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Atlantic Theater Company at the Linda Gross Theater 336 West 20 Street Starring Stephen Rea (The Crying Game, Someone Who'll Watch Over Me) and Sean McGinley (the film On a Clear Day) reprising their starring roles in Dublin and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Sam Shepard makes his Atlantic debut with this world premiering Abbey Theatre production directed by Jimmy Fay. What it's about: Dark comedy about Byron and Ames, old friends, re-united by mutual desperation. Over bourbon on ice, they sit, reflect and bicker until fifty years of love, friendship and rivalry are put to the test at the barrel of a gun. From 1/09/10; opening 1/27/10; closing 3/07/10--extended, now closing 3/21/10. Scenic design by Brien Vahey, costume design by Joan Bergin, lighting design by Paul Keogan and sound design by Phillip Stewart. Our Review. The Aliens Rattlestick Theatre 224 Waverly Place (off Seventh Avenue South – between West 11th & Perry Streets) 212-868-4444 World premiere by Annie Baker (Circle Mirror Transformation), directed by Sam Gold. Cast: Michael Chernus (Essential Self-Defense, American Sligo), Dane DeHaan (End Days, Sixty Miles to Silver Lake) and Erin Gann (First Day, Percussionist). Andrew Lieberman (sets), Bobby Tilley (costumes), Tyler Mycelou (lights), Bart Fasbender (sound), and Eugenia Furneaux-Arends (props). From 4/14/10; opening 4/22/10; closing 5/23/10. What it's about: 2 angry young men sit outside a Vermont coffee shop and discuss music and Bukowski. When a lonely high school student arrives on the scene, they decide to teach him everything they know. A play with music and shrooms. onday at 8pm; Wednesday to Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 3pm. Tickets are $45. Angels in America Signature Theatre Company Peter Norton Space The invaluable Signature's 20th Anniversary season in 2010-2011 will celebrate Tony Kushner with the first New York revival of Kushner's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning epic work, ANGELS IN AMERICA: A GAY FANTASIA ON NATIONAL THEMES playing in repertory with Part Two: PERESTROIKA. The production will be directed by Michael Greif. The Kushner season will also include two more works TBA. Watch this space for other details.
Avenue Q New World Stages , at 50th and Eighth Avenue 212/239-6200 www.avenueq.com. No sooner did the Tony Award winning puppet musical end its 6-year run on Broadway (22 previews and 2,534 performances), than producer Kevin McCollum announced the first ever reverse transfer of a show from Broadway to Off-Broadway. However, it's not returning to its original downtown off-Broadway home (the Vineyard), but remains uptown at the largest venue of the New World Stages complex. The re-opening will begin 10/13/09 and play Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 8 PM, Saturdays at 2 and 8 PM and Sundays at 3 and 7:30 PM. Ticketsfrom $86.50 to $66.50. For details about the show see our reviews of the Broadway and original off-broadway productionhere
St. Luke's Theatre 308 West 46th Street (between Eighth & Ninth Ave.), 212-239-6200. New historical dram by writer-director Layon Gray. Cast: Lamman Rucker (Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? and Meet The Browns), Demetrius Gross, Thom Scott II, Antonio Charity, Layon Gray, David Wendell Boykins, Derek Shaun, Jay Jones, and Rich Skidmore. From 1/29/10; opening 2/15/10. What it's about: Based on true events. Six men explore their collective struggle with Jim Crow, their intelligence, patriotism, dreams of an inclusive fair society, and brotherhood as they become the first African American fighter pilots in the U.S. Army Air Forces. Monday, Friday and Saturday evening at 8 PM, and Sundays at 5 PM. Tickets $31.50 and $56.50 Our Review.>
Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre 224 Waverly Place (off Seventh Avenue South – Between West 11th and Perry Street) www.rattlestick.org (212) 868-444 World Premiere by Craig Wright, directed by Lucie Tiberghien. Cast: Veanne Cox, Seth Numrich and Danielle Slavick. Takeshi Kata (sets), Anne Kennedy (costumes), Matthew Richards (lights), Ryan Rumery (sound), Christian Frederickson (music) and Eugenia Furneaux-Arends (props). Melissa Mae Gregus is Production Stage Manager. From 2/17/10; opening 2/25/10; closing 3/21/10. What it's about: Contemporary re-telling of Oedipus in which a married couple slowly rediscover the secret they thought they had buried deep within the cavities of their unconscious. The play explores the blindness of two individuals but also the blindness of a culture that now must confront its own folly. Monday, Thursday-Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Our Review. Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson The Public Theater 425 Lafayette Street Reprise of the rock musical that played a sold-out run last spring as part of the Public's Public LAB season. The co-production with Center Theatre Group and in association with Les Freres Corbusier, is written and directed by Alex Timbers and features music and lyrics by Michael Friedman. From 3/23/10; closing 4/2310. What it's about: A look at America's seventh president, Andrew Jackson that reveals questions about the country we live in and the leaders we choose. Cast: River Aguirre as Lyncoya; James Barry as Male Soloist; Michael Crane as Clay/Blackhawk; Michael Dunn 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 Monroe; Benjamin Walker as Andrew Jackson; Colleen Werthmann as The Storyteller; and Emily Young as Female Soloist. Scenic design by Donyale Werle, costume design by Emily Rebholz, lighting design by Justin Townsend, and sound design by Bart Fasbender. 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.
Public Theater 420 Lafayette Street www.publictheater.org New play by Suzan-Lori Parks currently Master Writer Chair at the Public. Directed by James Macdonald. Cast: Amari Cheatom as Buddy, John Doman as Vet, and Elizabeth Marvel as Grace. From 3/02/10; opening 3/17/10; closing 4/04/10., What it's about: When a young man returns home to South Texas to confront his father, everyday life erupts into a battle for personal survival. Weaves the story of three people bound together by love and longing, passion and ambition. Currently, Parks is the Master Writer Chair at The Public Theater. Approximate running time 100 minutes, without intermission. The Boys in the Band Transport Group at 7 West 26th Street, 12th Floor (between Sixth Avenue and Broadway). www.transportgroup.org"Revival of Mart Crowley's, one of the first ever to deal with contemporary life among gay men that played 1,000 performances in its original Off-Broadway production at Theatre Four. From 2/12/10; opening 2/19/10; closing 3/28/10. Cast: Jonathan Hammond as Michael; Christopher Innvar as Larry; Kevin Isola as Alan; IJon Levenson as Harold; Kevyn Morrow as Bernard; Graham Rowat as Hank; Aaron Scharff as Cowboy; John Wellmann as Emory; and Nick Westrate as Donald. Directed by artistic director Jack Cummings III. Tickets ($10-$45). The production team includes assistant director Greg Wiggans, stage manager Wendy Patten, set designer Sandra Goldmark, lighting designer R. Lee Kennedy and costume designer