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Classic Stage Company, 136 East 13th Street, 212) 352-3101 www.classicstage.org Epic retelling of the Trojan War, drawn from Shakespeare’s Troilus & Cressida and Thomas Heywood’s Iron Age, adapted and directed by Brian Kulick. Taken together, the two [;au create a grand Elizabethan Iliad that brings Homer's long lost world vividly to life. From 11/06/09; opening 11/22/09; closing 12/13/09. Cast: Craig Baldwin, Tina Benko (Helen), Bill Christ (Ajax), Mark H. Dold (Diomedes), Andrew McGinn (Diomedes), Dylan Moore (Cressida), Luis Moreno (Menelaus), Dion Mucciacito (Achilles), Michael Potts (Homer, Priam), Steven Rattazzi (Thersites), Steven Skybell (Ulysses), Elliot Villar (Hector), Graham Winton (Agamemnon), and Finn Wittrock (Troilus). Set design by Mark Wendland, costume design by Oana Botez-Ban, lighting design by Brian Scott and sound design by Christian Frederickson. Tuesday through Friday at 8 pm; Saturday at 2 and 8 pm; and Sunday at 2 pm. Additionally, on Sunday, November 8 and Sunday, December 6 there will be performances at 7 pm. Tickets are $60 Tuesday through Thursday and $65 Friday through Sunday. Running Time: Approximately 3 hours. Ages of the Moon Atlantic Theater Company at the Linda Gross Theater 336 West 20 Street Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Sam Shepard makes his Atlantic debut with this world premiering Abbey Theatre production directed by Jimmy Fay. What it's about: Dark comedy about Byron and Ames, old friends, re-united by mutual desperation. Over bourbon on ice, they sit, reflect and bicker until fifty years of love, friendship and rivalry are put to the test at the barrel of a gun. From 1/09/10; opening 1/27/10; closing 3/07/10.
Altar Boyz Dodger Stages, 340 West 50th Street 212/239-6200 The most likely to succeed show of the first New York Musical Theatre Festival has succeeded in finalizing its plans for an Off-Broadway Production. The comedy was conceived by Marc Kessler and Ken Davenport, with a score by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker and a book by Kevin Del Aguila. The production, originally directed by Aguila, will be directed by Stafford Arima. Choreography will be by Christopher Gattelli. What it's about: A Christian boy band riding the wave of America's latest fascination with religion and armed with catchy melodies, freaky moves and product in their hair bring their soul-saving tour to New York City. Their " heavenly" hits include numbers like "Girl, You Make Me Wanna Wait" and "Jesus Called Me On My Cell Phone." Original cast members to appear: Ryan Duncan as Juan; David Josefsberg ( as Abraham; Andy Karl as Luke and Tyler Maynard as Mark, the youngest of the Altar Boyz. Scott Porter will play Matthew originally played by Cheyenne Jackson. Anna Louizos (scenic design), Natasha Katz (lighting design), Peter Hylenski (sound design) and Lynne Shankel (music director). From 2/15/05; opening 3/01/05. Post July 4, 2009 schedule: Saturday matinees would be at 4 pm and post July 12 the Sunday evening performance will begin at 7:30 pm. Saturday matinees at 2 pm will resume after Labor Day, but the Sunday evening performance will remain at 7:30 pm permanently. Running Time: 90 Minutes, no intermission.Our Review. Angels in America Signature Theatre Company Peter Norton Space The invaluable Signature’s 20th Anniversary season in 2010-2011 will celebrate Tony Kushner with the first New York revival of Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning epic work, ANGELS IN AMERICA: A GAY FANTASIA ON NATIONAL THEMES playing in repertory with Part Two: PERESTROIKA. The production will be directed by Michael Greif. The Kushner season will also include two more works TBA. Watch this space for other details.
Looking Glass Theater 422 W 57th Street (between 9th/10th Aves) (212) 352-3101 www.lookingglasstheatrenyc.com his new farce based on Sophocles’ Electra is written and directed by New York Innovative Theatre Award winner Aliza Shane. I Cast: Dani Cervone plays Electra; also Elizabeth Bove, Carley Colbert, Jan Di Pietro ), Meg Lanzarone, Kevin Mitchell, Michael Alan Read, Matt Rini and Tom Slot. From 10/29/09; closing 11/22/09. Thursday-Saturday @ 8pm, Sunday @ 7pm. Tickets, $18 General Admission, $15 seniors/students with valid ID.
Vital Theatre Company at the Algonquin Theater (212) 592-0129, or order online at www.vitaltheatre.org. By Eric Eisenberg, directed by: Laura Stevens. What it's about: Set in the high-stakes arena of a Wall Street public relations agency, the play pits a young ambitious executive between two agonizing choices: an insider trading scheme that can yield all he wants in the material world, versus doing the right thing. Spurred by his older partner to choose the former, the young executive soon finds the seemingly foolproof scheme is being investigated by an inexperienced but driven female lawyer bent on destroying him. From 11/30/009; opening 12/03/09; closing 12/17/09 Thursday through Saturday at 8:00 pm, and Sundays at 3:00pm. There will be one Monday evening performance on Monday, December 4th at 8:00pm. Tickets, $15.
Avenue Q New World Stages , at 50th and Eighth Avenue 212/239-6200 www.avenueq.com. No sooner did the Tony Award winning puppet musical end its 6-year run on Broadway (22 previews and 2,534 performances), than producer Kevin McCollum announced the first ever reverse transfer of a show from Broadway to Off-Broadway. However, it's not returning to its original downtown off-Broadway home (the Vineyard), but remains uptown at the largest venue of the New World Stages complex. The re-opening will begin 10/13/09 and play Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 8 PM, Saturdays at 2 and 8 PM and Sundays at 3 and 7:30 PM. Ticketsfrom $86.50 to $66.50. For details about the show see our reviews of the Broadway and original off-broadway productionhere Biography Theatre 3 on West 43rd Street (usually occupied by the Mint S. N. Behrman’s comedy about Marian Froude, a gorgeous and promiscuous painter whose subjects include the powerbrokers of the time. She has had many lovers all round the world but not one husband. When she is approached to write her biography, her subjects come running and the comedy explodes into a maddening clash of ethics and ideas. From 11/20/09; opening 11/23/09; closing 12/19/09. Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7.30pm, Wednesdays at 2pm and Sundays at 3pm. $45. For more details about the play, you might want to check out our review of an excellent revival of this play done by the Pearl Theater a few seasons ago: Pearl Theater review. Bloody Bloody Andres Jackson The Public Theater 425 Lafayette Street Reprise of the rock musical that played a sold-out run last spring as part of the Public’s Public LAB season. The co-production with Center Theatre Group and in association with Les Freres Corbusier, is written and directed by Alex Timbers and features music and lyrics by Michael Friedman. From 3/23/10; closing 4/2310. What it's about: A look at America’s seventh president, Andrew Jackson that reveals questions about the country we live in and the leaders we choose. Cast will include members of the original Public LAB cast: James Barry as Male Soloist; Darren Goldstein as Calhoun; Greg Hildreth as Red Eagle; Jeff Hiller as John Quincy Adams; Lucas Near-Verbrugghe as Martin Van Buren; Maria Elena Ramirez as Rachel; Kate Cullen Roberts as Elizabeth; Ben Steinfeld as James Monroe; Benjamin Walker as Andrew Jackson; and Colleen Werthmann as The Storyteller. Complete casting TBA. For schedule details, see www.publictheater.org. For an idea of what to expect, see our review of the LAB production here. Blue Man Group Astor Place, 423 Lafayette St. ((Astor Place/W. 4th St) 254-4370. An extraordinary downtown hit. For details see Review. A British Subject Part of Brits Off-Broadway, 59 E 59th St. 212/279-4200 Us Premiere of play written by Nichola McAuliffe, diirected by Hannah Eidinow, from 12/09/09;opening to 1/03/10; opening 12/03/09; closing 1/03/10. Tuesday at 7:15, Wednesday – Friday at 8:15 PM; Saturday at 2:15 PM and 8:15 PM; and Sunday at 3:15 PM and 7:15 PM. What it's about: At the age of 18, Mirza Tahir Hussain, a British subject, arrived in Pakistan. 