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The Acorn Theatre 410 West 42nd Street Written by Aaoron Loeb, directed by Chris Smith. A fourth-grade Christmas pageant in Abraham Lincoln’s rural Illinois hometown sets off a firestorm of controversy when it calls into question Abraham Lincoln’s sexuality. A thought-provoking, laugh-out-loud funny, and uniquely American story unfolds, offering surprises at every turn. Each of the play’s three acts lets the audience see the story through a different character’s viewpoint – and at each performance the audience decides in which order the acts are performed, creating a Rubik’s-like theatrical event. Finally, a truly democratic theatergoing experience! What could be more American than that? Running Time: 2 hours and 25 minutes, including 2 intermissions. Casts: Lisa Birnbaum, Arni Burton, Stephanie Pop Caffey, Ted Koch, Pippa Pearthree, Robert Hogan, Ben Roberts. Tickets, $51.25. Tuesday @ 7pm, Wednesday – Friday @ 8pm, Saturday @ 2pm & 8pm, Sunday @ 3pm & 7pm. From 7/27/10; closing 9/05/10. 'Our Review
Actors Temple 339 West 47th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues) Theatre 212-239-6200. www.allamericangirlsplay.com Layton Gray, the writer and director of the long-running Off-Broadway hit Black Angels Over Tuskegee, continues to expand African-American theater with this story of the 1945 all-Negro baseball team after their coach goes missing. From 8/04/10 opening 8/25/10; closing 10/28/10. Cast: Daphanee Duplaix and Cover Girl model Mari White, along with Setor Attipoe, Yasha Jackson, Ashley Jeffrey, Arlene McGruder, Chantal Nchako, Catherine Peoples, and Antoinette Robertson. Performances are Wednesday evenings at 8pm and Thursday evenings at 7pm, in rep with Black Angels over Tuskegee. Tickets $36.50 to $59.50. Performances are Wednesday evenings at 8pm and Thursday evenings at 7pm, in rep with Black Angels over Tuskegee.Our Review. Albetical Order The Keen Company at the Clurman Theatre 410 West 42nd Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues 212/239-6200 The first of the Keen Company's two plays honoring the work of Michael Frayn. A second Frayn play, Benefactors will follow beginning 3/22/11. Carl Forsman directs a cast that featuresBrad Bellamy, William Connell, John Windsor Cunningham, Margaret Daly, Paul Molnar, Angela Reed, and Audrey Lynn Weston. Design team includes Josh Bradford, Jill Du Boff, Nathan Heverin, and Jennifer Paar. From 9/14/10; opening 9/26/10; closing 10/26/10. y Tuesdays at 7pm; Wednesday through Friday at 8pm; Saturdays at 2pm & 8pm; and Sunday matinees at 3pm. The 1975 play won the Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy. What it's abotu: Set in a provincial newspaper office in the 1970s, where it’s just another day of chaos in the cuttings library where files all over the floor, phones ringing, and no librarian in sight. Then the new assistant takes over and things change. Tickets will be $57.50 but a subscription package for both play is available for only $68. Angels in America: Part I A Gay Fantasia on National Themes in repertory with Part 2, Perestroika Signature Theatre Company Peter Norton Space 565 W. 42nd Street. 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. The production will be directed by Michael Greif. From 9/14/10; opening 10/28/10; closing 1/30/11 -- a six week extension of originally planned Dec.19th closing. Cast: Robin Bartlett as Hannah Pitt, Christian Borle as Prior Walter, Bill Heck as Joe Pitt, Zoe Kazan as Harper Pitt, Billy Porter as Belize, Zachary Quinto as Louis Ironson, Robin Weigert as The Angel and Frank Wood as Roy Cohn. Scenic design is by Mark Wendland, costume design by Clint Ramos, lighting design by Ben Stanton, sound design by Ken Travis, projection design by Wendall K. Harrington, music by Michael Friedman, hair and wig design by Charles Lapointe, dialect coaching by Deborah Hecht and fight direction by Rick Sordelet. Production Stage Manager is Monica Cuoco and Stage Manager is Joshua Pilote. The Tony Kushner season will also feature the New York premiere of The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the Scriptures also directed by Michael Greif and co-produced with The Public Theater; and The Illusion Kushner’s freely adapted version of Pierre Corneille’s L’Illusion Comique, directed by Tony Award-winner Michael Mayer. The season will also include readings of selected other plays from Tony Kushner’s body of work. Another American: Asking and Telling DR2 Theatre 103 E. 15th Street 212/239-6200 Marc Wolf’s solo show has enjoyed a most timely return to the Off-Broadway stag with original direction by Joe Mantello. From 7/12/10; extended and now closing 10/04/10. What it's about: Takes the audience on a national tour of sexual politics, the American military, sanctioned discrimination, and its human fallout. Distilled from over one hundred and fifty interviews with straight, gay and lesbian military personnel (from World War II veterans to anonymous service members serving today), in addition to civil rights lawyers, federal judges, professors and politicians, Wolf portrays a community of characters struggling with the government’s ban on gays and lesbians in the armed forces. Tickets $50. We saw and praised this play back in 1999. Review 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 TheBCAM/Macbeth Inertia Productions, at the Flamboyan Theater at Clemente Soto Veléz Cultural and Educational Center, 107 Suffolk Street on the Lower East Side. Kevin Kittle directs a new mixed media deconstruction of Shakespeare's play. From 9/08/10; opens 9/12/10; closing 9/26/10 Combines live action with a mixture of live-feed and filmed projections, with theatrical and textual instruments developed by the ensemble of 14: Lawrence Ballard, David Delaney, Doug Durlacher, Eric Jennings, Ean Miles Kessler, Danielle Liccardo (as Lady Macbeth), Theo Macabeo, Michele Salter, Charlie Sandlan (Macbeth), Susan Schuld, Alexis Slade, Teale Sperling, Robert Walsh, and Carrie Watt.Jared Mezzocchi (director of media performance design), Theo Macabeo (media design), Doug Durlacher (set design), Liam Billingham (lighting design)
Michael Chekhov Company at 45th Street Theatre 212-868-4444 Revival of Martin McDonagh's first big hit, part of his Lennane Trilogy, directed by Ann Bowen. From 8/30/10; closing 9/28/10. Mon & Tues at 7:00pm. Tickets $18. Cast: Duvall O'Steen, Evangeline Johns, Goran Ivanovski, Thomas Francis Murphy .