Kathryn Robe. Our Review. Caligula Maximus Ellen Stewart Theatre 66 E. 4th St. www.caligulamaximus.wordpress.com Co-written by Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner and directed by Alfred Preisser Cast: Ryan Knowles as Caligula, adult film star and Penthouse Pet Justine Joli, Lady Circus troupe aerialist Anya Sapozhnikova, award-winning competitive bodybuilders Myra Adams and Roxanne Edwards, Coney Island Sideshow tattooed muscleman Tim Dax, and over two-dozen circus performers, wrestlers, showgirls and freaks. Rounding out the cast in multiple roles are Alexandra Bernard, Luqman Brown, Angela Buccinni, Claire Buckingham, Eric Dorfman, Alicia Giangrisostomi, Jeff Goldfisher, Raheem Green, Sarah Hassan, Naima Ince, David King, Jessica Krueger, Andrews Landsman, Elinor Lerner, Channing McKindra, Ella Mische, Alexandra Petrova, Charletta Rozell, Alicia St. Louis, JerZ Short, Tricia Storie, Aaron Strand, Miriam Tabb, Jenny Weinbloom and Elian Zach. Sets and rigging by Evan Collier, costumes by Laura Clarke, lighting by Jamie "Nomad" DeMattia, musical direction by Joe Shavel, musicians Jeremy O’Brien and Kareem Clarke. From 3/12/10; 3/19/10; closing 4/10/10; opening. Running Time: 85 minutes. Thursday and Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 8pm and 10pm. Tickets are $30, $25 for students and seniors
The Irish Repertory Theatre 132 West 22nd Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues 212-727-2737 or www.irishrep.org One of George Bernard Shaw's most produced plays, directed and designed by Tony Walton. Cast: Melissa Errico as Candida, Brian Murray as her father Mr. Burgess, Xanthe Elbrickas the clergyman's secretary Prossy; Josh Grisetti as the Reverend's curate Lexy; Ciaran O'Reilly as Reverend James Morell; and Sam Underwood as Eugene Marchbanks. What it's about: Reverend James Morell's comfortable marriage to Candida is shaken by the arrival of the young poet, Marchbanks. Both men adore her, in quite different ways and forquite different reasons, and she is attracted to them for their verydifferent qualities. Marchbanks believes Candida has a choice. Morell is devastated by the idea of losing her. They both forget she is her own woman. Lighting design by Richard Pilbrow, sound design by Zach Williamson and Jana Hoglund, hair design by Robert Charles Vallance. The stage manager is April Kline. From 2/24/10; opening 3/07/10; closing 4/18/10 Wednesdays-Saturdays at 8pm; plus 3pm matinees on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets $65 and $55. Our Review. Candida Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street 212-868-4444 Audiences apparently enjoyed this enough for the producers to bring it back for another round of Monday night performances, beginning 9/08/08; opening 9/17/08. Open run. The celebrity guests rotate each week and will keep rotating as long as audiences keep coming. The guests interpret the actual words and stories written by the famous and the infamous, in both solo and ensemble pieces. The show begins its second open run season 9/14/09. All performances at 7:30 pm. Running time: 1 hr and 15 minutes.
Playwrights Horizons Mainstage Theater416 West 42nd Street World Premiere of a new dark comedy by Bruce Norris (The Pain and the Itch), directed by Pam MacKinnon. Cast: Frank Wood, Annie Parisse, Jeremy Shamos, Crystal A. Dickinson, Brendan Griffin, Damon Gupton ) and Christina Kirk From 1/29/10; opening 2/21/10; closing 3/07/10--extended now closing 3/21/10. What it's about: In 1959, a white family moves out. In 2009, a white family moves in. In the intervening years, change overtakes a neighborhood, along with attitudes, inhabitants and property values. Loosely inspired by Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. Scenic design by Daniel Ostling, costume design by Ilona Somogyi, lighting design by Allen Lee Hughes and sound design by John Gromada. Our Review. The Cocktail Party The ActorsCompany (TACT) www.tactnyc.org at The Beckett Theatre 410 West 4nd Street 212-279-4200. Written by T.S. Eliot. Directed by Scott Alan Evans. From 3/07/10; opening 3/17/10; closing 4/10/10 What it's about: In Eliot's profound exploration of self-deception and redemption, Edward and Lavinia Chamberlayne are throwing a fashionable party at their London flat. The guests arrive only to discover that their hostess is nowhere to be found and a rather strange man, who knows no one, seems right at home. Monday, Wednesday-Friday at 7:30pm; Saturday at 2 & 8pm and Sunday at 3pm. Tickets are $27.50 - $55.00 Conviction Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago) in association with Maya Productions and Steve Klein at 59E59 Theaters From 2/16/10; closing 3/21/10. By Oren Neeman, adapted by Ami Dayan and Mark Williams, directed by Jeremy Cole and featuring Ami Dayan, Kevin Hart and Catharine Pilafas. Ticket price: $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members). What it's about: In Franco's Spain, an Israeli scholar is caught stealing a confidential Inquisition file. An interrogation follows, reviving the 15th Century story of a Catholic priest whose faith is tested when he finds himself in love with a Jewish woman. Based on a true story of the Spanish-Inquisition.
St Luke's Theatre, 308 West 46th Street (212) 239-6200 Cast: Brian Childers as Danny Kaye and Kimberly Faye Greenberg as Sylvia Fine, directed by Pamela Hall and choreographed by Gene Castle. Book and lyrics by Robert McElwaine and additional music by Bob Bain. The musical follows the duo from the time the young undisciplined comic Danny Kaminsky meets aspiring songwriter Sylvia Fine at an audition in the 1930s. Under Sylvia's guidance as mentor, manager and eventually, wife, Kaye rises from improvisational comic to international film star. The musical explores their inspired collaboration and the romance and conflict that made them such a volatile and successful couple. Hit songs include Tchaikovsky, Anatole of Paris, Minnie the Moocher and Deena. From 5/06/09; opens 5/13/09; open run. Wed, Sat & Sunday at 2 PM and Saturdays at 8 PM. Tickets $56.50 & $31.50. Our Review. Dr. Knock, Or The Triumph Of Medicine Mint Theater Company, 311 West 43rd Street, 3rd floor 212/315-0231 or www.minttheater.org Jules Romains' 1923 satire, directed by Gus Kaikkonen. From 4/14/10; opening5/10/10; closing 6/06/10 What it's about: Health care reform of a darkly comic kind drives Dr. Knock who purchases a small practice in the French countryside and then endeavors to make it thrive by applying modern methodology. The comedy first opened in Paris in 1923 and ran for an unprecedented five years, making a star of Louis Jouvet in the title role. In 1928, Dr. Knock debuted in New York and remained in the dramatic repertoire until World War II. Tuesday through Thursday at 7 PM, Friday at 8 PM, Saturday at 2 PM & 8 PM, and Sunday at 2 PM. Tickets are $55. Cast: Scott Barrow (33 Variations, Embraceable Me), Thomas M. Hammond (The Madras House, Hamlet (TFANA), The Receptionist], Jennifer Harmon (Dividing the Estate, Barefoot in the Park, Seascape), Patrick Husted (Dr. Bob in Bill W. and Dr. Bob, Wit), Patti Perkins (The Full Monty), and Chris Mixon (eight seasons with Alabama Shakespeare and four seasons for Utah Shakespearean Festival).