24 hours later a taxi driver was dead and Tahir was tried for his murder. Condemned to hang in the Criminal Court, he spent 18 years on Death Row. Playwright/actress McAuliffe's husband Don Mackay of the Daily Mirror was the only journalist to visit him in that time. The true life story travels from the backstage of a Noel Coward play in the heart of London to the squalid jails of Pakistan as Mackay and McAuliffe race to free this British national from his date with the gallows. Cast: y Tom Cotcher, Kulvinder Ghir, Shiv Grewal and Nichola McAuliffe. Brits Off Broadway 59E59 Theaters 212-279-4200 The 6th annual festival of new British plays will feature 7 plays. From 11/03/09; closing 1/04/09. Ticket prices from $25 to $60, depending on the show. Following are details on each show: From 11/03/09 to 11/22/09 Red Sea Fish by Matt Wilkinson, directed by Frank McCabe— a darkly funny and ultimately tender story about loss, identity and the folly of trying to control the world. . . .from 11/10/09 to 12/23, My Wonderful Day written and directed by Alan Ayckbourn. It's about Winnie who lives in a world full of adults ond on day off school has an essay to write, on My Wonderful Day which has her observing (and appalled) at the Grown ups Our Review. . . . from 11/10/09 to 12/06, Wolves at the Window by Toby Davies after Saki. . . from 11/24/09 to 12/13/09, Merrick, The Elephant Man, devised and written by Mary Swan and Saul Jaffé, directed by Swan and starring Jaffee. This story of Joseph Merrick fuses burlesque, new circus and physical theater. . .from 12/15/09 to 1/04/10. Simon Green in evening of cabaret. . .from 12/16/09 to 1/04/10. Fascinating Aida is Absolutely Miraculous brings back Britain's satirical musical comedy trio; F?rom 12/09/09 to 1/03/10, A British Subject written by Nichola McAuliffe, diirected by Hannah Eidinow featuring Tom Cotcher, Kulvinder Ghir, Shiv Grewal and Nichola McAuliffe. (Individual plays also listed separately)
Mitzi Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center150 West 65th Street Nathan Louis Jackson's play was one of the hightlettes of the Williamstown Theater Festival's summer 2009 season and this transfer confirms my prediction that the play would make it to a New York Venue. Thomas Kail will once again direct and Wendell Pierce and Francois Battiste will reprise their roles as William and Ennis King respectively They will be joined by new cast members Crystal A. Dickinson and Alano Miller. Except for the lighting design (now by Jason Lyons) the crafts team will also be the same as at Williamstown. Unless changed, the running time is 1 hour and 45 minutes, including one intermission. Performances from 9/10/09; opening 10/05/0; closing 11/22/09. Tickets, $80. Tues to Sat at 8pm; Wed & Sat at 2pm; Sundays at 3pm Review. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Triad Theatre: 158 West 72nd Street (between Broadway & Columbus Avenue) 352-3101 This is a return engagement of the show conceived and staged by Bill Daugherty. Instead of a 3 months run, the comeback is slated for an open run. Fridays at 7PM, Saturdays & Sundays at 3PM Running Time: 1 hr. 45 minutes, includes intermission. It's the same cast and creative team, so for details check out our initial review here.
Public Theater 420 Lafayette Street The Brothers Size and Marcus or the Secret of Sweet directed by Robert O’Hara From 10/21/09 Red and Brown Water directed by Tina Landau, From 10/30/09 Opening 11/17/09; closing 12/13/09--extended and now closing 12/20/09. The world premiere Of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Trilogy will be presented as separate shows and for marathon viewing on weekends. What it's about: a collection of modern-day stories of kinship, love, heartache and coming-of-age centered around an extended family and community in the Bayou. Winner of the inaugural New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award, McCraney’s stories traverse the gritty and lyrical, urban and mythic. Cast: Sterling K. Brown as Shango/Shua; Kimberly Hébert Gregory as Aunt Elegua/Shun; Brian Tyree Henry as Egungun/Oshoosi/Tarell; Andre Holland as Elegba/Marcus; Marc Damon Johnson as Ogun; Sean Allen Krill as O Li Roon / Man From State; Nikiya Mathis as Shun/Shaunta Iyun; Kianné Muschett as Oya/Osha; and Heather Alicia Simms as Nia/Mama Moja/Oba. Scenic design by James Schuette; costume design by Karen Perry; lighting design by Peter Kaczorowski; and sound design by Lindsay Jones. Our Review. Celebrity Augobiography: In Their Own Words Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street 212-868-4444 Audiences apparently enjoyed this enough for the producers to bring it back for another round of Monday night performances, beginning 9/08/08; opening 9/17/08. Open run. The celebrity guests rotate each week and will keep rotating as long as audiences keep coming. The guests interpret the actual words and stories written by the famous and the infamous, in both solo and ensemble pieces. The show begins its second open run season 9/14/09. All performances at 7:30 pm. Running time: 1 hr and 15 minutes.
Playwrights Horizons’ Peter Jay Sharp Theater 416 West 42nd Street (212) 279-4200 >A new comedy by Annie Baker, directed by Sam Gold. From 9/24/09; opening 10/13/09; closing 11/1/09--extended and now closing 11/21/09. Cast: Reed Birney, Peter Friedman, Deirdre O’Connell, Tracee Chimo. What it's about: 4 lost New Englanders enrolled in a Shirley, Vermont community center drama class experiment with harmless games, hearts are quietly torn and tiny wars of epic proportions are waged and won. Scenic and costume design by David Zinn, lighting design by Mark Barton and sound design by Leah Gelpe. Tuesdays through Fridays at 7:30 PM, Saturdays at 2PM & 7:30 PM and Sundays at 2PM & 7PM. Tickets, $50. $20 rush tickets, subject to availability, day of performance only, starting one hour before showtime to patrons aged 30 and under. Our Review.
The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, publictheater.org (212) 967-7555 Written and performed by Lemon Anderson, directed by Elise Thoron. Running Time: 2 hours with intermission From 9/29/09; opening 10/12/09; closes 11/8/09. Tuesday at 7pm, Wednesday – Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 8 and 3pm, Sunday at 3pm. Tickets: $50 for weekdays and $60 for weekend performances. A limited number of $25 tickets will be available for each performance. This was originally presented as part of the Under the Radar Festival at the Public and is now back at the Public under the auspices of an impressive list of backers, including filmmaker Spike Lee. This is Anderson's second appearance in a high profile production (he was one of the highly praised participants of the Broadway production of Def Poetry Jam) but his first starring role. So far, that star turn has garnered some amazingly ecstatic reviews .
Page 73 Productions and New Georges at the Ohio Theatre, 66 Wooster Street (between Spring and Broome Streets) 646-336-8077. World premiere of play by Heidi Schreck, directed by Leigh Silverman. From 10/27/09; opening 11/02/09; closing 11/21/09. What it's about: In 1401, a gorgeous young beer-brewer named Margery Kempe sets about trying to become a saint. Seduced by a vision of Jesus Christ in robes of purple, her favorite color, she battles her family, the church, and an intense appetite for earthly pleasures in an improbable bid for salvation. Cast: Marylouise Burke (Juliana of Norwich), Darren Goldstein (John), Sofia Jean Gomez (Margery), Tricia Rodley (Nurse), Will Rogers (Asmodeus/Jacob), and Jeremy Shamos (Father Thomas). Sets, Rachel Hauck; costumes,Theresa Squire; lighting, Matt Frey; sound, Katie Down. Mondays through Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. The opening night performance on Monday, November 2 will start at 7:00 pm. There will be one additional performance on Saturday, November 21 at 3:00 p.m. Tickets, $25 for general admission (including students and seniors), with a $35 reserved premium ticket also available. Monday night performances and Halloween, October 31, are pay-what-you-will at the door only. TDF vouchers will be accepted.
St Luke’s Theatre, 308 West 46th Street (212) 239-6200 Cast: Brian Childers as Danny Kaye and Kimberly Faye Greenberg as Sylvia Fine, directed by Pamela Hall and choreographed by Gene Castle. Book and lyrics by Robert McElwaine and additional music by Bob Bain. The musical follows the duo from the time the young undisciplined comic Danny Kaminsky meets aspiring songwriter Sylvia Fine at an audition in the 1930s. Under Sylvia’s guidance as mentor, manager and eventually, wife, Kaye rises from improvisational comic to international film star. The musical explores their inspired collaboration and the romance and conflict that made them such a volatile and successful couple. Hit songs include Tchaikovsky, Anatole of Paris, Minnie the Moocher and Deena. From 5/06/09; opens 5/13/09; open run. Wed, Sat & Sunday at 2 PM and Saturdays at 8 PM. Tickets $56.50 & $31.50. Our Review.
