Angela Buccinni

Next week, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

54 BELOW will present Cirque Below hosted by Broadway's Josh Walker (Sideshow) on March 28th, 2024. 54 Below creates a night of sensual circus and red hot vocals with performers from Pippin to Cirque Du Soleil and beyond.

54 Below will present Cirque Below hosted by Lauren Elder (Sideshow, Hair) on March 28th, 2024. 54 Below celebrates the history of Circus on Broadway with a night of Broadway vocalists and Circus artistes from Pippin to Cirque Du Soleil hosted by Sideshow’s Lauren Elder.   

Five Boroughs Music Festival's (5BMF) 15th anniversary season continues on Sunday, October 31, 2021 at 3:00pm with a special co-production and double-feature of Elliot Cole and Fiona Gillespie's Tam Lin and Stravinsky's The Firebird to be held at The Muse in Brooklyn.

Five Boroughs Music Festival's 15th anniversary season continues on Sunday, October 31, 2021 at 3:00pm with a special co-production and double-feature of Elliot Cole and Fiona Gillespie's Tam Lin and Stravinsky's The Firebird to be held at The Muse in Brooklyn.

New Camerata Opera will present the New York fully-staged premiere of  Barnum's Bird at (Le) Poisson Rouge, a live music venue located in Greenwich Village. This opera, composed by Libby Larsen with a libretto by Bridget Carpenter, debuted in 2001. It tells the story of famed operatic soprano, Jenny Lind, and her American tour with P.T. Barnum in 1850. Barnum's Bird is also an extraordinary vehicle through which to gain insight into one's own experiences as a lover of art and a consumer of entertainment. Performances will be held on May 7th, 8th, 14th and 15th at 7:00pm (doors open at 6:00pm).

On June 22nd and 23rd, ABCirque returns by popular demand to perform 'Different Trains', a unique adaptation of Steve Reich's masterwork of the same name. Using electronics and a live string quartet led by Brendan Speltz, 'Different Trains' is a cirque-inspired immersive performance that transports its audience to a time of instability, proving darkly nostalgic, profoundly devastating, but ultimately hopeful.

I've seen a lot of unusual and unique productions, especially since I've been checking out the Ovations! Series at the Edison Theatre the past couple of years, and a recent presentation of THE ALUMINUM SHOW (April 30, 2011) provided yet another example of the kind of energetic and engaging fare that I've come to expect from them. Though I've seen the show described as being some kind of cross between Blue Man Group and Stomp, it's really something else entirely. In fact, with it's use of recycled industrial material, it has more in common with ScrapArtsMusic than it does with either of those. What it does provide is a dazzling display of tightly choreographed dance set to pulsating music, combining puppetry, along with remote-controlled 'critters' and outlandish costuming, to produce a spectacle wholly different from anything you've ever seen before.

CALIGULA MAXIMUS at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre completes its twice Extended Run on April 17th with a Closing Night Party sponsored by Penthouse Magazine. Special guests will include Victoria 'Dr. Z' Zdrok (Pet of The Year, 2004, clinical psychologist, PhD Drexel University), Penthouse Pet Ryan Keely (October 2009), Fetish model Darzenia and Guns N' Roses guitarist Bumblefoot. The party will take place on the set when the curtain comes down. Penthouse is donating complimentary issues of the magazines while supplies last.

CALIGULA MAXIMUS at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre completes its twice Extended Run on April 17th with a Closing Night Party sponsored by Penthouse Magazine. Special guests will include Victoria 'Dr. Z' Zdrok (Pet of The Year, 2004, clinical psychologist, PhD Drexel University), Penthouse Pet Ryan Keely (October 2009), Fetish model Darzenia and Guns N' Roses guitarist Bumblefoot. The party will take place on the set when the curtain comes down. Penthouse is donating complimentary issues of the magazines while supplies last.

The Off Broadway production of Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS, at the Ellen Stewart Theatre, will be extended for one additional week to meet audience demand. CALIGULA MAXIMUS begins previews at the Ellen Stewart Theatre, 66 E. 4th St, in New York on March 12th and has been extended through April 10th. Opening night is set for March 19th, with scheduled performances on Thursday and Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 8pm and 10pm.

Audience's are taking a cue from hedonistic Roman emperor and shedding their clothes in the final Cosmic Pool scene at CALIGULA MAXIMUS, Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's outrageous circus themed theatrical extravaganza, currently playing at the Ellen Stewart Theatre, 66 E. 4th St in New York through April 17th.

Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's outrageous circus themed theatrical extravaganza CALIGULA MAXIMUS currently playing at the Ellen Stewart Theatre, 66 E. 4th St. in New York, has been extended to April 17th.

The wooden bleacher seats of the Ellen Stewart Theatre in New York's East Village were filled to the rafters on March 19th, for the opening night performance of Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's outrageous circus themed theatrical extravaganza CALIGULA MAXIMUS.

Party with the CALIGULA MAXIMUS Cast and special guests, including Penthouse Pets, after the opening night performance on March 19th, at the Ellen Stewart Theatre, 66 E.4th St, in New York. The Off Broadway production of Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS at the Ellen Stewart Theatre is currently in previews.

Party with the CALIGULA MAXIMUS Cast and special guests, including Penthouse Pets, after the opening night performance on March 19th, at the Ellen Stewart Theatre, 66 E.4th St, in New York. The Off Broadway production of Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS at the Ellen Stewart Theatre is currently in previews.

Adult film star and Penthouse Pet, Justine Joli, who plays the role of Caesonia, the wife of Caligula, in CALIGULA MAXIMUS, has been invited on the Opie and Anthony Show to perform a naked radio version of one of her scenes from the play.

The Off Broadway production of Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS, at the Ellen Stewart Theatre, will be extended for one additional week to meet audience demand. CALIGULA MAXIMUS begins previews at the Ellen Stewart Theatre, 66 E. 4th St, in New York on March 12th and has been extended through April 10th. Opening night is set for March 19th, with scheduled performances on Thursday and Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 8pm and 10pm.

Co-writers Alfred Preisser (Co-Founder, Classical Theatre of Harlem) and Randy Weiner (owner of the notorious night spot, The Box) have teamed up to create CALIGULA MAXIMUS, a new play that takes place on the last night of the notorious dictator's life.

In CALIGULA MAXIMUS, Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's play about the notorious dictator Caligula, director Alfred Preisser celebrates the body beautiful by casting Coney Island sideshow tattooed muscleman Tim Dax and marine Raheem Green, who sports a 'Born to Kill' tattoo, to play gladiators, and award-winning competitive bodybuilders Myra Adams and Roxanne Edwards as gladiatrixes.