Red Bull Theater at Theater at St Clement's 423 West 46th Street www.redbulltheater.com 212.352.3101 John Webster's Jacobean play directed by Jesse Berger. Cast: Heidi Armbruster, Jason C. Brown, Clark Carmichael, Keith Hamilton Cobb, Matthew Greer, Carol Halstead, Eric Hoffmann, Patrick Page, Matthew Rauch, Christina Rouner, Gareth Saxe,o Haynes Thigpen. Designs by Beowulf Boritt • Emily DeCola • Jared B. Leese • Nathan Leigh • Erin Kennedy Lunsford • Jason Lyons • Sèan McArdle • Jessica Scott, Music by Scott Killian. Voice & Speech by Shane Ann Younts, Choreography by Tracy Bersley • Violence by J. David Brimmer. From 2/23/10; opening 2/28/10; closing 3/28/10. Our Review. Dusk Rings a Bell Atlantic Stage 2T 330 West 16th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues). World premiere by Stephen Belber, directed by Sam Gold. From 5/19/10; opening 5/27/10; closing 6/20/10. What it's about: Molly and Ray unexpectedly meet 25 years after a one-afternoon adolescent fling. She has a successful media career; he owns a small landscaping business. Both begin to romanticize their chance reunion, but a renewed connection is disrupted when Ray reveals the sordid details of a crime that left him incarcerated for ten years. Their encounter reveals two vastly different paths taken and two lonely souls attempting to reclaim a moment of possibility, when they were young and perhaps at their very best. Tuesday - Saturday at 7:30p and Saturday and Sunday at 2:30pm. All tickets are $45. Cast & design team TBA
Abingdon Arts Complex's Dorothy Strelsin Theatre 312 West 36th Streetbrwww.abingdontheatre.org or 212-868-2055. A new play by John Morogiello. From 4/09/10; opening 4/18/10; closing 5/02/10. What it's about: Follows the real-life courtship and battle of wits between socialite Charlotte Payne-Townshend and playwright George Bernard Shaw . Jackob G. Hofmann directs. Cast: Warren Kelley,as George Bernard Shaw; also Marc Geller, Jamee Vance, and Claire Warden. Set design by Ken Larson; costume design by Deborah Caney; lighting design by Matthew McCarthy; and music design by Larry Spivack. Wednesdays and > Thursdays at 7:00pm; Fridays at 8:00pm; Saturdays at 2:00pm and > 8:00pm; and Sundays at 2:00pm (with the following exceptions: special > opening night performance, Sunday, April 18 at 5:00pm; no 2:00pm that Tickets are $25; Enjoy The Play Company at 59E59 Theaters From 3/27/10; closing 4/25/10. By Toshiki Okada, translated by Aya Ogawa, directed by Dan Rothenberg. Cast to be announced. Ticket price: $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members). What it's about: It's Gen X vs. Gen Y in this slacker comedy of manners that follows the romantic adventures of part-time workers in a Tokyo manga café.
MTC at City Center Stage I 131 West 55th Street www.ManhattanTheatreClub.com. (212-581-1212) www.nycitycenter.org. New play by Bill Cain and director Garry Hynes. Cast: Remy Auberjonois, Michael Countryman, John Pankow, Charlotte Parry and David Pittu. What it's about: It's 1605 England and King James' right hand man (David Pittu) commissions William Shakespeare (John Pankow) to write a new play about the Gunpowder Plot, a recent failed attempt to blow up Parliament and the Monarchy. Scenic & costume design by Francis O'Connor, lighting design by David Weiner, sound design David Van Tieghem & Brandon Wolcott, and fight direction by David Brimmer. Ticket are $75. From 2/09/10; opening 3/02/10; closing 3/28/10. Approx. 2 1/2 hours with intermission. See MTC website for varying schedule. Our Review. F Family Week MCC at Lucile Lortel theater (212) 279-4200. www.mcctheater.org This Beth Henley play directed by Jonathan Demme is tagged as "An All New Production" so our review of the dead on arrival previous version should probably be ignored. From 4/07/10; opening 4/26/10; closing 5/23/10. What it's about: A year after the death of her son, Claire checks into a recovery center in the desert, searching for a way to cope. When her mother, daughter and sister arrive to participate in "family week" long-dormant traumas collide with recent tragedies. Cast: Rosemarie Dewitt (Rachel Getting Married), Kathleen Chalfant (Angels in America, Wit), Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Sami Gayle will Tickets $79. Fantasticks Snapple Theater Center 210 West 50th Street at Broadway, 212 - 307 - 4100 Book & Lyrics by Tom Jones. Music by Harvey Schmidt. The show has been on a hiatus but returns 6/16/08. Our Review
Stage Left Studio Theatre 438 West 37th Street - (between 9th & 10th Avenues) Multi character solo show conceived written and starring Blocker, directed and staged by Helena Geissner. Mondays at 8:00pm. Tickets, $20. From 2/15/10; opening 3/08/10. closing 5/31/10 with option to extend through 7/26/10. Running Time 75 Minutes. Scenery by Edward Morris. Lighting by Mary Catherine Moore. Costumese by Murray Scott Changar. Sound design is by Kenneth Allen. Sound Editing by Copperhead Studios. Fight choreography by Kathy Kelly Christos. 4-Play Minetta Lane Theatre www.fkb.com. The Flying Karamazov Brothers new show directed by Paul Magid and featuring a script created by Magid with the company and featuring choreography by Doug Elkins and musical direction by Mark Ettinger. From 2/08/10; closing 3/07/10. Juggling is at the center of this show that blends music, comedy, dance, and theater. Cast: Magid and Ettinger, along with Rod Kimball and Stephen Bent. Susan Hilferty (costume design) and David Hutson (lighting design). Original music is by Ettinger, Doug Wieselman, and Howard Patterson. The Forest Classic Stage 136 East 13th Street, www.classicstage.org Alexander Ostrovosky drama , translated by Kathleen Tolan, and directed by Brian Kulick. From 4/23/10; opening 5/06/10; closing 5/30/10. Cast: Dianne Wiest, John Douglas; also Addam Driver, Quincy Dunn-Baker, Herb Foster, Lisa Joyce, Lizbeth MacKay, George Morfogen, John Christopher Jones and Tony Torn. Scenic design by TSanto Loquasto, lighting by Peter Kaczorowski, costumes by Marco Piemontese,original music and sound design by Christian Frederickson and Ryan Rumery.A romantic romp, where the most dangerous creatures in the forest are two vagabond actors, posing as gentry, who crash a nearby estate, turning an orderly manor upside down.Tuesdays through Fridays at 8 pm; Saturdays at 2 pm and 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. Tickets are $70 for Tuesday – Thursday performances and $75 for Friday – Sunday performances.
Flea Theater 41 White Street between Church and Broadway, three blocks south of Canal), 212-352-3101 or online at www.theflea.org. World premiere by Jonathan Reynolds, author of Stonewall Jackson's House and Dinner With Demons, performed by The Bats and directed by Jim Simpson. From 2/12/10; opening 2/28/10, closing 4/11/10 (a second extension) What it's about: Reynolds takes on abortion in the sixties, when backrooms in the wrong part of town offered hope or death, as well as abortion in the twenty first century. In 2010, has abortion become merely another form of birth control? Cast: Andy Gershenzon, Brett Aresco, Betsy Lippitt, Akyiaa Wilson, Eboni Booth, Laurel Holland and Marshall York. John McDermott (sets), Zack Tinkelman (lights), Amanda Bujac (costumes) and Jeremy Wilson (sound). Schedule varies.Our Review. The Glass Menagerie Roundabout Theatre in association with Long Wharf Theatre at Laura Pels Theatre 111 West 46th Street Tennessee Williams' classic, directed by Gordon Edelstein. Cast: Patch Darragh (Tom Wingfield), Judith Ivey (Amanda Wingfield), Keira Keeley (Laura Wingfield) Michael Mosley (Jim O'Connor).. In this fresh interpretation Tom Wingfield sits writing in a hotel room, trying to forge his past into art. Soon Tom's space is overtaken by the cramped apartment he once shared with his mother Amanda his beloved sister Laura and unrequited dreams. From 3/05/10; opening 3/24/10; closing 5/30/10. Michael Yeargan (Sets), Martin Pakledinaz (Costumes), Jennifer Tipton (Lights), David Budries (Sound). In this fresh interpretation of Williams' haunting memory play, Tom Wingfield (Darragh) sits writing in a hotel room, trying to forge his past into art. Soon Tom's space is overtaken by the cramped apartment he once shared with his mother Amanda (Ivey), his beloved sister Laura (Keeley) and unrequited dreams as fragile as Laura's collection of tiny glass animals. There, Tom relives the Gentleman Caller's (Mosley) visit — the night that changed his family forever.