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 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 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. Our Review. Black Tie Primary Stages 59E59 Street 212-279-4200 New comedy by A.R. Gurney, directed by Mark Lamos. From 1/25/11; opening 2/08/11; closing 3/05/11. What it's about: Father of the groom, Curtis, simply wants to make a memorable toast. But before he is able to raise his glass, he must defend the time-honored ways of his past, including his attire. Cultures clash when a surprise guest is announced, threatening to throw convention out the window. Curtis finds that balancing the standards of his late father and the needs of his future family may prove too messy for a black tie affair. Blue Man Group Astor Place, 423 Lafayette St. ((Astor Place/W. 4th St) 254-4370. An extraordinary downtown hit. For details see Review. Bottom of the World Atlantic Stage 2 330 West 16 Street World premiere of Lucy Thurber’s play, directed by Caitriona McLaughlin. Cast: Crystal A. Dickinson, Brandon J. Dirden, Aubrey Dollar, Brendan Griffin, Kristin Griffith, Jessica Love, Peter Maloney and K.K. Moggie. From 9/03/10; opening 9/14/10; closing 10/03/10. What it's about: Heartbroken over the sudden death of her sister Kate (Love), Abby (Dickinson) delves into the world of Kate’s final novel to deal with her grief and somehow move on. As the lines blur between the fictional world and her own reality, Abby attempts to make sense of life and death. Scenic design by Walt Spangler, costume design by Emily Rebholz, lighting design by Matthew Richards, sound design by Robert Kaplowitz and movement consultation by Kelly Maurer. Tuesday – Saturday at 7:30p and Saturday and Sunday at 2:30pm. There will be an added 7:00pm performance on Sunday, September 5. All tickets are $45. The Break of Noon MCCwww.mcctheater.org at the Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Street 212-279-4200 A World Premiere andco-production with the Geffen Playhouse by Neil LaBute, directed by Jo Bonney. Cast: David Duchovny. From 10/28/10; opening 11/15/10; closing 12/12/10. What it's about: John Smith, a man who, amidst the chaos and horror of the worst office shooting in American history, sees the face of God. His modern-day revelation creates a maelstrom of disbelief among everyone he knows. A newcomer to faith, John urgently searches for a modern response to the age-old question: at what cost salvation? A Bright New Boise Partial Comfort Productionsat The Wild Project, 195 E. 3rd Street between Aves A & B in the East Village. By Samuel D. Hunter and directed by David McCallum. Cast: Andrew Garman and Danielle Slavick. Additional casting and design team TBA. From 9/08/10; opening 9/15/10 ; closing 10/02/10. What it's about: A disgraced evangelical from rural Idaho is forced to take a minimum-wage job at the local Hobby Lobby craft store in an effort to re-unite with his estranged son. But will this > miraculous reconciliation happen before the Second Coming of Christ? 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. 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. The Deep Throat Sex Scandal 45 Bleecker Street Theatre (just east of Lafayette Street) 212/239-6200 www.deepthroattheplay.com New play by David Bertolino, directed by Jerry Douglas from 9/17/10; opening 10/10/10. What it's about: In 1972, a hairdresser from the Bronx made a little movie that grossed over $600 Million (possibly the most profitable film of all time) and ignited the sexual revolution. The Deep Throat Sex Scandal takes you behind the scenes, into the secret world of adult filmmaking and introduces you to the legendary Linda Lovelace and Harry Reems. Follow the bizarre journey from the creation of the movie, through the raids, arrests and the banning of the film, to the political fallout of the ensuing courtroom drama, which launched the career of Allen Dershowitz. Cast: Lori Gardner as Linda Lovelace and Malcolm Madera as Harry Reems, with Graham Stuart Allen, Frank Blocker, Stephen Hope, John-Charles Kelly, Rita Rehn, and Zach Wegner. Scenic design by Josh Iacovelli, lighting design by Graham Kindred, and costume design by Jeffrey Wallach. Tuesday though Friday evenings at 8pm, Saturday at 7:30pm & 11pm and Sundays at 4pm and 7:30pm. Tickets for all performances will be $25 - $79.50. An Error On the Moon Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street 212-239-6200. New play by Luigi Creatore, dir4ected by Kim Wiled. Cast: Margaret Copeland, Erik Heger, Andrew Veenstra, and Brian Wallace.. From 8/13/10; opening 8/30/10; closing 10/10/10. What it's about: A fictional portrait of the brothers Edwin and John Wilkes Booth, the rockstars of their day. Edwin tells his tale of a man consumed by sexual jealousy, of bitter sibling rivalry, and the mad obsession that sparked the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Scenic design by Steven Capone, costume design by Alixandra Gage Englund, lighting design by Charles Foster, sound design by Christian Frederickson, and projection design by C. Andrew Bauer. Fight direction is by Rick Sordelet. Tuesday at 7 pm, Wednesday through Friday at 8 pm, Saturday at 2 pm & 8 pm, and Sunday at 3 pm. Tickets are $50 with limited number of $20 Student Rush tickets (2 ticket limit) on day of performance. Exit/Entrance Origin Theatre Company as part of 1st Irish at 59E59 Theaters 212-279-4200 US premiere by Aidan Mathews and directed by M. Burke Walker. From 9/10/10; opening 9/15/10; Closing 10/03.Tuesday – Wednesday at 7:15 PM; Thursday – Friday at 8:15 PM; Saturday at 2:15 PM and 8:15 PM; Sunday at 3:15 PM. Noo matinee performance on Saturday, September 11. What it's about: Charles, a retired classics professor, and his wife, Helen, are back in the apartment they shared for their entire married lives. They quietly reaffirm their deep affection for each other, the life they’ve shared, its delights and disappointments, as they toast their commitment. In a similar apartment, a much younger couple unpacks from an exhilarating trip to Greece. They settle into an empty apartment, eager to begin their new life together. Over the course of the play, two quiet, intimate evenings unfold, where the lives of two couples are irrevocably changed. This exploration of the power of love, commitment and memory premiered in the Peacock at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. Cast: Lara Hillier, Greg Mullavey, David L. Townsend and Linda Thorson. 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 Freud's Last Session eane Little Theatre 5 West 63rd Street This 2-hander was extended again and again last summer and became Barrington Stage's longest running Second Stage production. This summer the show and its cast returned from June 22 through July 3 before arriving here. From 7/09/10; opening 7/22/10. What it's about: A terminally ill Dr. Sigmund Freud (Martin Rayner) and Catholic convert C.S. Lewis (Mark H. Dold) clash politely but passionately about their belief in God and the meaning of life. Tuesdays at 7pm, Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 8pm, with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm and Sunday at 3pm. Tickets are $65 and a limited number of $20 Student Rush tickets (with valid student ID) will be available at the box office beginning three hours prior to each performance. Our Review
