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The Gay Naked PlayEAT Space - Emerging Artists Theater, 432 West 42nd St 9/1/2004 to 10/2/2004 |
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A classical theatre company is going broke playing to tiny houses. Enter a big Gay producer who tells then he can turn their company around by hiring a porn star and directing their next production. A comedy about the art of selling out....
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The Comfort and Safety of Your Own Home13th Street Repertory Theatre Company, 50 West 13th Street 8/26/2004 to 9/5/2004 |
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In this new, traveling, site specific piece, International WOW Company invites you to board our luxury bus for a two-borough tour of the American collective subconscious....
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DEATH OF NATIONS: The Trailer13th Street Repertory Theatre Company, 50 West 13th Street |
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A sweeping overview of International WOW Company‚s upcoming epic cycle play DEATH OF NATIONS, featuring an international cast from nine countries on four continents. Beginning as a lecture on global economics by a panel of international economists that goes awry, the show erupts into an imagistic w...
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The Expense of Spirit13th Street Repertory Theatre Company, 50 West 13th Street 8/19/2004 to 8/19/2004 |
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At a video store in Brooklyn, 17,000 titles, one dinner party, 25 guests, and two West Point Cadets on a thankless duty collide on Christmas Eve to become the latest battlefield of the war in Iraq. THE EXPENSE OF SPIRIT explores the disconnect between war and bloodshed in the movies, and the reality...
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MasqueradeCherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce Street 9/18/2004 to 10/2/2004 |
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Set in Greenwich Village, Masquerade tells the story of a gay couple in their forties who throw a surprise “positive” party for a younger man who has just been diagnosed with HIV. When their downstairs neighbor who is quite ill with AIDS knocks on the door, an unplanned reckoning becomes inevitable....
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Beyond The HorizonCenter Stage, NY, 48 West 21st Street, 4th floor 9/8/2004 to 9/26/2004 |
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Burning the Old ManCenter Stage, NY, 48 West 21st Street, 4th floor 9/10/2004 to 10/3/2004 |
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PatienceCenter Stage, NY, 48 West 21st Street, 4th floor 9/15/2004 to 10/2/2004 |
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Nobody's LunchP.S. 122, 150 First Avenue 9/24/2004 to 10/17/2004 |
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The Civilians, The Obie-winning theater company, premieres its much anticipated new project, Nobody's Lunch, at Performance Space 122 (150 First Avenue) on September 23. Written and directed by Steven Cosson and featuring original songs by Michael Friedman, Nobody’s Lunch continues through October ...
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Honor part two78th Street Theatre Lab, The, 236 W. 78th Street 10/10/2004 to 10/26/2004 |
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The second part of TheDrillingCompaNY's commission of American playwrighs to create new short work around the theme of HONOR;
works vary from the romantic to the sharply political in an evening of thought and entertainment....
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Hazard County14th Street Y, The, 344 E. 14th Street 10/7/2004 to 11/7/2004 |
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Hazard County is the story of Ruth, an impoverished young mother in rural Kentucky struggling to raise twins after the tragic death of her husband. One day she meets Blake, a tabloid TV news reporter from LA who is combing small-town America for stories about "real people." When he discovers that R...
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ContractsAmerican Theatre of Actors, Sargent Theatre, 314 West 54th Street 10/29/2004 to 11/21/2004 |
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tracts tells the story of four first year law students who are negotiating the terms of the unspoken contracts the expectations and obligations that govern their intimate relationships. The play intersperses scenes from a surreal classroom, in which the students grapple with various contract doctr...
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The Revenger's TragedyCulture Project, 45 Bleecker Street |
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Ordinary PeoplePelican Studio Theater, 750 8th avenue, 6th fl. 10/6/2004 to 10/24/2004 |
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A multi-cultural cast starts in this revival of a classic. A family struggles to survive the loss of a son....
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TAM LINProducer's Club, 358 West 44th Street 10/21/2004 to 10/31/2004 |
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The Faerie Queen has magically turned young gentleman Tam Lin into her love-slave, and the Queen's jealous knights are plotting to get rid of him. Lord Dunbar wants his daughter Janet to marry Lord Aberdeen, but Janet loves Tam Lin. Janet's lady-in-waiting Margaret loves Aberdeen and disguises herse...
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Post-OedipusFlamboyan Theatre - CSV Cultural Center, 107 Suffolk Street 11/11/2004 to 12/4/2004 |
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POST-OEDIPUS is a radical re-working of Euripides’ play The Phoenician Women, chronicling the events of Oedipus’ family after the fall of Oedipus. It uses the structure of royal ceremonies to unravel the mental state of a family after disaster. The family has been beset with war, pestilence, pover...
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Lady Windermere's FanCenter Stage, NY, 48 West 21st Street, 4th floor 11/5/2004 to 11/21/2004 |
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Oscar Wilde's tale of highsociety and hypocisy -- including blackmail and manners....
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AgrippinaShetler Studio 54, 244 West 54th St., 12th Floor 10/14/2004 to 10/24/2004 |
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The power of lust and the lust for power! Sex...Love...Murder... enter a world of undying passion, wickedly playful humor, and ego-driven power struggles. A Roman tragedy told through drama and dance....
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all wear bowlersHERE Arts Center, 145 6th Avenue 2/17/2005 to 3/12/2005 |
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These PeopleAmerican Theatre of Actors, 314 West 54th Street, 4th Floor 10/8/2004 to 10/30/2004 |
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Jerry Shurl, a successful entrepreneur, will be spending the next two years in federal prison for tax evasion. But before he goes away, he must ensure that the “perfect life” that he has built for his wife and daughter will still be there when he gets back. Of course his dear friends at the club wil...
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The Shape of ThingsGreenwich Street Theatre, 547 Greenwich Street 12/8/2004 to 12/16/2004 |
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Quiet, unassuming Adam is changing in a major way, thanks to his new girlfriend, art student Evelyn. Adam's friends are a little freaked by the transformation.
What happens to two couples when their realities get twisted! Another exploration into the age old question - What is art?...
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Eisenstein 's MonsterDuplex, 61 Christopher Street 10/19/2004 to 11/23/2004 |
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Monstrously poignant, hauntingly hilarious . . .a collection of short plays and monologues* by Linda Eisenstein dealing with one monster in particular—Desire...
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The Snow QueenLooking Glass Theatre, 422 W. 57th St. 11/6/2004 to 12/19/2004 |
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The Snow Queen, written and directed by Glory Sims Bowen, loosely adapted from the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale, follows the adventures of Gerda, a young Norwegian woman, on her quest to save her younger brother Kai from the castle of the icy Snow Queen. Gerda must travel through several world...
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On the Origin of DarwinConnelly Theater, 220 E. 4th St 12/9/2004 to 12/18/2004 |
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Bromley's full-length play is as ambitious as the journey it attempts to dramatize. On the Origin of Darwin tells the story of a young naturalist aboard the HMS Beagle and the five-year voyage that shaped his Theory of Evolution. The action takes place at various times on the Beagle, in the jungles ...
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AshesAbingdon Theatre Complex, 312 West 36 Street 10/20/2004 to 11/7/2004 |
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World premier of this new play where two sisters return to their childhood home after the death of their estranged Mother. Madeline and Leanne must sort through their Mother's things and decide what to do with her ashes. The proscess proves both comic and catstrophic as the two weave their way throu...
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PeaceAbingdon Theatre Complex, 312 West 36 Street 10/21/2004 to 11/7/2004 |
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Aristophanes' classic tale of a man bent on restoring peace to his war torn country. This moder adaptation resonates loudly with present day audiences dealing with the issues surrounding war, not the least of which is how those who profit by war succeed in keeping peace in abeyance....
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Boozy: The Life, Death, and Subsequent Villification of Le Corbusier...Ohio Theater, 66 Wooster Street 2/13/2005 to 3/5/2005 |
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The Freedom Tower? The West Side Stadium? New York architecture needs a swift kick in the ass. This February, Les Freres Corbusier finally puts the punk rock back into urban planning: Amidst a blaze of streaming media, ridiculous choreography, and dozens of live fornicating rabbits, a des... view full listing details |
Nicky Paraiso's "House/Boy"La MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 11/4/2004 to 11/21/2004 |
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"House/Boy" is Nicky Paraiso's third autobiographical evening-lengh solo work with music, dealing with identity, sexuality and the enduring theme of what "home" means to Filipino-Americans; this content is interwoven with Nicky's search for the quintessential Filipino houseboy played by Zorro David ...
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Pulling the LeverWings Theatre, 154 Christopher St 10/28/2004 to 11/6/2004 |
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One country. One vote. Your choice. An original play by The Rising Circle Theater Collective, based on interviews which explore how we are approaching the most important decision we face as a nation this November 2nd....
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The Ghost of Greenbrier CountyGreenwich Street Theatre, 547 Greenwich Street 12/10/2004 to 12/12/2004 |
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Meet Zona the lively young West Virginian bride who mysteriously died in 1896 and comes back to reveal the truth.
The history of the Greenbrier Ghost may be one of the most unique stories in the annals of ghostlore. This strange tale from rural West Virginia is not only a part of supernatural his...
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Zed's DanceHERE Arts Center, 145 6th Avenue 9/6/2004 to 5/21/2009 |
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Titus XChashama, 217 East 42nd Street 11/5/2004 to 11/21/2004 |
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A punk rock musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus. Loud, nasty, gory and fun....
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looking4sexWings Theatre, 154 Christopher St 11/12/2004 to 12/11/2004 |
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A humerous look at gay internet hookups in the new millennium....
