The United Solo Theatre Festival will present 'THE SPEED QUEEN,' based on the novel The Speed Queen by Stewart O'Nan, adapted and performed by Anne Stockton and directed by Austin Pendleton for one performance only on Thursday, November 18th at 8:30 pm. The performance is part of the larger United Solo Theatre Festival presenting the works of 47 solo artists running November 8th through November 11th at Theatre Row. All tickets are $18.00 and can be purchased at Theatre Row box office, on line at Telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200. 'The Speed Queen is being presented at Theatre Row's The Studio Theatre, 410 West 42nd Street (Between 9th and 10th Avenues).
Stand-up Comedian and Seacoast native Juston McKinney will present his own brand of blue collar comedy on stage at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, NH on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
A SLEEPY HOLLOW CHRISTMAS CAROL is the enchanting musical set in the town of Sleepy Hollow, New York in 1900. It weaves the magic of the Charles Dickens classic with the delightful characters from Washington Irving's vivid imagination and tells the tale of a Sleepy Hollow businessman, Ebezner Scrooge, who had no love in his heart for his fellow man, especially at Christmastime. Scrooge meets Washington Irving who takes him on a redemptive adventure to his past, present and future where he meets his boyhood self and such characters as Icabod Crane, Katrina Von Tassel, Jacob Marley, Tiny Tim and several other surprising encounters. A SLEEPY HOLLOW CHRISTMAS CAROL is brimming with joyous music that will fill audiences with the holiday spirit and leave them with Dickens's reflective message...'It's never too late to change!' - including popular Holiday songs 'Deck the Halls'; 'Silver Bells'; 'I'll Be Home for Christmas' any many more.
The New York premiere of PLAY DEAD, a new Off-Broadway thriller co-written and directed by Teller (of Penn & Teller) and co-written & performed by Todd Robbins, will begin performances at Off-Broadway's Players Theater (115 MacDougal Street at Minetta Lane) on Thursday, October 21 for an open-ended run. The official press opening is slated for Wednesday, November 10.
The New York premiere of PLAY DEAD, a new Off-Broadway thriller co-written and directed by Teller (of Penn & Teller) and co-written & performed by Todd Robbins, will begin performances at Off-Broadway's Players Theater (115 MacDougal Street at Minetta Lane) on Thursday, October 21 for an open-ended run. The official press opening is slated for Wednesday, November 10.
Cornelia Street Café (29 Cornelia Street, between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village)presents Morrison Motel on Monday, October 18. Look below for a complete listing of this week's events.
Broadway's JACKIE HOFFMAN, acclaimed for her hysterical scene-stealing performances in such shows as Hairspray, Xanadu and currently as 'Grandma' in The Addams Family, will bring her all-new solo show Jackie Five-Oh!
Comedians from the Upright Citizen Brigade Theatre in New York have joined the countless others with their latest contribution to sex columnist Dan Savage's "It Gets Better Project."
Critically acclaimed singer/actress, Jennifer Leigh Warren, is known as 'a little woman with a big voice.' Alice's daughter from the Tony Award Winning musical Big River, and the original Crystal from off-Broadway's Little Shop of Horrors, Jennifer delivers a variety of Broadway standards, Blues, and music from her new one-woman show featuring the signature songs of Shirley Bassey.
'Jennifer is astonishing...a great big belter inhabits the body of this of this delicate-looking performer. It's something to see, and hear. -New York New Day
Mike Birbiglia has written his first comedic memoir entitled SLEEPWALK WITH ME and Other Painfully True Stories (Simon & Schuster; October 12, 2010; $24.00).
Due to overwhelming demand, Seattle Theatre Group (STG) has added a 2nd show with Jim Gaffigan on Saturday, October 9, 2010 at 9:30pm at the Paramount Theatre!
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