New York International Fringe Festival News

Lauren Marie Albert brings her work to the Robert Moss Theater as part of the New York International Fringe Festival.

Exiene Lofgren's BE A MAN!!!, directed by Grant Kretchik will be premiered at this year's New York International Fringe Festival. It will begin performances on August 15 and run through August 28 at The Player's Loft (115 MacDougal Street). Tickets are $15 and can be purchased by visiting www.ticketweb.com.

Gracye Productions is pleased to announce the upcoming premiere of BUDDY BECKER'S BIG UNCUT FLICK, the company's fourth production with The New York International Fringe Festival. Performances of Todd Michael's comedy, which parodies 1940s film and 1960s television, will be directed by Walter J. Hoffman and will appear at The Players Theatre (115 Macdougal Street).

Exiene Lofgren's BE A MAN!!!, directed by Grant Kretchik, gets its world premiere at the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival. BE A MAN!!! begins performances Saturday August 15 and runs through August 28 at the Player's Loft Theatre (115 MacDougal Street). Tickets are $15 and can be purchased by visiting www.ticketweb.com.

With an appalling lack of sensitivity, Christina Casa brings us five human characters (and one feline) in deep emotional distress with 'Don't Cry Out Loud.' From crippling loneliness to actual cripples, this show leaves no stone unturned in its earnest search for creepy crawlies and things that go bump in the night. Make your therapist proud and face your demons.

Friday, August 28 at 2:30 -- ADDED PERFORMANCE Kaddish (or The Key in the Window) Created & Performed by Donnie Mather based on the words of Allen Ginsberg

Tongue in Cheek Theater Productions will present Evan Smith's dark comedy Psych, playing Theatre 54 at Shetler Studios from September 9-19. Jason Bohon will direct the first revival of Psych since its premiere at Playwrights Horizons in November 2001. Psych marks Tongue in Cheek Theater's seventh production.

LOVE, LINDA, a new one-woman musical about Linda Porter and her life with husband Cole Porter, will debut this fall Off-Broadway at The Triad Theater (158 W. 72 St.) in New York City from October 28 to November 21, 2009.

IMPERFECT PEOPLE is pleased to announce the world premiere production of Michael Edison Hayden?s THE BOOKS, directed by Matt Urban. THE BOOKS will be performed as part of The New York International Fringe Festival at The Cherry Pit (155 Bank Street.)

M&M Productions is proud to present Dream Lovers by Albi Gorn as part of the 13th annual New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC. This 90 minute fast-paced show will be presented at the Cherry Pit Theatre at 155 Bank Street in the West Village in August.

Muffin Man, a new musical by Camille Harris, is coming to the New York International Fringe Festival-FringeNYC 2009 as a production of the Present Company.

Gideon Productions, LLC presents VIRAL, a play by Mac Rogers, directed by Jordana Williams, at the New York International Fringe Festival, a production of The Present Company.

The Marsh is proud to present a workshop performance of Samantha Chanse's acclaimed new solo play, LYDIA'S FUNERAL VIDEO, on Wednesday, August 26, 2009.

Based on the short stories of Dave Eggers, Be the Dog celebrates and ridicules a world of complicated human relationships - through the eyes one simply exuberant dog.

Dallas' Bootstraps Comedy Theater presents THE BOXER: A Silent Film Onstage at the New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC. A production of The Present Company from August 26th to August 30th. Tickets cost $15. For tickets visit www.FringeNYC.org.

Dalliance Theater presents the world-premiere production of Refractions by new playwright Eliot Stockton, presented as part of the New York International Fringe Festival.

False Idols Fall Productions will present the world premiere of Michael Hyman's LOVE WILL TEAR US APART at the Hudson Guild Theatre (6539 Santa Monica Blvd.) in Hollywood. Hyman also directs this play about love, loss, and one's immortality, as a young gay man wanders through the memories of his past loves. Performances run October 16 - November 22, 2009, with the official press opening on Saturday, October 17.

Lauren Marie Albert brings her work to the Robert Moss Theater as part of the New York International Fringe Festival.

GRAVEYARD SHIFT, a new musical-action-comedy written and directed by Ren Casey (Save the Goondocks!, winner FringeNYC 'Outstanding Ensemble') will be receiving its world premiere at the Minetta Lane Theatre as part of the 13th annual New York International Fringe Festival.

Threads Theater Company will present the world premiere of Afterlight by Monica Flory at the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival, running from August 14th to August 25th at the Cherry Lane Theatre.