow as Bernard; Graham Rowat as Hank; Aaron Scharff as Cowboy; John Wellmann as Emory; and Nick Westrate as Donald. Directed by artistic director Jack Cummings III. Tickets ($10-$45). The production team includes assistant director Greg Wiggans, stage manager Wendy Patten, set designer Sandra Goldmark, lighting designer R. Lee Kennedy and costume designer Kathryn Robe.
Babel Theatre Project at 59E59 Theaters >By Sam Marks, directed by Geordie Broadwater. Cast: Alexander Alioto, Michael Crane and Crystal Finn. Tristan Jeffers (set design), Simon Cleveland (lighting design), Anthony Gabrielle (sound design), Becky Lasky (costume design) and Eric Reynolds (prop design). Ticket price: $18 ($12.60 for 59E59 Members)What it's about: The three men from Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler battle it out at a bachelor party. Camaraderie and good-hearted competition devolve into drunkenness and debauchery as they confront a dark vision of the future. Smart, masculine, and wildly funny. Is there any way to avert the coming disaster, or are we all doomed? From 2/25/10; opening 3/03/10;closing 3/14/10. Tesday at 7:30 PM, Thursday - Saturday at 8:30 PM; Sunday at 3:30 PM. The regular ticket price is $18 ($12.60 for 59E59 Members).
Brooklyn Academy of Music Harvey Theater A three-year series of co-productions by Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), The Old Vic, and Neal Street Productions devoted to producing large-scale, classical theater for international audiences. This double feature again begins its international journey in New York, with As You Like It from 1/12/10; opening 1/26/10; closing 3/13/10, followed by The Tempest from 2/14/10; opening 2/24/10; closing 3/13/10. It will then embark on an international tour visiting Asia and Europe before arriving in London at The Old Vic in the Summer. Sam Mendes directs. Cast: Ashlie Atkinson (Phoebe/Juno), Jenni Barber (Audrey/Iris), Michelle Beck (Celia/Ceres), Edward Bennett (Oliver/Ferdinand)*, Christian Camargo (Orlando/Ariel), Stephen Dillane (Jaques/Prospero)*, Alvin Epstein (Adam/Gonzalo), Jonathan Lincoln Fried (Le Beau/Alonso), Richard Hansell (Amiens/Sebastian)*, Ron Cephas Jones (Charles the Wrestler/ Caliban), Aaron Krohn (Silvius/Adrian), Anthony O'Donnell (Corin/Trinculo)*, Juliet Rylance (Rosalind/Miranda)*, Thomas Sadoski (Touchstone/Stephano), Michael Thomas (Dukes Frederick and Senior/Antonio)*, Ross Waiton (Boatswain, Francisco, First Lord)* Production Stage Manager: Richard Clayton*. Set Designer, Tom Piper. Costume Designer, Catherine Zuber. Lighting,Paul Pyant. Sound, Simon Baker. Music, Mark Bennett. Choreography, Josh Prince. Running time As You Like It: Approx 3 hours and 15 minutes with one intermission As You Like It Review. (Noel Coward's) Brief Encounter St. Ann's Warehouse and Kneehigh Theatre at St./ Ann's 38 Water Street, 718.254.8779 New York Premiere of adaptation of the 1946 film of the same name, directed by David Lean, and based on Still Life, a Noël Coward one-act first seen a decade earlier. Kneehigh's Artistic Director Emma Rice has returned to Coward's original play to rediscover elements that were discarded from the legendary film script. From 12/10/09; opening 12/08/09; to 1/17/10. Tickets from $30 to $80. review .
Medicine Show 549 West 52nd Street 3rd floor 212-868-4444 Comedy by Caniel Meltzer, directed by Robert Kalfin. Cast: oger Clark, David Csizmadia, Deborah Radoff, Jeannine Taylor. From 2/06/10; closing/ 2/28/10. Thurs, Fri, Sat 8pm; Sat at 2pm, Sun at 3pm. Tickets,$18-seniors and students $14. What it's about: Examines the intersecting lives of two couples over a lifetime, their good fortune and bad choices, literally from cradle to creeping decrepitude. It touches all the bases in the games lovers play: flirtation, attraction, true love, lost love, separation, reunion, second chances, and squandered opportunities, not to mention the essentials of coastal fishing, good manners, bad decisions, fine dining, and military tactics, and strategy. Candida The Irish Repertory Theatre 132 West 22nd Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues 212-727-2737 or www.irishrep.org One of George Bernard Shaw's most produced plays, directed and designed by Tony Walton. Cast: Melissa Errico as Candida, Brian Murray as her father Mr. Burgess, Xanthe Elbrickas the clergyman's secretary Prossy; Josh Grisetti as the Reverend's curate Lexy; Ciaran O'Reilly as Reverend James Morell; and Sam Underwood as Eugene Marchbanks. What it's about: Reverend James Morell's comfortable marriage to Candida is shaken by the arrival of the young poet, Marchbanks. Both men adore her, in quite different ways and forquite different reasons, and she is attracted to them for their verydifferent qualities. Marchbanks believes Candida has a choice. Morell is devastated by the idea of losing her. They both forget she is her own woman. Lighting design by Richard Pilbrow, sound design by Zach Williamson and Jana Hoglund, hair design by Robert Charles Vallance. The stage manager is April Kline. From 2/24/10; opening 3/07/10; closing 4/18/10 Wednesdays-Saturdays at 8pm; plus 3pm matinees on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets $65 and $55, 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.
White Horse Theater Company at Hudson Guild Theatre, 441 West 26 Street between 9 and 10 Avenues, 212-868-4444 A rare revival of Tennessee Williams’ last play, directed by White Horse Producing Artistic Director Cyndy A. Marion for a limited 3-week engagement. From 2/05/10; opening 2/05/10; closing 2/21/10. Cast: Tom Cleary, Peter J. Crosby, Mary Goggin, Chris Johnson, Julie Kelderman, Sarah Levine, Ambien Mitchell, Kyle Lamar Mitchell, Lisa Riegel, Montgomery Sutton, Rod Sweitzer and Kristen Vaughan. John C. Scheffler (Set Design), Randall Parsons (Additional Set Design/Execution), Debra Leigh Siegel (Lighting Design), Adam Coffia (Costume Design), David Schulder (Sound Design), Joe Gianono (Incidental Music), Mike Chin, (Fight Choreography), Liz Vacco (Dance Choreography) Vittoria Natale and Guillermo Elkouss (Tango Choreography) and Elliot Lanes (Stage Manager). Tuesdays-Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 3pm with an additional performance on Saturday, February 20 at 2pm. Wednesday, February 10 performance at 7:30pm. Tickets are $18 with $9 student rush tickets go on sale 30 minutes before each show. What it's about: A "ghost play" that imagines an ethereal final meeting between the restless ghosts of literary great F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda on a windy hilltop at the gates of the Asheville, NC asylum where Zelda was institutionalized before her death by fire in 1948, with a desperate Scott pleading for reconciliation while Zelda blames him for her failed writing career and ensuing madness. Taking liberties with time and place, the play fuses the past, present and future as Zelda and Scott re-visit the Jazz Age of their youth on the French Riviera and the ghosts of characters, including Ernest Hemingway, who helped shape their existence. The play originally opened at the Court Theatre on March 26, 1980 with Geraldine Page in the role of Zelda and except for a production by the York Theater Company in 1995, the play has not been staged in New York City since. Clybourne Park The Cocktail Party The ActorsCompany (TACT) www.tactnyc.org at The Beckett Theatre 410 West 4nd Street 212-279-4200. Written by T.S. Eliot. Directed by Scott Alan Evans. From 3/07/10; opening 3/17/10; closing 4/10/10 What it's about: In Eliot’s profound exploration of self-deception and redemption, Edward and Lavinia Chamberlayne are throwing a fashionable party at their London flat. The guests arrive only to discover that their hostess is nowhere to be found and a rather strange man, who knows no one, seems right at home. Monday, Wednesday-Friday at 7:30pm; Saturday at 2 & 8pm and Sunday at 3pm. Tickets are $27.50 - $55.00 The Common Air Bleecker Street Theatre 45 Bleeker Street 212/239-6200 www.thecommonair.com Comedy that links six characters during the mother of all delays at JFK airport. The reason is unknown and a spiraling game of "telephone" ensues in an effort to uncover the truth. Alex Lyras Lyras is co-author and actor who plays all the characters. Robert McCaskill is co-author and director. The show ailable through TeleCharge.com or (212) 239-6200. Performances every Friday at 8pm. The show closed but has reopened though the end of February, closing 2/26/10. Our Review. Conviction Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago) in association with Maya Productions and Steve Klein at 59E59 Theaters From 2/16/10; closing 3/21/10. By Oren Neeman, adapted by Ami Dayan and Mark Williams, directed by Jeremy Cole and featuring Ami Dayan, Kevin Hart and Catharine Pilafas. Ticket price: $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members). What it's about: In Franco’s Spain, an Israeli scholar is caught stealing a confidential Inquisition file. An interrogation follows, reviving the 15th Century story of a Catholic priest whose faith is tested when he finds himself in love with a Jewish woman. Based on a true story of the Spanish-Inquisition.