Access Theater 380 Broadway, just north of White Street)212-868-4444 Comedy by Matthew Freeman and directed by Kyle Ancowitz. Reprise of last year's production at Antidepressant Festival. What it's about: Eight misfit members of Romeo, Vermont’s cut-throat Glee Clubare on the verge of meltdown after their soloist makes the disastrous decision to save his own life. Will they be ready in time for the big recital? And isn’t music the most important thing? Cast: Bruce Barton, Robert Buckwalter, Steven Burns, David DelGrosso, Carter Jackson, Stephen Speights, Tom Staggs and Matthew Trumbull. Wednesday – Saturday at 8:00 PM. From 3/03/10; opens 3/06/10; closes 4/03/10. tickets, $25. Tickets Our Review.
Black Box Theatre at The Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center 111 West 46th Street A new play written by two prominent Southern authors, Lee Smith (The Last Girls) and Jill McCorkle (Going Away Shoes), and adapted by Paul Ferguson. Songs by Nashville hit-makers Matraca Berg (Reba McEntire, Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill) and Marshall Chapman (Jimmy Buffett, Wynonna, Olivia Newton-John). Randal Myler (It Ain't Nothin' But The Blues; Hank Williams: The Lost Highway; Love, Janis) directs. Featured in the cast are: Sally Mayes (She Loves Me), Teri Ralston (Company), Lauren Kennedy (Spamalot), Liza Vann (Machiavelli) and Gina Stewart (“Dawson's Creek”.) What it's about: Celebrates childhood through old age with big hair and bigger hearts. Accompanied by a four-piece band. Sets by Tim Mackabee, costumes by Michael Bevins, lighting by Brian Nason and sound by Lew Mead for Syntonic Design. Bluegrass picker/songwriter Joe Newberry and actress/musician Julie Oliver adapted and arranged the music. Keith Levenson is the musical supervisor. Mondays, Tuesdays, Friday and Saturday at 8PM, with matinees Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 3pm. From 2/08/10; opening 2/14/10; closing 4/11/10. Our Review.
Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues) Comedy by Lucinda Coxon, directed by Liz Diamond. Cast: Kate Arrington (Bea), Kelly AuCoin (Johnny), Mary Bacon (Kitty), Brian Keane (Carl), Joan MacIntosh (June), Quentin Mare (Miles) and C.J. Wilson (Michael).Set Design: Narrelle Sissons. Costume Design: Jennifer Moeller. Lighting Design: Matt Frey. Sound Design: David Budries. Projection Design: Jeff Sugg. Running Time: 2 1/2 hours, including one 15-minute intermission. From 1/26/10; opening 2/09/10; closing 4/21/10. Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m., Wednesdays through Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 3:00 p.m. .Our Review. Hard Times Pearl Theater at New York City Center Stage I I West 55th Street Stephen Jeffrey's adaptation of Dickens novel, directed by J. R. Sullivan. From 2/05/10; opening 2/14/10; closing 3/28/10. Six members of The Pearl's Resident A cting Company portraynearly two dozen characters: Jolly Abraham (Sissy Jupe, Mrs. Pegler, Mary Stokes). Rachel Botchan (Louisa, Emma, Mrs. Blackpool), Robin Leslie Brown (Mrs. Sparsit, Mrs. Gradgrind, Rachel), Bradford Cover (Mr. Bounderby, Bitzer, Harthouse), TJ Edwards (Gradgrind, Blackpool), Sean McNall (Tom, Mr. Sleary), Jo Winiarski, scenic design; Devon Painter, costume design; Stephen Petrilli, lighting design; Lindsay Jones, sound design; Will Pickens, assistant sound design; Kali Quinn, movement coach and assistant to the director; Stephen Gabis, dialect coach. The stage manager is Lisa Ledwich and the dramaturg is Kate Farrington. The Pearl did this adaptation once before (in 1997) but with a different director and cast (review. $30 for all preview performances; $40 for performances on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday; $50 for performances on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Youth and Senior Tickets: $20 weekdays and $25 weekends. Remaining tickets at each performance can be purchased at a reduced price by individuals 30 and younger or 65 and older on the day of performance, up to one hour prior to curtain, subject to availability. Students with a valid student I.D. can purchase $10 tickets to every performance. Remaining tickets for Thursday evening performances are available for $10 on the day of the performance only, up to one hour before curtain, subject to availability at the box office. Our Review. I Never Sang for My Father Keen Company Theatre Row 410 West 42nd Street (212) 279-4200 www.KeenCompany.org Keir Dullea will make his long-awaited return to the stage in Robert Anderson's play. From 3/23/10; closing 5/01/10. Directed by Jonathan Silverstein, this marks the second Anderson play presented by Keen, following the success of its 2007 production of Tea & Sympathy. What it's about: One son's struggle to balance his own happiness with the needs of his aging parents, and his yearning for a closer relationship with the father he cannot change. Gene Garrsion is a grown man with a successful career, but when his parents arrive for a visit, he finds himself in that awkward position of feeling like a child again. When tragedy strikes, Gene is forced to examine his responsibility to himself and his family in new ways. More details TBA.
Godlight Theatre Company at 59E59 Theaters From 3/19/10; opening 3/28/10; closing 4/25/10. John Ball's book that inspired the film and TV series, adapted by Matt Pelfrey, directed by Joe Tantalo. Cast: Ashton Crosby, Bryce Hodges, Lawrence Jansen, Gregory Konow, Julianne Nelson, Ryan O'Callaghan, Nick Paglino, Sean Phillips, Michael Shimkin, Sam Whitten and one more actor to be announced Ticket price: $25 ($17.50 for 59E59 Members). What it's about: It's 1962. A hot August night lies heavy over the small town of Argo, Alabama. A dead white man is discovered and the local police arrest a black stranger named Virgil Tibbs. The police discover that their prime suspect is in fact a homicide detective from California. As it happens, Tibbs becomes the racially tense community's single hope in solving a brutal murder that is turning up no witnesses, no motives and no clues. uesday - Wednesday at 7:30 PM, Thursday - Friday at 8:30 PM; Saturday at 2:30 PM and 8:30 PM; Sunday at 3:30 PM. Please note, there are no matinee performances on Saturday, March 20 and Sunday, March 21 but an added evening performance on Sunday, March 21 at 7:30 PM. The Irish Curse Soho Playhouse, 15 Vandam Street (between Avenue of the Americas & Varick Street) www.TheIrishCurse.com. Martin Casella's comedy, directed by Matt Lenz. From 3/17/10; opening 3/28/10 for open run. The show had its world premiere at the New York International Fringe Festival in 2005. what it's about: A small group of Irish-American men who meet every Wednesday night, in the basement hall of a Catholic church, at a self-help group for men with small penises (it is allegedly an Irish trait to be under-endowed). When a twenty-something blue-collar guy joins the group, he challenges everything the other men thought about the Irish curse--tackling their obsession with body image and unmasking the comical and truthful questions of identity, masculinity, relationships, social status, sex and the ever important "do I measure up to the next guy? Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8 PM, Sunday evenings at 7 pm, with matinees Saturday and Sunday at 3 PM. Tickets will be $59 for all seats/all performances.
