Medicine Show News

A CABLE FROM GIBRALTAR, the unusual new comedy by Daniel Meltzer about the intersecting lives of two couples over a lifetime, their good fortune and bad choices, literally from cradle to creeping decrepitude, opens Saturday evening, February 6, 2010, at 8 PM for 17 performances at the Medicine Show Theatre.

The Vagabond Theatre Ensemble presents Hangman School for Girls in association with Fullstop Collective. The show will feature Nick Afka, Louiza Collins, Lucy Gillespie, Sarah Ann Masse, Lillian Meredith, and Briel Pomerantz. The production will play at Manhattan Theatre Source (177 MacDougal Street), March 10-27, Thursday through Saturday at 8pm and Sundays at 3pm with additional performances on Monday, March 22 at 8pm and Saturday, March 27 at 2pm. Advance tickets ($15) are available by calling 1-866-811-411 or online at www.theatermania.com. $20 tickets will also be available for purchase at the door.

Metropolis Opera Project presents the first annual ONE ACT FESTIVAL January 29th through 31st at Medicine Show Theatre, 52nd and 11th.

Metropolis Opera Project presents the first annual ONE ACT FESTIVAL January 29th through 31st at Medicine Show Theatre, 52nd and 11th.

The Guerrilla Shakespeare Project will bring William Shakespeare's rarely produced, controversial, tragicomedy THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN to the Medicine Show Theatre through January 17, 2010.

Day two of the hit reality TV show 'American Idol' continued tonight, moving the audition phase to Atlanta, Georgia, with guest judge Mary J. Blige. Atlanta proved rather comparable to last night's Boston auditions for the less-than-stellar singers, but, for a city that has featured the likes of Fantasia Barrino and Jennifer Hudson (both who held their initial audition in Atlanta), seemed to lack some of the more extraordinary performers. Although there were several good singers in the mix, the more colorful performances stole the show.

The Guthrie today announced that Four Humors Theater, Sandbox Theatre, Lamb Lays with Lion and New Theatre Group will each present one of their acclaimed productions as part of Singled Out: A Festival of Emerging Artists.

An exhibition of rare books and manuscripts to mark the 50th anniversary of Indiana University's Lilly Library will include treasures never before displayed together.

The Guerrilla Shakespeare Project will bring William Shakespeare's rarely produced, controversial, tragicomedy THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN to the Medicine Show Theatre on January 7 to 17, 2010.

A CABLE FROM GIBRALTAR, the unusual new comedy by Daniel Meltzer about the intersecting lives of two couples over a lifetime, their good fortune and bad choices, literally from cradle to creeping decrepitude, opens Saturday evening, February 6, 2010, at 8 PM for 17 performances at the Medicine Show Theatre.

Last Life written by Eric Sanders and Directed by Timothy Haskell will play its last two performances as part of the Fight Fest shows that have been extended on January 8th at 11 pm, and January 9th at 10 pm at The Brick.

The Guerrilla Shakespeare Project will bring William Shakespeare's rarely produced, controversial, tragicomedy THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN to the Medicine Show Theatre on January 7 to 17, 2010.

Big Time Action Theatre PRESENTS 'Last Life' AS PART OF FIGHT FEST, Conceived by Timothy Haskell and Eric Sanders, Directed by Timothy Haskell, Written by Eric Sanders, Fight Director Rod Kinter, Starring Taimak - Bruce Leroy from The Last Dragon

Big Time Action Theatre PRESENTS 'Last Life' AS PART OF FIGHT FEST, Conceived by Timothy Haskell and Eric Sanders, Directed by Timothy Haskell, Written by Eric Sanders, Fight Director Rod Kinter, Starring Taimak - Bruce Leroy from The Last Dragon

The Guerrilla Shakespeare Project will bring William Shakespeare's rarely produced, controversial, tragicomedy THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN to the Medicine Show Theatre on January 7 to 17, 2010.

Big Time Action Theatre PRESENTS 'Last Life' AS PART OF FIGHT FEST, Conceived by Timothy Haskell and Eric Sanders, Directed by Timothy Haskell, Written by Eric Sanders, Fight Director Rod Kinter, Starring Taimak - Bruce Leroy from The Last Dragon

On November 11-15, New Orleans Fringe will host its second annual theater festival: over 45 theater groups from New Orleans and around the country will present over 120 shows at venues throughout the city. This year's Fringe will be a extraordinary week of theater of all types: opera buffa, drama, cryptic revival, physical clown-theater, dark comedy, cabaret, romance noir, overhead projector shadow puppetry, butoh, hip hop, dance theater, environmental performance, puppet aerial musical, and many more.

Onsale this week- Gabriel Iglesias State Theatre Sunday, April 18 at 7:00pm $35.00

You wouldn't expect a 1937 Broadway musical that satirized American profiteering from wartime rumblings in Europe and was written to showcase the unique comedy talents of 'The Perfect Fool' Ed Wynn to be especially playable in the year 2008, but The Medicine Show, on their tiny stage way out west on W. 52nd Street, do a bang-up job with Hooray For What!

For years, the Pig Iron Theatre Company has been taking audiences to places where few have dared go before.