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For more than a decade, the East Village's iconic Obscura Antiques & Oddities shop has been New York City's foremost destination for one-of-a-kind, bizarre-and often shocking-artifacts. Since becoming the focus of SCIENCE's hit series, ODDITIES, the Big Apple's epicenter of the eccentric has become pop culture's Mecca of the macabre.

This season of ODDITIES turns up the volume for eleven ridiculously entertaining episodes that redefine the notion of "freak chic." The merchandise has never been more memorable, with notable highlights including a two-headed pig, a mummified "member," an occupied coffin, a prostate warmer, and a preserved heart full of bullet holes. However, at Obscura, the people are even more eccentric than the products.


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BWW Interview: THE RESIDUALS Guest Star Michael Torpey Chats Commercial Acting
by Matt Tamanini - June 22, 2015

The second Season 2 episode will debut on Tuesday, June 23rd on BroadwayWorld, and will feature actor and commercial legend Michael Torpey as a few different versions of his real-life self. Torpey is a regular on INSIDE AMY SCHUMER and has had memorable apperances on 30 ROCK (as Gaylord Felcher), V...


Kanaku y El Tigre Releases Sophomore Album QUEMA QUEMA QUEMA Today
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2015

Peruvian 'wandering folk' beatniks Kanaku y El Tigre, release their sophomore (and first international) album, 'Quema Quema Quema', via the acclaimed Strut imprint in conjunction with Tiger's Milk Records. This anthemic, hook laden slice of electronic tinged indie-folk, direct from Lima, could very ...


Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis Premieres TYPHOID MARY Tonight
by BWW News Desk - April 30, 2015

Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis announces the World Premiere production of Typhoid Mary opening tonight, April 30, 2015 on the Frank and Katrina Basile Stage. This production runs through May 24, 2015, with Bill Simmons serving as director. Tom Horan wrote Typhoid Mary in 2013 during his first seaso...


Alabama Author and Paranormal Investigator Kevin Cain Releases MY HAUNTED COLLECTION
by BWW News Desk - April 21, 2015

Alabama author and paranormal investigator Kevin Cain has released his newest book, 'My Haunted Collection.' The book discusses the author's personal collection of haunted items in his home that he began two years ago starting with a porcelain doll said to be haunted by a seven year old little girl ...


Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis to Premiere TYPHOID MARY, 4/30-5/24
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2015

Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis announces the World Premiere production of Typhoid Mary opening April 30, 2015 on the Frank and Katrina Basile Stage. This production runs through May 24, 2015, with Bill Simmons serving as director. Tom Horan wrote Typhoid Mary in 2013 during his first season as the ...


Kanaku y El Tigre to Release Sophomore Album QUEMA QUEMA QUEMA, 5/19
by BWW News Desk - April 03, 2015

Peruvian 'wandering folk' beatniks Kanaku y El Tigre, release their sophomore (and first international) album, 'Quema Quema Quema', via the acclaimed Strut imprint in conjunction with Tiger's Milk Records. This anthemic, hook laden slice of electronic tinged indie-folk, direct from Lima, could very ...


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by Review Roundups - March 16, 2015

Playwrights Horizons presents the world premiere of PLACEBO, a new play by Obie Award winner Melissa James Gibson (This at PH, What Rhymes with America, Suitcase, [sic], the FX series 'The Americans,' 'House of Cards' on Netflix). Directed by three-time Obie Award winner Daniel Aukin (This at PH, Th...


THE MIDNIGHT CABARET Opens Tonight at DROM
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2015

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THE MIDNIGHT CABARET to Open 3/14 at DROM
by BWW News Desk - March 04, 2015

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BWW Reviews: Sam Bass Offers Charming, Quirky Look at Family With TABLE SETTINGS
by Jeff Davis - February 26, 2015

There isn't much to say about the idea of the American Family that hasn't already been said, but as Table Settings proves, it's not what you say but how you say that matters. The joyous comedy, written by James Lapine and directed by Frank Benge, ops for episodes and sketches rather than a linear p...


THE MIDNIGHT CABARET Premieres 3/14 at Drom
by Tyler Peterson - February 24, 2015

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BWW Reviews: THE NUTCRACKER at Round House Theatre Presents Updated Flair for Families
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Photo Flash: Cincinnati Shakespeare's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Opens Tonight
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2014

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by BWW News Desk - November 19, 2014

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THEATRICAL THROWBACK THURSDAY: EVITA's 35th Broadway Birthday
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