Laurie Beechman Theater West Bank Cafe 407 West 42nd Street Karen Finley's Kennedy/Obama Inspired new work. From 1/30/10; opening 2/06/10; closing 3/06/10--extended and now closing 4/24/10. What it's about: Finley brings Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis back to life in this unique look at history, style, trauma, femininity and the demands of being the First Lady. Using the structure of a lecture set in the present day, Jackie contemplates her life in pictures. She also makes use of You Tube and views online homages to her and her family. Along the way Jackie ruminates on Michelle Obama, Marilyn Monroe, Caroline'srun for Senate, the art world, Michael Jackson, and the lasting impact of that fateful day on the grassy knoll in Dallas. Saturdays at 7:30pm. Tickets are $20, plus $15 food/drink minimum Our Review. --> Ladies in Retirement Pulse Ensemble Theatreat Theatre 3, 311 West 43rd Street, 3rd Floor Edward Percy and Reginald Denham’s rarely-produced gothic mystery . From 3/9/10; closing 4/03/10. Cast: Mikel Sarah Lambert, Ashley Taylor, Carol Lambert, Lynne Fontanne,Camille Mazurek, Burt Grinstead, Hanna Hayesand Susan Barrett. Originally produced on Broadway in 1940 starring Flora Robson and Estelle Winwood, this is based on a famous murder in France in the 1880s. The cast features 6 women and one young man. After successful runs on Broadway and London’s West End the earthy comedic ‘chiller’ was made into a successful film starring Ida Lupino. Sets by Zhanna Gurvich, costumes by Angela M. Kahler, lighting by Steve O’Shea, sound by Louis Lopardi , props by Deborah Gaouette. Wednesday through Saturday at 8 pm with Sunday matinees at 3 PM through April 3rd. MONDAY, MARCH 8 @ 8 PM Lenin's Embalmers Ensemble Studio Theatre 549 W. 52nd Street World Premiere of dark comedy by Vern Thiessen, based on a book of the same name bya Zbarsky and Samuel Hutchinson. Directed by William Carden. From 3/03/10; opening 3/08/10; closing 3/31/10. What it's about: Boris Zbarsky and Vladimir Vorobiov, two scientists who were chosen by The Committee for Immortalization to embalm Vladimir Lenin after his death in 1924. Cast: Steven Boyer, Zach Grenier, Richmond Hoxie, Polly Lee, Peter Maloney, James Murtaugh, Scott Sowers and Michael Louis Wells. Sets by Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams, lights by Chris Dallos, sound by Shane Rettig and costumes by Suzanne Chesney. Wednesday through Saturday and Monday evenings at 7:00pm with matinees Saturdays at 2:00pm and Sundays at 3:00pm. Our Review.
he New Group at the Acorn Theater, Theater Row 212-279-4200 Revival of Sam Shepard's 1985 play, directed by Ethan Hawke. Cast: Keith Carradine, Josh Hamilton, Marin Ireland, Laurie Metcalf, Alessandro Nivola, Maggie Siff, Frank Whaley, Karen YoungFrom 1/29/10; opening 2/18/10; closing 3/20/10. Mon, Wed-Sat at 8pm, Tues at 7pmSat at 2pm. Tickets $61.25 What it's about: Blinded by jealousy and rage, Jake believes he may have murdered his wife. While Jake seeks refuge in the home of his unstable mother, his brother Frankie goes to investigate and soon finds himself caught in the confusing currents of revenge and longing. Running Time: Approx. 2 hours and 45 minutes with intermission. Our Review. Looking For Billy Haines Lion Theatre on Theatre Row 410 West 42nd Street 212-279-4200 www.LookingForBillyHaines.com Comedy by Suzanne Brockmann and Will McCabe, with music byBarry Singer, From 3/11/10; opening 3/25/10; closing 5/22/10. What it's about: Jamie Hollis, a struggling actor, scores an audition for a feature film about Billy Haines, a real life gay movie star of the 1920s and ‘30s who gave up his career to remain in a public relationship with his partner. Billy's story, along with Jamie's rather vibrant imagination and his three colorful roommates, helps him realize that he needs to make some decisions about his own unsatisfying relationship with a closeted man. Cast: Jason T. Gaffney, Joseph Cullinane, Jason Michael Butler, Apolonia Davalos, Annie Kerins, and Eric Ruben. Mondays at 8 PM, Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8 PM, with matinees Saturday at 2 PM and Sunday at 3 PM. Tickets are $49 Love is My Sin Theater for New Audiences at The Duke on 42nd StreetSM, a New 42nd Street® project, 229 West 42nd Street for Peter Brook's adaptation of the sonnets of William Shakespeare, performed by Natasha Parry and Michael Pennington. From 3/25/10/ opening 4/01/10; closing 4/17/10/ Tuesday through Saturday at 8:00pm, with matinees Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2:00pm and Sundays at 3:00pm For its third show of its 30th anniversary season, Theatre for a New Audience will present the New York premiere of C.I.C.T. / Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord production of Love Is My Sin, the sonnets of William Shakespeare adapted by Peter Brook and performed by his wife, Natasha Parry and Michael Pennington. What it's about: 2lovers trace a magnificent, life-embracing arc of jealousy, guilt, adoration and anguish in Shakespeare's sonnets. Franck Krawczyk plays the music of Louis Couperin (1626-1661) on keyboard and accordion. Lighting is designed by Philippe Vialatte. Love Is My Sin premiered in Paris at Bouffes du Nord April, 2009. Love, Loss and What I Wore Westside Theatre 407 West 43rd Street 212/239-6200 World premiere adaptation by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron play from Ilene Beckerman charming book. From 9/21/09; opening 10/01/09; closing after limited 12-week run (I predict that this will, like the long-running Vagina Monologues go past the anticipated closing date——and so it has-- at this point selling tickets into March 2010). What it's about: Based on Beckerman's book of beautifully illustrated brief vignettes which added up to a poignant memoir. The play will be directed by Karen Carpenter, and will feature three different (5-member) all-star casts who will perform the piece in four-week cycles. The rotating cast is as follows: opening cast (September 21 – October 18) includes Samantha Bee, Tyne Daly, Katie Finneran, Natasha Lyonne and Rosie O'Donnell. The second cast (October 21 – November 15) includes Mary Birdsong, Tyne Daly, Lisa Joyce, Jane Lynch and Mary Louise Wilson. The November 18 – December 13 cast includes Kristin Chenoweth, Lucy DeVito, Capathia Jenkins, Rhea Perlman and Rita Wilson. Jo Winiarski (Scenic Design), Jessica Jahn (Costume Design), Jeff Croiter (Lighting Design), Walter Trarbach (Sound Design) and Maria Verel (Make-Up Design). Our Review. Manigma Harold Clurman Theater on Theatre Row 212-279-4200 Written and performed by Michael Aronov. From 1/15/10; opening 1/21/10; closing 3/13/10. What it's about: Manigma depicts six distinct characters—all performed by Aronov: Chacha, a saucy and resilient cabaret performer embracing her nasty past; Sasha, a beefy old-world immigrant hungry for a companion; Frick, the introverted penny collector who misses his mom; T, the thug from the streets who demands a revolt; Pinchy, the vulnerable self-helper hunting for courage; and Rick, an uninhibited wild man who urges us to abandon and live. Directed by David Travis. Running Time: 1 hr. 22 min. Ticket Price: $46.25. Original music by David Majzlin and Michael Aronov. Scenic Design, Michael Bednark. Lighting Designer, Ben Kato. Stage Manager, Samantha Flint. Wed to Sat at 8pm; Tues at 7pm; Sun at 3pm. Review
Second Stage 307 W. 43rd St. (8th/9th Avs) 212-246-4422 New comedy by Douglas Carter Beane, directed by Scott Ellis. Cast John Lithgow, Jennifer Ehle. From 1/26/10; opening 2/22/10; closing 3/21/10. Tue at 7:00pm; Wed to Sat at 8pm; matinees Sat at 2pm and Sun at 3pm. Tickets: $70. What it's about: Gossip columnists Mr. & Mrs. Fitch who, when the social circuit no longer provides any scandalous news, y find that great celebrity can appear out of thin air. Our Review. My Sinatra Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street 212 868-4444 Sub-titles A Musical Memoir About Obsession, this is the very true story about one man's love and idolization of Frank Sinatra, one of the world's greatest performers of all time. Co-written by Cary Hoffman and Paul Linke, with musical direction by Tex Arnold, this reality musical, which originally appeared as a special on PBS, specifically follows Hoffman's real life as Long Island teenager growing up in the 1940's, who obsesses over the legendary Frank Sinatra. After the death of two fathers and the support of his three studio musician uncles (who played with Sinatra), the persona of Sinatra takes on a whole new meaning for Cary throughout his life and career. From 1/15/`10; closing 3/05/10. Tickets are $20(2 drink minimum). See www.mysinatra.com for schedule 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.
