Yara Arts Group will summon ancient epics and rituals from Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan for 'Scythian Stones,' an original, experimental World Music Theater piece with choreography, which will presented by La MaMa E.T.C. from April 16 to May 2. The work, created by Virlana Tkacz, features famed Ukrainian singer Nina Matvienko, her daughter Tonia and artists from Kyrgyzstan.
It was 1969 - the final Summer of Love. I was a dyed-in-the-paisley hippie: sandals on my feet, elephant bell bottoms hugging low on my hips, love beads strung around my neck and flowers in my Jimi Hendrix size Afro...
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.
Theater for the New City will end its run of 'Stops Along the Road,' a new play written by Walter Corwin and directed by Jonathan Weber on April 11, 2010. This is the first time sets for a play by Walter Corwin will be designed by his son, William, who is a visual artist of emerging prominence. The production attempts to capture the confusion of our contemporary political mindset through direct symbolism and the play's own complex, refractive three-act structure in which each act is a different play-within-a-play.
Tisa Chang, Artistic Producing Director of Pan Asian Repertory Theatre will end its production of CHING CHONG CHINAMAN, a satirical new comedy by Lauren Yee directed by May Adrales on April 11th.
The Barrow Group Theatre Company, the Drama Desk award-winning birthplace of this season's Broadway hit A Steady Rain, and last season's Off-Broadway hit The Temperamentals, continues their 23rd Anniversary Season with Scott Organ's PHOENIX, directed by TBG co-artistic director Seth Barrish.
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.
La MaMa E.T.C. presents the world-premiere of Triple Shadow's new multimedia theater production, BREATH ON THE MIRROR, beginning previews May 6 prior to its official press opening May 9 at La MaMa E.T.C. (74A E. 4 St.) in Manhattan.
Celebrate with Penthouse and the cast of 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, when the show completes its extended run on April 17th.
La MaMa E.T.C., in association with Watson Arts, presents the New York Premiere of BRAZIL NUTS. Internationally acclaimed writer/performer Susan Jeremy (P.S. 69 and Was That My 15 Minutes?) plays all the parts in this new comedy about gay marriage and immigrant rights, co-written and directed by Mary Fulham.
The Barrow Group Theatre Company, the Drama Desk award-winning birthplace of this season's Broadway hit A Steady Rain, and last season's Off-Broadway hit The Temperamentals, continues their 23rd Anniversary Season with Scott Organ's PHOENIX, directed by TBG co-artistic director Seth Barrish.
Witness Relocation, 'a dance theater anarchist's Utopia' (Performing Arts Journal), returns to La MaMa from May 6 to 23 with the English language premiere of 'Five Days in March,' an award-winning play by Japanese playwright Toshiki Okada.
The Barrow Group Theatre Company, the Drama Desk award-winning birthplace of this season's Broadway hit A Steady Rain, and last season's Off-Broadway hit The Temperamentals, continues their 23rd Anniversary Season with Scott Organ's PHOENIX, directed by TBG co-artistic director Seth Barrish.
Theater for the New City will present 'Stops Along the Road,' a new play written by Walter Corwin and directed by Jonathan Weber. This is the first time sets for a play by Walter Corwin will be designed by his son, William, who is a visual artist of emerging prominence. The production attempts to capture the confusion of our contemporary political mindset through direct symbolism and the play's own complex, refractive three-act structure in which each act is a different play-within-a-play.
From March 31 to April 11, 2010, Theater for the New City will present 'Stops Along the Road,' a new play written by Walter Corwin and directed by Jonathan Weber. This is the first time sets for a play by Walter Corwin will be designed by his son, William, who is a visual artist of emerging prominence. The production attempts to capture the confusion of our contemporary political mindset through direct symbolism and the play's own complex, refractive three-act structure in which each act is a different play-within-a-pla
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.
Tisa Chang, Artistic Producing Director of Pan Asian Repertory Theatre continues its 33rd season with CHING CHONG CHINAMAN, a satirical new comedy by Lauren Yee directed by May Adrales. The limited engagement plays March 19 - April 11, 2010 at the West End Theatre (263 W. 86th Street between Broadway & West End Avenue in the Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew, 2nd floor). Opening night is Wednesday, March 24, at 7:30 p.m.
Puppet theater has an uncanny ability to take on big themes, and such will be the case when Jane Catherine Shaw, co-director of the Voice 4 Vision Puppet Festival, takes on world drought in 'Thirst: Memory of Water,' her newest puppet theater work. It's a big theme, but Shaw is trying to make it manageable by concentrating on themes of women and water because, as she writes, 'around the world women are carrying (literally) the burden of maintaining life by walking for water.' The play, to be presented by La MaMa March 25 to April 11 in its First Floor Theater, will nevertheless have an epic feeling.
The Kennedy Center today announced additional casting for Terrence McNally's Master Class. Joining the previously announced Tyne Daly as Maria Callas is Jeremy Cohen as Manny, Laquita Mitchell as Second Soprano (Sharon), Ta'u Pupu'a as Tenor (Tony), and Alexandra Silber as First Soprano (Sophie).
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