The Triad, 158 West 72nd Street - 2nd Floor (1/2 block East of Broadway) www.thefixupshow.com Weekly panel/matchmaking comedy show in which J. Keith van Straaten, who also hosted What’s My Line? – Live On Stage, welcomes celebrity guests and real single New Yorkers looking for love. Two strangers will be fixed up on a date, live on stage! Celebrity guests include Joe Franklin, Michael Musto, Aasif Mandvi, and Frank DeCaro. The matched pair goes on a real date, with meals supplied by restaurants including The Capital Grille, Delicatessen, and T Salon. In this age of social media, The Fix-Up Show brings back socially meeting –taking the ancient art of matchmaking into a contemporary context. It's planned for every Tuesday, through the summer at 9pm, starting 6/22/10; closing 7/22/10-- extended and now to 9/11/10. With young, old, gay, and straight folks looking for luck on stage this aims for universal appeal and summer fun. Our Review. 4-Play Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane From 7/22/10; opening 8/9/10. Wed to Sat 8pm; Wed, Sat, Sun at 2pm; Sn 5pm. Tickets $20 to $65. Written, and directed by Paul Magid who also performs with Mark Ettinger, Rod Kimball, Stephen Bent Choreographer, Doug Elkins. What it's about: The Flying Karamazov Brothers' blend of music, comedy, dance, theater, and juggling for young and old n Our Review. “FRIENDS” OFF BROADWAY at THEATRE 3 Previews OCTOBER 7th and the Opening is THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12th Friends Donis Productions at Theater 3, 311 West 43rd Street 3rd Floor (home of the Mint Theatre company - off 8th Avenue) www.friendstheplay.com/. Play by Peter L. Levy, directed by Jerry Donis and stars Harlan Tuckman and Judy Spiegel. From 10/07/10; opening 10/12/10 Previews begin on October 7th and the Opening is Thursday, October 12th. What it's about: Ruth Appfelbaum and Max Horowitz, both in their seventies, meet on a bench in Central Park. Max, a widower, an intellectual, who used to devise crossword puzzles for a living, is existing on the edge because of his limited finances; and, Ruth, is a dreamer who never experienced true love. Their chance encounter gets off to a rocky start. Ruth finally condescends to allow Max to temporarily stay in her apartment. Thursday – Saturday at 8:00 pm, with matinees at 2:00 pm Wednesday and Saturday. There is a special performance on Tuesday 10/12 at 8:00 pm. Tickets are $40. Gatz Elevator Repair Service, Public Theater Lafayette Street F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, verbatim, directed by John Collins. From 9/26/10; opening 10/06/10; closing 11/14/10. In this theatrical version, an employee in a mysterious office finds a copy of the novel and starts to read it out loud, and doesn’t stop. At first his coworkers hardly notice. But after a series of strange coincidences, it’s no longer clear whether he’s reading the book or the book is transforming him. This unusual show was created by its ensemble: Iveson (Ewing), Vin Knight (Chester), Aaron Landsman (George), Annie McNamara (Catherine), Kate Scelsa (Lucille), Scott Shepherd (Nick), Susie Sokol (Jordan), Victoria Vazquez (Daisy), Ben Williams (Michaelis), and Gary Wilmes (Tom). Scenic design by Louisa Thompson, costume design by Colleen Werthmann, lighting design by Mark Barton, and sound design by Ben Williams. The performance will be b resented as a marathon theatrical event, with two intermissions and a dinner break, four times per week. Performances begin with Acts 1 & 2 (Chapters 1-5) on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 3 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.; they resume after a dinner break with Acts 3 & 4 (Chapters 6-9) on Wednesday, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 7 p.m. For a review of Gatz in Boston go here. The Human Scale The Public Theater and 3-Legged Dog at 3LD Art and Technology Center 80 Greenwich Street Written and performed by Pulitzer Prize winner Lawrence Wright and directed by Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, this will premiere as part of The New Yorker Festival. From 10/02/10; opening 10/07; closing 10/31/10. What it's about: a graphic exploration of the ongoing crisis in Gaza following up to Wright's essay "Captives" published in the November 9, 2009 issue of The New Yorker, Lighting design by Deb Sullivan; video design by Aaron Harrow; sound design by Matt Hubbs; and scenic consultation by David Korins. Tickets $30. Tuesday through Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. There are no performances on Saturday, October 9; Wednesday, October 13; Tuesday, October 19; or Wednesday, October 20. On Sunday, October 3, there will be a 7 p.m. performance only. There will be a performance on Monday, October 11 at 8 p.m. In the Wake Public Theater 420 Lafayette Street Written by Lisa Kron. Directed by Leigh Silverman. From 10/19/10; opening 11/01/10; closing 11/21/10. Cast: Jenny Bacon, Michael Chernus, Miriam F. Glover, Marin Ireland, Deirdre O’Connell, Susan Pourfar and Danielle Skraastad. What it's about: It’s Thanksgiving of 2000 and the presidential election still has not been decided. Ellen insists that her friends and family don’t understand how bad the situation really is. But no one—not her loving partner, Danny, nor the passionate Amy, nor the brutally pragmatic and world-weary Judy—can make Ellen see the blind spot at the center of her own politics and emotional life. Dcenic design by David Korins, costume design by Susan Hilferty, lighting and projection design by Alexander V. Nichols, and sound design by Darron L West. Tuesdays at 7 p.m.; Wednesdays through Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; and Sundays at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. (There is no performance on Saturday, October 23 at 2 p.m.) For an idea of what to