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The Winter's TalePC2 Theater, 616 Ninth Avenue 12/9/2004 to 12/19/2004 |
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A classic, yet inventive and modern interpretation of Shakespeare's romantic dramedy - set in the late 1970s/early 1990s. ...
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Bokan, The Bad HeartedLa MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 12/3/2004 to 12/19/2004 |
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The latest piece from Federico Restrepo's dance/puppet/theatre company Loco 7 tells the heroic poem of Yurupari Myth:"Bokan, The Bad Hearted," from the Colombian and Brazilian Amazon talks about the age-old struggle for power between men and women and the confict betweent the matriarchal and the par...
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The OwnersTheatre-Studio, Inc., 750 8th Ave. 2nd floor 12/4/2004 to 1/16/2005 |
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World premier of award-winning writer Jay Amari... In this tale of emotionally bruised and bitter lovers, Bob, so “in touch” with his sensitivity that he is in fact played by a woman, struggles with his writer voice and with his lover Katy, who's reeling from the wasting death of her brother Adam. W...
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Conquest of the UniverseHERE Arts Center, 145 6th Avenue 12/9/2004 to 12/18/2004 |
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In response to the to the pervading atmosphere of distress brought on by the elections, Salt Theater and Artistic Director Emma Griffin are remounting their production of Charles Ludlam’s Conquest of the Universe for two weeks in December (eight performances only!). The production played to packed h...
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South EndJohn Houseman Theater Studio A, 450 West 42nd Street 1/6/2005 to 1/16/2005 |
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It's a time of political unrest, backroom deal, figureheads in places of power, and violence is THE answer to settling differences. It's election night. It's 1930....
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zshow100 Grand Dance, 100 Grand Street (between Mercer and Greene) |
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It's Karate, Kid! The MusicalTeatro La Tea, 107 Suffolk Street 12/2/2004 to 12/18/2004 |
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It's Karate, Kid! The Musical is an outrageous and unconventional riff on the beloved '80s film. Under the manicured guiding hand of a mystical maintenance man, Daniel-San Larusso wages war against pill-popping, white trash deviants; well-styled, bloodthirsty karate students; rampaging hormones; and...
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communionPhil Bosakowski Theatre, 354 West 45th Street 1/6/2005 to 1/23/2005 |
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american premiere by award winning irish writer aidan mathews, Communion takes place in a fashionable dublin neighbourhood, we meet a family who laugh and cry through the many fates and faithes that call upon them, a 2 hour tragic commedy, starring john seidman and barbar sims...
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BelizeLa MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 1/6/2005 to 1/23/2005 |
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A love story shaped by history and politics. Set in Central America and London in the 18th Century, the historical/hallucinatory mix includes the true story of Edward Despard, an Irish-born Colonel in the British Army and Catherine Despard, an Aftican-American woman who became his wife, William Bla...
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Woyzeck: A Fever DreamManhattantheatresource, 177 McDougal Street 1/6/2005 to 1/22/2005 |
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Woyzeck… the story of a soldier who descends into chaos and confusion, killing his wife and then himself. Considered the “first modern play”, Woyzeck was written in 1834 by a 24 year old Georg Buchner. Working on the fourth draft of the play when he died, many scholars are divided over which scenes ...
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The MedeaLa MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 1/13/2005 to 1/30/2005 |
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Director Jay Scheib applied lessons in plot development from the modern detective novel in planning his adaptation of "Medea." Using a verse text based on Heiner Muller, Euripides and Seneca, enhanced by operatic songs and heightened by multimedia, he intends to put suspense back in the tale by play...
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The Swan, by Elizabeth EgloffPelican Studio Theater, 750 8th avenue, 6th fl. 4/6/2005 to 4/24/2005 |
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Fierce in its treatment of love, THE SWAN provides a mysterious gloss on whether or not we descended from the beasts and what we may feel when we find them lurking in our truest selves. "A bewitching bedtime story for grown-ups…a psycho-sexual cauldron wherein fantasy and deprivation merge and comb...
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Tricks of the TradeDuplex, 61 Christopher Street 1/8/2005 to 2/12/2005 |
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How much of a gay man's identity is tied up in his sexual activity? That's one of the questions asked in TRICKS OF THE TRADE - a harsh new drama about four young gay men, ages 17-22, during one very, very long night at West Village mix and meet bar. A show called "Funny, timely and important" and "T...
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The Bitterness of the MeringueLa MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 1/20/2005 to 2/6/2005 |
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There is a proverb that says "It's better to have a broken heart than a rusted one." "The Bitterness of the Meringue," written by young Mexican dramaturg, Jorge Kuri, and directed by Raine Bode, reflects on the risk that love implies, the consequences and the price to live an adventure. Features a ...
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El SalvadorArcLight Theatre, 152 West 71st Street 2/2/2005 to 2/12/2005 |
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In EL SALVADOR, six American journalists are stationed in a hotel suite-turned-newsroom in San Salvador during the civil war. Surrounded by combat zones and witness to the ravages of war, the men attempt to produce news footage as the villages, and their personal lives, crumble around them. Tension ...
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The Pinter ProjectT. Schreiber Studio, 151 W. 26th St., 7th fl. (between 6th and 7th) 2/2/2005 to 3/13/2005 |
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Musically Speaking: The World of John WallowitchDuplex, 61 Christopher Street 2/17/2005 to 3/12/2005 |
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A musicial revue celebrating the songs, wit and style of legendary New York cabaret icon John Wallowitch....
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CellphonesLa MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 1/27/2005 to 2/13/2005 |
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"Cellphones," a new rock musical written & directed by William Electric Black. The war in Iraq and terrorists' threats keeps America on constant alert. Homeland Security is not only the buzz, but the only place that's offering a decent job. A new recruiting booth is about to opne up at 7:00am Mond...
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Have You Ever Seen a Dream Rapping?Castillo Theatre, 543 West 42nd Street 1/28/2005 to 2/13/2005 |
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a performance of poem, rap, song, dance letters to MLK on the occasion of his birthday...
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The Apple Cart, A Political ExtravaganzaTheater Ten Ten, 1010 Park Avenue 2/11/2005 to 3/13/2005 |
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A politcal comedy by George Bernard Shaw...
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Sus Manos by Lauren GundersonEAT Space - Emerging Artists Theater, 432 West 42nd St 2/25/2005 to 3/14/2005 |
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Mexico, 1910: an American Filmmaker works on his masterpiece on a grand Mexican plantation, oblivious to the class warefare that surrounds him, marking the beginning of the Revolution....
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Serenade & Philosopher FoxCollective Unconscious, 279 Church Street 2/3/2005 to 2/27/2005 |
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East River Commedia's production of Slawomir Mrozek's hilarious animal satires Serenade and Philosopher Fox directed by Paul Bargetto. These dark and extremely funny allegories of power, love and redemption come to New York from one of Poland's greatest living playwrights. Interpreted by East River ...
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Measure for MeasureShetler Studio 54, 244 West 54th St., 12th Floor 1/21/2005 to 2/13/2005 |
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Duke Vincentio transfers his power to Angelo, who quickly unleashes harsh and archaic laws upon the unsuspecting citizens. While pleading for her brother's life, Isabella unwittingly arouses Angelo's baser desires, and he counters with a less-than-pious proposal. In disguise, the real duke plots t...
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The YearsShetler Studio 54, 244 West 54th St., 12th Floor 1/28/2005 to 2/20/2005 |
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Andrea is mugged on her wedding day but chooses to protect her attacker by hiding it from her family, all of whom are dealing with their own personal trials. Thirteen years later, Andrea and the reformed mugger cross paths and discover how one isolated event can affect a life....
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Revising GermanyCastillo Theatre, 543 West 42nd Street 3/11/2005 to 4/10/2005 |
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Bertolt Brecht’s intimate relationships with four influential women – Helene Weigel, Elisabeth Hauptmann, Ruth Berlau and Margarete Steffin – are the focus of this intense drama produced by the Castillo Theatre. A montage of performed conversation, music, dance and songs – sung by a mysterious Lotte...
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Dying GoldfishThe Access Theater, 380 Broadway, 4th floor 5/5/2005 to 5/28/2005 |
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The Colonel's HolidayPelican Studio Theater, 750 8th avenue, 6th fl. 2/24/2005 to 3/13/2005 |
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A modern day farce which has been desrcibed as "Noel Coward on acid." ...
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A Beginner's Guide to DeicideCenter Stage, NY, 48 West 21st Street, 4th floor 3/31/2005 to 4/17/2005 |
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The heartwarming tale of a Catholic schoolgirl's quest to find God...and kill him....
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Disposable MenHERE Arts Center, 145 6th Avenue 2/4/2005 to 2/12/2005 |
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Old-fashioned storytelling pairs with new media in Disposable Men. This humorous solo work presents a series of interactive monologues demonstrating the flippant irreverence with which the popular media treats the disposability of African-American men. With a witty sardonicism, Scruggs plays charac...
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SEAL SINGS ITS SONGGene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street 2/26/2005 to 3/19/2005 |
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seal sings its song explores what it means to be a victim in America through gritty, hyper realistic tragedy. Set in the early 1980’s, seal sings its song follows a charismatic, but resolute man infected with AIDS, who spreads the mysterious virus as a means to get government attention.
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Happy Hour at the Event HorizonBlue Heron Studio Theatre, 123 E. 24th Street 4/21/2005 to 5/1/2005 |
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An electron, a proton and a neutron walk in to a bar…
A bar at the edge of a black hole welcomes the strangest patrons. Particles collide, customers perform experiments with shot glasses and ashtrays, and the laws of physics wreak havoc with the waitstaff. At the center of this mayhem we find P...