47th Street Theatre 304 West 47th Street, (212) 279-4200 Return of the musicalby composer-lyricist Rick Crom. Cast: Christine Pedi stars. She is joined onstage by Christina Bianco, Michael West, Rory O'Malley, Amy Griffin and Tommy Walker. The production is directed by Mark Waldrop. Ed Goldschneider (music director), Matthew Gordon (lighting designer), Jason Courson (set designer), David Kally (costume designer) and Scott Delacruz (stage manager) From 11/23/09; opening 12/9/09 open run. Tickets $70. Schedule varies Our Review. North Atlantic The Wooster Group at the Baryshnikov Arts Center's Jerome Robbins Theater 450 W. 37th Street North American premiere (following Los Angeles run). Text by James Strahs isdirected by Elizabeth LeCompte. Cast: Steve Cuiffo, Ari Fliakos, Koosil-ja Hwang, Paul Lazar, Frances McDormand, Zachary Oberzan, Jenny Seastone Stern, Scott Shepherd, Maura Tierney, and Kate Valk. From 3/10/10; closing 4/25/10. March 10 - April 25. What it's about: First presented in 1983, the piece examines the role of the military in American culture during the Cold War. Norma Doesmen Abingdon Theatre 312 W. 36th Street, Sixth Floor Comedy romp written and directed by playwright and stager Stephen Stahl. From 3/04/10; opening 3/08/10; closing 3/28/10. Cast: Tommy Femia stars as Norma; Bryan R. Caine, Christina Giordano and Ken Shepard. Scenery designed by Raffaele Castaldo, costumes by Lara Dawn de Bruijn, lighting by Ryan O’Gara and sound by Charles Jarboe. What it's about: Set in a run-down chateau of an alcazar on Sunset Boulevard, this parody follows the story of an unemployed script-writer, Joe Dillis, who finds himself on the run from the re-po men and dives into the lap of a reclusive, silent-screen movie star Norma Doesmen. Waiting for her return to filmdom, Norma finds her prey in Dillis, who is manipulated and seduced by this insane, over sexed, psychotically disordered fallen legend. Along with her totally schizophrenic servant Max and Joe's devoted narcoleptic girlfriend, Betty ShaveHer, the comedy ensues as Joe accidentally crosses her path and she sees in him an opportunity to make her comeback to the big screen. Oliver stageFARM at The Cherry Lane Theatre 38 Commerce Street 212 239-6200 orwww.thestagefarm.org. A new comedy by Elizabeth Meriwether, directed by Evan Cabnet. From 5/08/10; closing 6/06/10. What it's about: Oliver is 17 and Jasper is 60. They are best friends. Oliver wants to get laid, and Jasper wants to help. Jasper wants to drink himself to death, and Oliver wants to save him. And they share a secret that could ruin them both. Lauren Helpern (sets), Ben Stanton (lighting), Jessica Shay (costumes), Zane Birdwell (sound), and Faye Armon (props). Cast TBA. Tuesday-Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 5 pm. Tickets are $37.50 a
Signature Theatre Company at the Peter Norton Space 555 West 42nd Street Horton Foote's a nine-play, three part theatrical event to be co-produced by Hartford Stage and Signature Theatre Company. To be directed by Michael Wilson. Horton Foote adapted each of the full-length plays, some previously produced and others never before seen, into one epic cycle. What it's about: The cycle begins with a father's death in a small-Texas town at the turn of the century, a loss that sends his son, Horace Robedaux, on an odyssey through the darkest corners of the heart as he learns to become a husband, father, and patriarch. Part 1 The Story of my Childhood from 11/04/09; opening 11/19/09; Part 2 The Story of a Marriage from 12/03/09; opening 12/16/09. Part 3 The Story of a Family from 1/07/10; opening 1/26/10010. . .cycle closing 3/06/10--due to popularity of the show the run has been extended and will now be closing 3/29/10-- note that tickets after 3/06 will be $65. Cast: Hallie Foote and James DeMarse star; also Devon Abner, Pat Bowie, Leon Addison Brown, Justin Fuller, Jasmine Harrison, Henry Hodges, Georgi James, Annalee Jefferies, Virginia Kull, Matt Mulhern, Gilbert Owour, Jenny Dare Paulin, Pamela Payton-Wright, Bryce Pinkham, Stephen Plunkett, Lucas Caleb Rooney, Dylan Riley Snider and Charles Turner. Jeff Cowie and David Barber (Set Design), David Woolard (Costume Design), Rui Rita (Lighting Design), John Gromada (Original Music and Sound Design), Peter Pucci (Choreography), Ralph Zito (Voice/Dialect Coach) and Mark Olson (Fight Director). Each part of the three part cycle will be staged individually as well as in repertory and one-day marathons on February 6, 20and March 6, 2010. Performances for individual shows Tuesday-Friday at 7PM; Saturday at 8PM; Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 2PM The Signature will continue to offer its $20 tickets initiative for every seat at every performance of scheduled runs for the next 4 years. Review of Part 1 Running time: 3 hours with two 10-minute intermissions. For a preview of what to expect from the follow-ups, see Part 2-review & Part 3 . Running time for Parts 2& 3: 3 hours and 20 minutes with two 10-minute intermissions Update: The Signature has extended the triptych for an extra six weeks, now closing 5/08/10. Additional marathon performances have also been added which makes for 4 marathons: Feb. 6 and 27, March 6, April 3 and May 8. Tickets for the extension are $65 for each part. . Our Town Jean Doumanian Productions and Barrow Street Theatre at Barrow Street Theatre 27 Barrow Street at 7th Avenue South barrowstreettheatre.com. David Cromer's production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize play. From 2/17/09; opening 2/26/09. Cromer, who directed last season's Adding Machine, and who next season will make his Broadway directing debut with Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound, will himself perform the central role of the Stage Manager. The action will take place in, among and around the audience, creating an intimacy between actors and audience and a powerful encounter with the play's searching questions about family, community and mortality. Complete cast besides the Stage Manager: Jeremy Beiler as Simon Stimson, Rob Beitzel as Howie Newsome, Susan Bennett as Mrs. Soames, Kati Brazda as Mrs. Webb, Nathan Dame as Sam Craig George Demas as Constable Warren, Jennifer Grace as Emily, Wilbur Edwin Henry as Professor Willard, Adam Hinkle as Joe Crowell, Ronete Levenson as Rebecca Gibbs, James McMenamin as George, Ken Marks as Editor Webb, Seamus Mulcahy as Wally Webb, Lori Myers as Mrs. Gibbs, Jay Russell as Joe Stoddard, Armand Schultz as Doc Gibbs and Jason Yachanin as Si Crowell. Tuesday — Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Our Review Tickets: $49.50 to $60. Also premium seating, $95. Current stage manager, Stephen Kunken. Selling tickets through 3/31/10. . Palestine . NYTW's 4th Street Theatre is located at 83 East 4th Street between Second Avenue and Bowery. (212) 868-4444 World premiere of Najla Saïd's solo play about the dichotomy of being Arab and American, From 2//06/10; opening 2/17/10; closing 3/21/10. Sturgis Warner directs. Set and costume design by Meghan E. Healey and lighting design by Ben Stanton. 666 PsycoductionsMinetta Lane Theater 18 Minetta Lane Psycoductions Spain’s multi award-winning comedy theater troupe Yllana (ee - YA - na) will make its l Off-Broadway debut following its run at New York’s Fringe Festival last summer. From 3/30/10; opening 4/15/10. What it's About: 3 dangerous criminals (Fidel Fernandez, Joseph Michael O’Courneen and Juan Francisco Ramos Toro) and one misplaced innocent (Raul Cano) arrive on death row. Incarceration ironically sets free their wildest fantasies as, trapped between the iron gates and an electrified fence, they interact with each other and with the audience. At the end of all the comically bungled executions, all hell, quite literally, breaks out. No one is safe, least of all the audience! Tuesday-Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm & 8pm, and Sunday at 3pm & 7pm. During the preview performances tickets are priced at $25. Starting on April 13th tickets will range from $20 - $66.66.