Nuyorican Poets Cafe 236 East 3rd Street Between Ave B & Cwww.domesticcrusaders.com (212) 465-3167 or (212) 780-9386 Muslim-American play by Wajahat Ali 2-act drama. What it's about: depiction of a contemporary Pakistani-American Muslim family. In this post 9-11 world tensions and sparks fly among three generations of family members culminating in an intense family battle. Each "crusader""struggles to assert and impose their respective voice, while trying to maintain and understand the unifying thread that makes them part of the same family. Directed by Carla Blank, co-produced by Rome Neal and Ishmael Reed, and presented by the Nuyorican Poets Café and Before Columbus Foundation. The cast includes South Asian American actors Adeel From 9/11/09; closing 10/11/09. Thurs, Fri and Sat, 7:00 pm and Sun, 3:00 pm Final Preview, Thursday, September 10, 7:00 pm Where: The Nuyorican Poets Café, 236 E. 3rd St., NY, NY Tickets: $20 general admission; $15 for advance ticket purchases, students and seniors. Dream Girls Appollo Theater 253 West 125th Street www.dreamgirlsonstage.co (212) 307-4100 This is a 4-week stop of the national tour of the musical with music by Henry Krieger, took and lyrics by Tom Eyen., Directed and Choreographed by Robert Longbottom. Co-choreographed by Shane Sparks. Scenic design by Robert Wagner. Costume design by William Ivey Long. Lighting design by Ken Billington. Sound design by Acme Sound Partners. Media design by Howard Werner for Lightswitch. From 11/07/09; opening 11/22/09; closing 12/06/09 -- extended to 12/13/09. Cast: Moya Angela as Effie White and feature, as The Dreams, Syesha Mercado as Deena Jones, Adrienne Warren as Lorrell Robinson, and Margaret Hoffman as Michelle Morris with Chaz Lamar Shepherd as Curtis Taylor, Jr., Chester Gregory as James &uot;Thunder" Early, Trevon Davis as C.C. White, Milton Craig Nealy as Marty Madison in a cast of 26. What it's about: Story of the evolution of American music during the eras of doo-wop, soul, the Motown Sound, funk, and disco as seen through the experiences an up-and coming 1960's girl group from Chicago. Embraceable Me Rachel Reiner Productions at Kirk Theatre 410 West 42nd Street Written by Victor L. Cahn, directed by Eric Parness. Cast: Scott Barrow & Keira Naughton.From 10/23/-09; opening 10/28/09; closing 11/14/09. Tuesday at 7PM; Wednesday – Friday at 8PM. Saturday at 2PM & 8PM; Sunday at 3PM Added performance on Monday, October 26. Running Time 80 minutes, no intermission. What it's about: Romance about Edward who is smart, shy, and quirky and Allison is sexy, dramatic, and vulnerable. $35.
Irish Repertory Theatre 132 West 22nd Street212-727-2737. www.irishrep.org. Eugene O'Neill's play about Brutus Jones, a self proclaimed emperor of an island nation, who attempts to flee the angry natives and his personal demons, will star John Douglas Thompson (Othello--Off-Broadway and at Shakespeare & Co); also Michael Akil Davis, Jon Deliz, Sameerah Harris, David Heron and Sinclair Mitchell. . Directed by Ciaran O'Reilly. From 10/07/09; opening 10/18/09; closing 12/06/09 Set design by Charles Corcoran; costume design by Antonia Ford-Roberts; lighting design by Brian Nason; original music and sound design by Ryan Rumery and Christian Fredrickson; and puppet design by Bob Flanagan. Wednesdays-Saturdays at 8pm; plus 3pm matinees on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays (with the following exceptions: no performance Thursday, November 26; and an additional performance Tuesday, November 24 at 8pm). Tickets are $65 and $55 Our Review. Ernest in Love Irish Repertory Theatre 132 West 22nd Street212-727-2737 www.irishrep.org. Charlotte Moore will direct a revival of this musical adaption of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. Casting TBA/ Music Lee Pockriss and book and lyrics by Anne Croswell. James Morgan (scenic design), Linda Fisher (costume design), and Brian Nason (lighting design).
Kirk Theatre 410 West 42nd Street (212) 279-4200 Play by Tim Blake Nelson and directed by Lisa Devine. From 10/02/09; opening 10/07/09; closing 10/17/09. Cast: Morgan Baker, Ehad Berisha, Benard Cummings, William Franke, Judson Jones, Helen Merino, Richard Mawe, Valerie Redd, Matt Savins, Doug Sheppard, and Shorey Walker. What it's about: In Kingfisher, Oklahoma, an innocent young woman meets a strong man of faith. A young boy witnesses a brutal murder. Where is the line between moral and radical? A love story between the lonely, the troubled, the forgotten and the radical believer who can save them. 90 minutes with one intermission. Wednesday – Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 2pm with special performances Monday 10/5 at 8pm; Tuesday 10/13 at 7p, and Saturday 10/17 at 2pm. Tickets are only $18. They are available through Ticket Central: or www.ticketcentral.com. Performances are: Wednesday – Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 2pm with special performances Monday 10/5 at 8pm; Tuesday 10/13 at 7p, and Saturday 10/17 at 2pm. Tickets are only $18. Family Week MCC at Lucile Lortel theater (212) 279-4200. www.mcctheater.org This Beth Henley play dicted by Jonathan Demme is tagged as "An All New Production" so our review of the dead on arrival previous version should probably be ignored. From 4/07/10; opening 4/26/10; closing 5/23/10. What it's about: A year after the death of her son, Claire checks into a recovery center in the desert, searching for a way to cope. When her mother, daughter and sister arrive to participate in "family week" long-dormant traumas collide with recent tragedies. Details TBA Fantasticks Snapple Theater Center 210 West 50th Street at Broadway, 212 - 307 - 4100 Book & Lyrics by Tom Jones. Music by Harvey Schmidt. The show has been on a hiatus but returns 6/16/08. Our Review The Glass Menagerie Roundabout Theatre in association with Long Wharf Theatre at Laura Pels Theatre 111 West 46th Street Tennessee Williams’ classic, directed by Gordon Edelstein. Cast: Patch Darragh (Tom Wingfield), Judith Ivey (Amanda Wingfield), Keira Keeley (Laura Wingfield). In this fresh interpretation Tom Wingfield sits writing in a hotel room, trying to forge his past into art. Soon Tom’s space is overtaken by the cramped apartment he once shared with his mother Amanda his beloved sister Laura and unrequited dreams. From 3/05/10; opening 3/24/10. Groovaloo Union Square Theatre 100 E. 17th Street This is a return engagement after a much praised run at the Joyce. From 12/07/09p; opening 12/07/09. ) According to its creators, the show has been reinvented for this return off-Broadway. For details about the original, see our review
New York Theatre Workshop, 79 East 4th Street, between Second Avenue and Bowery (212) 239-6200. Written by Rebecca Gilman, based on the novel by Carson McCullers, directed by Doug Hughes. From 11/13/09; opening 12/03/09p; closing 12/20/09. What it's about: The story of John Singer, a deaf man, as he navigates the world without his dearest friend who has recently been committed to an insane asylum. When Singer, initially isolated and alone, moves to a small Southern town, the locals—a café owner, a rebellious teenager, a black physician, and an idealistic labor organizer—flock to him as a newfound confidant, seeking compassion and understanding from the one person who needs it most. Cast: Bob Braswell, Jimonn Cole, Michael Cullen, James McDaniel, Cristin Milliotti, Randall Newsome, Roslyn Ruff, I. N. Sierros, Henry Stram, and Andrew Weems. Set design, Neil Patel; costume design, Catherine Zuber; lighting design, Michael Chybowski; original music and sound design, David Van Tieghem; projection design, Jan Hartley. Tuesday at 7:00pm, Wednesday through Friday at 8:00pm, Saturday at 3:00pm and 8:00pm, and Sunday at 2:00pm and 7:00pm. Special student matinees on Wednesday, November 25 at 12pm and Wednesday, December 16 at 1pm. Tickets are $65. CheapTix Sundays program in which all tickets for all Sunday evening performances at 7:00pm will cost $20. Tickets may be purchased in advance, payable in cash only, and are available in person only at the NYTW Box Office. Student tickets for all performances $20, based on availability. Running Time: 2 hours and 15 minutes, one intermission. How to be a Good Italian Daughter (In Spite of Myself Cherry Lane Theatre's Studio Theatre 38 Commerce St Written and performed by Antoinette LaVecchia. Directed by Ted Sod. What it's about: portrait of mothers and daughters, centering on the classic struggles between an immigrant Italian mother and her Americanized daughter, a hearty blend of humor, vivacity and family history -- Italian style. Scenic design by Michael V. Moore, costume design by Daniel James Cole, and lighting design by Traci Klainer. From 10/12/07; open run,