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The BlindFrying Pan, Pier 63 North River 3/5/2005 to 4/3/2005 |
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An adventurous and haunting retelling of Maurice Maeterlinck's classic, The Blind (1890), performed on a previously sunken lightship docked off Pier 63. The event will culminate with a full course dinner....
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From the Gutter to the Glitter: A Night Out with the BindlestiffsTheater for the New City, 155 First Avenue 2/28/2005 to 4/3/2005 |
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An intimate guided tour through the dark alleyways of American Popular Entertaiment history: Medicine Shows, Circus, Vaudeville, Sideshow, prohibition era Cabaret, Vegas Lounges & Reality TV....
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Shakin' the Mess Outta MiseryMcGinn/Cazale Theatre, 2162 Broadway, 4th Floor 2/10/2005 to 3/6/2005 |
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SHAKIN' THE MESS OUTTA MISERY combines storytelling, music and dance to recount a young black girl's coming of age in the South in the 1960's. ...
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The Trial of KCulture Project, 45 Bleecker Street 3/30/2005 to 4/24/2005 |
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The Trial of K is a live multimedia Play Noir inspired by Franz Kafka's unfinished masterpiece, The Trial. The production blends physical theatre, dance, live streaming surveillance video, and original music with the visually intense genres of German Expressionism and classic Film Noir. Synaestheti...
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Saturday Night RewrittenGene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street 2/20/2005 to 12/18/2005 |
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Taking the previous night's broadcasted Saturday Night Live, this team of writer/ performers writer, rehearse, and perform a whole new show in 7 hours....
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OthelloKraine Theater, 85 East 4th Street 3/16/2005 to 3/26/2005 |
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Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Vennice...
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The God Botherers59 E 59 Theaters, 59 East 59th Street 2/24/2005 to 3/27/2005 |
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GREETINGS from Tanbia, a part-Christian, part-Muslim country where water is scarce, AK-47s are plentiful, the lions are hungry and the locals want email! LAURA is a young, ambitious American aid worker on her first assignment, ready to bend the rules to save the world. But home starts to ... view full listing details |
The Striking Viking Story PiratesArthur Seelen Theater, 250 W. 40th St. 3/12/2005 to 5/21/2005 |
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New York's Premiere Absurdist Musical Sketch Comedy Show for Kids!...
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TESTICULATIONSNew Media Repertory Theatre, 512 East 80th Street 4/15/2005 to 5/1/2005 |
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"TESTICULATIONS," a new play by Geoffrey Gordon and directed by Miranda McDermott, will open April 15th for an off-off-Broadway Equity engagement at New Media Repertory Theatre, 512 East 80th Street, in Manhattan.
Performance dates are Friday, April 15th through Sunday, May 1st. All performances b...
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The Astronomer's TriangleStudio 5, 28 Warren Street 3/18/2005 to 4/16/2005 |
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An astronomer, a waitress, and a cartographer find themselves in a disorienting, explosive, and unknown scientific state: LOVE. Filled with laughter, stars, coffee cups, and song, this is another exciting world premier written, directed and performed by members of CollaborationTown....
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A Midsummer Night's DreamLion Theatre, 410 Wesdt 42 Street 3/19/2005 to 4/2/2005 |
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Shakespeare's comedy of goofy lovers and ham actors....
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The Winter's TaleLion Theatre, 410 Wesdt 42 Street 3/18/2005 to 4/3/2005 |
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Shakespeare's late story of terrifying jealousy and blessed forgiveness....
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The Three MusketeersWings Theatre, 154 Christopher St 4/15/2005 to 5/14/2005 |
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a lush musical adaptation of the Dumas classic of grand passions and sweeping emotion....
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Murder in the FirstTheater 3, 311 W. 43 St., 3rd fl. 4/7/2005 to 4/24/2005 |
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Inspired by actual events, MURDER IN THE FIRST is the story of a passionate, young attorney who must prove that one criminal's cruel treatment during three years in Alcatraz turned him into a vicious killer. Through his defense, he uncovers the surprising truths that ultimately lead to the closing ...
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EATFest: Spring 2005 - Series B3/30/2005 to 4/16/2005 |
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2 new short plays by emerging playwrights...
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EATFest: Spring 2005 - Series C3/31/2005 to 4/17/2005 |
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3 new short plays by emerging playwrights...
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EATFest: Spring 2005 - Series A3/29/2005 to 4/17/2005 |
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3 new short plays by emerging playwrights...
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Les Belles SoeursCenter Stage, NY, 48 West 21st Street, 4th floor 5/5/2005 to 5/22/2005 |
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15 women come together after one has won a million greenstamps and needs help pasting them in their books. Family histories, bitter jealousies, parochial frustrations and personal emergencies make for a raucous gathering.
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Profile of a SaintLa MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 3/17/2005 to 4/3/2005 |
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Actress and solo performer Angela Forrest takes on ten different southern characters who live in a small town in the play "Profile of a Saint," a mixture of comedy and drama directed by Susan W. Lovell. They bring this extraordinary tour de force to The Club at LaMaMa March 17-April 3, 2005....
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IphigeniaLa MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 3/17/2005 to 4/3/2005 |
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A new multimedia theater production by Theodora Skipitares. Skipitares is well-known for her mastery of large-scale puppets as well as miniatures; this production employs several styles of shadow puppetry in the style of the line drawings of ancient Greek pottery, Bunraku puppetry and otehrs....
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The House of Blue LeavesGloria Maddox Theatre, 151 W. 26th St. 4/21/2005 to 5/22/2005 |
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Arguably John Guare's most popular play, The House of Blue Leaves is a wacky and poignant play that defies theatrical conventions and is truly stunning in its use of language, humor, and heartbreak....
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Snake in Fridge14th Street Y, The, 344 E. 14th Street 4/14/2005 to 5/8/2005 |
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Snake in Fridge examines the sordid lives of a group of young misfits living in a creepy Victorian house. Their combined income barely covers club-going and drugs, and overdue rent is mounting. Daydreams of fame and happiness are constantly interrupted by the insidious lure of the porn industry. One...
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Fit To KillClurman Theatre, 410 West 42nd Street 4/10/2005 to 4/30/2005 |
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FIT TO KILL, a witty and elegant new play in the tradition of SLEUTH and DEATHTRAP, is a suspense-thriller about strategy, deception, and betrayal. Adrian, a charming but self-indulgent chess master, lives a life of luxury thanks to his marriage to Janice, an older, but still sexy and vibrant woman ...
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Keanu Reeves Saves the UniverseRed Room, 85 East Fourth Street 4/15/2005 to 5/20/2005 |
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Keanu Reeves Saves the Universe is a twisted, bawdy, silly, romp
through your favorite science fiction tales where time isn’t the only thing that’s warped! This raucous, irreverent satire marries The Matrix with Star Trek and Star Wars....
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Mushroom In Her HandsSandy Shurin Studio Theatre, 311 West 43rd Street, 6th floor 4/29/2005 to 5/15/2005 |
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"Alice and Wonderland" with all the sex and Violence you always knew was in the novel!Told through a series of vignettes featuring encounters with fanatical creatures fromWonderland, the play explores the sexual amd intellectual awakening of a young girl....
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Arms and the ManSandy Shurin Studio Theatre, 311 West 43rd Street, 6th floor 4/30/2005 to 5/15/2005 |
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George Bernard Shaw's comic drama about love and war. Take Shaw's comic hero, Bluntschli, a soldier who prefers a supply of choclates to bullets, cast him as a woman and watch the sparks fly. Bluntschli surprise the young Raina by climbing into her bedroom window looking for shelter, starting a chai...
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Embracing the UndertoadChashama, 217 East 42nd Street 4/27/2005 to 5/7/2005 |
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3 women struggle for love, peace and safe passage in this new play by Robin Rice Lichtig....
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Shoe Palace MurrayBernie West Theatre, 17 Lexington Ave. 9th fl 4/6/2005 to 4/24/2005 |
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During the Twenties the most fashionable shoe shop in New York was the I. Miller Broadway store. For the in-crowd B such as Betty Compton; Fanny Brice; Texas Guinan; assorted gun molls and kept women; and Madames in from the Midwest B there was the second floor. It was the theatrical shoe departme...
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THE WAR OF THE WORLDSKraine Theater, 85 East 4th Street 5/18/2005 to 6/15/2005 |
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Live, On Stage... Radiotheatre's version of H.G.Wells' classic science fiction novel "THE WAR OF THE WORLDS." It's the 1930s and the Martians have invaded our homeland, causing fear, panic, destruction. Will mankind survive?
Radiotheatre Presents "The War Of The Worlds" is a sound extravaga...
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7 BlowjobsManhattantheatresource, 177 McDougal Street 4/22/2005 to 5/7/2005 |
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This Spring brings us easy-to-swallow political satire when The Subjective Theatre Company produces Mac Wellman's 7 Blowjobs. The office of Senator Bob falls down on it's knees when a BIG package arrives that contains seven mysterious photos. The action mounts and builds to a screaming climax as th...
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Tonylust! The Broadway Bloodbath of 2006Duplex, 61 Christopher Street 4/21/2005 to 6/4/2005 |
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Fun, satirical comedy. This no holds barred sequel to the hit satire, Bernadette And The Butcher Of Broadway, pits producer against producer in an epic battle royale to secure the Tony Award for Best Musical....
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Little SuckersOhio Theater, 66 Wooster Street 6/4/2005 to 6/25/2005 |
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What happens to a person when they have no one to talk to but themselves?
Option A: Reacquaint oneself with one’s childhood imaginary friends and have tea.
Option B: Become a Samurai Warrior and hitchhike into the bowels of the Deep South.
Option C: Suicide b...