expect see our LA critic review of the premiere (with 2 of the NY actors in the cast) here. In Transit Primary Stages 59E59 Street 212-279-4200 World premiere Musical. Book, Music & Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan and Sara Wordsworth. Directed by Joe Calarco. From 9/21/10; opening 10/05/10; closing 10/30/10. Performed completely a cappella by 7-member cast featuring Steve French as Bass, Celisse Henderson as Alto/Regina, Hannah Laird as Soprano/Ali, Chesney Snow as Boxman, Graham Stevens as Baritone/Nate, Denise Summerford as Mezzo/Jane and Tommar Wilson as Tenor/Trent. The 7 performers take on multiple roles and create every note with their own voices for a rich, differeent theatrical experience. What it's about: Inspired by the rhythms and sounds of life on the subway, In Transit follows an aspiring actress, a fledgling financier, a street-savvy beatboxer, a cab driver, and others as they find their way in New York City. The result is a vivid tapestry of characters and music in the City that never stands still. The Irish. . ..and How They Got That Way Irish Repertory Theatre: 132 West 22th Street. 212 255-0270 The musical revue based on book by Frank McCourt revived by Irish rep director Charlotte Moore. Cast: Ciaran Sheehan, Terry Donnelly, Kerry Conte, Patrick Shields, Gary Troy, and Kevin B. Winebold. Running Time: 100 minutes with 10 minute intermission Tickets: $55.00 - $65.00. Performances: Wed., Sat., Sun. matinees at 3pm. Wed. through Sat. at 8pm. From 7/14/10. Opening 7/22/10. Closing 9/26/10. Our Review. It Must Be Him Off The Aisle Productions at the Peter J. Sharp Theatre 416 West 42nd Street Jonathan C. Kaplan, Alice Playten, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, plus Liz Torres, John Treacy Egan and more star in a new comedy by Kenny Solms, directed by Daniel Kutner. From 8/24010; opening 9/01/10; closing 9/26/10.Songs for the show are written by Ryan Cunningham (lyrics) and Broadway's Larry Grossman (music). What it's about: Louie Wexler (Scolari), a whiz kid comedy writer from the heyday of variety television, is now down on his luck. With his devoted agent (Egan), and his considerably less devoted housekeeper (Torres) by his side, Louie finds himself broke, lonely, and on the wrong side of middle age. Desperate to rekindle his fading career, save his posh Beverly Hills home and find the man of his dreams, Louie searches high and low for one last shot at his own real-life happy ending. Wendy Seyb (choreography), Court Watson (scenic design), Laurie Churba (costume design), Joel Silver (lighting design) and Duncan Edwards (sound design). Tickets, $66. The Language Archive Roundabout at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre 111 West 46th Street A new comedy written by Julia Cho, directed by Mark Brokaw. Cast: Betty Gilpin (Emma), John Horton (Resten), Jayne Houdyshell (Alta), Matt Letscher (George) & Heidi Schreck (Mary). From 9/24/10; opening 10/1/10; closing 12/17/10. Neil Patel (Sets), Michael Krass (Costumes), Marc McCullough (Lights) & David Van Tieghem (Sound). What it's about. George is a man consumed with preserving and documenting the dying languages of far-flung cultures. Closer to home, though, language is failing him. He doesn't know what to say to his wife, Mary, to keep her from leaving him, and he doesn't recognize the deep feelings that his lab assistant, Emma, has for him. The play won the 2010 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize awarded to an outstanding new English-language play by a woman and had its world premiere at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California in March 2010
Gap in the Wall Productions at the Connelly Theater, 220 East 4th Street (Bet Avenue A & Avenue B subway: F to 2nd Ave.;6 to Astor) www.lastcastrato.com Guy Fredrick Glass play Inspired by true events,s directed by John Henry Davis. From 11/12/10; opening 11/16/10. What it's about: The early 20th centry story about the unique, almost forgotten group – the castrati-- who were damaged at a young age by forces beyond their control. Moreshi, the only one to make phonograph records finally finds out who he really is as he boldly stands up for himself, celebrating his distinctive talent and sexuality, combating homophobia and petty intrigue. Performances are Wednesday – Saturday at 8:00 pm, with special matinees at 3:00 pm on Sat 11/20 and Sun 11/28; and 8:00 pm Sun 11/21. There is no performance Wed 11/17 and (Thanksgiving week) on Wed 11/24 & Thurs 11/25. Tickets are $18. The Little Foxes New York Theater Worksop 79 East 4th Street, between Second Avenue and Bowery .Lillian Hellman's play directed by Ivo van Hove. opening 9/21/10; closing 10/31/10. Van Hove’s fresh vision will be a study of how women of different races and classes contend with male aggression, power, and domination. Cast: Elizabeth Marve will play Regina Giddens; also Tina Benko, Marton Csokas, Sanjit De Silva, Lynda Gravatt, Elizabeth Marvel, Cristin Milioti, Thomas Jay Ryan, Greig Sargeant, Christopher Evan Welch, and Nick Westrate. Long Story Short CQE Live at 45 Bleecker Street, (212) 239-6200 Written and performed by Colin Quinn of Saturday Night Live, directed by Jerry Seinfeld. Sets and video by Aaron Rhyne, lighting by Perchik Kreiman-Miller, sound by Scott Elmegreen Running time: 1 hour 15 minutes. A look at the ups and downs of great civilizations gone wrong! Performances from 6/23/10; ; closing 9/03/10 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. Macbeth Theatre for a New Audience at The Duke on 42nd Street, 229 West 42nd Street. ' A new production re-unites Arin Arbus with John Douglas Thompson who won OBIE and Lucille Lortel Awards for his performance in Ms. Arbus's staging of Othello two seasons ago for Theatre for a New Audience and this past summer played Richard III at Shakespeare & co in Lenox. Julian Crouch (co-artistic director, Improbable Theatre) will do set design and puppetry. From 3/12/10; opening 3/20/10; closing 4/22/10. The Man Who Ate Michael Rockefeller Dog Run Deep at the West End Theatre, The Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew, 263 West 86th Street @ West End Avenue. 