Public Theater in association with Ontological-Hysteric Theater World premiere written and directed by Richard Foreman. From 10/27/09; opening 11/04/09; closing 12/20/09. Cast: Willem Dafoe as the title character; Alenka Kraigher as Marie; Elina Löwensohn as Olga; Joel Israel, Eric Magnus, and Daniel Nelson as Slaves. What it's about: A philosophical comedy, in the great tradition of Ionesco and Preston Sturges. From precise existential and metaphysical acrobatics, to a ridiculous game of inter-species golf with a Giant Duck. Scenic design by Peter Ksander and Richard Foreman; costume design by Gabriel Berry; lighting design by Heather Carson; and sound design by Travis Just.Our Review. I Got Sick Then I Got Better NYTheatre Workshop, 83 E 4th Street (212) 239-6200. www.nytw.org. Written and performed by Jenny Allen, directed by James Lapine and Darren Katz. What it's about: Autobiographical solo recounting Jenny Allen' s adventures following her cancer diagnosis. Running Time:80 minutes, with no intermission. Initially 4 Mondays only, but extended. Thursday and Friday at 8pm; Saturday at 2pm and 8pm; Sunday at 3pm and 7pm; Monday at 7pm. Tickets are $45. From 9/14/09; closing 11/15/09. The Irish Curse Soho Playhouse, 15 Vandam Street (between Avenue of the Americas & Varick Street) www.TheIrishCurse.com. Martin Casella's comedy, directed by Matt Lenz. From 3/17/10; opening 3/28/10 for open run. The show had its world premiere at the New York International Fringe Festival in 2005. what it's about: A small group of Irish-American men who meet every Wednesday night, in the basement hall of a Catholic church, at a self-help group for men with small penises (it is allegedly an Irish trait to be under-endowed). When a twenty-something blue-collar guy joins the group, he challenges everything the other men thought about the Irish curse--tackling their obsession with body image and unmasking the comical and truthful questions of identity, masculinity, relationships, social status, sex and the ever important "do I measure up to the next guy? Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8 PM, Sunday evenings at 7 pm, with matinees Saturday and Sunday at 3 PM. Tickets will be $59 for all seats/all performances. Kiss Me on the Mouth Violet Repertory Theater at Center Stage 48 West 21st Street between 5th & 6th Aves World Premiere of tragicomedy by Melanie Angelina Maras, directed by Stephen Adly Guirgis. From 11/03/09; opening 11/05/09 closing 11/21/09. What it's about: Best friends party girl Christina and awkward Amy who has given up on men and decided to join a convent. Then each of them inadvertently meetst he man who could be Mr. Right. -
Cherry Lane Theatre 38 Commerce St. 212/239-6200 www.cherrylanetheatre.org Tony asward winning Judith Ivey will portray that great woman of American letters — letters from readers seeking advice, in David Rambo's solo play. From 10/07/09; opening 10/14/09; closing 11/29/09. B.J. Jones directs. Ticket are priced at $41 and $51. Performances Wednesdays at 2 and 8 pm., Thursdays and Fridays at 8 p.m. Saturdays at 2 and 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. (with an added performance on Monday, October 12 at 7 p.m. review. The Last Cargo Cult he Public’s Newman Theater, Lafayette Street Created and performed by Mike Daisey and directed by Jean-Michele Gregory. From 12/03/09; opening 12/07/09; closing 12/13/09. Mnologist Daisey returns to The Public with the true-life story of his time on a remote South Pacific island whose inhabitants worship America at the base of a constantly erupting volcano. Their religion is explored alongside our own to form a sharp and searing examination of the international financial crisis. Daisey wrestles with the largest questions of what the collapse means, and what it says about our deepest values. Part adventure story and part memoir, he uses each culture to illuminate the other to find, between the seemingly primitive and the achingly modern, a human answer. Scenic design by Peter Ksander and lighting design by Russell H. Champa.
TACT at The Beckett Theatre 410 West 42nd Street www.tactnyc.org Sidney Howard's 1930s satire, directed by Jenn Thompson who also helmed the company's hit revivals of Bedroom Farce and The Eccentricities of a Nightingale. Cast: TACT members Mary Bacon, Cynthia Darlow, Greg McFadden, James Murtaugh, James Prendergast and guest artists Bob Ari, Hunter Canning, Jessiee Datino, and Kate Middleton. What it's about: Yankee practicality collides with New York's sophisticated Art World as all hell breaks loose when a celebrated painter's early works are traced to the humble home of a country doctor. The play, first published in 1932 under the title Muse of All Work, had its world premiere at the Ford's Opera House in Baltimore on Oct. 24, 1932, and opened in New York a week later at Henry Miller's Theatre on Broadway with a cast that included Walter Connolly and Beulah Bondi. Playwright Howard won the 1925 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for They Knew What They Wanted. From 11/01/09; opening 11/11/09; closing 12/05/09. Monday, Wednesday–Friday at 7:30 PM; Saturday at 2 PM & 8 PM; Sunday at 3 PM. TACT's second play of the season will be T. S. Elliot's The Coctail Party. Our Review.
Second Stage 307 West 43rd Street (212) 246-4422 www.2ST.com Conceived, written, and performed by Anna Deavere Smith and directed by Leonard Foglia. From 9/15/09; opening 10/07/09; closing 11/06/09--extended, now closing 12/06/09. What it's about: Channeling a dramatic range of interview subjects, from artists and athletes to doctors and those they treat, LET ME DOWN EASY is a virtuosic and moving exploration of the power of the body and the resilience of the human spirit, featuring first person accounts from a wide variety of sources, including Lance Armstrong and former Texas Governor Ann Richards. Running Time: 95 Minutes, no intermission. Our Review. The Lily's Revenge Here Arts Center 145 Avenue of the Americas A musical in four acts by Taylor Mac. Music by Rachelle Garniez. Directed by Paul Zimet, Rachel Chavkin, Faye Driscoll, Aaron Rhyne, David Drake and Kristin Marting. More than 40 performers. Running time: 4 hours and 50 minutes, with 3 intermissionsFrom 10/31/09; opening 11/01/09; closing 11/22/09. Tickets: $35.00 Review Little Tragedies Baryshnikov Arts Center's Howard Gilman Performance Space 450 West 37th Street English verse of four short, humorous plays about human nature's inherent contradictions by Alexander Pushkin. In The Knight-Miser, the richest man in the world discovers that money can't buy the respect of his son. Mozart and Salieri is the story of the greatest genius, and the greatest villain, in the history of music. The Stone Guestfeatures the swashbuckling lover-poet Don Juan in a love triangle with his fiery mistress Laura and Doña Anna. In The Feast in Time of Plague revelers honor a fallen friend with poems and songs. Cast: Peter Von Berg, Robert Carin, Karen Chapman, Stephen Innocenzi, Nika Leoni, Brandon Ruckdashel, Luiz Simas, and John Leonard Thompson. -taged together in their entirety in English verse.
Rock musical Lizzie Borden centering on the gruesome Borden household to explore this legendary story through the eyes of Lizzie, her older sister Emma, Lizzie's close friend Alice, and the housemaid Bridget. Four rocker divas are backed by a live 4-piece band. From 9/10/09; closing 10/17/09.Running Time: 1 hr. 40 min. (includes 1 intermission).Tickets $25 Music by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer and Alan Stevens Hewitt. Lyrics by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer and Tim Maner. Book and Additional Music by Tim Maner. Conceived by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer and Tim Maner. Directed by Tim Maner. Musical Direction and Orchestration by Alan Stevens Hewitt. Cast: Jenny Fellner as Lizzie Borden, Lisa Birnbaum as Emma Borden, Marie-France Arcilla as Alice Russell, Carrie Cimma as Bridget Sullivan. Scenic Design by Caleb Levengood. Lighting Design by Christian M. DeAngelis. Sound Design by Jamie McElhinney. Costume Design by Bobby Frederick Tilley II. Video Design by Zoë Woodworth. Hair/Makeup Design by Carrie Lynn Rohm. Thurs-Sat at 8pm; Fri & Sat at 10:30pm Our Review.
New World Stages 340 West 50th Street (212) 239-6200 This 2-hander, written and performed by Daniel Jenkins and Robert Stanton with direction by Carl Forsman and choreography by Tracy Bersley, is a transfer from its original run at Primary Stages. It begins its second life in October, from 10/23/09; opening 10/31/09; closing 1/03/10. The Off-Broadway transfer reunites the creative team and will play : Mondays at 8:00 p.m., Wednesdays – Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Saturdays at 4:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m, Dark on Tuesdays. Tickets $29.50 - $69.50. Our review of the original production can be read here.