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ElektraLa MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 4/7/2005 to 4/24/2005 |
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The world renowned Polish theater company Garzienice Center for Theatre Practices, founded and led by Wlodzimierz Staniewski, returns to LaMaMa to debut April 7 to 24 with "Elektra" by Euripides. The company last appeared in NY in 2001 with "Metamorphosis" at LaMaMa, a production which played to st...
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The Cherry OrchardManhattantheatresource, 177 McDougal Street 5/11/2005 to 5/21/2005 |
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Madame Ranevskaya's treasured country estate is threatened with foreclosure, thanks to wildly overdue bills and a family living beyond its means. As the family and servants try and fail to grasp the severity of their situation, the merchant Lopakhin offers them their only salvation: to sell the Che...
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Elephant Larry presents BOOMThe PIT, 154 W. 29th Street 4/9/2005 to 5/28/2005 |
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Back from touring around the country, Elephant Larry presents one jam-packed hour of genuine sketchified entertainment, guaranteed to knock your socks off. Using their patented fusion of video and stage sketchery, Elephant Larry's new show is bigger, better, and funnier than any sketch comedy show t...
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The MermaidWhere Eagles Dare Theatre, 347 W 36th St., ground floor 5/5/2005 to 5/29/2005 |
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1962: Judith Owen begins her career as an actress at a college in Indiana. 1998: In Manhattan, Martin Flaherty and his partner Ken prepare to adopt a child. Though Judith and Martin have never met, they share a connection that will change both their lives forever. Mark Finley's THE MERMAID tells bot...
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The FallLooking Glass Theatre, 422 W. 57th St. 5/5/2005 to 5/29/2005 |
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The Fall explores how some central questions of Hamlet would play out in modern world. What do you do when a hallucination gives you information that requires action? What if this hallucination might be real? For Jill, these questions confront her with an violent duty....
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The Little PrincePelican Studio Theater, 750 8th avenue, 6th fl. 7/6/2005 to 7/31/2005 |
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The classic story told by an International multi-racial ensemble of 8. An aviator is stranded in the Sahara and meets a 'Little Prince' who takes him on a special journey....
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The Pursuit of PersephoneConnelly Theater, 220 E. 4th St 5/1/2005 to 5/22/2005 |
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Brilliantly talented, young F. Scott Fitzgerald is swept into the hierarchy of Ivy League society and the antics of the Princeton Triangle Club, in pursuit of beautiful and elusive debutante Ginevra King…...
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PerseusLa MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 4/29/2005 to 5/15/2005 |
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PERSEUS – loosely based on excerpts from Ovid, Hesiod and Apollodorus with additional text by Ms. Stewart – is the often-told, but rarely-performed saga of Perseus the son of Danae and the god Zeus – who slew the serpent-headed Medusa and married the beautiful maiden Andromeda after saving her from ...
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A Little of What You FancyTheater Ten Ten, 1010 Park Avenue 4/29/2005 to 5/29/2005 |
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An Authentic British Music Hall, with songs and skits from the 1980s - 1920s...
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Boocock's House of BaseballFlea Theatre, 41 White Street 6/30/2005 to 7/23/2005 |
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Boocock’s House of Baseball examines contemporary American politics through the vehicle of baseball. Dismayed over today’s government for the few at the expense of many, Boocock turns to baseball for guidance because it is the final frontier of democracy; the rules still apply equally to all partici...
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IvanovBernie West Theatre, 17 Lexington Ave. 9th fl 5/23/2005 to 6/8/2005 |
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Anton Chekhov's first play about a man fighting to understand his depression. We see his efforts to extricate himself from its grips....
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Dress Suits to HireLa MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 5/19/2005 to 6/5/2005 |
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Lois Weaver and Peggy Shaw in "Dress Suits to Hire," written by Holly Hughes in collaboration with Lois Weaver and Peggy Shaw, choreography Stormy Brandenberger, directed by Lois Weaver, costumes by Susan Young. This classic "lesbian-noir" hit show has been begging to be "re-mounted," and that's ex...
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The Persians...a comedy about war with five songsUnder St Marks, 94 St Marks Place 5/26/2005 to 8/6/2005 |
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Based on the play by Aescylus adapted into a comedy about war with five songs...
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Falling PetalsWings Theatre, 154 Christopher St 5/20/2005 to 6/5/2005 |
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A syndrome which seems to strike only at the young begins to kill off the children in the country town of Hollow. As the mysterious outbreak reaches epidemic proportions, friendship and alliances are stretched to breaking point, while choices between life and death become simultaneously fantastical ...
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Vintage Wine, or Past Its Prime?La MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 5/26/2005 to 6/12/2005 |
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"Vintage Wine, or Past Its Prime?" is written and directed by Charles Allcroft, featuring Lavinia Co-op, Jim Neu, Clio Young, Agosto Machado, Little Annie, Terri Robinson, Nicky Paraiso, Joe Munley and Ulla Dydo, among others. A bittersweet play about the nature of teaching, and how to overcome the ...
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No Alarms(headfullofradio)Collective Unconscious, 279 Church Street 7/21/2005 to 7/29/2005 |
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An episodic multimedia performance inspired by the art and music of Radiohead which blends physical theatre, dance, live original music, and video; No Alarms (headfullofradio) is a series of short plays, each one a visually intense odyssey to find meaning and balance in a world of complacency, techn...
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It's Only A PlayWorkshop Theater, 312 West 36th Street 7/19/2005 to 8/7/2005 |
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It’s the opening night of The Golden Egg on Broadway and the wealthy producer is throwing a lavish party at her trendy NYC townhouse. Downstairs the celebrities pour in, but the real action is upstairs where a group of insiders wait for the reviews. Included are the excitable young author, the bri...
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Hell Cab11/1/2005 to 1/28/2006 |
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Hell Cab is a day in the life story of a cab driver in for the longest night of his life as he transports a bizarre and mysterious collection of customers through the gritty streets of Chicago.
Playwright and Chicago cab driver Will Kern draws from personal experiences to create the alternately f...
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Top TenSanford Meisner Theater, 164 11th Ave. (22nd-23rd St.) 7/7/2005 to 7/31/2005 |
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Top Ten is a tragic-comedy that follows the story of ten characters, each assigned a number, whose lives are irrevocably intertwined as they fight to live up to social, political, familial, religious and personal expectations....
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The Two Gentlemen of VeronaCentral Park, The lawn below The Dairy - enter at 66th Street 6/18/2005 to 7/31/2005 |
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no reservations required. Free outdoor Shakespeare production touring parks throughout NYC...
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Tara's CrossingTenement Theatre, 97 Orchard St. 6/11/2005 to 6/26/2005 |
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Tara's Crossing recounts a transgendered asylum-seeker's remarkable flights from Guyana and her uphill battle to prove her claims of prosecution from within the confines of US Immigration Detention. The Play is one of the first ever to deal with the subject of political asylum for gay, lesbian, bi-s...
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The Whore of Sheridan SquareLa MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 6/16/2005 to 7/3/2005 |
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"The Whore of Sheridan Square" is a new comedy written and directed by Michael Baron inspired by the life and works of legendary downtown theatre artist Charles Ludlam and told in the spirit of the Ridiculous Theatre he created. The play follows a desperate young writer who escapes to a hidden NYC ...
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Romeo & JulietWalkerspace, 46 Walker Street 7/21/2005 to 8/6/2005 |
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The CRY HAVOC Company presents Romeo & Juliet featuring two women in the title roles. This production highlights what happens when love, adolescence, and family collide - where love is love, no matter who it happens to....
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Biblical Bitches Part 1: The Adventures of EverywomanKraine Theater, 85 East 4th Street 7/18/2005 to 8/10/2005 |
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Upon the ruins of this civilization, a new Garden is recycled from the rubble and among the ashes is born a new race of mankind with hopes of eternal life. If given a second chance for infinite inhabitancy of the Garden, would we make the same mistakes? Follow Woh-man in her adventures as she search...
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LysistrataRed Room, 85 East Fourth Street 9/3/2005 to 9/24/2005 |
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Rising Sun is returning to Central Park with Jason Tyne’s Edgy and Modern day Adaptation of Aristophanes' bawdy anti-war classic.
Like you would expect of any self-respecting New York chick, Lucy "The Loosener" Lysistrata is totally over the Georges and Bills of Capital Hill and their testostero...
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The CrucibleKraine Theater, 85 East 4th Street |
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Book of DaysStella Adler Studio, 31 W. 27th Street, 2nd Floor 8/10/2005 to 8/27/2005 |
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A powerful play about ambition, fear, family, and faith all wrapped up in a murder mystery as one townsperson searches for the truth. ...
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MidnightManhattantheatresource, 177 McDougal Street 8/10/2005 to 8/27/2005 |
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Set in the 1950’s atop the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Midnight revolves around an egomaniacal Hollywood director who is desperately trying to salvage his flagging career, while is long-suffering Girl Friday does her best to keep her temperamental boss unaware of just how precarious his situation is. To ...
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Pulling TeethAmerican Place Theatre, 520 8th Ave 22nd floor 7/21/2005 to 8/7/2005 |
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Seth and Katie love God, oatmeal cookies, and each other. The only blight on their model Christian lifestyle is when Seth brings his work home. Their life consists of a sweet, simple routine: after Bible study, Katie cooks Seth's dinner while Seth removes the identifiable body parts of his latest "j...
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A Winkle in Time78th Street Theatre Lab, The, 236 W. 78th Street 8/11/2005 to 8/27/2005 |
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A guy named Winkle has a meeting with some very important people, except there is going to be a snag. An existential comedy about passion, work, life, ..and moles....