1010 Park Avenue, between 84th & 85th Street. www.Theatre1010.com 212-352-3101 Fully staged production run of Marc Blitzstein's political musical. Director, David Fuller. Musical Director, Eric Thomas Johnson. Choreographer Judith Jarosz. Lighting & Set Designer, Giles Hogya. Costume Designer,V iviane Galloway. Cast: Damron Russel Armstrong*, Michael Baxter*, Douglass Anne Cartwright, Sara DeLaney*, Tessa Faye*, Matthew James Gray*, Dan Hermann, Greg Horton* , David M. Janett*, Elizabeth Kensek*, Bellavia Mauro*, Christopher Michael McLamb*, Robert Meksin*, Bill Newhall*, Michael C. O'Day*, Josh Powell*, Sarah Rebeka*, Chris Vaughn*, and D. Zhonzinsky*. From 2/12/10; opening 2/14/10; closing 3/14/10. Friday & Saturday, Monday at 8pm; Sunday at 3pm All tickets are $25.
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. Dr. Knock, Or The Triumph Of Medicine Mint Theater Company, 311 West 43rd Street, 3rd floor 212/315-0231 or www.minttheater.org Jules Romains’ 1923 satire, directed by Gus Kaikkonen. From 4/14/10; closing 5/10/10. What it's about: Health care reform of a darkly comic kind drives Dr. Knock who purchases a small practice in the French countryside and then endeavors to make it thrive by applying modern methodology. The comedy first opened in Paris in 1923 and ran for an unprecedented five years, making a star of Louis Jouvet in the title role. In 1928, Dr. Knock debuted in New York and remained in the dramatic repertoire until World War II. Tuesday through Thursday at 7 PM, Friday at 8 PM, Saturday at 2 PM & 8 PM, and Sunday at 2 PM. Tickets are $55. Cast and other details TBA
Watson Arts at 59E59 Theaters By Catherine Filloux, directed by Jean Randich With Nadia Bowers, with John Daggett and Dale Soules. Ticket price: $18 ($12.60 59E59 Members) What it's about: When Jasmina, a political refugee seeking asylum in the U.S., suddenly disappears, her wheelchair-bound lawyer Joseph must track her down. Who is the dog? Who is the wolf? A psychological and political play of intrigue, love and pursuit. From 2/05/10; closing 2/21/10. The Duchess Of Malfi Red Bull Theater at Theater at St Clement’s 423 West 46th Street www.redbulltheater.com 212.352.3101 John Webster's Jacobean play directed by Jesse Berger. Cast: Heidi Armbruster, Jason C. Brown, Clark Carmichael, Keith Hamilton Cobb, Matthew Greer, Carol Halstead, Eric Hoffmann, Patrick Page, Matthew Rauch, Christina Rouner, Gareth Saxe,o Haynes Thigpen. Designs by Beowulf Boritt • Emily DeCola • Jared B. Leese • Nathan Leigh • Erin Kennedy Lunsford • Jason Lyons • Sčan McArdle • Jessica Scott, Music by Scott Killian. Voice & Speech by Shane Ann Younts, Choreography by Tracy Bersley • Violence by J. David Brimmer. /From 2/23/10 to 3/14/10. Enrmy of the People Barrow Group Theatre Company TBG 312 W/ 37 Street. 3rd floor 212-868-4444 Henrik Ibsen's play adapted by Seth Barrish and K. Lorrel Manning, directed by Manning. While holding true to the essential story the adapters have made some radical changes that include slimming down the cast size, eliminating the fifth act, smoothing out the language, and allowing women more prominent roles within the story. Cast: Edward Connors, Larry Mitchell, Katherine Neuman, Myles O’Connor, Clare Schmidt, Eliza Foss, Jeremy Folmer, and Herbert Reubens. From 2/06/10; closing 3/08/10. Friday thru Monday @ 8pm, Sunday @ 3pm. Tickets are $25. Running Time: 2 hours with a 10-minute intermission Enjoy The Play Company at 59E59 Theaters From 3/27/10; closing 4/25/10. By Toshiki Okada, translated by Aya Ogawa, directed by Dan Rothenberg. Cast to be announced. Ticket price: $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members). What it's about: It’s Gen X vs. Gen Y in this slacker comedy of manners that follows the romantic adventures of part-time workers in a Tokyo manga café.
Irish Repertory Theatre 132 West 22nd Street212-727-2737 www.irishrep.org. Charlotte Moore will direct a revival of this musical adaption of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. Beth Fowler(to play Lady Augusta Bracknell. Music Lee Pockriss and book and lyrics by Anne Croswell. James Morgan (scenic design), Linda Fisher (costume design), and Brian Nason (lighting design). From: 12/12/09; opening 12/20/09; closing 1/31/10--extended and now closing 2/14/10. Our Review. Equivocation MTC at City Center Stage I 131 West 55th Street www.ManhattanTheatreClub.com. (212-581-1212) www.nycitycenter.org. New play by Bill Cain and director Garry Hynes. Cast: Remy Auberjonois, Michael Countryman, John Pankow, Charlotte Parry and David Pittu. What it's about: It's 1605 England and King James’ right hand man (David Pittu) commissions William Shakespeare (John Pankow) to write a new play about the Gunpowder Plot, a recent failed attempt to blow up Parliament and the Monarchy. Scenic & costume design by Francis O’Connor, lighting design by David Weiner, sound design David Van Tieghem & Brandon Wolcott, and fight direction by David Brimmer. Ticket are $75. From 2/09/10; opening 3/02/10; closing 3/28/10. Approx. 2 1/2 hours with intermission. See MTC website for varying schedule. For an idea of what to expect see Curtainup's review of the play with a different cast in Los Angeles. Extinction Cherry Lane Theatre 38 Commerce Street (212) 239-6200 From 2/13/10; opening 2/17/10; closing 3/14/10. Television actors James Roday and Michael Weston reprise their West Coast performances in the Off-Broadway premiere of Gabe McKinley's drama. Also features original Los Angeles cast members Amanda Detmer and Stefanie E. Frame. What it's about: What transpires between two college buddies whose annual outing of male-bonding and debauchery veers precipitously off course when unmet expectations spiral into a volatile showdown. Scenic design by Steven C. Kemp, lighting design by Mike Durst and costume design by Gali Noy. Tickets $45. Family Week MCC at Lucile Lortel theater (212) 279-4200. www.mcctheater.org This Beth Henley play directed by Jonathan Demme is tagged as "An All New Production" so our review of the dead on arrival previous version should probably be ignored. From 4/07/10; opening 4/26/10; closing 5/23/10. What it's about: A year after the death of her son, Claire checks into a recovery center in the desert, searching for a way to cope. When her mother, daughter and sister arrive to participate in "family week" long-dormant traumas collide with recent tragedies. Cast: Rosemarie Dewitt (Rachel Getting Married), Kathleen Chalfant (Angels in America, Wit), Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Sami Gayle will Tickets $79. Fantasticks Snapple Theater Center 210 West 50th Street at Broadway, 212 - 307 - 4100 Book & Lyrics by Tom Jones. Music by Harvey Schmidt. The show has been on a hiatus but returns 6/16/08. Our Review Forgotten Fishamble: The New Play Company at Donaghy Theatre at the Irish Arts Center (553 West 51st Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues) (212) 868-4444 Written by Pat Kinevane and directed by Jim Culleton. What it's about: Follows four characters, between the ages of 80-100 years old, who reside in retirement homes around Ireland. 1943 was a curious year for this quartet. From 2/17/10; closing 3/07/10. Wednesday — Saturday at 8:00 PM; and Sunday at 3:00 PM. Tickets are $38.
