Erin Markey News

Come out this Saturday from Noon-5pm for the LIC Block Party, featuring art and entertainment for all ages! 

Alex Tobey will present the world premiere of Good Girl Gone Bad, a bio-concert extravaganza starring Nicolette Stephanie Templier. Good Girl Gone Bad is the first in a planned series of bio-concerts, each exploring the intersection of private life and public persona as it relates to iconic pop stars.

CAKE, a Princess Grace Award finalist written and directed by John J. Caswell, Jr. will be staged as a one night only conceptual reading at Dixon Place on Friday, September 2nd at 7:30PM, and will feature performances by Molly Pope (A Star is Born), Amanda Duarte (Dead Darlings), Adam Enright (2Scoops), James Jackson (The Black-Ups), Joshua Cruz (Wig Out), and Emily Pintel (Dream of the Red Chamber).

This summer, Elastic City, the pioneer of artist-led participatory walks, will present The Last Walks, its seventh and final festival.

La MaMa proudly presents I'm Bleeding All Over The Place: A Living History Tour, conceived and directed by Brooke O'Harra, text by Brooke O'Harra and Casey Llewellyn, with Erin Courtney, Kristen Kosmas and Heidi Schreck, and original music by Brendan Connelly. I'm Bleeding All Over The Place runs from June 16 - 26, 2016 at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre, located at 66 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and the Bowery in New York City.

Erin Markey, Josh Sharp, April Kidwell, Michael Cyril Creighton and Phillip Taratula will join the cast of the sixth annual "Night Of A Thousand Judys" - the Pride concert to benefit The Ali Forney Center presented by The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre. The event will take place at Merkin Concert Hall at the Kaufman Center (129 West 67th Street in Manhattan) on Monday, June 6.

La MaMa presents I'm Bleeding All Over The Place: A Living History Tour, conceived and directed by Brooke O'Harra, text by Brooke O'Harra and Casey Llewellyn, with Erin Courtney, Kristin Kosmas and Heidi Schreck, and original music by Brendan Connelly. I'm Bleeding All Over The Place runs from June 16 - 26, 2016 at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre, located at 66 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and the Bowery in New York City.

?In April and May 2016, Joe's Pub at The Public will present the revival of Kiki and Herb, the legendary and fanatically-loved cabaret duo played by Mx Justin Vivian Bond and Kenny Mellman. Born in 1992 in San Francisco and retired in 2007 in New York City, the "perverse" and "transcendental" (The New York Times) septuagenarian lounge-singers will debut a new show entitled Seeking Asylum!

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, under the leadership of Artistic Director Diane Paulus and Executive Director Diane Quinn, announces its 2016/17 Season, including: 

2Scoops - the legendary, chart-topping, entirely fictional 90's R&B girl group - is back and ready to take care of business. LADY BIZNESS. It's a new show, a new year and all new problemz. The show will play Joe's Pub at The Public on April 9th.

Jim Andralis is back with a solo debut album, 'Your Dying Wish Come True.' The songs are simultaneously sad, happy, maudlin, uplifting, base, refined, hilarious, solemn, clever, silly, heart wrenching and always downright captivating.

?In April and May 2016, Joe's Pub at The Public will present the revival of Kiki and Herb, the legendary and fanatically-loved cabaret duo played by Mx Justin Vivian Bond and Kenny Mellman. Born in 1992 in San Francisco and retired in 2007 in New York City, the "perverse" and "transcendental" (The New York Times) septuagenarian lounge-singers will debut a new show entitled Seeking Asylum!

OBERON, the American Repertory Theater's (A.R.T.) second stage and club theater venue on the fringe of Harvard Square, announces offerings for OBERON Presents -- GLOWBERON and WE'RE GONNA DIE; as well as other events to be presented at OBERON during April - May -- including Visiting Artists, Artists in Residence, and Usual Suspects.

OBERON, the American Repertory Theater's (A.R.T.) second stage and club theater venue on the fringe of Harvard Square, announces offerings for OBERON Presents -- GLOWBERON and WE'RE GONNA DIE; as well as other events to be presented at OBERON during April - May -- including Visiting Artists, Artists in Residence, and Usual Suspects.

2Scoops - the legendary, chart-topping, entirely fictional 90's R&B girl group - is back and ready to take care of business. LADY BIZNESS. It's a new show, a new year and all new problemz. The show will play Joe's Pub at The Public on April 9th.

Following the success of their production of Ancient Lives at the Kitchen in 2015, Half Straddle, New York's captivating Obie-winning experimental theater troupe that has developed an international following, premieres Ghost Rings, a theatrical pop song cycle that burrows and soars through the twisted layers of love among best friends and a family band of yesteryear. Featuring Tina Satter, Chris Giarmo, Erin Markey, and Kristen Sieh, this world premiere will be presented for two weeks only, April 22 - 30, 2016, at New York Live Arts. For information and tickets, visit newyorklivesarts.org or call 212.924.0077.

Champagne Jerry, Neal Medlyn's hip-hop project/ performance piece, has presented a series of shows and assets in anticipation of the release of his second LP. Clips and brand new music videos were unveiled leading up to today, March 2nd, 2016 when Champagne Jerry's 2nd LP is available via champagne bottle-shaped USB drives exclusively at the run of live shows at New York Live Arts.

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club will present the World Premiere of Heather Litteer's solo show LEMONADE, directed by Elena Heyman (Erin Markey's Deleted Scenes From Fun Home; Becca Blackwell's They, Themselves and Schmerm) for a limited engagement April 15-24, 2016 at The Club at La MaMa (74A East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery) with performances on Friday and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 6pm. Tickets ($18/$13 students & seniors) are available online at www.lamama.org or by calling 646-430-5374. The show runs approximately 60 minutes, with no intermission.