Triad Theater 158 W. 72 St 212-352-3101 www.lovelindathemusical.com A new one-woman musical starring jazz vocalist Stevie Holland. From 10/28/09; closing 11/21/09. Music and lyrics by Cole Porter; book by Stevie Holland and Gary William Friedman. Linda Porter was the Southern beauty who married the legendary songwriter Cole Porter at the dawn of the roaring twenties. Although Cole Porter was gay, their companionship and love lasted through 35 years of marriage and together they lived a spectacular, glamour-filled life. Directed by Ben West. Wednesdays, Oct. 28, Nov. 4, 11 and 18 at 8PM and Saturdays, Oct. 31, Nov. 7, 14 and 21 at 9:15 PM. Tickets are $35, plus a two-drink minimum. Our Review. Love, Loss and What I Wore Westside Theatre 407 West 43rd Street 212/239-6200 World premiere adaptation by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron play from Ilene Beckerman charming book. From 9/21/09; opening 10/01/09; closing after limited 12-week run (I predict that this will, like the long-running Vagina Monologues go past the anticipated closing date——and so it has-- at this point selling tickets into March 2010). What it's about: Based on Beckerman's book of beautifully illustrated brief vignettes which added up to a poignant memoir. The play will be directed by Karen Carpenter, and will feature three different (5-member) all-star casts who will perform the piece in four-week cycles. The rotating cast is as follows: opening cast (September 21 – October 18) includes Samantha Bee, Tyne Daly, Katie Finneran, Natasha Lyonne and Rosie O’Donnell. The second cast (October 21 – November 15) includes Mary Birdsong, Tyne Daly, Lisa Joyce, Jane Lynch and Mary Louise Wilson. The November 18 – December 13 cast includes Kristin Chenoweth, Lucy DeVito, Capathia Jenkins, Rhea Perlman and Rita Wilson. Jo Winiarski (Scenic Design), Jessica Jahn (Costume Design), Jeff Croiter (Lighting Design), Walter Trarbach (Sound Design) and Maria Verel (Make-Up Design). Our Review. Luck Juicy MoMo Productions and Making Strange Theater Company at 59E59 Theaters, 59 E. 59th St. (212) 279-4200 Aided by co-writers Dodd Loomis and Shawn Sturnick, Megan Riordan' reflects upon her life as a gambler's daughter. From 9/22/09; closing 10/11/09. Tue., 7:30 p.m.; Wed.–Fri., 8:30 p.m.; Sat., 6:30 and 9 p.m.; Sun., 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Our Review.
South Ark Stage and kef productions at Irish Repertory Theatre 32 West 22nd Street 212-727-2737 Written by Michael Puzzo. Directed by Adam Fitzgerald. Running Time: 90 Minutes, no intermission. From 7/20/09; opening 8/02/09; closing 8/31/09. Tickets are $18 and can be purchased by callingor visit www.kefproductions.com. Wed-Sat at 8PM. (Added performance, Sunday, August 2 at 7PM). Cast: Lori Prince as Lyric and Kelly McAndrew as Librarian, Brit Whittle, Joseph Masi and more TBA. Christopher J. Bailey (Lighting and Sound Design), Joel Sherry (Scenic Design) and Jessica Pabst (Costume Design).What it's about: Ned and Lyric's struggle to understand a passion that will either lead to salvation or untimely destruction. Along this dream-like journey the young lovers weather mental illness, shame, food issues, a sexy Librarian, Bigfoot and an unnatural obsession with a Nirvana song. Made In Heaven SoHo Playhouse 15 Vandam Street, between Sixth Avenue and Varick Street New comedy by Jay Bernzweig. From 10/22/09; opening 11/02/09. Direction by Andrew Shaifer. CastP: Alex Anfanger, Kevin Thomas Collins, Maia Madison and Steve Wilder. What it's about: Conjoined twins Max and Benjie share a life, a career, even a penis. But when they plan to propose marriage to their mutual girlfriend, Benjie reveals a secret so big it threatens to tear the brothers apart. Lex Liang (Scenic Design), Jeffrey Wallach (Costume Design), Kia Rogers (Lighting Design) and Stephanie Raines (Props Master). Mamet, see Two Unrelated plays by David Mamet: Keep Your Pantheon and School Manson: The Musical End Times Productions at The KraineTheater 85 East 4th Street between 2nd & 3rd Aves. New YorkPremiere of long-running 1990’s cult hit in Chicago, a dark musical comedy about Charles Manson with music, book and lyrics developed through improv by the members of Annoyance Theater (including The Office’s Kate Flannery). Directed by Russell Dobular From 10/25/09; closing 12/06/09. What it's about: \story of an aspiring musician named Charles Manson. With an affinity for hallucinogenic drugs, group sex,and random violence, Manson and his cult of misfits prepare for Helter Skelter, a prophesied war among the races in the US. Cast: Alanna Blair, Mary Orzano, Chris Cornwell, Alessandro Colla, Leal Vona, Meghan Ritchie, Dana Mazzenga, Candace Roediger, Marek Sapieyevski, Anthony Mead, Alex Dunbar, Heather LeeHarper, Cheri Fogelman, Melissa Ciesla, and Kerstin Porter with musical direction by Serena Miller, choreography by Tiffany Herriott, stage management by Christina Hurtado, set and sound by Jeremy Pape.
Westside Theatre Upstairs 407 West 43rd Street (Between 9th and 10th Avenues) 212/239-6200 Musical review featuring favorite songs from the '50s and '60s as it takes you to the 1958 Springfield High School prom where we meet the Wonderettes – Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy and Suzy, four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts and voices to match! Author and director: Roger Bean. Running Time: 2 hours, including one 20 minute intermission. Tickets $75.Monday & Tuesday @ 8pm, Wednesday @ 3pm, Friday @ 8pm, Saturday @ 3pm & 8pm, Sunday @ 3pm & 7pm. From 8/29/08; opening 9/14/08. Open ended run—now no longer open but with a 1/03/10 closing announced. Cast: Farah Alvin, Beth Malone, Bets Malone, Victgoria Matlock. Sets: Michael Carnahan. Costumes and wigs: Bobby Pearce. Lighting, Jerey Pivnick, Sound, Cricket S. Myers. Musical director, Brian William Baker. Choreography, Janet Miller. Our Review.
Walkerspace 46 Walker Street (2 blocks below Canal Street between Broadway & Church Streets) 212-868-4444. Monday at 8pm; Thursday – Saturday at 8pm; Saturday and Sunday at 3pm. Tickets are $18. World Premiere by David Jenkins and directed by Josie Whittlesey. From 10/09/09; opening 10/10/09; closing 10/30/09 What it's about: Michael and Stan are mid-level employees of a large, nameless corporation. As they continue work on an annual report—and try to justify their absent team of coworkers—they fight the nagging suspicion that they might be the last people remaining in the entire 60 story building. Added to this, it seems that they may have played a role in the financial annihilation Bolivia. Cast: Christopher Burns and Michael Crane. Alexis Distler (sets), Mavis Bruce (costumes), Seth Reiser (lights), and Peter McCain (sound).
Pearl Theater at City Center Stage 2, West 55th Street > Bernard Shaw comedy of parents, children, and unexpected love, directed by Jeff Steitzer. Cast: Resident Acting Company members Robin Leslie Brown (Mrs. Tarleton), Bradford Cover (Johnny Tarleton), Dan Daily (Mr. Tarleton), Sean McNall (Gunner); guest artists Steven Boyer (Bentley Summerhays), Michael Brusasco (Joey Percival), Erika Rolfsrud (Lina Szczepanowska), Lee Stark (Hypatia Tarleton). Bill Clarke, scenic design; Liz Covey, costume design; Stephen Petrilli, lighting design; Jane Shaw, sound design; Rod Kinter, fight direction; Dudley Knight, vocal direction. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7:30PM; Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday at 2:30PM. Previews begin December 4, 2009 at 7:30PM. From 12/04/09; opening 12/13/09; closing 1/24/10. $30 for all preview performances; $40 on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday; $50 for performances on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Youth and Senior Tickets: $20 weekdays and $25 weekends. Remaining tickets at each performance can be purchased at a reduced price by individuals 30 and younger or 65 and older on the day of performance, up to one hour prior to curtain, subject to availability. Thursday Rush Tickets: performance only, up to one hour before curtain, subject to availability at the box office.
Horizon Theatre Rep Downstairs @ The Flea 212-352-3101 From 10/29/09; closing 11/22/09. Rarely seen 1948 Albert Camus play, starring Ellen Crawford and Erin Cherry, directed by Alex Lippard. What it's about: After years absence, a man has returned home to Europe to be reunited with his mother and sister. But as he anxiously awaits to reveal his identity to them, notions of love and family take on chilling new meanings in the hideous circumstances of his last few hours. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 9 p.m., with added performances Mondays, November 2 and 9 at 7 p.m. and Sundays, November 15 and 22 at 3 p.m. Tickets: $18. My First Time New World Stages/Stage 5 , 340 West 50th Street www.MyFirstTimeThePlay.com Ken Davenport, producer of Altar Boyz and The Awesome 80s Prom presents a new play in the style of The Vagina Monologues featuring stories about first sexual experiences written by real people. Cast: Bill Dawes, Josh Heine, Kathy Searle, and Cydnee Welburn. What it's about: In 1998, a decade before blogging began, a website was created that allowed people to anonymously share their own true stories about their 'First Time.' The website became an instant phenomenon as over 40,000 stories poured in from around the globe that were silly, sweet, absurd, funny, heterosexual, homosexual, awkward, shy, sexy and everything in between. Thursday to Saturday @ 8pm. From 7/12/07 to 1/05/08; opening 7/28/07. Tickets $25 to $59. Our Review.
