The Duplex News

4@15: Four New Fifteen-Minute Musicals, performed in conjunction with University of California, Irvine, will commence performances Friday, April 20, for three performances only at Roy Arias Theatre Center. Tammy Holder serves as Music Director; Brian Blythe directs.

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre will present their newest edition on Thursday, April 19 at 9:30 PM.

4@15: Four New Fifteen-Minute Musicals, performed in conjunction with University of California, Irvine, will commence performances Friday, April 20, for three performances only at Roy Arias Theatre Center. Tammy Holder serves as Music Director; Brian Blythe directs.

Real-life therapist/performer Jude Treder-Wolff takes you down the rabbit hole in CrAzYToWn,Saturday, April 28 at Stony Brook University, written and performed by Jude Treder-Wolff with musical direction and songs co-written by Wells Hanley. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at www.smarttix.com or by calling (212) 868-4444.

On Monday April 23rd, Vanessa Ragland and Sarah Ziegler will host a fundraiser cabaret for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The night will feature new works by Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair (Murder For Two), Sam Carner and Derek Gregor (Unlock'd), Adam Michael Kaufman and Martin Landry, Adam Overett, Ian Weinberger, and Oran Eldor and Sarah Ziegler. In addition to contributing new medically-themed material, Kinosian, Landry, Overett (Light in the Piazza) and Ziegler will also be performing. Other performers include Holly Buczek, Mark Campbell (Mamma Mia!), Janice Landry, Vanessa Ragland, Ari Rossen, Erin Sjostrom, and Cecelia Ticktin.

The YALE INSTITUTE FOR MUSIC THEATRE (Mark Brokaw, Artistic Director) has selected two original book musicals, Mighty Five's Infinite Funk Odyssey with music and lyrics by Zach Abramson and Derek Muro and book by Phil Aulie and Xaq Webb and Mortality Play with music by Scotty Arnold and book and lyrics by Alana Jacoby, to be developed in an intensive lab setting in New Haven, June 4-17.

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre will present their newest edition on Thursday, April 19 at 9:30 PM.

Producer John Forslund has announced the cast for his OFF THE BOOKS: A COLE PORTER UNPUBLISHED CABARET evening at the Duplex Piano Bar & Cabaret, New York on May 16 and 26.

Nuestro reportero Javi A Gabrielsön se coló entre bambalinas del Teatro Prosperidad donde pudo charlar con el equipo de Macabaret. La producción española de este show Off-Broadway de Rob Hartmann, se ha presentado en marzo en este castizo teatro de Madrid, protagonizado por Esteban Ciudad, Alberto Sánchez, Isabel Fonseca, Carolina Barca y Adriana Campillo, y con la dirección de José Masegosa y Sonia Dorado.

Fact Theatre Company is concluding its third season with their annual PAGE 2 STAGE repertoire. FACT focuses on developing new work and the two shows being presented were developed during their playwright's forums.

Stabilized Not Controlled will play its last preview March 25, Sunday, 5:00 pm, at Stage Left Studio, 214 W. 30th Street. Studio owner and producer of the show, Cheryl King has now booked the show to begin weekly performances starting April 29, following the Fifth Annual Left Out Festival. Two-for-one tickets are being offered for the final preview, and other discount tickets are available courtesy of TDF.

Colleen McHugh took to the Duplex stage last night, March 22, in BEIN' GREEN. BroadwayWorld was there and brings you photos below!

BT Shea will present the next episode in his ongoing serial about the life and times of MargOH! Channing, on March 30th, 2012, at Dixon Place(161 Chrystie Street, between Rivington and Delancey, NYC) NYC's Laboratory of Performance.

Stabilized Not Controlled will play its last preview March 25, Sunday, 5:00 pm, at Stage Left Studio, 214 W. 30th Street. Studio owner and producer of the show, Cheryl King has now booked the show to begin weekly performances starting April 29, following the Fifth Annual Left Out Festival. Two-for-one tickets are being offered for the final preview, and other discount tickets are available courtesy of TDF.

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre will present its newest edition on Thursday, March 15 at 9:30 PM.

Peg McCormick goes uptown Thursday March 15 at 7pm to Don't Tell Mama's in her show Reboot dealing with the many reasons, consequences and benefits that lead us to start over, begin again, erase, rewind, or reboot our lives. Featuring the songs of Sugarland, Coldplay, Dolly Parton, and The Cardigans, just to name a few. Suzanne Carrico, director. Tracy Stark, musical director. Donna Kelly, drums and percussion.

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre will present their newest edition on Thursday, March 15 at 9:30 PM. The Meeting* - the monthly gathering of the I.O.S. (International Order of Sodomites) - is a gay romp through politics (sexual and otherwise), social news, music, comedy skits, and other important life-changing information.

Musically Human Theatre Productions (MHTP) today announced that 'Our Time II' -- a concert featuring songs by the next generation of theater composers--will be held this Monday, March 12, at 9:30 p.m. at the Duplex, located at 61 Christopher Street in Manhattan. A portion of the evening's proceeds will benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Tickets, priced $15 plus a two drink minimum, are available by calling 212-255-5438 or visiting http://www.theduplex.com/~thedup/webcalendar/view_entry.php?id=6320&date=20120312.

Musically Human Theatre Productions (MHTP) today announced that 'Our Time II' -- a concert featuring songs by the next generation of theater composers--will be held this Monday, March 12, at 9:30 p.m. at the Duplex, located at 61 Christopher Street in Manhattan. A portion of the evening's proceeds will benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Tickets, priced $15 plus a two drink minimum, are available by calling 212-255-5438 or visiting http://www.theduplex.com/~thedup/webcalendar/view_entry.php?id=6320&date=20120312.

The singer, actress and comedienne Kaye Ballard, the Grammy and Tony Award-winning singer/songwriter and actress Dee Dee Bridgewater, and the jazz trumpeter and cornetist Warren Vaché will be the special honorees of the 2012 Bistro Awards on Monday, April 23 at 6:30pm. Taking place at Gotham Comedy Club, 208 West 23rd Street (between 7th & 8th avenues), the 27th Annual Bistro Awards gala, which celebrates outstanding achievement in New York cabaret and jazz, will also recognize 22 other artists and shows.