212-868-4444 World premiere o, a new play by Jeff Cohen based on the short story by Christopher Stokes, directed by Alfred Preisser. What it's about: In 1961, Michael Rockefeller, 23 years old, disappeared among the Asmat People of Papua, New Guinea. He was never heard from again. This is the story of what might have happened, told by the Asmat people. t All tickets are $18. From 9/10/10; opening 9/12/10; closing 10/03/10. For more details and schedule, see www.dogrunrep.com. The Memorandum TACT/The Actors Company at The Beckett Theatrr 410 West 42nd Street One of the best known and most popular plays by renowned playwright, former political prisoner and the first president of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel. What it's about: When the managing director of an enormous corporation discovers that all office communications are suddenly being written in "Ptydepe, " a newly invented and impossibly complicated language, his attempts to get one memo translated lead him through an increasingly ridiculous maze of red tape. Havel began writing The Memorandum as early as 1960. Rewritten many times over the next few years. The play has been presented regularly around the world but TACT is staging the first major Off Broadway revival in over 40 years. TACT Company Member and Associate Producer Jenn Thompson directs. From 10/15/10; opening 11/04/10; closing 12/04/10. : Monday, Wednesday – Friday at 7:30pm; Saturday at 2pm & 8pm; Sunday at 3pm. Tickets are $20 - $56.25
Playwrights Horizons Main Stage, 416 West 42nd Street New York premiere of Edward Albee's first play at Playwrights Horizon. Cast: Elizabeth Ashley, Zachary Booth, Brian Murraay, Natalia Payne, Stephen Payne and Preston Sadleir. From 8/24/10; opening 9/12/10; closing 10/10/10 . Directed by Emily Mann. What it's about: Mother (Ashley) can't tell her identical twins apart. But when Otto (Mr. Booth) announces his brother (Mr. Sadleir) doesn’t exist, the household descends into chaos. Scenic design by Thomas Lynch, costume design by Jennifer von Mayrhauser, lighting design by Kenneth Posner and sound design by Darron L West. Production Stage Manager is Alison Cote. For more of what to expect, see Simon Saltzman's review of the play at Ms. Mann's McCarter Theater here Tuesdays through Fridays at 8PM, Saturdays at 2:30 PM & 8PM and Sundays at 2:30 PM & 7:30 PM. Single tickets, $75 and reflecting Playwrights Horizons’ ongoing commitment to making its productions more affordable to younger audiences, the theater company will offer HOTtix, $20 rush tickets, subject to availability, day of performance only, starting one hour before showtime. The Merchant of Venice Theatre for a New Audience at Pace University's Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, 3 Spruce Street. This is a reprise of the 2007 production starring F. Murray Abraham as Shylock and directed by Darko Tresnjak. This revival marks the beginning of the company's first national tour. Frp, 2/27/10; opening 3/05/10; closing 3/05/10. Middletown Vineyard Theatre 108 East 15th Street World premiere of play by Will Eno, directed by Ken Rus Schmoll. From 10/13/10; opening 11/03/10; closing ? Cast: Georgia Engel of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Michael Park, Linus Roache and Heather Burns. What it's about: explores the universe of a small American town. As a friendship develops between longtime resident John Dodge (Roache) and new arrival Mary Swanson (Burns), the lives of the inhabitants of Middletown intersect in a journey that takes them from the local library to outer space and points between. Mistakes Were Made Barrow Street Theater 27 Barrow Street (212) 868-4444 New York premiere of new comedy by Craig Wright, directed by Dexter Bullard. From 11/06/10; opening 11/14/10. Cast: Michael Shannon as Felix Artifex and Mierka Girten as Esther. What it's about: Producer or politician? Is he defending his life or fighting to get one last project off the ground? Either way, Felix is completely oblivious to the world collapsing around him. Naked Boys Singing! 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.
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. Notes From the Underground Theatre for a New Audience, in association with Baryshnikov Arts Center, at the Baryshnikov Arts Center’s Jerome Robbins Theater, 450 West 37th Street New York premiere of Yale Repertory Theatre's production of the revolutionary novella by Fyodor Dostoevskyadapted for the stage by Bill Camp and Robert Woodruff . It stars Mr. Camp, is directed by Mr. Woodruff and is translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Running time: two hours. From 11/07/10; opening 11/11/10; closing 11/20/10.. Now Circa Then Ars Nova at Ars Nova (511 West 54th Street World premiere by Carly Mensch, directed by Ars Nova Artistic Director Jason Eagan. From 9/22/10; opening 9/27/10; closing 10/09/10. What it's about: Meet Julian and Josephine, an immigrant couple on New York's Lower East Side, circa 1890. Meet Gideon and Margie, an unlikely pair of historical reenactors, circa now. A museum tour goes off the rails in this scrappy tale of old places, new beginnings and timeless questions. Cast: Stephen Plunkett and Maureen Sebastian. Lauren Helpern (scenic design), Jenny Mannis (costume design), Traci Klainer (lighting design), Ryan Rumery (original music and sound), and Damon Arrington (Production Stage Manager). Office Hours The Flea Theater at 41 White Street between Church and Broadway, three blocks south of Canal, close to the A/C/E, N/R/Q/W, 6, J/M/Z and 1 subway lines. www.theflea.org. World Premiere by A. R. Gurney, directed by Jim Simpson and created especially for the Flea's young company, The Bats. From 9/21/10; opening 9/30/10; closing 11/07/10. What it's about: Set at a university campus in 1974 when administrations began to doubt the value of a Great Books course and a parallel to our contemporary political climate and raises significant questions surrounding the teaching of the classics in our modern world. Orange, Hat & Grace Soho Rep 46 Walker Street Soho Rep artistic director Sarah Benson, who staged the U.S. premiere of Blasted, will helm this world premiere. From 9/15/10; opening 9/23/10; closing 10/10/10. Cast: Matthew Maher, Stephanie Roth Haberle and Reyna de Courcy. What it's about: In a cabin in the woods, aging Orange finds her orderly life upended by a feral suitor and the reappearance of a figure from her past who is coming home for a final visit in this nquiry into our relationship with the natural world Orlando Classic Stage Company, 136 East 13th Street www.classicstage.org New York premiere of Sara Ruhl's adaptation of Virginia Woolf's novel, directed by Rebecca Taichman, with choreography by Annie-B Parson. From 9/09/10; opening 9/23/10; closing 10/17/10. What it's about: Meet Virginia Woolf's Orlando, your typical Elizabethan Man: a favorite of the Queen, madly in love with a Russian Princess, fleeing an Archduchess and waking up one fine day in Constantinople to find he has become, of all things, a woman. She