The McKittrick Hotel (530 West 27th Street), home of the immersive theater hit Sleep No More as well as the recently-opened fine-dining experience The Heath and the rooftop garden bar Gallow Green, will celebrate NYC Pride Week (http://www.nycpride.org/) with specially-curated queer programming at the venue's Manderley Bar, a jazz lounge that features live music on a nightly basis year-round after every performance of Sleep No More. Among the scheduled music acts for Pride Week: Brooklyn-based jazz-pop-soul singer Matthew Marsh, West Village indie rock sensation Natti Vogel, Brooklyn-based Queer Wave band Gay Panic, and blues singer Sophia Urista, who frequently appears at The McKittrick. All music sets are open to the general public-with no cover charge-at Manderley Bar, located inside The McKittrick. Guests of that evening's performance of Sleep No More will also be invited to attend.
Mr Stanford, studio boss at Temple Studios, has delivered a final farewell message. This is the last chance to see Punchdrunk's The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable as the studios in Paddington must close on Sunday 6 July. To view Mr Stanford's message, click below!
Imitating the dog, one of the UK's most original and innovative performance theatre companies are set to bring their unique theatrical vision to the stage this autumn when they produce the first UK stage adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's seminal First World War novel A Farewell to Arms.
The Institute of Impossibility will play Drapers' Hall, Bayley Lane, Coventry, CV1 5RN Today 23rd - Sunday 25th May 2014. Press Night: Today 23rd May, 7.15pm. An evening of serious fun and unimpossibilising ideas...
Temple Studios have today released unseen images from The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable, and you can check them out below! Plus, to celebrate the final weeks of the run and in recognition of the huge demand for concession rate tickets, 400 tickets are now on sale for Friday late performances in May (23rd and 30th May) at the concession rate of £25.
A pioneer in the world of contemporary dance, MacArthur "Genius Grant" recipient Liz Lerman's new theatrical dance piece Healing Wars examines healing in wartime, the nature of damage that continues when battles are over and the question of how individuals and societies absorb the pain and impact of war. The production features a company of performers in multiple roles, including Marjani Forte, George Hirsch, Tamara Hurwitz Pullman, Ted Johnson, Alli Ross, Samantha Speis, Keith A. Thompson, renowned stage and film actor Bill Pullman and a combat veteran to be announced at a later date. The limited engagement, world-premiere production of Healing Wars runs June 6 - June 29 in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater.
Following the enormous success of this year's VAULT Festival, Heritage Arts today announce that VAULT will return to Waterloo's Leake Street tunnels from 28 January 2015 with six weeks of carefully curated, high quality arts programming for guests to discover.
The Institute of Impossibility will play Drapers' Hall, Bayley Lane, Coventry, CV1 5RN Friday 23rd - Sunday 25th May 2014. Press Night: Friday 23rd May, 7.15pm. An evening of serious fun and unimpossibilising ideas...
Punchdrunk have announced that its hugely popular production The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable will end its run on Sunday July 6th. Tickets have been put on sale for a final week of performances which will see the show close after a full year of performances.
The McKittrick Hotel (542 West 27th Street) will re-open its popular rooftop bar and lounge, Gallow Green, for the 2014 season on Saturday, April 19, 2014. This meticulously-designed green space in the heart of Chelsea-steps away from the High Line-features an extensive cocktail and punch menu, vivid scenery, and seasonal small plates designed by Chef R.L. King. Daily service, beginning at 5:00 p.m., offers early guests an after-work or evening/weekend dinner & drinks setting which, as the evening progresses, takes on a more vibrant cocktail-nightlife atmosphere. Reservations nightly for parties of 8 or more are recommended, and can be booked online at www.mckittrickhotel.com or by calling 212-564-1662. Walk ups are welcome. Gallow Green is open 5:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. on weeknights, with late night hours on the weekends. Beginning Sunday, April 20, Gallow Green will also begin weekly Bottomless Sunday Brunch service.
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: DISASTER! closes off-Broadway, the stars of THE BOOK OF MORMON take to Twitter, and coming up on Sunday, LADY DAY opens on Broadway!
Punchdrunk and National Theatre co-production The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable just welcomed Tony nominee Andrew Garfield for a special cameo at a recent performance. Garfield, who was in London to promote 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' surprised the audience, appearing in the ensemble.
Danielle Hope, who won BBC1's 'Over The Rainbow', will star as Catherine Hiatt in Jason Robert Brown's award-winning musical, The Last Five Years at Greenwich Theatre, London and The Warren Theatre, Brighton this May. She will appear alongside West End star Jon Robyns, whose credits include Spamalot, Les Miserables and Avenue Q.
Performances of Punchdrunk and National Theatre co-production The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable will run at Temple Studios until 18 May 2014. Inspired by Georg Buchner's fractured masterpiece Woyzeck, The Drowned Man explores the darkness of the Hollywood dream. Celluloid fantasy meets desperate reality, and certainty dissolves into a hallucinatory world.
This year is the 62nd annual Festival. In 2013 Festival shows sold more than $5 million worth of tickets, with attendances of over 500,000 from a city of under 2 million people: we sell more tickets per capita than any international arts festival in Australia.
Goat & Monkey, the company behind the acclaimed sell-out Reverence: A Tale of Abelard and Heloise (Southwark Playhouse, 2007), returns to the theatre to present their unique take on the traditional Christmas pantomime, JACK AND THE BEANSTALK by Toby Hulse. Directed by Joel Scott. Designed by Rebecca Brower. Sound Design by Tom Hackley for HAVEsound. The first Christmas production in Southwark Playhouse's new main space, The Large, opens in December for a five-week run. It will play from today, 6 December 2013 to 11 January 2014 with a press evening performance on Tuesday, 10 December (7pm) and a press matinee performance on Thursday, 12 December (1.30pm).
London-based Punchdrunk-best known in New York as the creators of Sleep No More-just opened its first venture into restaurants with The Heath at The McKittrick Hotel (542 W 27th Street, New York, NY), one of New York's most unique nightlife and entertainment destinations. In collaboration with EMURSIVE (Jonathan Hochwald, Arthur Karpati, and Randy Weiner) and Chef R.L. King, Punchdrunk has crafted a dining experience in the spirit of Sleep No More to compliment Chef King's menu, which is a modern take on classic American and British fare. Those dining at The Heath can therefore expect hearty cuisine with an ambiance-both on the plate and in the room-as only Punchdrunk could imagine.
Check out photos from the opening celebration below!
Theatre Renegade will be holding a book launch and performance of its next installment of their Courting Drama series today, November 23 at the Bush Theatre.
London-based Punchdrunk-best known in New York as the creators of Sleep No More-opens its first venture into restaurants with The Heath at The McKittrick Hotel (542 W 27th Street, New York, NY), one of New York's most unique nightlife and entertainment destinations. In collaboration with EMURSIVE (Jonathan Hochwald, Arthur Karpati, and Randy Weiner) and Chef R.L. King, Punchdrunk has crafted a dining experience in the spirit of Sleep No More to compliment Chef King's menu, which is a modern take on classic American and British fare. Those dining at The Heath can therefore expect hearty cuisine with an ambiance-both on the plate and in the room-as only Punchdrunk could imagine. The Heath officially opens on Tuesday, November 26, 2013.
Theatre 167 has been awarded a grant from The Arch & Bruce Brown Foundation to support their current production of PIRIRA. Founded in 1994 by the late playwright/filmmaker Arch Brown in memory of his life partner of 28 years, Bruce Allen Brown, the Arch & Bruce Brown Foundation honors outstanding plays and fiction dealing with LGBT history or placing lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender characters in historical settings.