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The Tutor59 E 59 Theaters, 59 East 59th Street 9/10/2005 to 10/2/2005 |
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With a winning mix of clever wit and surprising warmth, The Tutor tells a fresh, funny, contemporary tale of romance, art, and what it really takes to get into Princeton. When a struggling young novelist takes a job tutoring a sullen Manhattan girl, he thinks he's just out for quick cash. But when t...
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Buried Child-by Sam ShepardAmerican Theatre of Actors, Sargent Theatre, 314 West 54th Street 1/27/2006 to 2/12/2006 |
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Winner of the 1979 Pulitzer Prize, BURIED CHILD punctures the Norman Rockwell exterior of American family life, revealing a disturbingly rotten core. Set in rural Illinois farm country, the play depicts a family poisoned by repressed desires, shattered relations and a deeply suppressed secret. The a...
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Bertolt Brecht's Edward IIBank Street Theatre, 155 Bank Street 9/8/2005 to 9/25/2005 |
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Bertolt Brecht's version of EDWARD II is a sharp and searing commentary on the nature of war in society as told through the rise and fall of the infamous, openly homosexual Plantagenet king of England, whose battles with a despotic and ambitious ruling class led to his deposition and murder. This pr...
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All For LoveCenter Stage, NY, 48 West 21st Street, 4th floor 9/9/2005 to 9/30/2005 |
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One of the most famous love stories of all time, following the final day in the life of Antony and Cleopatra. A timeless story poetically told of unmitigated passion and obsessive love which erupts while the entire world is at stake. ...
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Artist Descending a StaircaseCenter Stage, NY, 48 West 21st Street, 4th floor 9/10/2005 to 10/2/2005 |
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Art, history, and a beautiful blind woman. When Donner is found dead at the bottom of the stairs, Martello and Beauchamp each think the other has killed him. In perspectives weaving through time, life and love, each investigates memory and motive while unraveling the relationsh...
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Giant-n-VariationCenter Stage, NY, 48 West 21st Street, 4th floor 9/15/2005 to 10/1/2005 |
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From a dilapidated Texas ranch, the rumor of twin talking Hereford bulls threatens to derail beliefs in language, history, and evolution.To discover the truth, a linguist and a drifter named Tom Noise must battle the unconditional love of the rancher Edward and his daughter May who fight to protect ...
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The BubbleBank Street Theatre, 155 Bank Street 9/27/2005 to 10/16/2005 |
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Zany comedy about the creative process....
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AnathemavilleGene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street 9/2/2005 to 9/18/2005 |
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Monopoly is Peace. All-in-one Shopping is Freedom. Synergy is Low Prices.
Obedience is Power.
A far cry from Thornton Wilder's picturesque Grover's Corners in the play "Our Town," ANATHEMAVILLE has been slowly taken over by Über-Mart, the ever expanding pinnacle of all-in-one shopping! Ten p...
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La TempestadOhio Theater, 66 Wooster Street 10/9/2005 to 10/30/2005 |
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On the tropical island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, Prospero practices the antiquarian arts in self-imposed exile. After a stormy crossing, three couples, including Prospero's daughter Miranda and her fiancé Ferdinand, are swept up in the island's history of passion, politics, and magic. As U.S. militar...
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Saving the Greeks: One Tragedy at a Time14th Street Y, The, 344 E. 14th Street 9/8/2005 to 9/25/2005 |
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In a time of war, heroes are needed. Strong, smart, courageous men whose actions are heralded over centuries in stories of their deeds. Saving the Greeks… is not one of those stories, and Dialysis and Peon are not those kind of men. In an ambitious (and possibly moronic) plan to bring peace to Anc...
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Measure For Measure - AdaptedLooking Glass Theatre, 422 W. 57th St. 10/13/2005 to 11/6/2005 |
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Gender bended to highlight the modern issue of gay marriage, this new adaptation brings a unique insight to Shakespeare's original themes of mercy, justice, religion and government. With big band music, dacning and singing and riotous fun!...
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Last Summer at Bluefish CoveT. Schreiber Studio, 151 W. 26th St., 7th fl. (between 6th and 7th) 9/29/2005 to 10/30/2005 |
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Jane Chambers' zesty and heartfelt play about a family of friends who share a summer of laughter and love while learning how to celebrate life....
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The TempestOhio Theater, 66 Wooster Street 10/7/2005 to 10/29/2005 |
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The Tempest is Shakespeare's magical and mysterious final play. It tells the story of a banished Prospero who controls his island-prison, its visitors, and its inhabitants by mixing reality and illusion to create a world in which nothing is as it seems. Victor Maog's new adaptation, in which three a...
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DeviantSanford Meisner Theater, 164 11th Ave. (22nd-23rd St.) 10/7/2005 to 10/23/2005 |
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Worlds collide when Sara and Valerie — a couple pursuing the American dream — find out their new roommate James is a gay prostitute too jaded to believe that dreams still matter. When lives and dreams intertwine in the too-close quarters of their New York apartment, this unlikely trio turn to art, d...
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The CaterersAltered Stages, 212 West 29th Street 10/6/2005 to 10/30/2005 |
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In THE CATERERS playwright Jonathan Leaf tells the story of two caterers who become trapped in a screening room the night a film about Mohammed is about to premiere. Cornered by an Islamic radical, whose mission is to steal the blasphemous film, the couple, held hostage along with the film’s scree...
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StumpsPelican Studio Theater, 750 8th avenue, 6th fl. 10/26/2005 to 11/13/2005 |
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**This will be a show where each of the actors is paired with an actor/interpreter signing for the deaf and co-performing – 10 artists playing 5 roles. Special Note: There are violent, sexual and very disturbing moments in this play – Nobody under 16 admitted without a parent or guardian.
Two h...
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The TellingSeventh Street Small Stage, 41-43 East 7th Street 10/23/2005 to 10/31/2005 |
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On the night that the Davern’s Inn, a bar on the outskirts of a dying town, is to be closed for good, two estranged sisters, the last of the Davern family, return to take one last look at the old place. When they enter the one room they were never allowed to explore as kids, they discover an unopene...
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Reconstruction78th Street Theatre Lab, The, 236 W. 78th Street 10/27/2005 to 11/19/2005 |
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A married couple try to revive their love life after reconstructive breast surgery. NOTE: involves extensive nudity....
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The Last Christmas of Ebenezer Scrooge78th Street Theatre Lab, The, 236 W. 78th Street 12/1/2005 to 12/17/2005 |
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A readers theatre ensemble adaptation of the novel, which is a sequel to Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol"...
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WiredAmerican Theatre of Actors, 314 West 54th Street, 4th Floor 11/8/2005 to 11/13/2005 |
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the time is 2012. four imprisoned women, encounter each other during their persecution by a system which deemed their beliefs un-american.
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To Nineveh: A Modern MiracleAmerican Place Theatre, 520 8th Ave 22nd floor 10/21/2005 to 11/13/2005 |
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A Miracle Play about the fall of an American family and the birth of a new era. Rebekah and Isaac, parents to two grown sons, Jacob and Esau, struggle to make their way through their temptations, their sins, and their duties as the two young men prepare for their adulthood, and their roles in a more...
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Dog LoversJuvie Hall, 24 Bond St. 10/6/2005 to 11/20/2005 |
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A new play by recent IT Awards nominee, Sheldon Senek. Missy includes her best friend and canine, Mitsy, when she decides to update her dating profile. The search is a success and she finds a perfect mate, Pete... but maybe he loves four-legged companionship just a little too much? A new play, comp...
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ValparaisoActors Theatre Workshop, 145 West 28th Street 10/20/2005 to 11/5/2005 |
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Michael Majeski's simple business trip to Indiana becomes a journey of comical and endearing mishaps, turning him into a minor celebrity. Michael offers his story to radio, filmmakers, and talk show hosts, but the spotlight requires more. This modern fable takes you to a place where intimacy is impo...
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Agamemnon10/19/2005 to 11/11/2005 |
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For ten years, in the absence of her husband, King Agamemnon, Clytemnestra has ruled over a city left vacant by its men fighting the Trojan War. Upon learning of Agamemnon’s victorious return, Clytemnestra seeks revenge against her husband for the murder of their oldest child. Centered around the...
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Rebound & GaggedMcGinn/Cazale Theatre, 2162 Broadway, 4th Floor 10/15/2005 to 11/6/2005 |
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From the Playwright of Straight Jacket & Ti, comes a comedy about getting older, getting over a broken heart, and getting over the fact that oldies radio stations have started playing "The Eurythmics."...
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Series A - Fall EatfestTheatre on 5, 311 W. 43rd St 5th fl 11/1/2005 to 11/19/2005 |
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4 original short play premieres...
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Series B - Fall EatfestTheatre on 5, 311 W. 43rd St 5th fl 11/2/2005 to 11/20/2005 |
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4 original short play premieres...
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Series C - Fall EatfestTheatre on 5, 311 W. 43rd St 5th fl 11/3/2005 to 11/20/2005 |
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4 original short play premieres...
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A MONTH IN THE COUNTRYTheater Ten Ten, 1010 Park Avenue 10/21/2005 to 11/20/2005 |
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Passions & protocal collide on a Russian estate in the 1800's. This dark comedy by the famous novelist, Ivan Turgenev, was banned when first published. Come and see why! ...
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Saint OedipusLa MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 10/20/2005 to 10/30/2005 |
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La MaMa ETC is renowned as a venue for the finest in Polish theater. This time it is the acclaimed Wierszalin Theater from Bialystok in eastern Poland, twice winner of the Best of the Fringe Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Blending elements from the Gesta Romanorum (the 14th century Deeds ...
