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Negin Farsad, Alex Timbers & More to Join The Tank's 20th Anniversary Gala


The Tank's 20th Anniversary Gala will honor 20 years of Tank artists, with artists from every era of The Tank. See who is taking part and learn how to purchase tickets!

Musical Duo Charming Disaster to Perform at Caveat in October


On October 7, goth-folk duo Charming Disaster will launch Halloween season by bringing their Musical Tarot Show to Lower East Side speakeasy venue Caveat. Stage magician and storyteller Nelson Lugo will perform an opening act.

No Name @ Word Up Presents Super Storytellaz In Washington Heights


No Name Comedy/Variety Show producer Eric Vetter brings New York's best established and emerging authors and storytellers including Nelson Lugo , Marlene Nichols, David Hu and Jennifer Glick to the Word Up Community Bookshop in Washington Heights today, December 4th at 7 p.m. for its monthly series 'No Name @ Word Up Super Storytellaz Edition.' This month's theme is: 'LUCK' - good, bad or indifferent; happy accidents; intuition taken and/or ignored.

Additional Performers Added To The SPEAK UP, RISE UP Lineup At The Tank


Speak Up, Rise Up, now in its second year, is back with an all new storytelling festival. During the course of a week, over 40 productions and more than 100 artists will share the stage.

SPEAK UP, RISE UP Festival Announces August Lineup At The Tank


Speak Up, Rise Up, is pleased to announce their festival lineup which features a diverse group of over 100 artists featuring a wide range of ethnicities and races with the majority of the performers being women.

No Name at Word Up SUPER STORYTELLERS EDITION in Washington Heights


No Name Comedy/Variety Show producer Eric Vetter brings New York's best established and emerging authors and storytellers,including: Nelson Lugo, Julie Threlkeld, Jennifer Glick and  Robin Bady to the Word Up Community Bookshop in Washington Heights on Tuesday, December 6, at 7:00pm for its monthly series 'No Name @Word Up Super Storytellers Edition.' 

Immersive SPEAKEASY DOLLHOUSE: THE BLOODY BEGINNING to Return to Weylin


Transporting audiences to an era of mobsters, moonshine, and murder, one of the city's most unique, interactive, and surreal theatre experiences returns at Weylin, the newly restored Williamsburg Savings Bank landmark building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Immersive SPEAKEASY DOLLHOUSE: THE BLOODY BEGINNING to Return to Weylin


Transporting audiences to an era of mobsters, moonshine, and murder, one of the city's most unique, interactive, and surreal theatre experiences returns at Weylin, the newly restored Williamsburg Savings Bank landmark building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

THE 2015 WINTER BURLESQUE BLITZ Comes to The Kraine This December


De-stress from the holiday season with burlesque tributes to The Muppets, reality TV, Stephen Sondheim, The Bible, and full-frontal male nudity. The 2015 Winter Burlesque Blitz presented by FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade will run December 27-30 at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery).

Ensemble Studio Theatre 'Last Call' Set for Tonight


Last Call, the Ensemble Studio Theatre's monthly, and formerly secret, late night variety show line-up of music, comedy, dance, video, magic and poetry, is now open to the world. The next edition of Last Call is tonight, October 24, at 10:00pm at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, 549 West 52nd Street.

No Name @ Word Up Super Storytellers Edition in Washington Heights Tonight


No Name Comedy/Variety Show producer Eric Vetter brings New York's best established and emerging authors and storytellers to Washington Heights tonight, April 7, 2015 at 7:00pm, for its monthly series 'No Name @ Word Up Super Storytellers Edition' at the Word Up Community Bookshop.

No Name @ Word Up Super Storytellers Edition in Washington Heights Set for 4/7


No Name Comedy/Variety Show producer Eric Vetter brings New York's best established and emerging authors and storytellers to Washington Heights on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at 7:00pm, for its monthly series 'No Name @ Word Up Super Storytellers Edition' at the Word Up Community Bookshop.

The Tank's 2015 Season Opens With GATHERING THE MAGIC Tonight


The Tank - the Manhattan-based theater company devoted to developing and presenting new works for the stage by emerging artists -- will begin the 2015 season of 'Flint & Tinder,' The Tank's flagship theater program, this month with the world-premiere of GATHERING THE MAGIC, a solo play written and performed by Nelson Lugo about a young man's journey from his first toy magic kit to professional magician - and all the things magical and not-so-much he encounters along the way - with previews starting tonight, January 30 prior to opening January 31 at The Tank's home theatre located at 151 W. 46 St. in NYC.

The Tank's 2015 Season to Open With GATHERING THE MAGIC, Begin. 1/30


The Tank - the Manhattan-based theater company devoted to developing and presenting new works for the stage by emerging artists -- will begin the 2015 season of 'Flint & Tinder,' The Tank's flagship theater program, this month with the world-premiere of GATHERING THE MAGIC, a solo play written and performed by Nelson Lugo about a young man's journey from his first toy magic kit to professional magician - and all the things magical and not-so-much he encounters along the way - with previews starting January 30 prior to opening January 31 at The Tank's home theatre located at 151 W. 46 St. in NYC.

No Name at Word Up Super Storytellers' Edition Set for Tonight


The long-running No Name Comedy/ Variety Show kicks off the new year by bringing New York's best established and emerging authors and storytellers, including Jefferson ( Bare! True Stories of Sex, Desire and Romance) storyteller/ magician Nelson Lugo (GATHERING THE MAGIC) and Harmon Leon (NPR: 'This American Life') to Washington Heights tonight, January 6th for their monthly series 'No Name @ Word Up Super Storytellers' Edition', at the Word Up Community Bookshop.

No Name at Word Up Super Storytellers' Edition Set for 1/6


The long-running No Name Comedy/ Variety Show kicks off the new year by bringing New York's best established and emerging authors and storytellers, including Jefferson ( Bare! True Stories of Sex, Desire and Romance) storyteller/ magician Nelson Lugo (GATHERING THE MAGIC) and Harmon Leon (NPR: 'This American Life') to Washington Heights on Tuesday, January 6th for their monthly series 'No Name @ Word Up Super Storytellers' Edition', at the Word Up Community Bookshop.

The Tank's FLINT & TINDER to Return with Works by The Assembly, Puppet Kitchen & More


The Tank - the Manhattan-based non-profit arts presenter, located at 151 West 46th Street, 8th floor - is pleased to announce its third season of its flagship theatre program Flint & Tinder, the curated series of exciting new independent theater presented in the heart of Manhattan's theater district. The series showcases ferociously imaginative emerging artists making work that spans (and often flagrantly combines) physical theater, puppetry, dance, clowning, and more. They are storytellers, relentless risk-takers, and theatrical alchemists shaping the future of the medium.

The Pink Room Presents DUNE BURLESQUE - THE SPICE WILL FLOW! at The Parkside Lounge Tonight


The Pink Room presents: 'Dune Burlesque -- The Spice Will Flow!' tonight, Decemeber 13, 2014 at The Parkside Lounge.

The Pink Room to Present DUNE BURLESQUE -- THE SPICE WILL FLOW! at The Parkside Lounge, 12/13


The Pink Room presents: 'Dune Burlesque -- The Spice Will Flow! (2)' on Decemeber 13, 2014 at The Parkside Lounge.

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