The Summer Session of Clown Classes begins June 7May 14, 2010Give your inner clown some class! Instructors are experts in slapstick combat, how to take a pie in the face, juggling, mime, stilt walking, hula hoop, tumbling, character development, make-up application and much more. Class is tailored to the needs of participants. Lots of fun and inspirational improv guaranteed. Red nose required.
Theater League Presents CUPS At Unicorn Theatre Starting 6/17May 14, 2010CUPS, a comedy that traces the milestones in a woman's life through the bras she has worn, starts Thursday, June 17 in a Theater League production at the Unicorn Theatre's Jerome Stage. The tale by playwright Joni Sheram reminds audiences of how this intimate apparel holds our memories too.
Downtown Art Presents THE WAISTMAKER'S OPERA Through 5/23May 14, 2010Downtown Art premieres The Waistmaker's Opera, an original rock musical based on the shirtwaist workers strike of 1910, to be performed along the streets of New York's former garment district and the Lower East Side, May 8-30, Saturdays and Sundays.
The Blue Note Presents Alice Smith 6/1-2May 14, 2010Alice Smith returns to the Blue Note for a special series of intimate acoustic performances on June 1 and 2. Following her debut release, For Lovers, Dreamers & Me, Rolling Stone Magazine listed her as one of the top ten artists to watch in 2006, writing 'Smith could easily be lumped in with expressive chanteuses like Norah Jones and Alicia Keys, but she has a broader palette than either.' Smith was nominated for a Grammy in '07 in the Best Urban/Alternative category, and her songs have been featured on numerous TV shows including Entourage and The L Word. For her Blue Note performances, Smith will be performing new acoustic material.
THIS WIDE NIGHT, With Falco And Pill, Opens Off-Broadway 5/16May 14, 2010The American premiere of This Wide Night starring two-time Golden Globe and three-time Emmy Award-winner Edie Falco and Tony nominee Alison Pill opens this Sunday, May 16th at 6:30 PM at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre (416 West 42nd Street). This Wide Night began preview performances on May 8, 2010 and will play a limited engagement for Naked Angels through June 20, 2010.
The Amoralists Present AMERISSIAH At Theatre 80 St. Marks, Previews Begin 6/3May 14, 2010Riding high from their last two wildly successful productions of Happy In The Poorhouse and The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side, The Amoralists present the Off-Broadway Premiere of Amerissiah, written and directed by Derek Ahonen. Amerissiah runs from June 3 to 28, 2010 in a limited engagement at Theatre 80 St. Marks, located at 80 St. Marks Place between 1st and 2nd Avenues in NYC. Previews begin June 3 for a June 5 opening.
CNBC Original ONE NATION, OVERWEIGHT Airs 5/18May 14, 2010It is a fight without end, a battle often to the death, and one we are apparently losing. It is the American struggle with obesity, one that costs the nation $147 billion, and an untold number of lives, every year.