Stage Left Studio Theatre 438 West 37th Street - (between 9th & 10th Avenues) Multi character solo show conceived written and starring Blocker, directed and staged by Helena Geissner. Mondays at 8:00pm. Tickets, $20. From 2/15/10; opening 3/08/10. closing 5/31/10 with option to extend through 7/26/10. Running Time 75 Minutes. Scenery by Edward Morris. Lighting by Mary Catherine Moore. Costumese by Murray Scott Changar. Sound design is by Kenneth Allen. Sound Editing by Copperhead Studios. Fight choreography by Kathy Kelly Christos.
Flea Theater 41 White Street between Church and Broadway, three blocks south of Canal), 212-352-3101 or online at www.theflea.org. World premiere by Jonathan Reynolds, author of Stonewall Jackson’s House and Dinner With Demons, performed by The Bats and directed by Jim Simpson. From 2/12/10; opening 2/28/10, closing 3/15/10 What it's about: Reynolds takes on abortion in the sixties, when backrooms in the wrong part of town offered hope or death, as well as abortion in the twenty first century. In 2010, has abortion become merely another form of birth control? Cast: Andy Gershenzon, Brett Aresco, Betsy Lippitt, Akyiaa Wilson, Eboni Booth, Laurel Holland and Marshall York. John McDermott (sets), Zack Tinkelman (lights), Amanda Bujac (costumes) and Jeremy Wilson (sound). Schedule varies. Girls Night: The Musical Downstairs Cabaret Theatre at Sofia’s (221 West 46th Street, next to the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre)www.girlsnightthemusical.com or 212/947-9300 The ladies night out show written by Louise Roche and directed by Jack Randle, will return from 1/07/10; closing 2/13/10. What it's about: Follows five friends since their teens and now in their 30s and 40s during a wild and outrageous girls night out at a karaoke bar. Together, they reminisce about their younger days, celebrate their current lives and look to the future, all the while belting out an array of classic anthems. Thursday through Friday evenings at 8PM, Saturday at 5 PM, and Sunday at 3 PM. Tickets are $55. Our Review. The Glass Menagerie Roundabout Theatre in association with Long Wharf Theatre at Laura Pels Theatre 111 West 46th Street Tennessee Williams' classic, directed by Gordon Edelstein. Cast: Patch Darragh (Tom Wingfield), Judith Ivey (Amanda Wingfield), Keira Keeley (Laura Wingfield) Michael Mosley (Jim O’Connor).. In this fresh interpretation Tom Wingfield sits writing in a hotel room, trying to forge his past into art. Soon Tom's space is overtaken by the cramped apartment he once shared with his mother Amanda his beloved sister Laura and unrequited dreams. From 3/05/10; opening 3/24/10; closing 5/30/10. Michael Yeargan (Sets), Martin Pakledinaz (Costumes), Jennifer Tipton (Lights), David Budries (Sound). In this fresh interpretation of Williams’ haunting memory play, Tom Wingfield (Darragh) sits writing in a hotel room, trying to forge his past into art. Soon Tom’s space is overtaken by the cramped apartment he once shared with his mother Amanda (Ivey), his beloved sister Laura (Keeley) and unrequited dreams as fragile as Laura’s collection of tiny glass animals. There, Tom relives the Gentleman Caller’s (Mosley) visit — the night that changed his family forever. Good Ol' Girls Black Box Theatre at The Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center 111 West 46th Street A new play written by two prominent Southern authors, Lee Smith (The Last Girls) and Jill McCorkle (Going Away Shoes), and adapted by Paul Ferguson. Songs by Nashville hit-makers Matraca Berg (Reba McEntire, Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill) and Marshall Chapman (Jimmy Buffett, Wynonna, Olivia Newton-John). Randal Myler (It Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues; Hank Williams: The Lost Highway; Love, Janis) directs. Featured in the cast are: Sally Mayes (She Loves Me), Teri Ralston (Company), Lauren Kennedy (Spamalot), Liza Vann (Machiavelli) and Gina Stewart (“Dawson’s Creek”.) What it's about: Celebrates childhood through old age with big hair and bigger hearts. Accompanied by a four-piece band. Sets by Tim Mackabee, costumes by Michael Bevins, lighting by Brian Nason and sound by Lew Mead for Syntonic Design. Bluegrass picker/songwriter Joe Newberry and actress/musician Julie Oliver adapted and arranged the music. Keith Levenson is the musical supervisor. Mondays, Tuesdays, Friday and Saturday at 8PM, with matinees Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 3pm. From 2/08/10; opening 2/14/10; closing 4/11/10. Groovaloo Union Square Theatre 100 E. 17th Street This is a return engagement after a much praised run at the Joyce. From 12/07/09; opening 12/07/09. ) According to its creators, the show has been reinvented for this return off-Broadway. For details about the original, see our review
Hard Times Pearl Theater at New York City Center Stage I IWest 55th Street Stephen Jeffrey's adaptation of Dickens novel, directed by J. R. Sullivan. From 2/05/10; opening 2/14/10; closing 3/28/10. Six members of The Pearl’s Resident Acting Company portraynearly two dozen characters: Jolly Abraham (Sissy Jupe, Mrs. Pegler, Mary Stokes). Rachel Botchan (Louisa, Emma, Mrs. Blackpool), Robin Leslie Brown (Mrs. Sparsit, Mrs. Gradgrind, Rachel), Bradford Cover (Mr. Bounderby, Bitzer, Harthouse), TJ Edwards (Gradgrind, Blackpool), Sean McNall (Tom, Mr. Sleary), Jo Winiarski, scenic design; Devon Painter, costume design; Stephen Petrilli, lighting design; Lindsay Jones, sound design; Will Pickens, assistant sound design; Kali Quinn, movement coach and assistant to the director; Stephen Gabis, dialect coach. The stage manager is Lisa Ledwich and the dramaturg is Kate Farrington. The Pearl did this adaptation once before (in 1997) but with a different director and cast (review. $30 for all preview performances; $40 for performances on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday; $50 for performances on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Youth and Senior Tickets: $20 weekdays and $25 weekends. Remaining tickets at each performance can be purchased at a reduced price by individuals 30 and younger or 65 and older on the day of performance, up to one hour prior to curtain, subject to availability. Students with a valid student I.D. can purchase $10 tickets to every performance. Remaining tickets for Thursday evening performances are available for $10 on the day of the performance only, up to one hour before curtain, subject to availability at the box office. The Hidden Sky Prospect Theater Company at the West End Theatre (in the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew, 263 West 86th Street) (212) 352-3101 www.ProspectTheater.org A new musical based on the Ursula K. Le Guin short story "The Masters," with music and lyrics by Peter Foley and book by Kate Chisholm, who also directs. From 1/30/19; opening 2/01/10; closing 2/28/10. See website for varying performance schedule. Ticket prices are $25 for adults and $22 for students (with valid ID). What it's about: Science and religion collide in this mythic new musical as an apocalypse, brought on by the misuse of technology, has ravaged the earth and a society has arisen where science, mathematics, and the pursuit of knowledge have been forbidden by the ruling priests and forgotten by the people. Ganil, a young woman whose longing for knowledge leads her on a passionate journey of discovery ass she risks her life in pursuit of truth. Choreographed by Darren Lee, with music direction and orchestrations by Remy Kurs, and additional orchestrations by Jon Russ. Scenic design is by Sarah Pearline, costumes by Sidney Shannon, lighting by Jorge Arroyo, and sound design by Asa Wember. Cast: Victoria Huston-Elem (Golden Boy of the Blue Ridge, The Rockae) as Ganil, Mark Mozingo ( Golden Boy of the Blue Ridge, Tock Tick) as Lani, and Gordon Stanley (The Rockae, Iron Curtain) as Lee. Ben Gunderson makes his company debut in the role of Mede, and Joy Lynn Matthews in the role of Yin. Also in the ensemble are Jane R. Bunting, Jose Candelaria, Robbie Fowler, Nadine Malouf, Jesse Manocherian, Rita Markova, Hannah Jane McMurray and Lawrence E. Street. I Never Sang for My Father Keen Company Theatre Row 410 West 42nd Street (212) 279-4200 www.KeenCompany.org Keir Dullea will make his long-awaited return to the stage in Robert Anderson’s play. From 3/23/10; closing 5/01/10. Directed by Jonathan Silverstein, this marks the second Anderson play presented by Keen, following the success of its 2007 production of Tea & Sympathy. What it's about: One son’s struggle to balance his own happiness with the needs of his aging parents, and his yearning for a closer relationship with the father he cannot change. Gene Garrsion is a grown man with a successful career, but when his parents arrive for a visit, he finds himself in that awkward position of feeling like a child again. When tragedy strikes, Gene is forced to examine his responsibility to himself and his family in new ways. More details TBA. In the Heat of the Night Godlight Theatre Company at 59E59 Theaters From 3/19/10; closing 4/25/10. John Ball's book that inspired the film and TV series, adapted by Matt Pelfrey, directed by Joe Tantalo. Cast: Ashton Crosby, Bryce Hodges, Lawrence Jansen, Gregory Konow, Julianne Nelson, Ryan O’Callaghan, Nick Paglino, Sean Phillips, Michael Shimkin, Sam Whitten and one more actor to be announced Ticket price: $25 ($17.50 for 59E59 Members). What it's about: It’s 1962. A hot August night lies heavy over the small town of Argo, Alabama. A dead white man is discovered and the local police arrest a black stranger named Virgil Tibbs. The police discover that their prime suspect is in fact a homicide detective from California. As it happens, Tibbs becomes the racially tense community’s single hope in solving a brutal murder that is turning up no witnesses, no motives and no clues. The Irish Curse Soho Playhouse, 15 Vandam Street (between Avenue of the Americas & Varick Street) www.TheIrishCurse.com. Martin Casella's comedy, directed by Matt Lenz. From 3/17/10; opening 3/28/10 for open run. The show had its world premiere at the New York International Fringe Festival in 2005. what it's about: A small group of Irish-American men who meet every Wednesday night, in the basement hall of a Catholic church, at a self-help group for men with small penises (it is allegedly an Irish trait to be under-endowed). When a twenty-something blue-collar guy joins the group, he challenges everything the other men thought about the Irish curse--tackling their obsession with body image and unmasking the comical and truthful questions of identity, masculinity, relationships, social status, sex and the ever important "do I measure up to the next guy? Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8 PM, Sunday evenings at 7 pm, with matinees Saturday and Sunday at 3 PM. Tickets will be $59 for all seats/all performances.