survives the 19th and 20th Centuries grappling with what it means to live fully in the present, in our own skin, in our own gender, and in our own time. Cast: Annika Boras (Sasha), Francesca Faridany (Orlando), Gibson Frazier (Marmaduke), David Greenspan (Queen Elizabeth), Tom Nelis (Sea Captain) and Howard Overshown (Othello). Set design by Allen Moyer, costumes by Anita Yavich, lighting by Christopher Akerlind, and Original Music & Sound Design By Christian Frederickson & Ryan Rumery. Tuesdays through Fridays at 8pm; Saturdays at 2pm and 8pm and Sundays at 2pm. Tickets are $60 for weekday performances and $65 for weekends. For a review of a California production (different team) go here The Other Place MCCwww.mcctheater.org at the Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Street212-279-4200 World Premiere by Sharr White. From 3/10/11; opening 3/28/11; closing 4/24/11. What it's about: A volatile and emotional thriller, where longing for the past and hope for the future collide in a cottage on the windswept shores of Cape Cod. Juliana Smithton’s research into the molecular basis for Alzheimer drugs has propelled her into elite scientific circles. When her private life takes a frightening turn, Juliana (bracingly intelligent and not one to easily acknowledge weakness), finds herself drowning in a sea of distorted memory, still struggling to reach out for help. MCCwww.mcctheater.org at the Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Street 212-279-4200 ucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Street 212-279-4200 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, Helen Hunt-- the show's first female. Closing 9/12/10 . Perfect Harmony 45 Bleeker Street www.45Bleecker.com or (212) 579-0528 http://www.perfectharmonyrocks.com A comedy about high school singing groups. Tues – Sat at 8PM. $51 with premium seating available Running Time: : 90 minutes – no intermission. Recommended for: all ages. Panic!Euphoria! Blackout! Talking Band, HERE Arts Center 145 Avenue of Americas at Dominick Street, one block south of Spring Street (accessible from the C,E trains at Spring Street). 212-352-3101 or www.here.org Cast: Randolph Curtis Rand, Mary Schultz, and Paul Zimet. Lenore Doxsee (sets and lights), Kiki Smith (costumes), Faye Driscoll (choreography), and Joan Cappello (production stage manager). From 10/07/10; opening 10/12/10; closing 10/24/10. Tuesday - Friday at 7pm, Saturday at 2pm & 7pm. . Tickets are $25 What it's about: Three traders sit at a table swapping and bartering objects with encoded values, receiving orders and instructions by earpiece, and attempting to stay ahead of the ever-changing numbers that broadcast swings in the market. As they get caught in unpredictable swells and currents that they have no control over, their place in it all becomes clear: they are outsiders – middlemen who bear all the responsibility and none of the power. In exploring their relationship to each other and their society, this unique theatrical piece looks at the profound impact of lending, trade, debt, and finance in our culture. Informed by today’s financial crises while taking inspiration from the paintings of Renaissance painter Marinus van Reymerswaele and the diary of the Jewish Renaissance businesswoman Gluckel of Hamlen. Play Dead The Players Theater 115 MacDougal Street at Minetta Lane New York premiere of thriller co-written by Teller and Todd Robbins, directed by Teller and performed by Todd Robbins, From 10/21; opening 11/10/10. Tickets for the first week of performances will be $29.50; from 10/26 to 11/10, $39.50-$49.50; after 11/10, 0$39.50-$59.50; same-day rush tickets on sale at the box office only ($20 from 10 21 – 11/ 10, $25 after November 10). As the guide for the evening, Todd Robbins draws audiences into an unknown haunted world full of frightful surprises and diabolical laughter. Scenic design by David Korins, lighting design by Thom Weaver and sound design by Leon Rothberg. Original music is by Gary Stockdale and the Associate Director is Jim Millan. Power Balladz Midtown Theater, 163 West 46th Street; (212) 352-0255; powerballadz.com Created by Dan Nycklemoe and Mike Todaro with Peter Rothstein; written by Mr. Nycklemoe and Mr. Todaro; directed by Mr. Todaro;. Sets by Hilary Noxon; lighting by Bradley Clements; sound by Alex Ritter; costumes by Abbi Stern; projections by Mr. Nycklemoe. Music director, Karen Dryer; production stage manager, Jeramiah Peay; music supervisor, Jason Loffredo. Running time: 1 hour 20 minutes. Cast: Dieter Bierbrauer, Scott Richard Foster and Mary Mossberg.
Clurman Theater 410 West 42nd Street 212-239-6200 Seth Duerr directs and performs in play by Randy Cohen, a k a The Ethicist of New York Times Magazine. What it's about: After being arrested for drunk driving followed by a Mel Gibsonesque anti-Semitic rant, college professor Leslie (Duerr) can avoid jail time if he enters rehab, attends anger management classes, and gives a lecture on a figure from a list of The 100 Most Influential Jews of All Time. Rather than choose a more famous figure, such as Einstein or Moses, he picks Number 82: Daniel Mendoza, the 18th century British bare-knuckle boxing champion and father of "scientific boxing." in presenting the life and times of Mendoza, Leslie allows details about his personal life to creep into his monologue. The audience discovers, through quick and sardonic asides, what led him to this point, gaining insight to the professor’s tumultuous marriage, arrest, sentencing, and character. From 8/13/10; closing 8/28/10. Q&A sessions after every Saturday and Sunday matinee (plus additional guests after other performances: David Margolick, Binnie Klein, Paul Lukas, David Rakoff, Simon Schama, Kevin Bleyer, Daniel Radosh, and Time Carvell-from The Daily Show. Wednesdays - Fridays at 8pm | Saturdays at 2pm and 8pm | Sundays at 3pm There is an added performance on Tuesday Aug 24, 2010 at 7pm Our Review. The Screwtape Letters Westside Theatre, 407 West 43rd Street 212.239.6200 C. S. Lewis book adapted byJeffrey Fiske and Max McLean. McLean plays the lead. Elise Girardin, plays Toadpolle. Scenic Design is by Cameron Anderson, Costumes by Michael Bevins, Lighting Design by Jesse Klug, and Original Music and Sound Design by John Gromada. Open Run. As of 9/06: Mondays at 7pm; Wednesday Matinee at 2pm; Thursday and Fridays at 8pm , Saturdays 4pm and 8pm at and Sundays at 3pm and 7 p.m. Day-Of, Student Rush Tickets are available for $27, cash only, at the Box Office. Valid ID must be presented. As of August 1, Individual Tickets are $75 each with premium tickets set at $95.
Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters (212) 279-4200 New York premiere by Jonathan Tolins, directed by Matt Shakman. Cast: Amy Aquino as Joanne Lipman, Bill Brochtrup as Bradley, John Glover as Martin Kerner, Mark Nelson as Peter Lipman and Noah Robbins as Andrew Lipman. From 7/27/10; opening 8/10/10; closing 9/04/10. What it's about: In show business, it’s all about who you know. Or is it? Andy Lipman, a smart, ambitious kid from Long Island dreams of a career on Broadway and hopes that his idol, theater legend Martin Kerner, can give it to him. Will Kerner open Andy’s door to success, or will their complicated relationship force him to question a life in the theater? Mark Worthington (Set), Mike Durst (Lights), and John Gromada (Sound). The Production Stage Manager is Sarah Caddell. Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m., Wednesdays through Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m., and Sunday matinees at 3:00 p.m. on August 1, 8 & 15, and Wednesday matinees at 2:00 p.m. on August 18, 25 & September 1. Single tickets at $45 for preview performancesand $60 for all remaining performances. Pay What You Can for the first two preview performances on July 27, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. and July 28, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. $20 for patrons 35 and under. Our Review. Side Effects MCC www.mcctheater.org at the Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Street 212-279-4200 World premire by Michael Weller. From /12/11; opening 5/31/11; closing 6/26/11 MCC's 2008 hit Fifty Words (review) culminated in one desperate phone call. Side Effects is the story of what happened on the other end of the line. This harrowing and unique j sotry of Hugh and Lindy's seemingly perfect marriage is a beacon in their microcosmic Midwestern world of dinner parties and fundraisers. Behind closed doors they’re falling apart - doors they can barely keep shut. Lindy’s grappling with bipolar swings, their teenage sons are acting out, and Hugh’s rising political star is suddenly imperiled. The Sneeze Pearl Theater at New York City Center Stage II Michael Frayn adaptation from plays and stories by Anton Chekhov, directed by J. R. Sullivan. From 9/17/10; opening 9/26/10; closing 10/31/10. These stories and plays were written at the beginning of Chekhov's career and include nan a collection of comic sketches: The Bear, The Evils of Tobacco, Swan Song, The Proposal, and The Sneeze. Cast: Robert Hock, Dominic Cuskern, Edward Seamon, Lee Bradford Cover, Rachel Botchan, and Chris Mixon. Spirit Control e Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center – Stage I 131 West 55th Street 212-581-1212 www.nycitycenter.org World premiere by Beau Willimon, directed by Henry Wishcampe. Cast: Mia Barron, Charles Borland, Aaron Michael Davies, Brian Hutchison, Maggie Lacey and Jeremy Sisto. From 10/07/10; opening 10/26/10; closing 12/05/10. What it's about: Adam Wyatt (Sisto) has the perfect family and a perfect record as an air traffic controller. But when the pilot of a small plane suffers a heart attack, Adam must talk a terrified passenger through an emergency landing. What happens next will link him inextricably to a woman he’s never met, and set the life he once knew irrevocably adrift. Scenic design by Robin Vest, costume design by Jenny Mannis, lighting design by Natasha Katz, sound design by Broken Chord and projection design by Aaron Rhyne. 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.Summer Shorts 4 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street).www.summershortsfestival.com Performances begin Friday July 30th, and continue through Thursday September 2nd. Fourth annual festival of new American short plays from 7/30/10 to 9/02/10. Will feature eight World Premieres from some of New York’s finest established and emerging playwrights, including Jonathan's Blaze by Christopher Stetson Boal directed by Alexander Dinelaris; Play With The Penguin by Roger Hedden directed by Billy Hopkins; The Graduation Of Grace by Wendy Kesselman directed by Stephanie Berry; Fit by Neil Koenigsberg directed by Merri Milwe; Romance by Neil LaBute directed by Dolores Rice; The Expenses Of Rain by Deb Margolin directed by Laura Barnett; An Actor Prepares by Timothy Mason directed by Maxwell Williams; Happy by Alan Zweibeldirected by Fred Berner. Rob Gould will provide scenic design, with costume design by Michael Bevins and lighting design by Greg MacPherson. The two series will run in rotating repertoryTuesday and Wednesday evenings at 7:15, Thursday through Saturday evenings at 8:15pm, with matinees Saturdays at 2:15 and Sundays at 3:15. Tickets are $18 each.For more information, please visit www.59e59.org or
HERE Arts Center, 145 Sixth Avenue, (212) 352-3101 Website: http://www.here.org Jeremy Kareken in collaboration with Lee M. Silver, directed by Tales From the Tunnel 45 Bleecker Street Theatre New comedy about the NYC Subway System featuring Tony Award Winner Wilson Jermaine Heredia also includes Farah Bala, Geri Brown, Carla Corvo, Brandon Jones, Vayu O’Donnell, Sam Rosenberg, and Maria Silverman. What it's about: true quintessential New York stories. An open off-Broadway run, from the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival, Set design is by Brad Zizmor, sound design is by Jess Bauer, lighting design is by Paul Miller with original music by Jason Diana. Performances are on Saturdays at 4 p.m. and Sundays at 7 p.m. From 7/11/10; opening 7/25/11; open run. 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: John Behlmann as Richard Hannay, Cameron Folmar as Man #2, Jamie Jackson as Man #1 and Kate MacCluggage as Annabella Schmidt/Pamela/Margaret. The production also features Greg Jackson. Through The Night Union Square Theatre 100 East 17th Street . 212-279-4200. Written and Performed by Daniel Beaty. D irected by Charles Randolph-Wright. From 9/10/10; opening 9/26/10. l Beaty portrays an entire community of people who experience an unexpected epiphany on the same evening that changes their lives forever
Second Stage, 305 West 43rd Street. www.2ST.com. Zach Braff, Bobby Cannavale, Sutton Foster and Ari Graynor co-star in the world premiere of Paul Weitz's new dark comedy. It's directed by Peter DuBois,. From 7/23/`10opening 8/12/10; closing 9/06/10. What it's about: Harry is rich and married. But when Harry doesn’t trust any of it is enough, he looks to find something real in the most unlikely of places. Scenic design by Alexander Dodge, costume design by Emilio Sosa, lighting design by David Weiner and sound design by M.L. Dogg. Our Review.
