John Jarboe

Manhattan Theatre Source Reveals 2025 EstroGenius Festival Programming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 25, 2025

Manhattan Theatre Source will present the 2025 EstroGenius Festival: ALL IN, a performance festival celebrating dynamo women, trans and gender non-conforming artists. Learn more!

The Bearded Ladies Cabaret Will Present BEARDS ON ICE This March
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 18, 2025

The Bearded Ladies are hitting a municipal ice rink near you with a remount of their internationally acclaimed ice-stravaganza Beards on Ice, which asks the age-old question: What's more impossible: Solving the climate crisis or teaching drag queens how to ice skate?

Circadium School Of Contemporary Circus Presents Two Festive Holiday Shows In December
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 6, 2024

Circadium School of Contemporary Circus will ring in the winter holidays with two unique events, both taking place on Saturday, December 14. 

Review: ROSE: YOU ARE WHO YOU EAT at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
by David Friscic - Jun 11, 2024

Rose: You Are Who You Eat is an irreverent (yet, concurrently, affectionate) look at a performer/cabaret artist’s autobiographical impulse and gender identity questions/affirmations set against the metaphor of cannibalism as a “who gets devoured?”/”feasting/ingestion”  metaphor ---that plays into “double entendres” on family, the role of the mother and the individual evolving in the womb. This extremely quixotic and subversive play by ultra-creative performer and writer John Jarboe celebrates queerness while “riffing -off” on themes of memory, trying to connect to identity and breaking through dissonance into a celebration of the autonomous self.

THE MATCHBOX MAGIC FLUTE & More Lead Washington, DC's June 2024 Top Theatre Shows
by Team BWW - Jun 3, 2024

Washington, DC is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for June 2024 include The Matchbox Magic Flute, Bye Bye Birdie, and more!

ROSE: YOU ARE WHO YOU EAT Comes To Woolly Mammoth Theatre
by Stephi Wild - May 22, 2024

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company will present John Jarboe's ROSE: YOU ARE WHO YOU EAT, in association with The Bearded Ladies Cabaret. 

Justin Elizabeth Sayre To Return To Joe's Pub With THE MEETING: THE QUERRTILY REVIEW
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 18, 2024

Justin Elizabeth Sayre returns to Joe's Pub with their long-running comedy/variety show The Meeting: The 'Queertily' Review.

2024 Under The Radar Festival Unveils Additional Programming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 19, 2023

The 2024 Under the Radar Festival announces additional programming to complement its lineup of productions. Find out more about the exciting shows and events coming soon.

John Jarboe's ROSE Extends at La Mama ETC
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 5, 2023

Due to popular demand, John Jarboe's Rose: You Are Who You Eat extends its run at La Mama ETC. This heartfelt and humorous musical explores the true story of gender cannibalism through song, storytelling, and wordplay.

Works & Process Unveils Spring 2024 Season Featuring Bartlett Sher-Directed CORRUPTION, Paper Mill's GUN & POWER and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 14, 2023

Works & Process is back with their biggest season yet! Discover the lineup of performances and discussions happening in Spring 2024, including venues and dates. Don't miss out on this unique behind-the-scenes experience in the world of performing arts.

John Jarboe's ROSE: YOU ARE WHO YOU EAT Arrives At La MaMa ETC As Part Of The 2024 UNDER THE RADAR Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 14, 2023

Experience John Jarboe's critically-acclaimed production, Rose: You Are Who You Eat, at La Mama ETC as part of the 2024 Under the Radar Festival. This heartfelt and humorous musical tells the true story of gender cannibalism through song, storytelling, and wordplay. Don't miss this limited engagement from January 10-14, 2024.

Under the Radar Festival 2024 Unveils Additional Programming - Tickets on Sale Now
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 1, 2023

Find out about the newly announced shows and programming for Under the Radar Festival 2024. Get your tickets now and don't miss out on this exciting event featuring emerging artists and cutting-edge performances.

Under the Radar Festival to Return in January
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 12, 2023

The Under the Radar festival, previously on hiatus, is making a highly anticipated return in January. Get all the details about the festival's new partners and what to expect this year.

Works & Process Announces Fall 2023 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 18, 2023

Championing creative process from studio to stage, Works & Process amplifies support for performing artists and their artistic process, and simultaneously provides the public with behind-the-scenes access to new works, fostering greater understanding and appreciation.

La MaMa Announces 62nd Season And Expansion Of RADICAL ACCESS INITIATIVE
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 11, 2023

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club announces its 62nd Season and its RADICAL ACCESS INITITATIVE (RAI), an expansion of La MaMa's local and global network that increases outreach to new artists and audiences beyond the four walls of La MaMa's three theatres and new Community Arts Space.

FringeArts Reveals 2023 Philadelphia Fringe Festival
by Stephi Wild - Aug 1, 2023

FringeArts has announced the full roster of programming for the 27th Annual Philadelphia Fringe Festival, a city-wide celebration of progressive, world-class art that expands the imagination and boldly defies expectations.

Jillian Walker's THE WHITNEY ALBUM Comes to Soho Rep This Month
by Stephi Wild - May 15, 2023

Soho Rep presents the world premiere of multidisciplinary theater-maker, musician, and composer Jillian Walker's The Whitney Album. Walker's ritual performance flows between incantation, love lecture, scene, and song as it considers the labor of performance itself and honors the legacy of Whitney Houston and so many other Black women beloved, and consumed, for their art.

Jillian Walker's THE WHITNEY ALBUM Premieres at Soho Rep in May
by Stephi Wild - Apr 12, 2023

Soho Rep presents the world premiere of multidisciplinary theater-maker and “imaginary historian” Jillian Walker's The Whitney Album, a meditation on the artist's relationship to Whitney Houston's work and personal life, and perceptions of both in the American imagination. The production concludes a 2022-23 Soho Rep season consisting entirely of works commissioned by the organization

Photos: Travis Moser Continues City Winery Tour In Philadelphia
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 24, 2023

Travis Moser continued his City Winery tour this past Thursday, 1/19 at 7:30pm, after a stop at City Winery NYC, with his brand new show, Someday Soon: The Songs of Judy Collins. See photos from the show.

Photos: Travis Moser Continues City Winery Tour In Philadelphia With Special Guests Ashley Arnold & John Jarboe
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 23, 2023

See photos from Travis Moser's City Winery tour in Philadelphia, featuring special guests Ashley Arnold and John Jarboe.