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, Ben Whishaw, Adam James will star in the four person play From 1/27/10; opening 2/16/09; closing 3/28/10. 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. Our Review. The Really Big Once Target Margin Theater at The Ontological at St. Marks 131 East 10th Street www.targetmargintheater.org World premiere based On Camino Real'and the collaborative efforts of theater giants Elia Kazan and Tennessee Williams, and directed by David Herskovits. From 4/13/10; opening 4/20/10; closing 5/08/10. Following last season's acclaimed, sold-out extended run of the rarely produced Ten Blocks on the Camino Real,Target Margin Theater will continue to focus on the works of the legendary Tennessee Williams. This new play, created by the company, tells the story of Elia Kazan and Tennessee Williams, and how they changed American culture, exploring their collaboration (between 1948 and 1953) on one of their most celebrated plays, Camino Real. The company secured permission from both the Williams and the Kazan estates to use documentary materials. Rescue Me Ma-Yi Theater Company at the Ohio Theatre 66 Wooster St. www.ma-yitheatre.org 212-352-3101. World-premiere of Michi Barall's adaptation of Euripides'Iphigenia in Taurus. Cast: David Greenspan, Jennifer Ikeda, Julian Barnett, Leon Ingulsrud, Postell Pringle, Paco Tolson, Oni Monifa Reneee Brown and Katherine Partington. Tuesday through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30 p.m., with the following exceptions: added performance on Monday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. and no performances on 3/28 and 4/4. From 3/23/10; opening 3/30//10; closing 4/.18/10 Directed by Loy Arcenas and choreographed by Julian Barnett. What it's about: Euripides' heroine Iphigenia - here known as Iph. She's 34, stuck in a dead-end job and aunted by the past.
World premiere of John Kander, Fred Ebb and David Thompson's musical about a grim chapter in American justice. From 2/12/10; opening 3/10/10. Choreography by Tony Award winner Susan Stroman. Cast: John Cullllum, Brandon Victor Dixon , Colman Domingo, Sean Bradford, Josh Breckenridge, Derrick Cobey, Rodney Hicks, Kendrick Jones, Forrest McClendon, Julius Thomas III, Sharon Washington, Cody Ryan Wise and Christian White. Set designer, Beowulf Boritt; costume designer, Toni-Leslie James; lighting designer, Kevin Adams; sound designer Peter Hylenski. David Loud is music director; orchestrations are by Larry Hochman. What it's about: Explores the infamous 'Scottsboro' case of the 1930s, in which a group of African American teenagers were unjustly accused of attacking two white women —and the boys' attempts to prove their innocence.Our Review.
Amas Musical Theater at The Marjorie S. Deane Little Theatre 5 West 63rd St) www.amasmusical.org World Premiere of musical with a book by Peter Ullian, lyrics by Len Schiff, music by Joel Derfner, music direction by Michael Pettry, musical staging by Christine O'Grady and directed by Jeremy Dobrish. Cast: Erika Amato, Wilson Bridges, Jason Collins, Nic Cory, Gabe Green, Patricia Noonan, Allen E. Read, Stuart Zagnit and Kurt Zischke. Alexis Distler, set design; Michael Gottlieb, lighting design; Jennifer Caprio, costume design; Michael Eisenberg, sound design; and Chris Kateff, video design.From 2/16/10; opening 2/25/10; closing 3/21/10, What it's about: Exploration of life in the Jewish artists' ghetto created by the Nazis in the Czech town of Terezin during World War II. Hitler renamed it Theresienstadt and his propaganda cynically proclaimed it "A City for the Jews." He proceeded to populate Theresienstadt with the most prominent artists, composers, scientists, and scholars of Europe. A vibrant artistic community emerged and the ghetto was alive with concerts, plays, and lectures. The Nazi's, for their own international propaganda purposes, coerced their prisoners to depict Terezin as a place where they lived free lives. But hidden from the watchful eyes of their captors, the artists created secret pictures and writings which were concealed and smuggled out to alert the world to what was really happening. They felt that, because of their covert efforts, the truth could survive. Signs of Life is a true story of love, defiance and the power of art. Tues at 7:30, Weds - Fri at 8, Sat at 3 & 8, Sun at 3Our Review. Sin Baruch Performing Arts Center’s Rose Nagelberg Theatre (55 Lexington Avenue at 25th Street www.sinbysinger.com World premiere of mystical comedy, based on Isaac Bashevis Singer’s short story "The Unseen,"” adapted by Mark Altman, directed by Kent Paul. P What it's about: Pits a happily married couple against the devil himself. On Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, the devil and his demons descend on the tiny town of Frampol. Satan has chosen this most solemn of occasions to test the faith of a happily married couple and in the process ruins their lives. It's a devilish look at two love triangles, one human and one heavenly. Cast: Paul Collins, Jessiee Datino, Pierre Epstein, Suzanne Toren, Sarah Grace Wilson and Grant James Varjas. Sets are by Michael Locher with lights by Matthew McCarthy; and costumes by China Lee. Mark Stuart is the associate director. Robert Rees has composed music for the show. Tuesdays at 7PM, Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8PM, with matinees on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2PM and Sundays at 3PM. Tickets are $50 during previews and $60 beginning March 17th. From 3/09/10; opening 3/17/10; closing 4/11/10. Runnint Time: 2 hors 15 minutes, approx. Stomp Orpheum, 126 Second Ave (7th-8th St.), 477-3477. An eight-member music troupe that uses low-cost, everyday object instruments to create high-energy rhythms. An off-Broadway, all-audience,long-running hit (opened 2/27/94). Our Review  OK for ages 8 and up. The age category is
probably conservative.The Subject Was Roses Pearl Theater at New York City Center Stage I I West 55th Street Revival of Frank D. Gilroy's Pulitzer Prize and Tony winning 1965 drama (also filmed in 1968), to be directed by actress and director Amy Wright. From 4/09/10; closing 5/09/10. What it's about: Sstory that revolves around the return of a young man from the battlefields of World War II to the turbulent marriage of his parents. Cast: Carol Schultz and Dan Daily will be featured as Nettie and John Cleary, the role of son Timmy TBA
New World Stages 340 West 50th Street(212) 239-6200 www.thetemperamentals.com Off-Broadway run of Jon Marans play will again feature Thomas Jay Ryan (currently on Broadway In The Next Room) as Harry Hay, Michael Urie (from TV's Ugly Betty) as Rudi Gernreich,. Arnie Burton (an original cast member of Broadway's 39 Steps) playing multiple roles; also reprising earlier production roles are Matthew Schneck, and Sam Breslin Wright. From 2/18/10; opening 2/28/10. Directed by Jonathan Silverstein. Set & Costume design by Clint Ramos, lighting by Josh Bradford and sound design by Daniel Kluger. Running Time: 2 hrs 15 min including intermission. Monday 8:00 pm; Thursday 8:00pm; Friday 8:00 pm; Saturday at 2:00pm & 8:00 pm and on Sunday at 3:00 pm & 7:00 pm. Special performances on Wednesday, February 24th at 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm. No performance 2/21 mat, 2/22 eve and 2/28. Ticket prices are: $65 and student tickets for $25 in the mezzanine. Our Review or original and current production. That Face Manhattan Theater Club at New York City Center – Stage I 131 West 55th Street New York Premiere of rising British playwright Polly Stenham. What it's about: Dark comedy about a family at the breaking point. Mia and Henry have long been dealing with their mother's addictions, but after a prank goes wrong at Mia's boarding school, their situation goes from comically bad to utterly ridiculous. When their estranged father arrives to sort things out, they must face the reality that their well-to-do family may have combusted beyond repair. From 4/29/10; opening 5/18/10. For more about what to expect read our review of That Face in London THE 39 STEPS New World Stages, Stage 1 340 West 50th Street (212) 239-6200 The show has had three Broadway homes during the last 2 years. Like another small show that was a big hit, it's not leaving town, however, but moving to the 50th Street multiplex as of March 25th. Tickets will be between $89.50 and - 69.5. Performances are Monday, Wednesday - Friday at 8:00 PM, Saturday at 3:00 and 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 and 7:00 PM. The Off-Brodway cast: John Behlmann as Richard Hannay, Cameron Folmar as Man #2, Jamie Jackson as Man #1 and Kate MacCluggage as Annabella Schmidt/Pamela/Margaret. The production also features Greg Jackson.