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CoronadoManhattantheatresource, 177 McDougal Street 11/30/2005 to 12/17/2005 |
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In a nameless bar somewhere in rural America, a young couple falls hopelessly in love, a psychiatric patient confronts her demons, and a father and son search for a missing woman... and a stolen diamond. A searing depiction of the crimes we commit in the name of love, Coronado takes us into the min...
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size ateTheatre on 5, 311 W. 43rd St 5th fl 11/5/2005 to 11/19/2005 |
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How many of us have thought that things would be better if we could just be the perfect size 8? 10? 12? The perfect ... whatever?
Margaux Laskey’s new one-woman show, size ate, chronicles this futile quest for measured perfection in a theatrical, sometimes musical and often hysterical retelling o...
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Office SonataIrish Arts Center, 553 W. 51st St. 12/2/2005 to 12/11/2005 |
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In OFFICE SONATA, young employees just starting out in life get a bizarre and hilarious crash course in the ways of Corporate America at the Empie Advertising Agency, a powerful company with its own twisted views on how to increase productivity....
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Radiotheatre Presents KING KONGKraine Theater, 85 East 4th Street 11/30/2005 to 12/21/2005 |
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The classic adventure fantasy tale of beauty and the beast in the 20th Century.
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Hamlet: The Tragedy of the Prince of DenmarkLa MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 11/3/2005 to 11/20/2005 |
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A new adaptation of Shakespeare's "Hamlet," staged on an all-black set using handmade costumes and props, Kanako Hiyama's "Hamlet" places the King in the audience's midst, recasting spectators as members of the Court. An always-present Ghost introduces the story and observes the action from among t...
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Love! Valour! Compassion!T. Schreiber Studio, 151 W. 26th St., 7th fl. (between 6th and 7th) 11/10/2005 to 12/11/2005 |
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The story gathers together eight gay men over three summer weekends at the upstate New York house of a celebrated dancer-choreographer who fears he is losing his creativity and possibly his lover. Infidelity, flirtations, soul-searching, AIDS, truth-telling and skinny-dipping mix monumental question...
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The 8: Reindeer MonologuesRed Room, 85 East Fourth Street 11/18/2005 to 12/17/2005 |
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Sex, Lies & Santa - The Reindeer Spill All! The jolly old elf himself is at the top of the naughty list this year and you won't believe what his 8 most trusted reindeer have to say. Come see this tragic tale of how sex, alcohol, pedophilia and rampant bestiality threatened the very existence of Chri...
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The Lady Cavaliers: Signature StoriesGreenwich Street Theatre, 547 Greenwich Street 12/1/2005 to 1/10/2006 |
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THE LADY CAVALIERS: SIGNATURE STORIES is comprised of 5 short plays. Each work is an action-packed historically inspired look at women, who long before the women’s liberation movement and feminism, were strong, self-reliant, protector of rights--role models for today’s modern women....
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Five Days with DylanProducers Club II, 616 Ninth Avenue, Btwn 43rd and 44th Streets 12/7/2005 to 12/18/2005 |
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Aching Dogs Theater is proud to present a new play by Pamela Scott, FIVE DAYS WITH DYLAN, that is a searing drama which explores friendship, motherhood, love and loss. Under the directon of Nye Heron, the cast of eighteen actors, bring to life the event that is motherhood: the discovery of an unpla...
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A Broken Christmas CarolMichael Weller Theatre, 311 W43rd Street 12/8/2005 to 12/30/2005 |
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This Ain't Your Daddy's Dickens. It's a Broken take on a classic as three playwrights conspire to irreverently update Dickens' masterpiece for the 21st Century. Scrooge gets shoved out of the spotlight when two Jewish kids search for the true meaning of Christmas, a lapsed homeboy is spooked into ke...
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I Wanna Be RosieLa MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 12/2/2005 to 12/18/2005 |
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“I Wanna Be Rosie”, a new work by Bev Petty, is an impressionist portrait of America’s Sweetheart “Girl Singer” Rosemary Clooney. This cabaret revue takes a rollercoaster ride through Rosie’s life, which like those “fabulous fifties tunes” hides more sensuality, sadness and shrewdness than it shows ...
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Balletto StilettoLa MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 12/1/2005 to 12/18/2005 |
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Move over Radio City! Say “bah-humbug” to A Christmas Carol and “nuts” to The Nutcracker! A new holiday tradition, "BALLETTO STILETTO", is a non-denominational holiday spectacular based on the Grimm fairy tale “The 12 Dancing Princesses.” Produced by Watson Arts, "BALLETTO STILETTO" is conceived and...
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A Very Nosedive Christmas CarolKraine Theater, 85 East 4th Street 12/8/2005 to 12/17/2005 |
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Due to both popular demand and the exorbitant amount of fun the company had staging it last year, Nosedive Productions is rehelming their version of A Christmas Carol for a second time at a new venue and a new time.
Writer James Comtois and director Pete Boisvert's version of the Charles Dickens c...
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Revenge 278th Street Theatre Lab, The, 236 W. 78th Street 12/3/2005 to 12/17/2005 |
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Exploration of the theme of "revenge" through a series of diverse one-acts....
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GreyhoundsLion Theatre, 410 Wesdt 42 Street 2/2/2006 to 2/19/2006 |
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Circumstance brings together two very different women, a provoative loner and a surpressed housewife, at a rural bus stop in Oklahoma. A horrible discovery proves to be the catalyst for revelationa and transformation....
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GolgothaLa MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 12/15/2005 to 12/22/2005 |
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A Stirring journey into the past of Albert, a Holocaust survivor from Salonica, this monodrama reveals, through the blending of video and music, the story of the Ladino-speaking Sephardic Jews who were sent to the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps....
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Stangers & LinguishMint Space, 311 W 43rd St., 5th Fl. 1/5/2006 to 1/28/2006 |
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Part of the NEUROFEST
STRANGERS and LINGUISH
Written and directed by Edward Einhorn
Untitled Theater Co. #61
Conditions dealt with: Amnesia (Korsakov's Syndrome) and Aphasia
LINGUISH posits a disease which causes aphasia, the neurological disorder that takes away one's ability to use lang...
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AvalonLooking Glass Theatre, 422 W. 57th St. 2/2/2006 to 2/25/2006 |
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A retelling of the King Arthur story from the perspective of the women behind the throne. Journey with us to the mystical land of England in time full of romance, quests, sorceresses and magic....
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Doctors Jane and AlexanderTheatre on 5, 311 W. 43rd St 5th fl 1/7/2006 to 1/28/2006 |
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Part of the NEUROShorts program of Untitled Theater Co. #61's NEUROFest. Playwright Edward Einhorn takes text from his interviews with his mother, a psychologist now suffering from dementia, about his grandfather, a hematologist who discovered the Rh factor. Mixing those interviews with interviews ...
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VestibularMint Space, 311 W 43rd St., 5th Fl. 1/7/2006 to 1/28/2006 |
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As vertigo routinely attacks a former dancer stricken with Meniere's Disease, an informal conversation with his nurse turns into a revelation that challenges the idea of dependency as a passive force. Vestibular is a short piece presented in the NEUROshorts program, part of the NEUROfestival produce...
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The Dog in the MangerSanford Meisner Theater, 164 11th Ave. (22nd-23rd St.) 1/6/2006 to 2/4/2006 |
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Quinnopolis, NY has adapted Lope de Vega's classic comedy about a violent love-triangle using three actors, found-object puppets, and live music....
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Separating the Men from the BullLaurie Beechman Theatre/West Bank Cafe, 407 W. 42nd St. 1/28/2006 to 2/19/2006 |
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In this tour-de-force comedy, 2 actors portray various characters in seven inventive and insightful vignettes that expose the intricacies of male friendships. A unique, smart and silly romp through the trials and tribulations of being male. "I laughed out loud and held my breath at tender moments....
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Have You Ever Seen a Dream Rapping?Castillo Theatre, 543 West 42nd Street 2/3/2006 to 2/18/2006 |
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A celebration of Black History Month, young people bring to the stage original performances honoring the life of Martin Luther King, Jr....
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Rock the Line2/9/2006 to 2/26/2006 |
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7 rock groupies wait in line and that is just the beginning of the fun in this rockin comedy...
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The Kitchen Table2/8/2006 to 2/26/2006 |
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A boy's memory play of growing up in Brooklyn in the 1950's....
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Edenville2/7/2006 to 2/25/2006 |
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a comedy about a gay man's search for Mr Right and his journey to Edenville ...
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Book of the Dun CowWest End Theater, 263 West 86th 2/4/2006 to 2/26/2006 |
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Set in a time when the sun turned round the earth and animals could speak, The Book of the Dun Cow is a powerful, uplifting new musical adapted from Walter Wangerin Jr.'s National Book Award winning novel. Chauntecleer, an all too human Rooster, battles the evil forces of Wyrm for nothing less than ...
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Good Enough To Be TrueAmerican Theatre of Actors, Sargent Theatre, 314 West 54th Street 3/3/2006 to 3/19/2006 |
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The Long and Short of It is a play about four friends who are each stuck in a rut, and the things they do, or fail to do, to get themselves out of it. The darkly humorous drama takes place over the course of three years; the scenes spill out, overlapping and out of order, painting a slow portrait of...
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Delicious RiversLa MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 1/13/2006 to 2/5/2006 |
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DELICIOUS RIVERS, written and composed by Ellen Maddow was created by the same OBIE award-winning team that brought you PAINTED SNAKE IN A PAINTED CHAIR: direction - Paul Zimet, Set Design - Nic Ularu, Lighting - Carol Mullins, Costumes - Kiki Smith, Choreography - Karinne Keithley. In addition the...