Laurie Beechman Theater West Bank Cafe 407 West 42nd Street Karen Finley's Kennedy/Obama Inspired new work. From 1/30/10; opening 2/06/10; closing 3/06/10. What it's about: Finley brings Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis back to life in this unique look at history, style, trauma, femininity and the demands of being the First Lady. Using the structure of a lecture set in the present day, Jackie contemplates her life in pictures. She also makes use of You Tube and views online homages to her and her family. Along the way Jackie ruminates on Michelle Obama, Marilyn Monroe, Caroline'srun for Senate, the art world, Michael Jackson, and the lasting impact of that fateful day on the grassy knoll in Dallas. Saturdays at 7:30pm. Tickets are $20, plus $15 food/drink minimum Our Review.
Soho Rep 46 Walker Street between Broadway & Church, 2 blocks south of Canal Street www.sohorep.org World-Premiere co-produced with Young Jean Lee's Theater Company. From 1/07/10; opening 1/14/10; closing 2/25/10. Lee, an experimental playwright/director stages a collision between Shakespeare's text and the most emotionally difficult experience of her own life: her father's continuing battle with a terminal illness. This Lear focuses not on the aging Lear and Gloucester, but rather on their adult children who turned their backs on their fathers' suffering. Cast: Paul Lazar, April Matthis, Okwui Okpokwasili, Pete Simpson and Amelia Workman. Choreographed by Dean Moss. David Evans Morris (Scenic Design), Roxana Ramseur (Costume Design), Raquel Davis (Lighting Design), and Matt Tierney (Sound Design). Tuesdays - Sundays at 7:30pmTickets are 99 cents for all Sunday performances, $30 for general admission and $40 for premium reserved seating Our Review. A Lie of the Mind he New Group at the Acorn Theater, Theater Row 212-279-4200 Revival of Sam Shepard's 1985 play, directed by Ethan Hawke. Cast: Keith Carradine, Josh Hamilton, Marin Ireland, Laurie Metcalf, Alessandro Nivola, Maggie Siff, Frank Whaley, Karen YoungFrom 1/29/10; opening 2/18/10; closing 3/20/10. Mon, Wed-Sat at 8pm, Tues at 7pmSat at 2pm. Tickets $61.25 What it's about: Blinded by jealousy and rage, Jake believes he may have murdered his wife. While Jake seeks refuge in the home of his unstable mother, his brother Frankie goes to investigate and soon finds himself caught in the confusing currents of revenge and longing. Running Time: Approx. 2 hours and 45 minutes with intermission. 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. Manigma Harold Clurman Theater on Theatre Row 212-279-4200 Written and performed by Michael Aronov. From 1/15/10; opening 1/21/10; closing 3/13/10. What it's about: Manigma depicts six distinct characters—all performed by Aronov: Chacha, a saucy and resilient cabaret performer embracing her nasty past; Sasha, a beefy old-world immigrant hungry for a companion; Frick, the introverted penny collector who misses his mom; T, the thug from the streets who demands a revolt; Pinchy, the vulnerable self-helper hunting for courage; and Rick, an uninhibited wild man who urges us to abandon and live. Directed by David Travis. Running Time: 1 hr. 22 min. Ticket Price: $46.25. Original music by David Majzlin and Michael Aronov. Scenic Design, Michael Bednark. Lighting Designer, Ben Kato. Stage Manager, Samantha Flint. Wed to Sat at 8pm; Tues at 7pm; Sun at 3pm. Review
Luna Stage at 59E59 Theaters Written and performed by Craig Alan Edwards, directed by Cheryl Katz.Ticket price: $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members) What it's about: A fictional account of the last night in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This intimate, human portrait of the civil rights leader set in Memphis on April 3, 1968, the evening before his tragic assassination on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. From 1/15/10; closing 2/14/10. Tues-Wed 7:15, Thurs-Fri 8:15, Sat 1:15 and 8:15, Sun 3:15 and 7:15. Our Review. Manson: The Musical End Times Productions at The KraineTheater 85 East 4th Street between 2nd & 3rd Aves. New YorkPremiere of long-running 1990's cult hit in Chicago, a dark musical comedy about Charles Manson with music, book and lyrics developed through improv by the members of Annoyance Theater (including The Office's Kate Flannery). Directed by Russell Dobular From 10/25/09; closing 12/06/09--extended and now closing 1/24/10. What it's about: \story of an aspiring musician named Charles Manson. With an affinity for hallucinogenic drugs, group sex,and random violence, Manson and his cult of misfits prepare for Helter Skelter, a prophesied war among the races in the US. Cast: Alanna Blair, Mary Orzano, Chris Cornwell, Alessandro Colla, Leal Vona, Meghan Ritchie, Dana Mazzenga, Candace Roediger, Marek Sapieyevski, Anthony Mead, Alex Dunbar, Heather LeeHarper, Cheri Fogelman, Melissa Ciesla, and Kerstin Porter with musical direction by Serena Miller, choreography by Tiffany Herriott, stage management by Christina Hurtado, set and sound by Jeremy Pape. MazelTov Cocktail McGinn/Cazale Theatre 2162 Broadway (between 76th and 77th Streets) (212) 579-0528 Jamie M. Fox's one-woman family comedy, directed by Maria Mileaf. From 1/26/10; opening 2/03/10; closing 2/20/10 What it's about: AJewish woman juggles her job as a personal assistant, her cocaine addicted (and recently jailed) brother and the neurotic parents who spawned them. Scenic design by Sandra Goldmark, costume design by Laurie Churba, lighting design by David Lander and sound design by Nick Borisjuk. The show premiered successfully on the West Coast and has since toured across the country. Tickets, $45. Measure for Measure Theater for a New Audience (TFANA) at The Duke, 229 West 42nd Street tfana.org Shakespeare's dark government about an unbalanced society where government leaders are helpless or hypocritical, and passions are relegated to the whorehouses and the prisons. From 2/06/10; opening 2/14/10; closing 3/14/10. Cast: Jefferson Mays as The Duke, Elisabeth Waterston as Isabella, Rocco Sisto as Angelo, Mary Testa, Samara Bay, Denis Butkus, Joe Forbrich, John Christopher Jones, John Keating, Robert Langdon Lloyd, Leroy McClain, Alfredo Narciso, Graham Winton and Rose Zarin. Peter Ksander (sets), Marcus Doshi (lights), David Zinn (costumes) and Jane Shaw (sound design). Sarah Pickett provides original music and John Caraffa handles movement. Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8pm, Sundays at 7pm, Wednesdays at 2pm. After opening, Sundays at 3 and 7pm. br>
Second Stage 307 W. 43rd St. (8th/9th Avs) 212-246-4422 New comedy by Douglas Carter Beane, directed by Scott Ellis. Cast John Lithgow, Jennifer Ehle. From 1/26/10; opening 2/22/10; closing 3/21/10. Tue at 7:00pm; Wed to Sat at 8pm; matinees Sat at 2pm and Sun at 3pm. Tickets: $70. What it's about: Gossip columnists Mr. & Mrs. Fitch who, when the social circuit no longer provides any scandalous news, y find that great celebrity can appear out of thin air.