59 E. 59 Theater (212) 279-4200 US premiere, written and directed by Alan Ayckbourn and likely to be the jewel in the crown for the Brits Off Broadway Festival. 11/11/09; opening 11/18/09; closing 12/13/0.Tuesday at 7:00 PM; Wednesday to Friday at 8:00 PM; Saturday at 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM; and Sunday at 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM. Tickets are $45 during previews, $60 after opening ($31.50/$42 for 59E59 Members). What it's about: Winnie lives in a world full of adults. She’s off school for the day and has an essay to write on‘’My Wonderful Day. What better source of material than the bizarre and increasingly frenetic comings and goings of adults in the weird household in which she finds herself? Cast: Ayesha Antoine, Terence Booth, Ruth Gibson, Paul Kemp ( of Private Fears in Public Places), Petra Letang and Alexandra Mathie ( of Private Fears in Public Places). Our Review. Naked Boys Singing! 47th Street Theatre, 304 West 47th Street ( 8th & 9th Avenues)-- after 5/06: Theatre 4 424 West 55th Street 212/239-6200--As of 10/08/05 Dodger Stages/Stage 5, West 50th Street Who would have thought that a musical revue with a lot of naked guys singing numbers such as The Naked Maid,The Bliss of a Bris, Fight the Urge, Nothin' But the Radio On, Members Only, and Muscle Addition would have such lasting power. But here it is, well past it's first birthday and in yet another new home. Running time: 90 minutes. Fri @ 10:30PM, Sat @ 6:00PM & 10:30PM. Tickets $65 to $35. Update: After exceeding all expectations with a continuing run, the Naked boys will hit the big screen, directed by its original director and new arrangements of the songs. It will be released as a separate DVD which will include a behind-the-scenes documentary.
WorkShop Theater Company 312 W 36th Street, 4th Floor Main Stage695-4173x5#. Drama by Dana Leslie Goldstein, directed byRobert Bruce McIntosh. Cast: Jodie Bentley , Burt Edwards Dee Dee Friedman, Timothy Scott Harris, Elyse Mirto, Jake Robards and Sarah Romanello. What it's about: As a young man, Abraham Mendel escaped Nazi occupied Poland and fled to Palestine, where he fought for Israeli independence, before immigrating to America to appease his pregnant wife. Now approaching retirement, Abraham wishes to leave his legacy to his two grown daughters and return to Israel. He offers security to his eldest, Rachel, by bestowing his successful contracting business to the loyal husband he chose for her. He also has a suitor in mind for his youngest, Faustine, an East Village bohemian with whom he is in constant conflict. As neither understands the sacrifices he has made for them, the tight grip Abraham has always exerted is shaken over Passover dinner, when his secrets and regrets become family knowledge and his return to Jerusalem grows ever more unlikely. From 10/08/09; closing 1031/09. Thurs thru Sat October 8 -10, 15 -17 and 22 -24, and Weds October 28 thru Sat October 31 at 8PM with Sunday matinees on October 11, 18 and 25 at 3PM. Tickets are $18; $15 Seniors/Students.
MTC at New York City Center – Stage I 131 West 55th Street Written and performed by Lynn Redgrave, inspired by memories of her grandmother. What it's about: a promising woman stymied by society and all but erased by history, a touching personal tribute and a resounding song for all those people whose voices we’ve lost, or never known. Directed by Joseph Hardy. Tobin Ost (Scenic Design), Alejo Vietti (Costume Design), Rui Rita (Lighting Design), and John Gromada (Original Music & Sound Design). Tuesday at 7 PM. Wednesday through Saturday at 8 PM. Matinees on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday at 2 PM. From 10/15/09; opens 11/03/09; closing 12/13/09. Running Time: 85 minutes. For an idea of what to expect, see our review when this premiered in Los Angeles, and before a necessary medical treatment necessitated her doing the NY show seated and with script in hand: Nightingale in LA
Women's Project, 424 West 55th Streeet World premiere.Written by Liz Duffy Adams, directed by Wendy McClellan. Cast: Maggie Siff s as Aphra Behn; Kelly Hutchinson and Andy Paris as multiple characters of varying genders including 17th century A-listers Nell Gwynne, King Charles II, and super-spy and double-agent William Scott. From 11/07/09; closing 11/22/09. Mondays & Tuesdays at 7:00 pm, Thursdays-Saturdays at 8:00 pm, Sundays at 3:00 pm. (Please note early 7:00pm curtains Monday and Tuesday evenings) No performances Wednesdays. Running Time: 90 Minutes. Jennifer Moeller (sets), Andrea Lauer (costumes), Deb Sullivan (lights), and Elizabeth Rhodes (sound). What it's about: Aphra Behn is getting out of the spy trade and into show biz, if she can only write her play without interruptions from her love life — celebrity Nell Gwynne, King Charles II, and double-agent William Scott, among others. While war rages and Aphra and her friends celebrate free love, cross-dressing and pastoral lyricism, the 1660s start to look a lot like the 1960s. Verse or prose, now or then, love or death. . . and a lot of kissing Our Review.
Roundabout Theatre Company Black Box Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center 111 West 46th Street) A new musical with Music & Lyrics by Adam Gwon, directed by Marc Bruni. Cast: Lisa Brescia, Jared Gertner, Hunter Foster, Kate Wetherhead. First musical for the Underground, theater, an initiative launched in 2007 to introduce and cultivate artists in the 62-seat Black Box Theatre. What it's about: Four young New Yorkers whose lives are unexpectedly interconnected by circumstance proving that ordinary days can be simply extraordinary. From 10/02/09; opening 10/25/09; closing 12/13/09. Tuesday through Sunday evenings at 7 PM with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 1:30 PM. adim Feichtner (music direction), Lee Savage (sets), Lisa Zinni (costumes), Jeff Croiter (lights) and Danny Erdberg (sound). Andy Einhorn is the orchestrator Tickets $20. Our Review.
Signature Theatre Company at the Peter Norton Space 555 West 42nd Street Horton Foote's a nine-play, three part theatrical event to be co-produced by Hartford Stage and Signature Theatre Company. To be directed by Michael Wilson. Horton Foote adapted each of the full-length plays, some previously produced and others never before seen, into one epic cycle. What it's about: The cycle begins with a father’s death in a small-Texas town at the turn of the century, a loss that sends his son, Horace Robedaux, on an odyssey through the darkest corners of the heart as he learns to become a husband, father, and patriarch. Part 1 The Story of my Childhood from 11/04/09; opening 11/19/09; Part 2 The Story of a Marriage from 12/03/09; opening 12/13/09. Part 3 The Story of a Family from 1/09/2010; opening 1/24/10010. . .cycle closing 3/06/10--due to popularity of the show the run has been extended and will now be closing 3/29/10-- note that tickets after 3/06 will be $65.. Cast: Hallie Foote and James DeMarse star; also Devon Abner, Pat Bowie, Leon Addison Brown, Justin Fuller, Jasmine Harrison, Henry Hodges, Georgi James, Annalee Jefferies, Virginia Kull, Matt Mulhern, Gilbert Owour, Jenny Dare Paulin, Pamela Payton-Wright, Bryce Pinkham, Stephen Plunkett, Lucas Caleb Rooney, Dylan Riley Snider and Charles Turner. Jeff Cowie and David Barber (Set Design), David Woolard (Costume Design), Rui Rita (Lighting Design), John Gromada (Original Music and Sound Design), Peter Pucci (Choreography), Ralph Zito (Voice/Dialect Coach) and Mark Olson (Fight Director). Each part of the three part cycle will be staged individually as well as in repertory and one-day marathons on February 6, 20and March 6, 2010. Performances for individual shows Tuesday-Friday at 7PM; Saturday at 8PM; Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 2PM The Signature will continue to offer its $20 tickets initiative for every seat at every performance of scheduled runs for the next 4 years. For a preview of what to expect, see our Connecticut critic's reviews Part 1 Running time: 3 hours with two 10-minute intermissions, Part 2 Part 3 Running time for Parts 2& 3: 3 hours and 20 minutes with two 10-minute intermissions . Orpheus X Theatre for a New Audience Duke on W. 42nd Street www.tfana.org (646)223-3010 Rinde Eckert is writer, director, performer and director for this piece origially presented by American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Video by Denise Marika, scenic design by David Zinn and Denise Marika, costumes by David Zinn, lighting by Christopher Akerlind and sound by David Remedios. d for "Unique Theatrical Experience" for And God Created Great Whales; and the two, one-act plays An Idiot Divine. Theatre, a post he held until 2007. He serves on the faculty of Yale University. From 12/02/09; opening 12/03/09. Tuesday through Saturday at 8:00pm with an added evening performance Sunday, December 6, at 7:00pm and matinees Wednesdays, December 9 and 16, and Saturdays, December 12 and 19, at 2:00pm. Sunday matinees are December 6, 13 and 20 at 3:00pm.