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Major BarbaraLa MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 1/12/2006 to 1/29/2006 |
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The Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf, led by director Brooke O'Harra and composer Brendan Connelly, is perceived as one of the standout young companies to work at La MaMa in recent years. The case includes longtime Open Theater member and Two-headed Calf regular Tina Shepard, Printer's Devil star Heidi ...
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The RideSeventh Street Small Stage, 41-43 East 7th Street 2/1/2006 to 2/6/2006 |
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The story of an electrician hired to restore power to a country inn on a stormy winter night who encounters a mysterious woman in the dark is the second play in a series of three ghost story one-acts by Crystal Skillman....
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GOATSGarment District Theater, 302 W 37th Street 1/25/2006 to 2/12/2006 |
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A solo show with politics, mysticism, goatherding and cheese....
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GreenerBank Street Theatre, 155 Bank Street 2/14/2006 to 2/26/2006 |
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A supernatural thriller set entirely in a cemetery, GREENER is about a group of friends who gather together on the eve of their 10-year high school reunion after one has committed suicide--an identical twin who's spirit is in a major state of unrest. Haunted by their own inner demons as well as actu...
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HeddatronHERE Arts Center, 145 6th Avenue 2/8/2006 to 2/25/2006 |
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Les Freres Corbusier finally transforms Ibsen's classic into something truly well-made: A robot.
Half a dozen of them. Live onstage. Really.
Les Freres continues its irreverent massacre of historical icons and academic esoterica by taking on famed playwright Henrik Ibsen, the well-made play, a...
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TempleManhattantheatresource, 177 McDougal Street 2/23/2006 to 3/11/2006 |
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In an America divided by sexual identity a band of revolutionaries unite in the shadow of our nation's capitol for the ultimate act of civil disobedience....
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Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind 2006Kraine Theater, 85 East 4th Street 1/28/2006 to 5/27/2006 |
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An ever-changing attempt to perform 30 original plays in 60 minutes. Every Friday and Saturday night at 10:30pm, The New York Neo-Futurists perform their critically acclaimed, energetic show of original short plays—a non-illusory collage of the comic and tragic, the political and personal, the visc...
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Kiss and CryTheater Ten Ten, 1010 Park Avenue 2/12/2006 to 3/12/2006 |
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Stacy, a champion male figure skater, and Fiona, a hot young movie star, are the nations favorite couple...a long as nobody finds out they're both gay....
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Living Dead In DenmarkCenter Stage, NY, 48 West 21st Street, 4th floor 5/4/2006 to 5/21/2006 |
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LIVING DEAD IN DENMARK is an action-adventure/horror sequel to William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Set five years after the events of the original, the play follows the story of a newly resurrected Ophelia, Juliet, & Lady Macbeth and their quest to save Denmark from an impending zombie invasion. This high...
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The Emperor JonesLa MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 2/2/2006 to 2/12/2006 |
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Arthur Adair directs Eugene O'Neill's "The Emperor Jones" for Black History Month, and re-envisions the play's legacy, which is racially charged, with purity: without pop culture or irony. What has evolved is an experiment in recasting the play with a Greek mold.
"The Emperor Jones" (1920) depicts ...
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Inside OutHERE Arts Center, 145 6th Avenue 2/23/2006 to 3/19/2006 |
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InsideOut is a theatre/video hybrid performance piece where actors, cows, cameras, and projections interact equally to create a piece that questions identity, revenge, hell, and beef in America. InsideOut is the story of an ordinary man who wakes up trapped. We struggle with Harold as he attempts to...
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Spring's AwakeningLooking Glass Theatre, 422 W. 57th St. 3/9/2006 to 4/2/2006 |
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SPRING'S AWAKENING depicts the onset of puberty as violent and chaotic. Reptilian impulses erupt in children who are terrorized by an adult world sunk deep in neurotic denial. SPRING'S AWAKENING is no after-school special. One boy has suicidal tendencies as he struggles with his shock over the facts...
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FULL BLOOMVital Theatre Company, 2162 Broadway, 4th Floor 3/16/2006 to 4/2/2006 |
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A 15- year old struggles with her newly found beauty....
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Silence is Health/Silencio es SaludMilagro Theatre -- CSV Cultural Center, 107 Suffolk Street 2/23/2006 to 3/4/2006 |
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Based on official documents, testimonies, historical research and analyses of similar periods in Argentina, Guatemala, Chile, Spain, Germany, Ireland, Israel and the United States, Silence Is Health is an aesthetic approach to the pressing debate on human rights, warning us of the symptoms of a horr...
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ValiantLaurie Beechman Theatre/West Bank Cafe, 407 W. 42nd St. 2/24/2006 to 3/11/2006 |
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Valiant is a multi-media docudrama featuring thirteen women's word-for-word accounts of their courageous, devastating and sometimes humorous experiences of war. From victim to perpetrator to peacemaker, these women from all over the world have fought, struggled and survived. Their stories are chron...
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The Ends of the EarthSanford Meisner Theater, 164 11th Ave. (22nd-23rd St.) 3/16/2006 to 3/26/2006 |
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A comedy, tragedy, and mystery, "The Ends of the Earth" is a tale of mirrored paranoia and miscommunication. Two men journey to a hotel at the end of the earth where they collide into what they are escaping... each other. ...
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Death and the PloughmanLa MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 2/9/2006 to 2/26/2006 |
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Actor/director Peter S. Case, a Resident Artist of La MaMa ETC and member of the Great Jones Repertory, will stage his own five-character theatrical adaptation of "Death and the Ploughman" (Der Ackermann aus Bohmen, 1400) by Johannes von Saaz in La MaMa's First Floor Theater. The adaptation, based ...
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The TerritoryWest End Theater, 263 West 86th 3/10/2006 to 4/1/2006 |
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THE TERRITORY by Tanya Krohn. Two surreal fables of suburbia examine how we search for safety and security in the face of chaos and senselessness. In Part I, a man’s junk mail begins stalking him. In Part II
a Home Security Salesman refuses to give up on District 3 despite the residents' confound...
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Sodom's WifePhil Bosakowski Theatre, 354 West 45th Street 3/16/2006 to 4/9/2006 |
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Ripple Productions world premier of their original work inspired by the story of the destruction of Sodom....
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The CrucibleKraine Theater, 85 East 4th Street 5/11/2006 to 5/21/2006 |
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Arthur Miller's Classic Story that encapsules fear, Bigotry and religious mania. The story focuses upon a young farmer, his wife, and a young servant-girl who maliciously causes the wife's arrest for witchcraft. The farmer brings the girl to court to admit the lie—and it is here that the monstrous c...
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The Trojan WomenTADA! Theater, 15 West 28th Street 3/16/2006 to 4/1/2006 |
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Poseidon and Athena tell of the fall of the Trojan regime, informing us that tough decisions will have to be made in its wake. Journalist Talthybius follows the fate of the vanquished, using Geraldo-style tactics to land exclusive interviews with Helen and Andromache. Poseidon leads a political roun...
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Odchodzi (Passing Away)La MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 2/16/2006 to 3/5/2006 |
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"Odchodzi (Passing Away)" is the 17th theatrical production realized by Leszek Madzik and Scena Plastyczna KUL. The creator and director of Scena Plastyczna KUL since 1969, Leszek Madzik is revered in Poland and acclaimed abroad as a unique and remarkably consistent artist who has refined his vision...
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Devil LandUrban Stages, 259 West 30th Street 4/14/2006 to 5/7/2006 |
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Based on a true kidnapping, GRINCH is a gothic tale about a couple in the Bronx who kidnap a ten year old girl and keeps her in their basement in a misguided attempt at creating a family. The little girl however has other ideas. Protected by her terrifying and perhaps not-so-imaginary friend Grinc...
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THE PALOOKAThe Access Theater, 380 Broadway, 4th floor 3/2/2006 to 3/12/2006 |
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1950's Philadelphia. A professional boxer struggle to escape a risky world of seduction, danger, and vanishing loyalties....
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EATFest: Spring 2006 - Series A3/7/2006 to 3/25/2006 |
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4 new short plays...
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EATFest: Spring 2006 - Series B3/8/2006 to 3/26/2006 |
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3 new short plays...
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EATFest: Spring 2006 - Series C3/9/2006 to 3/26/2006 |
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3 new short plays...
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The US Premiere of 'Skin Tight'Looking Glass Theatre, 422 W. 57th St. 4/5/2006 to 4/23/2006 |
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Winner of all awards at the 1998 Edinburg Fringe Festival, Skin Tight premiered in
1994 at the Bats Theatre, where it played to packed houses. This work from New Zea-
land, inspired by Denis Glover’s poem “ The Magpies,” tells the intimate story of a rural marriage, where
Tom and Elizabeth enga...
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Mrs. California3/15/2006 to 4/1/2006 |
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The time is pre-women's lib 1955, the place a Los Angeles hotel, where a homemakers contest is in progress -- the winner to embody the epitome (at the time) of the ideal woman: "a happy, good and beautiful homemaker." Entered as Mrs. L.A., Dot, sponsored by the local gas company, vies with the other...
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L'Ultima Notte di Salome (The Last Night of Salome)La MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 3/9/2006 to 3/19/2006 |
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"L'ultima notte di Salomè" (The Last Night of Salome), a black comedy by Emanuele Vacchetto, evokes the mythic Fifties, the period of la dolce vita, Fellini and Callas, the star system in Italy, and magical nights at the theater before the advent of television. The play is a duet for two women--a fa...