The FoundryTheatre. Atlantic Stage 2 330 West 16th212-352-3101 http://www.thefoundrytheatre.org A dual presentation by David Greenspan. from 1/06/10; opening 1/10/10; closing 2/07/10. ¾First presented at the Foundry in 2003, The Myopia is a 90-minute comedy about Barclay, who is secretly writing a play about his father Febus. Febus is struggling to finish a musical about Warren G. Harding that features Barclay's grandmother, Yetti; his mother, a Jewish Rapunzel named Koreen; Mrs. Harding; 16 U.S. Senators in a smoke-filled room and a cameo performance from Carol Channing. Our Raconteur for the evening, performed by the author, David Greenspan, plays each member of this cavalcade from a single armchair on a bare stage. The Myopia is performed in a double feature with Gertrude Stein's Plays described as "a hidden gem of theatricality and wit that only Stein could have delivered—until David Greenspan came along." It explores two ideas central to her thinking: the challenge of 'time'and the notion of 'landscape' in plays. One of several lectures Stein given throughout her celebrated 1934 lecture tour across the United States, Plays traces her development as a playwright and makes account of a lifelong investigation into the nature of theater and its audience. Myopia: Wed-Sun at 7:30pm; Plays: Sat & Sun at 4:30pm. Ticket Price: $35— $40 for the weekend double feature. If you do the double feature-- you'll have a 2-hour dinner break between Plays (ending 5:30) and Myopia at 7:30pm. Our Review. My Sinatra Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street 212 868-4444 Sub-titles A Musical Memoir About Obsession, this is the very true story about one man’s love and idolization of Frank Sinatra, one of the world’s greatest performers of all time. Co-written by Cary Hoffman and Paul Linke, with musical direction by Tex Arnold, this reality musical, which originally appeared as a special on PBS, specifically follows Hoffman’s real life as Long Island teenager growing up in the 1940’s, who obsesses over the legendary Frank Sinatra. After the death of two fathers and the support of his three studio musician uncles (who played with Sinatra), the persona of Sinatra takes on a whole new meaning for Cary throughout his life and career. From 1/15/`10; closing 3/05/10. Tickets are $20(2 drink minimum). See www.mysinatra.com for schedule My First Time New World Stages/Stage 5 , 340 West 50th Street www.MyFirstTimeThePlay.com Ken Davenport, producer of Altar Boyz and The Awesome 80s Prom presents a new play in the style of The Vagina Monologues featuring stories about first sexual experiences written by real people. Cast: Bill Dawes, Josh Heine, Kathy Searle, and Cydnee Welburn. What it's about: In 1998, a decade before blogging began, a website was created that allowed people to anonymously share their own true stories about their 'First Time.' The website became an instant phenomenon as over 40,000 stories poured in from around the globe that were silly, sweet, absurd, funny, heterosexual, homosexual, awkward, shy, sexy and everything in between. Thursday to Saturday @ 8pm. From 7/12/07; opening 7/28/07; closing 1/22/10. Tickets $25 to $59. Our Review. Naked Boys Singing! 47th Street Theatre, 304 West 47th Street ( 8th & 9th Avenues)-- after 5/06: Theatre 4 424 West 55th Street 212/239-6200--As of 10/08/05 Dodger Stages/Stage 5, West 50th Street Who would have thought that a musical revue with a lot of naked guys singing numbers such as The Naked Maid,The Bliss of a Bris, Fight the Urge, Nothin' But the Radio On, Members Only, and Muscle Addition would have such lasting power. But here it is, well past it's first birthday and in yet another new home. Running time: 90 minutes. Fri @ 10:30PM, Sat @ 6:00PM & 10:30PM. Tickets $65 to $35. Update: After exceeding all expectations with a continuing run, the Naked boys will hit the big screen, directed by its original director and new arrangements of the songs. It will be released as a separate DVD which will include a behind-the-scenes documentary.
LAB season at Public Theater 420 Lafayette Street (212) 967-7555 www.publictheater.org Written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and directed by Niegel Smith From 2/16/10; closing 3/07/10. Cast: Jocelyn Bioh as Topsy; Danielle Davenport as Melody; Brandon Gill as Jim; Birgit Huppuch as Jean; Chris McKinney as Richard; Okieriete Onaodowan as Sambo; Tonye Patano as Mammy; and Eric Jordan Young as Zip. What it's about: Richard Patterson is not happy. The family of black actors that has moved in next door is rowdy, tacky, shameless, and uncouth. And they are not just invading his neighborhood—they’re infiltrating his family, his sanity, and his entirely post-racial lifestyle. Tuesday at 7 PM; Wednesday through Friday at 8 PM; Saturday at 2 PM and 8 PM; and Sunday at 2 PM and 7 PM. Tickets $10.
47th Street Theatre 304 West 47th Street, (212) 279-4200 Return of the musicalby composer-lyricist Rick Crom. Cast: Christine Pedi stars. She is joined onstage by Christina Bianco, Michael West, Rory O'Malley, 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) and Scott Delacruz (stage manager) From 11/23/09; opening 12/9/09 open run<. Tickets $70. Schedule varies Our Review. North Atlantic The Wooster Group at the Baryshnikov Arts Center's Jerome Robbins Theater 450 W. 37th Street North American premiere (following Los Angeles run). Text by James Strahs isdirected by Elizabeth LeCompte. Cast: Steve Cuiffo, Ari Fliakos, Koosil-ja Hwang, Paul Lazar, Frances McDormand, Zachary Oberzan, Jenny Seastone Stern, Scott Shepherd, Maura Tierney, and Kate Valk. From 3/10/10; closing 4/25/10. March 10 - April 25. What it's about: First presented in 1983, the piece examines the role of the military in American culture during the Cold War. Oliver stageFARM at The Cherry Lane Theatre 38 Commerce Street 212 239-6200 orwww.thestagefarm.org. A new comedy by Elizabeth Meriwether, directed by Evan Cabnet. From 5/08/10; closing 6/06/10. What it's about: Oliver is 17 and Jasper is 60. They are best friends. Oliver wants to get laid, and Jasper wants to help. Jasper wants to drink himself to death, and Oliver wants to save him. And they share a secret that could ruin them both. Lauren Helpern (sets), Ben Stanton (lighting), Jessica Shay (costumes), Zane Birdwell (sound), and Faye Armon (props). Cast TBA. Tuesday-Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 5 pm. Tickets are $37.50 a
Signature Theatre Company at the Peter Norton Space 555 West 42nd Street Horton Foote's a nine-play, three part theatrical event to be co-produced by Hartford Stage and Signature Theatre Company. To be directed by Michael Wilson. Horton Foote adapted each of the full-length plays, some previously produced and others never before seen, into one epic cycle. What it's about: The cycle begins with a father's death in a small-Texas town at the turn of the century, a loss that sends his son, Horace Robedaux, on an odyssey through the darkest corners of the heart as he learns to become a husband, father, and patriarch. Part 1 The Story of my Childhood from 11/04/09; opening 11/19/09; Part 2 The Story of a Marriage from 12/03/09; opening 12/16/09. Part 3 The Story of a Family from 1/07/10; opening 1/26/10010. . .cycle closing 3/06/10--due to popularity of the show the run has been extended and will now be closing 3/29/10-- note that tickets after 3/06 will be $65. Cast: Hallie Foote and James DeMarse star; also Devon Abner, Pat Bowie, Leon Addison Brown, Justin Fuller, Jasmine Harrison, Henry Hodges, Georgi James, Annalee Jefferies, Virginia Kull, Matt Mulhern, Gilbert Owour, Jenny Dare Paulin, Pamela Payton-Wright, Bryce Pinkham, Stephen Plunkett, Lucas Caleb Rooney, Dylan Riley Snider and Charles Turner. Jeff Cowie and David Barber (Set Design), David Woolard (Costume Design), Rui Rita (Lighting Design), John Gromada (Original Music and Sound Design), Peter Pucci (Choreography), Ralph Zito (Voice/Dialect Coach) and Mark Olson (Fight Director). Each part of the three part cycle will be staged individually as well as in repertory and one-day marathons on February 6, 20and March 6, 2010. Performances for individual shows Tuesday-Friday at 7PM; Saturday at 8PM; Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 2PM The Signature will continue to offer its $20 tickets initiative for every seat at every performance of scheduled runs for the next 4 years. Review of Part 1 Running time: 3 hours with two 10-minute intermissions. For a preview of what to expect from the follow-ups, see Part 2-review & Part 3 . Running time for Parts 2& 3: 3 hours and 20 minutes with two 10-minute intermissions Update: The Signature has extended the triptych for an extra six weeks, now closing 5/08/10. Additional marathon performances have also been added which makes for 4 marathons: Feb. 6 and 27, March 6, April 3 and May 8. Tickets for the extension are $65 for each part. . Our Town Jean Doumanian Productions and Barrow Street Theatre at Barrow Street Theatre 27 Barrow Street at 7th Avenue South barrowstreettheatre.com. David Cromer's production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize play. From 2/17/09; opening 2/26/09. Cromer, who directed last season's Adding Machine, and who next season will make his Broadway directing debut with Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound, will himself perform the central role of the Stage Manager. The action will take place in, among and around the audience, creating an intimacy between actors and audience and a powerful encounter with the play's searching questions about family, community and mortality. Complete cast besides the Stage Manager: Jeremy Beiler as Simon Stimson, Rob Beitzel as Howie Newsome, Susan Bennett as Mrs. Soames, Kati Brazda as Mrs. Webb, Nathan Dame as Sam Craig George Demas as Constable Warren, Jennifer Grace as Emily, Wilbur Edwin Henry as Professor Willard, Adam Hinkle as Joe Crowell, Ronete Levenson as Rebecca Gibbs, James McMenamin as George, Ken Marks as Editor Webb, Seamus Mulcahy as Wally Webb, Lori Myers as Mrs. Gibbs, Jay Russell as Joe Stoddard, Armand Schultz as Doc Gibbs and Jason Yachanin as Si Crowell. Tuesday — Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Our Review Tickets: $49.50 to $60. Also premium seating, $95. Current stage manager, Stephen Kunken. Selling tickets through 3/31/10. .
Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex's Dorothy Streslin Theatre 312 West 36th Street) www.abingdontheatre.org 212-868-2055 A new thriller by Jan Buttram, author of Texas Homos, directed by Jules Ochoa. From 1/22/10; opening 1/31/10; closing 2/14/10. What it's about: A mysterious murderer is stalking the residents of a rural Texas town in 1946 as Luke parks on a deserted country road with his new wife and Jessie, a Texas Ranger, searches for a serial killer. Before the three part ways, plans change, a deal is struck, a heart breaks, and everyone is guilty. Cast: Wrenn Schmidt as Jessiem Denny Bess as Randy, the Texas Ranger and Jon McCormick as Luke. Set design by David B. Ogle; costume design by Kimberly Matela; lighting design by Travis McHale; and sound design by David Margolin Lawson. Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:00pm; Fridays at 8:00pm; Saturdays at 2:00pm and 8:00pm; and Sundays at 2:00pm. Tickets are $25. Running time is approximately 80 minutes. Our Review.
The Kirk Theatre 410 West 42nd Street World Premiere of Daniel Mitura's new stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde's classic story. Directed by Henning Hegland. Cast: Kaolin Bass, Christina Broccolini, Leif Huckman, Vayu O'Donnell, Wil Petre and Jade Rothman. Tania Bijlani (set design), Ciera Wells (costume design), Joe Novak (lighting design). From 1/21/10; opening 1/25/10; closing 2/06/10. What it's about: the young, impressionable, and stunningly beautiful Dorian Gray sells his soul for eternal youth. Convinced by the dangerously clever aristocrat Lord Henry Wotton that youth and pleasure are to be valued above all else, and supported by the devotion of the artist who painted the fatal portrait. Tickets, !8.
National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO) at the Connelly Theater 220 East 4th Street www.naatco.org )World-Premiere of Rubén Polendo and Jenny Connell's new play inspired by Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children. The all Asian-American cas features: Mia Katigbak, Jon Norman Schneider, Orville Mendoza, Marcus Ho, Nikki Calonge, Nathan Elam, Brian Hirono and Bushra Laskar.Justin Nestor (set design), Kate Ashton (lighting design), Candida K. Nichols (costume design), with original compositions and live music by Adam Cochran. Mondays - Fridays at 7:00pm and Saturdays 2:00pm &7:00pm at the. Tickets are $15-20. The Pride MCC at Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Street 212-279-4200. American premiere production of Alexi Kaye Campbell's play, directed by Joe Mantello. Cast: Hugh Dancy, Andrea Riseborough and Ben Whishawwill star in the four person play, with a fourth actor TBA. From 1/27/10; opening 2/16/09; closing 3/20/10. What it's about: Oliver, Philip and Sylvia are caught in a kind of erotic time warp. Their complex love triangle, replete with conflicting loyalties and passions, jumps from 1958 to the present and back in a maelstrom of fantasy, repression and rebellion. Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7:00 pm, Thursdays — Saturdays at 8:00 pm, Saturdays at 2:00 pm and Sundays at 3:00 pm. The Really Big Once Target Margin Theater at The Ontological at St. Marks 131 East 10th Street www.targetmargintheater.org World premiere based On Camino Real’and the collaborative efforts of theater giants Elia Kazan and Tennessee Williams, and directed by David Herskovits. From 4/13/10; opening 4/20/10; closing 5/08/10. Following last season’s acclaimed, sold-out extended run of the rarely produced Ten Blocks on the Camino Real,Target Margin Theater will continue to focus on the works of the legendary Tennessee Williams. This new play, created by the company, tells the story of Elia Kazan and Tennessee Williams, and how they changed American culture, exploring their collaboration (between 1948 and 1953) on one of their most celebrated plays, Camino Real. The company secured permission from both the Williams and the Kazan estates to use documentary materials. Red Noir Living Theatre 21 Clinton Street Judith Malina Directs. Writer Anne Waldman combines metaphors of the film noir genre and reflections on modern life in our economically and ecologically trouble ridden war culture. The play follows a female detective as she investigates a black market deal done by many greedy hands and pursues two men, each carrying a valise – one filled with a nuclear or toxic substance; the other filled with the seeds of the future. Cast Camilla de Araujo, Brent Barker, Vinie Burrows, Maylin Castro, Ben Cerf, Sheila Dabney, Jay Dobkin, Luis Christian Dilorenzi, Erin Downhour, Eno Edet, Tjasa Ferme, Ondina Frate, Gemma Forbes, Maria Guzman, Home Hynes, Silas Inches Albert Lamont, Jenna Kirk, Celeste Moratti, Martin Munoz, Lucie Pohl, Marie Pohl, Erik Rodriguez, Judi Rymer, Anthony Sisco, Lori Summers, Enoch Wu, and Kennedy Yanko. Lighting design by Richard Retta; set design by Judith Malina, Ilion Troya and Richard Retta; and musical direction by Sheila Dabney. Running time 85 minutes. From 12/07/09; opening `12/10/09; closing 1/30/10 --extended and now closing 2/27/10 with Wednesdays AND Thursdays are Pay What You Can. Note: A reader who went offers this caveat: Stay clear of this if you're not into audience participation. It's what this is all about. The actors are all around the audience and towards the end actually take away our chairs and insistently make us part of their games. The story, if you can call it that, takes a backseat to this fun and games approach. ReEntry Urban Stages 259 West 30 Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues). 212.868.4444 www.urbanstages.org By Emily Ackerman and KJ Sanchez, directed by KJ Sanchez. Cast Joseph Harrell (United States Marine Corps from 1999-2008, Time Remembered and The Servant of Two Masters), Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris (Emperor Jones, Fefu and Her Friends, Come Back To Me), Bobby Moreno (Cleansed Offending the Audience, Orestes in Orestes 2.0), PJ Soska (Film: The Reunion, NY The Jazz Age, Leap), Sheila Tapia (Elliot, A Soldiers Fugue). Marion Williams (Scenic and Costume Designer), Thom Weaver (Lighting Designer), Zach Williamson (Sound Designer), Alex Koch (Video Designer). From 2/06/10; opening 2/11/10; closing 3/07/10. Wednesday – Saturday at 8PM; Saturday – Sunday at 2PM & Monday 2/08/10. Tickets are $40 ($25 during preview through March 8, 2010). Student Rush: $10 with valid ID 10 minutes before curtain (based on availability) Running time: 90 Minutes, no intermission. What it's about: A look at the lives of Marines returning from Iraq and Afghanistan based on interviews with privates and colonels, combat vets and clerks, and one particularly memorable family. It's about stepping off that plane and coming home, re-entering ones life, family and country - again. Ackerman has two brothers who have served multiple deployments in Iraq (both Marines) and Sanchez had five brothers in the military during the Vietnam War. Over the course of a year, Ackerman and Sanchez interviewed many Veterans, enlisting several as advisors to the play. These men and women became integral to the development of the play, reading each draft, providing feedback, insight and introducing the authors to other veterans that then in tern also became part of the process. |
Safe Home
Women's Interart Center 500 West 52nd Street
Written by Sean Cullen and directed by Chris Henry. From 1/08/10; opening 1/14/10; closing 2/14/10. Friday & Saturday at 8PM; Sunday at 5PM; Monday at 7PM with add performances: Thursday, January 14 at 8PM; Sunday, January 31 at 8:30PM. Running Time: 90 minutes. What it's about: Family war story set in Buffalo, NY during the Korean Conflict. Cast: Michael Cullen, Ian Hyland, Cynthia Mace, _Eric Miller, Erik Saxvik, _Katy Wright Mead. Alex Koch (video and set design), David Bengali(lighting design), Jeanne Wu _(sound design) and Lena Sands (costume design). Our Review.