Jean Doumanian Productions and Barrow Street Theatre at Barrow Street Theatre 27 Barrow Street at 7th Avenue South barrowstreettheatre.com. David Cromer's production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize play. From 2/17/09; opening 2/26/09. Cromer, who directed last season's Adding Machine, and who next season will make his Broadway directing debut with Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound, will himself perform the central role of the Stage Manager. The action will take place in, among and around the audience, creating an intimacy between actors and audience and a powerful encounter with the play's searching questions about family, community and mortality. Complete cast besides the Stage Manager: Jeremy Beiler as Simon Stimson, Rob Beitzel as Howie Newsome, Susan Bennett as Mrs. Soames, Kati Brazda as Mrs. Webb, Nathan Dame as Sam Craig George Demas as Constable Warren, Jennifer Grace as Emily, Wilbur Edwin Henry as Professor Willard, Adam Hinkle as Joe Crowell, Ronete Levenson as Rebecca Gibbs, James McMenamin as George, Ken Marks as Editor Webb, Seamus Mulcahy as Wally Webb, Lori Myers as Mrs. Gibbs, Jay Russell as Joe Stoddard, Armand Schultz as Doc Gibbs and Jason Yachanin as Si Crowell. Tuesday — Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Our Review Tickets: $49.50 to $60. Also premium seating, $95. Currently selling tickets through 1/31/2010. News: Jason Butler Harner is the current Stage Manager! .
Pearl Theater at New York City Center's Stage II, West 55th Street between 6th and 7th avenues, (212) 581-1212 J.M. Synge play directed by J.R. Sullivan, Cast: Sean McNall (Christopher Mahon), Bradford Cover (Michael James Flaherty), Lee Stark (Pegeen Flaherty), Ryan G. Metzger (Shawn Keough), Michael Brusasco (Philly Cullen), Dominic Cuskern (Jimmy Farrell), Rachel Botchan (Widow Quin), Ellen Adair (Sara Tansey), Stephanie Bratnick (Susan Brady), Julie Ferrell (Honor Blake), Joe Kady Old Mahon) Running Time: 2 hours, 20 minutes with two intermissions. From 10/2/09; opening 10/11/09; closes11/22/09. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 2:30pm Tickets: $30 for all preview performances, $40 for performances on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, $50 for performances on Friday, Saturday and Sunday Our Review. Post No Bills Rattlestick Theater www.rattlestick.org 224 Waverly Place (off Seventh Avenue South – Between West 11th and Perry Street) (212) 868-4444. A world premiere written by Mando Alvarado. Directed by Michael Ray Escamilla. From 11/04/09; opening 11/16/09; closing 12/13/09. What it's about: Fleeing the Texas border town she grew up in, Reyna arrives in the big city, with nothing but her dream of becoming a singer/songwriter. Taking up with a pair of street musicians, she discovers that love is violent, friendship is pain and the true music comes from the depths of your soul. Monday, Thursday-Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Tickets will be available through www.smarttix.com or by calling Rattlestick Playwrights Theater is located at 224 Waverly Place (off Seventh Avenue –between W. 11th & Perry Streets). Our Review. The Pride MCC at Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Street 212-279-4200. > American premiere production of Alexi Kaye Campbell’s play, directed by Joe Mantello. Cast: Hugh Dancy, Andrea Riseborough and Ben Whishawwill star in the four person play, with a fourth actor TBA. From 1/27/10; opening 2/16/09; closing 3/20/10. What it's about: Oliver, Philip and Sylvia are caught in a kind of erotic time warp. Their complex love triangle, replete with conflicting loyalties and passions, jumps from 1958 to the present and back in a maelstrom of fantasy, repression and rebellion. Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7:00 pm, Thursdays — Saturdays at 8:00 pm, Saturdays at 2:00 pm and Sundays at 3:00 pm.
Folksbiene at Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue 646/312-5073www.folksbiene.org Theodore Bikel, directed by Derek Goldman. A mix of the satirist’s words and stories (culled from over 40 volumes of his writing) with anecdotes by those who knew him. Performed mostly in English with some Yiddish. From 11/08/09; opening 11/17/09; closing 12/13/09. Tuesdays & Wednesdays at 2pm; Thursdays at 2pm & 8pm; Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm & 6pm, with special performances on Fridays November 27 and December 4, both at 12 noon. Tickets, $55 and $45. Running Time: Approx. 90 minutes, with an intermission. Our Review. So Help Me God! The Mint at Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Streetr 212/279-4200 www.minttheater.org 1929 penned backstage comedy by Maurine Dallas Watkins, (the author of Chicago, the play upon which the musical is based), directed by Jonathan Bank. Cast: Kristen. Johnston and Anna Chlumsky star; with Brad Bellamy, Catherine Curtin, Amy Fitts, Jeremy Lawrence, Ned Noyes, Kevin O’Donnell, John G. Preston, Allen Lewis Rickman, Kraig Swartz, Peter Van Wagner, Matthew Waterson, Margot White, and John Windsor-Cunningham. Scenic design, Bill Clarke; costume design, Clint Ramos; lighting design, Robert Wierzel; sound design by Jane Shaw. Johnston is Lily, a fabulous dramatic diva who must fend off a challenge from her ambitious but naïve understudy, played by a Chlumsky. It may sound like All About Eve but was written 20years before that play. The production is at the Lortel which has a larger stage and twice the seating capacity of its sual 43rd Street location. Maurine Dallas Watkins (1896-1969) was a successful journalist, a Broadway playwright, and the screenwriter of Oscar-nominated films, but much of her story is unknown because she avoided publicity. and lived reclusively. This comedy was slated for Broadway after a subway circuit run but withdrawn for revisions which were never made and the Broadway production became a victim of the depression during which Watson wrote screenplays. Tuesday through Thursday at 7 PM, Friday at 8 PM, Saturday at 2 PM & 8 PM, and Sunday at 2 PM. Tickets are $55. From 11/18/09; opening 12/07/09; closing 12/20/09. The Starry Messenger The New Group Acorn Theater 410 West 42nd Street (212) 279-4200 World premiere of new play written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan. From 10/24/09; opening 11/23/09; closing 12/12/09. What it's about: Mark teaches astronomy in the basement of the Hayden Planetarium, struggling with a dead-end career and the monotony of suburban married life. His world is transformed by a chance meeting with Angela, a driven young single mother striving for a brighter future for her and her son. Cast: Matthew Broderick as Mark and Catalina Sandino Moreno as Angela, J. Smith-Cameron as Mark’s wife Anne; also Stephanie Cannon, Kieran Culkin, Jonathan Hadary), Grant Shaudand Missy Yager. Set Design, Derek McLane. Costume Design, Mattie Ullrich. Lighting Design, Jason Lyons. Sound Design, Shane Rettig. Monday @ 8:00 PM, Tuesday @ 7:00 PM, Wednesday – Saturday @ 8:00 PM, with a matinee on Saturday @ 2:00 PM. There is an added performance on Sunday, October 25 at 3:00 PM and no performance on Thursday, November 26 (Thanksgiving). Tickets are $60. Stomp Orpheum, 126 Second Ave (7th-8th St.), 477-3477. An eight-member music troupe that uses low-cost, everyday object instruments to create high-energy rhythms. An off-Broadway, all-audience,long-running hit (opened 2/27/94). Our Review  OK for ages 8 and up. The age category is
probably conservative.