Judith Shakespeare Company TBG Theatre, 312 West 36th Street (at 8th Ave) 212-868-4444 The company returns to New York after six yers with the gender-reversed verson of Shakespeare's romantic comedy Two Gentlemen of Verona, August 4-22 at TBG Theatre (312 West 36th Street). JSC Artistic Director Joanne Zipay directs this com. From 8/04/10 to 8/22/10.Tickets are $25 . In In JSC’s Two Gents, the women portray the men and the men portray the women. The cast features Sheila Joon as Proteus, Alvin Chan as Julia, Rachael Hip-Flores as Valentine, Hunter Gilmore as Silvia, Alexandra Devin as Lance, Suzanne Hayes as Speed, Marie Bridget Dundon as the Duke of Milan, Bill Galarno as Lucetta/Outlaw, Amy Driesler as Turio, Natasha Yannacanedo as Sir Eglamour/Antonio/Outlaw, Peggy Suzuki as Pantino/Host/Outlaw, and Candide as Crab the dog. Two Gents will feature an original guitar score, performed live each night by its composer, Austin Moorhead. The eclectic look of the show, influenced by a modern commedia aesthetic, is designed by Ashley Betton (Costumes), Joshua David Bishop (Sets), and Lois Catanzaro (Lights). Supporting the work of the cast and director are JSC’s own Elizabeth Mozer (Movement Coach), Jane Titus (Cross-Gender Consultant), Dan O’Driscoll (Fight Choreographer), and Alithea Hages-Phillips (Voice Coach). Tickets: $25. TDF/V or $10 Student Rush tickets (with valid ID) at any performance. Our Review. underneathmybed Rattlestick Playwrights Theater 224 Waverly Place (212) 868-4444 www.rattlestick.org World premiere by Florencia Lozano and directed by Pedro Pascal. From 9/01/10; opening 9/10/10; closing 10/10/10 Cast: Vanessa Aspillaga, Maria Cellaria-Mancini, Matthew Dellapina, Audrey Esparza, Vivia Font, Charles Goforth, Yetta Gottesman, Juan Hernandez, Paula Pizzi, and Marina Pulido. Raul Abrego (scenic design), Olivera Gajic (costume design), Nicole Pearce (lighting design), Janie Bullard (sound design), Eugenia Furneaux-Arends (properties) and Katie Takacs (technical direction). Melissa Mae Gregus is Production Stage Manager. What it's about: There's something or someone underneath Daisy's bed. Everything is not fine in Newton. The ghosts of a foreign dirty war invade the home of the chaotic Jimenez family, while a woman remembers the moment in her life when she disappeared for good. Wednesday – Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm and Monday at 8pm. Tickets are $55
Little Shubert Theatre 422 West 42nd Street 212-239-6200 New comedy by Lou Cutell and Joao MachadoFrom 7/05/10; opening 7/21/10. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 8PM, Tuesday at 7PM with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday at 2PM and Sunday at 3PM. Tickets are $69. New comedy directed by Don Crichton features a trio of TV, stage and film veterans: Bernie Kopell, Lou Cutell and Teresa Ganzel. What it's about: Charley and Moe are widowers, war buddies and life-long pals. For his 77th birthday, rather than sitting around listening to old records, Charley decides that he and Moe need one more crack at sowing some wild oats. Moe is wary, but with the help of one loopy lady of the evening and some black market blue pills, Charley and Moe are in for the birthday party of their lives. Costume designs by Bob Mackie, scenic design by Sydney Litwack, lighting design by Joshua Scherr and sound design by Peter Fitzgerald. Our Review. The Whipping Boy Manhattan Theatre Club City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street) One of the first big-bang experiences of our Berkshire 2010 summer was a production of Matthew Lopes' intriguing history play, The Whipping Man, at Barrington Stage's second stage. New Yorkers will see it on a larger but still intimate stage, directedby Dough Hughes with a cast and creative team TBA. To get an idea of what it's about, here's a link to our Barrington stage review: The Whipping Man From 1/13/11; with a 2/01/11 opening.
Mint Theater Company 311 West 43rd Street 212/315-0231www.minttheater.org The US premiere of Teresa Deevy’s play directed by Mint Artistic Director Jonathan Bank. Cast: Rosie Benton, Janie Brookshire, Shawn Fagan, Jon Fletcher, Jeremy S. Holm, Thomas Matthew Kelley, Aidan Redmond and Liv Rooth. Scenic design by Vicki R. Davis, costume design by Martha Halley, lighting design by Nicole Pearce and sound design by Jane Shaw. From 7/29/10; opening 8/23/10; closing 10/03/10. This will be the first of two plays by Deevy produced by the Mint over the next two years — phase one of Mint’s ambitious Teresa Deevy Project which will also include readings, recordings and publications. Deevy’s prize-winning play Temporal Powers will follow in 2012. Tuesday through Thursday at 7 PM, Friday at 8 PM, Saturday at 2 PM & 8 PM, and Sunday at 2 PM. Tickets are $55. Our Review. Wings Second Stage Theatre 305 W. 43rd Street. (212) 246-4422 John Doyle will direct revival of Arthur Kopit's 1978 playaCast: Jan Mazell, Teagle F. Bougere, Beth Dixon, January LaVoy, Anne L. Nathan and Michael Warner. From 10/05/10; opening 10/24/10; closing 11/21/10. What it's about: A journey through the eye of Emily Stilson, a 1920s wingwalker who discovers her life's journey is a series of courageous adventures, proving that even when her mental self fails her, her daredevil spirit proves unflappable. Scenic design by Scott Pask, costume design by Ann Hould-Ward, lighting design by Jane Cox and projection design by Peter Nigrini. Tickets are $75 and may be purchased by phoning With Glee at The Kirk Theatre at Theatre Row 410 West 42nd Street A new musical comedy about five teenage boys in their freshman year at boarding school. With book, music, and lyrics by John Gregor and directed by Igor Goldin (Yank!), From 7/10/10; opening 7/13/10; closing 8/29/10-- extended, now closing 8/22/10. Cast: Christopher Davis Carlisle , Jason Edward Cook, Greg Horton, Erin Jerozal , Dan Lawler, and Max Spitulnik. Scenic design by Jen Price Fick, costumes by Tricia Barsamian, and lighting by Cory Pattak. Running time: 90 minutes, no intermission. What it's about: A new, old-fashioned musical comedy about five wayward, eccentric, isolated, awkward, sweet, naive, nerdy teenage boys who are sent away to a boarding school in Maine. As they revel in the trials of their freshman year—striving for acceptance, friendship, and normalcy—we are reminded that every life must be lived to its fullest, every song sung with glee. With Glee was previously presented in a workshop by the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at New York University, as well as the New York Musical Theater Festival. Perfomances: uly 13 @ 7:30PM (opening night), July 14-18th 8pm; July 18 3pm, July 20th 7:30pm; July 21-24 8pm; July 25 3pm Our Review.
Actors Temple Theater 339 West 47th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues The show moves to the Actors Temple as of June 12th after a long run at DR2 at Union Square through 5/31/10. Play written by and starring Jim Brochu' about the life of theatre legend Zero Mostel. 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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