The Scottsboro Boys, the Vineyard Theatre 108 E. 15th St.(212) 353-3366 www.vineyardtheatre.org
World premiere of John Kander, Fred Ebb and David Thompson's musical about a grim chapter in American justice. From 2/12/10; opening 3/10/10. Choreography by Tony Award winner Susan Stroman. Cast: John Cullllum, Brandon Victor Dixon , Colman Domingo, Sean Bradford, Josh Breckenridge, Derrick Cobey, Rodney Hicks, Kendrick Jones, Forrest McClendon, Julius Thomas III, Sharon Washington, Cody Ryan Wise and Christian White. Set designer, Beowulf Boritt; costume designer, Toni-Leslie James; lighting designer, Kevin Adams; sound designer Peter Hylenski. David Loud is music director; orchestrations are by Larry Hochman. What it's about: Explores the infamous 'Scottsboro' case of the 1930s, in which a group of African American teenagers were unjustly accused of attacking two white women —and the boys' attempts to prove their innocence.
Signs of Life
Amas Musical Theater at The Marjorie S. Deane Little Theatre 5 West 63rd St) www.amasmusical.org
World Premiere of musical with a book by Peter Ullian, lyrics by Len Schiff, music by Joel Derfner, music direction by Michael Pettry, musical staging by Christine O'Grady and directed by Jeremy Dobrish. Cast: Erika Amato, Wilson Bridges, Jason Collins, Nic Cory, Gabe Green, Patricia Noonan, Allen E. Read, Stuart Zagnit and Kurt Zischke. Alexis Distler, set design; Michael Gottlieb, lighting design; Jennifer Caprio, costume design; Michael Eisenberg, sound design; and Chris Kateff, video design.From 2/16/10; opening 2/25/10; closing 3/21/10, What it's about: Exploration of life in the Jewish artists’ ghetto created by the Nazis in the Czech town of Terezin during World War II. Hitler renamed it Theresienstadt and his propaganda cynically proclaimed it "A City for the Jews." He proceeded to populate Theresienstadt with the most prominent artists, composers, scientists, and scholars of Europe. A vibrant artistic community emerged and the ghetto was alive with concerts, plays, and lectures. The Nazi’s, for their own international propaganda purposes, coerced their prisoners to depict Terezin as a place where they lived free lives. But hidden from the watchful eyes of their captors, the artists created secret pictures and writings which were concealed and smuggled out to alert the world to what was really happening. They felt that, because of their covert efforts, the truth could survive. Signs of Life is a true story of love, defiance and the power of art. Tues at 7:30, Weds - Fri at 8, Sat at 3 & 8, Sun at 3
Cassie Beck and Greg Keller
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Women's Project, 424West 55th Street (212) 257-3900
Emmy Award-winning comedy writer Rachel Axler's dark comedy directed by Pam MacKinnon. Cast: Cassie Beck, Greg Keller and Brian Sgambati. What it's about: A hopeful young couple who give birth to a smudge. Not for the faint of heart or closed of mind. From 1/3/10 to 2/7/10; opens 1/11. Monday and Tuesday @ 7pm, Thursday through Saturday @ 8pm, and Sundays @ 3pm. Running Time 90 minues without intermission. Our Review.
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.The Subject Was Roses
Pearl Theater at New York City Center Stage I I West 55th Street
Revival of Frank D. Gilroy's Pulitzer Prize and Tony winning 1965 drama (also filmed in 1968), to be directed by actress and director Amy Wright. From 4/09/10; closing 5/09/10. What it's about: Sstory that revolves around the return of a young man from the battlefields of World War II to the turbulent marriage of his parents. Cast: Carol Schultz and Dan Daily will be featured as Nettie and John Cleary, the role of son Timmy TBA
The Temperamentals
New World Stages 340 West 50th Street(212) 239-6200 www.thetemperamentals.com
Off-Broadway run of Jon Marans play will again feature Thomas Jay Ryan (currently on Broadway In The Next Room) as Harry Hay, Michael Urie (from TV’s Ugly Betty) as Rudi Gernreich,. Arnie Burton (an original cast member of Broadway’s 39 Steps) playing multiple roles; also reprising earlier production roles are Matthew Schneck, and Sam Breslin Wright. From 2/18/10; opening 2/28/10. Directed by Jonathan Silverstein. Set & Costume design by Clint Ramos, lighting by Josh Bradford and sound design by Daniel Kluger. Running Time: 2 hrs 15 min including intermission. Monday 8:00 pm; Thursday 8:00pm; Friday 8:00 pm; Saturday at 2:00pm & 8:00 pm and on Sunday at 3:00 pm & 7:00 pm. Special performances on Wednesday, February 24th at 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm. No performance 2/21 mat, 2/22 eve and 2/28. Ticket prices are: $65 and student tickets for $25 in the mezzanine. For an idea of what to expect see our review of the showcase production here.
That Face
Manhattan Theater Club at New York City Center – Stage I 131 West 55th Street
New York Premiere of rising British playwright Polly Stenham. What it's about: Dark comedy about a family at the breaking point. Mia and Henry have long been dealing with their mother's addictions, but after a prank goes wrong at Mia's boarding school, their situation goes from comically bad to utterly ridiculous. When their estranged father arrives to sort things out, they must face the reality that their well-to-do family may have combusted beyond repair. From 4/29/10; opening 5/18/10. For more about what to expect read our review of That Face in London
THE 39 STEPS
New World Stages, Stage 1 340 West 50th Street (212) 239-6200
The show has had three Broadway homes during the last 2 years. Like another small show that was a big hit, it's not leaving town, however, but moving to the 50th Street multiplex as of March 25th. Tickets will be between $89.50 and - 69.5. Performances are Monday, Wednesday - Friday at 8:00 PM, Saturday at 3:00 and 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 and 7:00 PM. The Off-Brodway cast TBA
Sunday Night Cheaptix $20 for all
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t New York Theatre Workshop, 79 East 4th Street, between Second Avenue and Bowery. (212) 279-4200..