Sydney Theatre Company at BAM 718.636.4100 Tennessee Williams' classic directed by renowned actor/director/writer Liv Ullmann and featuring Academy Award-winning actress/Sydney Theatre Company Co-Artistic Director Cate Blanchett as Blanche DuBois, Joel Edgerton at Stanley Kowalski, Robin McLeavey as Stella Kowalski, and Tim Richards as Mitch. Set design by Ralph Myers. Costume design by Tess Schofield. Lighting design by Nick SchlieperSound design by Paul Charlier. From 11/27/09; closing 12/20/09. For performance schedule see bam.org. Tickets: $30, 65, 95 (Tues–Thurs); $40, 80, 120 (Fri–Sun) For a preview of what to expect, see our DC critic's rave review. That Face Manhattan Theater Club at New York City Center – Stage I 131 West 55th Street New York Premiere of rising British playwright Polly Stenham. What it's about: Dark comedy about a family at the breaking point. Mia and Henry have long been dealing with their mother’s addictions, but after a prank goes wrong at Mia’s boarding school, their situation goes from comically bad to utterly ridiculous. When their estranged father arrives to sort things out, they must face the reality that their well-to-do family may have combusted beyond repair. From 4/29/10; opening 5/18/10. For more about what to expect read our review of That Face in London
The Barrow Group, Studio Theatre 312 W. 36th Street, 3rd Floor, 212-868-4444. Cast: Alison Wrightas Laura, Michael Chenevert as Eddie, Myles O’Connor as Michael, Karin Sibrava as Roanna, Wendy Vanden Heuvel doubling as Imogen and Christine, and Eli Gelb as Jonathan. From 10/10/09; closing 11/09/09 Tickets are $25. What it's about: Laura chooses to help the displaced and out-of-work Eddie. A relationship blossoms and blurs the lines of charity and manipulation. Meanwhile, Roanna and Michael are struggling to understand their son Jonathan, on the cusp of adulthood, and his friendship with their eccentric neighbor, Imogen. Laura and her family must decide to what lengths they will go in order to ‘help’ their fellow man. This Playwrights HorizonMainstage Theater 416 West 42nd Street www.playwrightshorizons.org (212) 279-4200 World Premiere of new play by Obie Award winner Melissa James Gibson (Suitcase, [sic]), directed by Daniel Aukin. From 11/06/09; opening 12/02/09; closing 12/13/09. Cast: Julianne Nicholson, Louis Cancelmi, Eisa Davis, Glenn Fitzgerald, Brian Darling and Darren Pettie. What it's about: Jane (Julianne Nicholson) is not okay. She’s a promising poet without a muse, a single mother without lessons to pass along. Her dating life’s a shambles, and her helpful friends are only helping make things more complicated. Scenic design by Louisa Thompson, costume design by Maiko Matsushima, lighting design by Matt Frey, sound design by Matt Tierney and original music by Peter Eldridge. Production Stage Manager is Kasey Ostopchuck. Tuesdays through Fridays at 8PM, Saturdays at 2:30 & 8PM and Sundays at 2:30 & 7:30 PM. There will be additional performances Monday evening, November 23 at 8PM; a Wednesday matinee, November 25 at 2:30 PM; and Monday evening, November 30 at 8PM. Tickets are $65; also LIVEforFIVE $5 tickets for the first preview performance, $20 HOTtix rush tickets, subject to availability and $15 student rush tickets. Running Time: 2 hours. Time Stands Still Manhattan Theater Club at New York City Center Stage I, 131 West 55th Street Donald Margulies's new play. Cast Members:Eric Bogosian, Brian d’Arcy James, Laura Linney, Alicia Silverstone. What it's about: James and Sarah, a journalist and a photographer, have been together for nine years and share a passion for documenting the realities of war. But when injuries force them to return home to New York, the adventurous couple confronts the prospect of a more conventional life. Director Daniel Sullivan. From 1/05/10; opening 1/05/10; closing 3/14/10. Tuesday & Sunday @7pm, Wednesday - Saturday @8pm, Saturday & Sunday @2pm --Beginning January 26, Tuesday @7pm, Wednesday - Saturday @8pm, Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday @2pm For an idea of what to expect see our LA critic's review of the premiere production. Toxic Avenger New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street www.TheToxicAvengerMusical.com The rock musical that opened at New Jersey's New Georges, is transferring to Off-Broadway. Book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change) & music by David Bryan (Bon Jovi), with direction by John Rando. From 3/18/09, opening 4/06/09. Joining the previously announced return of Nancy Opel to the cast are Sara Chase, Nick Cordero, Demond Green and Matt Saldivar. Opel, Cordero and Green all starred in the George Street Playhouse production while Ms. Chase appeared in the initial workshop production. After over 300 performances, the show will be closing 1/03/10 and get set for a national tour. our review.
La Mama E.T.C. (at the First Floor Theatre) at 74A East 4th Street, tickets are $18, (212) 475-7710 Shakespeare adapted and directed by pupeteer Vit Horejs Running time: 90 minutes with no intermission.From 11/12/09; closing 11/29/09. Thursday through Saturday @ 8pm and Sunday @ 2:30pm. Our Review.
Roundabout's Laura Pels Theatre 111 West 46th Street 212) 719-1300, www.roundabouttheatre.org Tony Award winner Julie White will star in the New York City premiere of Theresa Rebeck's backstage comedy as she was supposed to until other plans interfered when this premiered at the Williamstown Theatre Festival during the summer of 2008. Scott Ellis will direct as he did at Williamstown. Joining White will be Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Jake and Justin Kirk as Harry. From 10/09/09; opening 11/05/09; closing 1/03/10-extended, now closing 1/17/10. Alexander Dodge (sets), Tom Broecker (costumes), Kenneth Posner (lights) and Obadiah Eaves (original music and sound). Ticket prices range from $70-$80. Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 7:30 PM with Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 PM. Our Review. Vigil DR2 Theatre, 103 East 15 Street, east of Union Square (212)239-6200 www.VigilthePlay.com. New York premiere of two-hander by Morris Panych and directed by Stephen DiMenna. Cast: Malcolm Gets as Kemp and Helen Stenberg as his aunt. From 9/20/09; opening 9/29/09; closing 11/29/09. What it's about: Dark comedy about a selfish bank drudge who is tending to the wealthy dying aunt he hasn’t seen in 30 years. She, however, isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Monday and Tuesday at 7pm; Wednesday – Friday at 8pm; Saturday at 3pm and 8pm; and Sunday at 3pm. After 9/30: Wednesday at 2pm and 8pm; Thursday and Friday at 8pm; Saturday at 3pm and 8pm; and Sunday at 3pm and 7pm. Tickets are $65 . Though billed as a new play it's new to Manhattan. It's had quite a few productions under the title Auntie and Me two of which were seen by us: Auntie and Me in London and in the Berkshires. That Berkshire production was unwisely expanded to almost 2 hours with an intermission but now it's been mercifully restored to a length that's sufficient to sustain Panych's conceit. The excellent Helen Stenberg first played the auntie who refuses to die at the Westport Theater. Perhaps she and Malcolm Gets and the return to Panych's original title will give this black comedy traction on Union Square. Running time: Approximately 95 minutes without an intermission. Our Review
Lincoln Center at the Duke on 42nd Street Written by Ann Marie Healy. Directed by Ken Rus Schmoll. The season's first in its LCT3 initiative for showcasing new works for new (ages 13 and up) audiences. From 10/26/09; opening 11/09/09; closing 11/21/09. Cast: Opal Alladin, Mia Barron, Stephanie Blake, Lynn Hawley, Ellen Parker. All tickets $20. What it's about: Set in a darkening future, the play follows a writer's journey through the political world of publishing, as her novel becomes the last print published novel ever. Sets by Kris Stone, costumes by Linda Cho, lighting by Japhy Weideman and sound design by Leah Gelpe. Our Review. Wintuk WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden t 212-307-1000 November 13, 2009 – January 3, 2010 New York, May 21, 2009 – Cirque du Soleil's family story about a boy's quest for snow. From 11/13/09; closing 1/03/10.,adventure about a boy’s quest for snow. That quest takes him to the imaginary land of Wintuk with acrobatics and song. Cast of 50 performers from Cirque du Soleil. Tickets $40 to $220. For more about the show, see www.cirquedusoleil.com Our Review. Zero Hour Peccadillo Theater at Saint Clement’s 423 West 46th Street 212-239-6200 www.ZeroHourShow.com Play written by and starring Jim Brochu’ about the life of theatre legend Zero Mostel. From 11/14/09; opening 11/22/09; closing 1/31/09. Piper Laurie directs the production which has played in Washington DC, San Francisco, Houston, and Florida. Set in Mostel’s West 28th Street painting studio in 1977 where the actor is giving his final interview before leaving for the pre-Broadway tryout of The Merchant in Philadelphia in which he only played one performance as Shylock before his sudden death at the age of 62. The interview traces Mostel's early days growing up on the Lower East Side as the son of Orthodox Jewish immigrant parents, through his rise as a stand-up comedian, from the Borscht Belt to Manhattan's most exclusive supper clubs, and from the devastation of the blacklist to his greatest Broadway triumphs, most notably as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof and working through his love-hate relationship with Jerome Robbins. Performances Monday at 7 pm, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m., with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets are $35 and $55.
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