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The Madness of Lady BrightDuplex, 61 Christopher Street 4/11/2006 to 5/3/2006 |
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On a hot afternoon in the city and with only a telephone for company Leslie
Bright is going slowly but steadily mad. Originally produced in 1967 at the
legendary Cafe Cino, Lanford Wilson's THE MADNESS OF LADY BRIGHT is a
stunningly theatrical examination of a lonely and desperate gay man's
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Zarathustra Said Some Things. No?Shetler Studio 54, 244 West 54th St., 12th Floor 4/20/2006 to 5/21/2006 |
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Incest. Suicide. Matricide. A comedy in one act....
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Cupid & PsycheAltered Stages, 212 West 29th Street 4/7/2006 to 4/30/2006 |
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A contemporary comedy adapted from the ancient mythological story. When Cupid, the god of love, is sent by his mother, Aphrodite, to destroy the most beautiful woman in the world, he hits a snag when he finds himself falling in love with her. With the help of his servant, Runt, and the god Apollo, h...
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MacbethAmerican Theatre of Actors, 314 West 54th Street, 4th Floor 5/10/2006 to 5/21/2006 |
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Traditional staging of Shakespeare's tragic masterpiece with original music...
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TRILOGYLa MaMa Experimental Theatre, 74A East 4th St 3/16/2006 to 4/2/2006 |
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March 16 (Thur) 7:30pm Helen/Odyssey
March 17 (Fri) 7:30pm Helen/Odyssey
March 18 (Sat) 7:30pm Iphigenia/Helen
March 19 (Sun) 2:30pm Iphigenia
7:30pm Helen/Odyssey
March 23 (Thur) 7:30pm Helen/Odyssey
March 24 (Fri) 7:30pm Iphigenia/Oddysey
March 25 (Sat) 7:30pm Iphigenia/Helen
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How I Learned To DriveT. Schreiber Studio, 151 W. 26th St., 7th fl. (between 6th and 7th) 3/16/2006 to 4/2/2006 |
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The T. Schreiber Studio is proud to present Paula Vogel’s HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE. Inspired by Nabakov's Lolita, HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE is a poignant love story of two star crossed lovers and a "village that stood by and let it happen." The play reflects a young woman's journey to adulthood, told wit...
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IN DELIRIUM: after the sorrows of young wertherSanford Meisner Theater, 164 11th Ave. (22nd-23rd St.) 4/1/2006 to 4/23/2006 |
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A new adaptation of Goethe's iconic novel about a tormented young "seeking the infinite" in an art he cannot master and a woman he cannot have....
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LocomotiveGene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street 5/4/2006 to 5/20/2006 |
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thru the constant rumblings of a nearby freight train, a mother, father and daughter struggle to stay aboard as their disintegrating family screeches forward by the impelling force of alcohol and the aftershocks thereof.
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Seven.11 Convenience TheatreKraine Theater, 85 East 4th Street 3/30/2006 to 4/23/2006 |
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Seven 11-minute plays all set in a convenience store. Better than Ho-Ho's!...
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Action/Cowboys#2/ChicagoThe Big Little Theatre, 141 Ridge St. 4/21/2006 to 5/13/2006 |
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Three of Sam Shepard's early one-act plays, highlighting many of his personal philosophies. Though separate productions, creative casting and common themes provide a thru line by which the plays are connected in a three-act structure. Part of the ongoing MCTC Sam Shepard Festival....
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Little EyolfCRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 123 4th Ave, 2nd FL 4/14/2006 to 5/7/2006 |
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LITTLE EYOLF is a biting portrait of a marriage poisoned by doubt and self-delusion that illuminates Ibsen's reputation as a precursor to Freud—not to mention Shepard and Albee—and illustrates why his characters continue to resonate with today's audience. A tragic accident within the Allmers’ family...
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ConvergenceNew York Irish Centre, 1040 Jackson Avenue 3/30/2006 to 4/14/2006 |
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Convergence is the stunning conclusion to the Force series by playwright and director Bryn Manion. In a play that spans three continents, a war journalist, a mechanic, an artist, an humanitarian aid worker and a science teacher plunge into painfully normal and profoundly extreme moments in time when...
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They're Just Like Us3/29/2006 to 4/15/2006 |
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The slow kid wants the wannabe rap star to come to his birthday party. The wannabe rap star wants to be famous. The famous actress wants to be unknown. And the four unknowns will do anything to be famous....
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Iron Curtain: A New Musical Commie-dyWest End Theater, 263 West 86th 4/8/2006 to 4/30/2006 |
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There's no communism like show communism! 1950's Broadway infiltrates communist espionage in this original musical farce. An unsuccessful composer / lyricist team is kidnapped by the KGB and forced to ghost-write Soviet propaganda musicals. Will they choose fame or freedom?
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Bloody MaryClemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, 4/26/2006 to 5/13/2006 |
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Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I, Katharine of Aragon and thousands of Whores, Princes, Monks, Jews, Heretics, Doctors, and even his Holiness in Rome gather in a dizzying blend of epic history and genuine smut, the likes of which hasn't been seen since Bob Guccione's Caligula. Except funnier, an...
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Marvin's RoomT. Schreiber Studio, 151 W. 26th St., 7th fl. (between 6th and 7th) 4/15/2006 to 5/13/2006 |
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Stage KissRed Room, 85 East Fourth Street 5/3/2006 to 5/27/2006 |
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Boy meets boy. Boy falls for boy. Turns out both guys are dolls. What's a girl to do? In Stolen Chair’s newest collective creation Stage Kiss, a bawdy gender-bent romantic comedy in blank verse, love is blind…and lust is blinder....
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Freak Winds4/1/2006 to 4/22/2006 |
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Australian psyshological thriller, dark comedy. Very funny and quite disturbing....
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Two Yeats PlaysIndependent Theatre, 52A West 8th Street 4/5/2006 to 4/15/2006 |
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Two plays by William Butler Yeats, "The Cat and the Moon" (comedy) and "The Only Jealousy of Emer" (tragedy). Yeats presents stories from Irish mythology in a form inspired by Japanese Noh drama....
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Little Red: Lost in the WoodsMorocco Studio, 6 West 20th Street, 2nd Floor 4/28/2006 to 5/8/2006 |
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Little Red: Lost in the Woods brings you the exclusive investigation of the story that’s gripping the nation; a young girl in a red hood has been attacked by an “allegedly” big bad wolf. Make up your own mind, if you can, as you witness the multi-media frenzy that consumes the truth of this classic...
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The Debate PlaysPhil Bosakowski Theatre, 354 West 45th Street 4/8/2006 to 5/13/2006 |
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An evening of three interconnected comedies by Mat Smart. ...
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Identity CrisisGene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street 4/6/2006 to 5/25/2006 |
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Join Betty; no maybe it’s Anastasia? Or maybe it’s Tiffani? … Join her on her journey to figuring out exactly who she is… In this hysterical new comedy Identity Crisis by Marc Castle....
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Cul de SacConnelly Theater, 220 E. 4th St 4/20/2006 to 5/13/2006 |
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A new comedy by John Cariani...
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are DeadMichael Weller Theatre, 311 W43rd Street 4/28/2006 to 5/14/2006 |
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Tom Stoppard's funny, absurd, and tragic play which centers on Hamlet minor characters, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, in their misadventures and musings enroute to their inevitable end. Often compared to Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, Rosencrantz and Guild...
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Forever PlaidGreek Cultural Center, 27-18 Hoyt Avenue South 4/28/2006 to 5/14/2006 |
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“Forever Plaid” is a deliciously goofy musical revue that centers on four young, eager male singers that were killed in a car crash on the way to their first big concert back in the ‘50s. ...
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The Hamlet Plays - 1Michael Weller Theatre, 311 W43rd Street 4/29/2006 to 5/14/2006 |
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The Hamlet Plays are a showcase of the Milk Can Theatre’s Artistic Associates’ work in ten-minute form. Each playwright has randomly chosen a character from Shakespeare’s Hamlet and written a ten-minute play inspired by that character. ...
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The Hamlet Plays - 2Michael Weller Theatre, 311 W43rd Street 4/29/2006 to 5/14/2006 |
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The Hamlet Plays are a showcase of the Milk Can Theatre’s Artistic Associates’ work in ten-minute form. Each playwright has randomly chosen a character from Shakespeare’s Hamlet and written a ten-minute play inspired by that character. ...
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PenetraliaActors Theatre Workshop, 145 West 28th Street 5/4/2006 to 5/20/2006 |
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The inhabitants of Penetralia live in the secure knowledge that all business is everyone's business. A communication system, both advanced and ancient, keeps everyone in the know. But the idyll is forever disrupted by a disturbing discovery, as a mild-mannered Professor fully realizes his mind's pot...
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A Night Near the SunThe Black Box Theatre @ 440 Studios, 440 Lafayette Street (3rd Floor) 5/12/2006 to 5/27/2006 |
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A young girl disappears for three days before waking up along the side of the interstate, setting off a series of events that culminates in tragedy. A Night Near the Sun explores the consequences of alienation, alien abduction and obsession in small town USA....
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THE PIGMAN OF DELANCEY STREETDillons Lounge, 245 W. 54th ST 5/14/2006 to 6/3/2006 |
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Alligators in the sewers! The Fee Gee Mermaid! Albino Cannibals Roaming the Subways? Bodies Under The Floorboards! Who dares to wear the DEADLY fur coat? Involuntary Organ Donors! The Murderous Midtown Minister! What Horror Lies Beyond The Cellar Door? Night of the Gargoyles! The year tho...
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The Singapore MikadoTheater Ten Ten, 1010 Park Avenue 4/28/2006 to 5/28/2006 |
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You are invited to be a guest at holiday party on December 10, 1941, given by the British consul, Sir Evelyn Estebrooke, where the entertainment is "The Mikado," performed by friends of the Singapore community.Occuring just days after the raid on Pearl Harbor, the Brits aim to thumb their collective...
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