Written by Geoffrey Cowan and Leroy Aarons, and directed by John Rubinstein. Cast: Diane Adair (Meg Greenfield); Larry Bryggman (John Mitchell/Chal Roberts/Lamont Vanderhall); John Getz (Ben Bagdikian/Robert Mardian); Jack Gilpin (Brian Kelly); James Gleason (Murry Marder/Judge Martin Peel); Roberta Maxwell (Katharine Graham); Matt McGrath (George Wilson/Eugene Patterson); Larry Pine (Richard Nixon/Dennis Doolin); Russell Soder (Soldier/Darryl Cox/Clerk & Bailiff/Ron Ziegler); Peter Strauss (Ben Bradlee); and Peter Van Norden (Fritz Beebe/Henry Kissinger). From 2/24/10; opening 3/09/10;closing 3/28/10. What it's about: It’s 1971 and the nation is at war. The intractable conflict escalates in Vietnam while here at home the battle for public opinion rages. A federal court blocks The New York Times from publishing the top-secret history of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham has a single day to decide whether to print these documents, which quickly became known as the Pentagon Papers. When the Nixon administration closes in and charges treason, the fight for a free press explodes. Set and lighting design by David Lander; costume design is by Holly Poe Durbin. The production stage manager is Jennifer Grutza. School of Communications where he taught courses on gay issues and the media. Aarons was also supervising research on press coverage of gay and lesbian issues within Annenberg's Journalism Department. Tuesday at 7:00pm, Wednesday through Friday at 8:00pm, Saturday at 3:00pm and 8:00pm, and Sunday at 2:00pm and 7:00pm. There will be a special student matinee on Thursday, March 18 at 1pm. Tickets are $65.CheapTix: all Sunday evening performances at 7:00pm $20. Students, $20 all performances.
Toxic Avenger
New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street www.TheToxicAvengerMusical.com
The rock musical that opened at New Jersey's New Georges, is transferring to Off-Broadway. Book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change) & music by David Bryan (Bon Jovi), with direction by John Rando. From 3/18/09, opening 4/06/09. Joining the previously announced return of Nancy Opel to the cast are Sara Chase, Nick Cordero, Demond Green and Matt Saldivar. Opel, Cordero and Green all starred in the George Street Playhouse production while Ms. Chase appeared in the initial workshop production. After over 300 performances, the show will be closing 1/03/10 and get set for a national tour. our review.
Nina Arianda and Wes Bentley
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Classic Stage Company, 136 East 13th Streetcall (212) 352-3101, www.classicstage.org
. A new play by David Ives, directed by Walter Bobbie. From 1/13/10/ opening 1/26/10; closing 3/07/10. Cast: Wes Bentley and Nina Arianda. What it's about: Inspired by the erotic novel of the same name, play takes us behind the scenes of an audition, where a man and a woman blur the lines between fantasy and reality, seduction and power, love and sex. Sets by John Lee Beatty, costumes by Anita Yavitch, lighting by Peter Kaczorowski and sound by Acme Sound Partners. Tuesday through Friday at 8 pm; Saturday at 2 pm and 8 pm; and Sunday at 2pm. Tickets are $60 Tuesday through Thursday and $65 Friday through Sunday. Our Review.
When the Rain Stops Falling
Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater Lincoln Center150 West 65th Street
David Cromer will direct Andrew Bovell's epic drama. From 2/11/10; opening 3/08/10. Cast: Victoria Clark, Mary Beth Hurt, Richard Topol, Kate Blumberg, Rod McLachlan, Susan Pourfar, Will Rogers, Michael Siberryand Henry Vickis. What it's about: Set in England and Australia, play trace a family's history spanning 80 years. The play premiered in 2008 at the Adelaide Festival, and was later produced by the Sydney Theater Company and had a West End run at the Almeida Theatre in London where it was reviewed by our London critic. To read that review, go here.
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The Wild Project 195 E. 3rd Street, between Ave. A and Ave. B) (212) 352-3101.
Autobiographical performance from playwright/actor/director Matthew Maguire, following its sold-out run at HERE’s 2009 Summer. What it's about: Maguire grapples with mortality as he explores the wildest moments of his own life —probing everything from ecstasy to runaway horses, from the Book of Esdras to smuggling watermelons, from the Church of Scientology to the art of cheatin’ death. From 1/11/10; closing 1/26/10Tickets are $15 ($10 with valid student I.D.)
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Ohio Theatre 66 Wooster St 212-352-3101.
Part of the Public Theater's Under the Radar Festiva this multimedia theatrical production is based on the internationally acclaimed novel by Haruki Murakami, a Pulitzer Prize nominee and one of Japan's most celebrated writers. Cast: James Yaegashi ( Take Me Out) as Toru Okada, Pepper Fajins, Yoriko Haraguchi, Akira Ito, Yoko Myoi, James Saito, Sonoko Soeda Imai, Yasu Suzuki, Akira Takayama, Toshiji Takeshima, Nana Tsuda, Yoshi Watanabe and Stacey Yen. Tom Lee (Set Design/Puppet Design & Direction), Laura Mroczkowski (Lighting Design), Jane Shaw (Sound Design and Music), Oana Ban (Costume Design), Bora Yoon (Music and Live Performance), Claudia Orenstein (Dramaturg), Adam Larsen (Projection Design), Shawn Duan (Projection Associate), Andrew Berg (Story Consultant), Stephanie Gilman (Staging Director), Karen Beaumont (Movement Consultant), Colin Kilian (Technical Director), Jake Witlen (Production Manager) and Laura Wilson (Stage Manager). From 1/12/10; opens 1/15/10; closing 1/30/10. Wednesdays-Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm with an additional performance on Tuesday January 12 at 6pm. Tickets are $18. What it's about: At once a detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage and an excavation of buried secrets from World War II, this surreal mystery follows an unassuming "everyman", Toru Okada, as he searches for his wife who has inexplicably vanished. Toru soon encounters a cast of strange characters, each with their own intriguing stories, who begin showing up in his dreams, opening doors to a hallucinatory world charged with sexuality and violence. As the lines between dreams and reality dissolve, Toru must confront the dark forces that exist inside him as part of his human nature.
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York Theatre at Saint Peter’s box office (Enter on 54th Street, Just East of Lexington) www.yorktheatre.org, (212) 935-5820
Off-Broadway premiere of musical with music by Joseph Zellnik and book and lyrics by David Zellnik. Bobby Steggert, who most recently won much praise as Younger Brother in the all too short Broadway revival of Ragtime, will reprise the role of Stu he originated in an early production. Complete Cast: Nancy Anderson), Jeffry Denman, Ivan Hernandez), Andrew Durand, Zak Edwards, Todd Faulkner, Joseph Medeiros, David Perlman, Christopher Ruth,Tally Sessions, Bobby Steggert. The show will be directed by Igor Goldin. From 2/16/10; opening 2/24/10; closing 3/21/10. What it's about: Set during World War II, Yank! chronicles the relationship between two servicemen with a lively score inspired by the pop sounds of the 1940’s. Music direction by John Baxindine, choreography by Jeffry Denman and set design by Ray Klausen. Running time is approximately 2 and a half hours. Tickets are $67.50. For an idea of what to expect see the NYMusic Festival production review
Joining the previously announced Bobby Steggert (Ragtime, 110 in the Shade), the cast of Yank! includes (South Pacific).
Jim Brochu as Zero Mostel
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DR2 Theatre 103 East 15th Street 212-239-6200 www.ZeroHourShow.com
Play written by and starring Jim Brochu' about the life of theatre legend Zero Mostel. From 11/14/09; opening 11/22/09; closing 1/31/09 -- but moving to Union Square for an open-ended run on 2/24/10. Piper Laurie directs the production which has played in Washington DC, San Francisco, Houston, and Florida. Set in Mostel's West 28th Street painting studio in 1977 where the actor is giving his final interview before leaving for the pre-Broadway tryout of The Merchant in Philadelphia in which he only played one performance as Shylock before his sudden death at the age of 62. The interview traces Mostel's early days growing up on the Lower East Side as the son of Orthodox Jewish immigrant parents, through his rise as a stand-up comedian, from the Borscht Belt to Manhattan's most exclusive supper clubs, and from the devastation of the blacklist to his greatest Broadway triumphs, most notably as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof and working through his love-hate relationship with Jerome Robbins. Performances Monday at 7 pm, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m., with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets are $35 and $55.Update: The play's second life at DR2 for an open run will begin 2/23/10 with a new opening 3/07/10. Schedule: Monday at 7 pm, Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 8 p.m., with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets are $59.50
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