New York Theatre Workshop, 79 East 4th Street, between Second Avenue and Bowery. (212) 279-4200.. Written by Geoffrey Cowan and Leroy Aarons, and directed by John Rubinstein. Cast: Diane Adair (Meg Greenfield); Larry Bryggman (John Mitchell/Chal Roberts/Lamont Vanderhall); John Getz (Ben Bagdikian/Robert Mardian); Jack Gilpin (Brian Kelly); James Gleason (Murry Marder/Judge Martin Peel); Kathryn Meisle (Katharine Graham); Matt McGrath (George Wilson/Eugene Patterson); Larry Pine (Richard Nixon/Dennis Doolin); Russell Soder (Soldier/Darryl Cox/Clerk & Bailiff/Ron Ziegler); Peter Strauss (Ben Bradlee); and Peter Van Norden (Fritz Beebe/Henry Kissinger). From 2/24/10; opening 3/09/10;closing 3/28/10. What it's about: It's 1971 and the nation is at war. The intractable conflict escalates in Vietnam while here at home the battle for public opinion rages. A federal court blocks The New York Times from publishing the top-secret history of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham has a single day to decide whether to print these documents, which quickly became known as the Pentagon Papers. When the Nixon administration closes in and charges treason, the fight for a free press explodes. Set and lighting design by David Lander; costume design is by Holly Poe Durbin. The production stage manager is Jennifer Grutza. School of Communications where he taught courses on gay issues and the media. Aarons was also supervising research on press coverage of gay and lesbian issues within Annenberg's Journalism Department. Tuesday at 7:00pm, Wednesday through Friday at 8:00pm, Saturday at 3:00pm and 8:00pm, and Sunday at 2:00pm and 7:00pm. There will be a special student matinee on Thursday, March 18 at 1pm. Tickets are $65.CheapTix: all Sunday evening performances at 7:00pm $20. Students, $20 all performances. Our Review.
Classic Stage Company, 136 East 13th Streetcall (212) 352-3101, www.classicstage.org . A new play by David Ives, directed by Walter Bobbie. From 1/13/10/ opening 1/26/10; closing 3/07/10--extended and now closing 3/28/10 Cast: Wes Bentley and Nina Arianda. What it's about: Inspired by the erotic novel of the same name, play takes us behind the scenes of an audition, where a man and a woman blur the lines between fantasy and reality, seduction and power, love and sex. Sets by John Lee Beatty, costumes by Anita Yavitch, lighting by Peter Kaczorowski and sound by Acme Sound Partners. Tuesday through Friday at 8 pm; Saturday at 2 pm and 8 pm; and Sunday at 2pm. Tickets are $60 Tuesday through Thursday and $65 Friday through Sunday. Our Review.
Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater Lincoln Center150 West 65th Street David Cromer will direct Andrew Bovell's epic drama. From 2/11/10; opening 3/08/10; closing 4/18/10. Cast: Victoria Clark, Mary Beth Hurt, Richard Topol, Kate Blumberg, Rod McLachlan, Susan Pourfar, Will Rogers, Michael Siberryand Henry Vickis. What it's about: Set in England and Australia, play trace a family's history spanning 80 years. The play premiered in 2008 at the Adelaide Festival, and was later produced by the Sydney Theater Company and had a West End run at the Almeida Theatre in London where it was reviewed by our London critic. review.
York Theatre at Saint Peter's box office (Enter on 54th Street, Just East of Lexington) www.yorktheatre.org, (212) 935-5820 Off-Broadway premiere of musical with music by Joseph Zellnik and book and lyrics by David Zellnik. Bobby Steggert, who most recently won much praise as Younger Brother in the all too short Broadway revival of Ragtime, will reprise the role of Stu he originated in an early production. Complete Cast: Nancy Anderson), Jeffry Denman, Ivan Hernandez), Andrew Durand, Zak Edwards, Todd Faulkner, Joseph Medeiros, David Perlman, Christopher Ruth,Tally Sessions, Bobby Steggert. The show will be directed by Igor Goldin. From 2/16/10; opening 2/24/10; closing 4/04/10. What it's about: Set during World War II, Yank! chronicles the relationship between two servicemen with a lively score inspired by the pop sounds of the 1940's. Music direction by John Baxindine, choreography by Jeffry Denman and set design by Ray Klausen. Running time is approximately 2 and a half hours. Tickets are $67.50. Our Review.
DR2 Theatre 103 East 15th Street 212-239-6200 www.ZeroHourShow.com Play written by and starring Jim Brochu' about the life of theatre legend Zero Mostel. From 11/14/09; opening 11/22/09; closing 1/31/09 -- but moving to Union Square for an open-ended run on 2/24/10. Piper Laurie directs the production which has played in Washington DC, San Francisco, Houston, and Florida. Set in Mostel's West 28th Street painting studio in 1977 where the actor is giving his final interview before leaving for the pre-Broadway tryout of The Merchant in Philadelphia in which he only played one performance as Shylock before his sudden death at the age of 62. The interview traces Mostel's early days growing up on the Lower East Side as the son of Orthodox Jewish immigrant parents, through his rise as a stand-up comedian, from the Borscht Belt to Manhattan's most exclusive supper clubs, and from the devastation of the blacklist to his greatest Broadway triumphs, most notably as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof and working through his love-hate relationship with Jerome Robbins. Performances Monday at 7 pm, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m., with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets are $35 and $55.Update: The play's second life at DR2 for an open run will begin 2/23/10 with a new opening 3/07/10. Schedule: Monday at 7 pm, Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 8 p.m., with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets are $59.50
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