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The following shows were produced in 2005:
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CHAPTERS
December 16 - 18 at The Ailey Studios / Citigroup Theater
As the title suggests, CHAPTERS is episodic and features recurring characters in different time periods of their lives. This virtual play-without-words follows the emotional trajectory of two individuals as they meet, fall in love, raise a child, and endure crises. The dance explores themes of independence, fidelity, addiction, childhood, innocence, abuse, betrayal, the meaning of "coming home," and sexual taboo. It is the manner in which this universal story develops that is unique; an unfolding drama, a succession of choreographed scenes moves the storyline forward and suggests the psychological interiors of the characters. Playing with time and point of view in a cinematic fashion, the dance is filled with flashbacks, flash forwards, cross fades, and jump cuts.
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JACKIE BEAT IS THE HOLIDAY HO
December 15 - 18 at The Cutting Room
It all started so innocently in 1998 with Jesus Christ, It’s Your Birthday!, a delightful non-denominational holiday tribute featuring such seasonal fare as "Sleigh Ride in Leather With You," "Black Christmas," and "Go To Hell," Beat’s jaded take on "Silver Bells". When the show was prominently featured in The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Right’s 1998 Report on Anti-Catholicism, an annual holiday tradition was born.
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A VERY BRINI CHRISTMAS
One Night Only! Sunday, December 4 at The Cutting Room
The most wonderful time of the year gets even more wonderful with A VERY BRINI CHRISTMAS. This heartwarming evening features music, banter and helpful holiday planning tips from BRINI MAXWELL. It will include a variety of standards including "Everybody's Waiting for the Man With the Bag," "Christmas Time is Here" and Brini’s signature song "Entertaining at Home."
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THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PIER PAOLO PASOLINI
November 22 - December 4 at The Abingdon Theatre
Thirty years ago Italian poet and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini was murdered in Rome by a teenage male prostitute. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PIER PAOLO PASOLINI is an unnerving psychodrama that examines the lingering suspicions that he was killed by a neo-fascist element. The play delves into the iconoclast's conflicted relationship with Italian Communism, his notorious private life, his battle against homophobia and the suppression of his now-celebrated work.
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BALLETTO STILETTO
December 1 - 18 at La MaMa E.T.C.
Set at the height of the holiday shopping frenzy, BALLETTO STILETTO tells the debauched story of Bruno, the Appliance King of New Jersey, and his nine beautiful daughters. Bruno deadbolts his daughters into their bedroom each night. Each morning the lock remains untouched and yet the daughters’ shoes have been worn through, as if they have been out dancing all night. Bruno declares that whoever can unravel the mystery can marry one of the daughters. The one major catch: whoever fails will be put to death.
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DINA MARTINA’S YULE LOG
Two Performances Only -- December 5 & 6
DINA MARTINA’S YULE LOG, like all of Martina’s surreal shows, is a unique night of entertainment that assaults the senses like no other show. Her unforgettable blend of peculiar music, stupefying comedy and bizarre performance has been described as "a train wreck in heels", "like Vegas on crack" and "one of the best nightmares you'll ever have".
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SODOM: THE MUSICAL
November 4 - December 3 at The Kraine Theater
SODOM: THE MUSICAL recounts the last days of the original "Sin City." When God is hell-bent on destroying Sodom, optimistic Abraham sets off to prove the Big Guy wrong by finding ten honest Sodomites. But will he find them in time? The cast stars Jonathan Kaplan (Tony Award nominee and Theater World Award winner for Falsettos) as Lot, Randy Jones (best known as the cowboy from The Village People) as God, Brian Munn, Blythe Gruda, Amy Barker, Stanley Bahorek, Matt Owen, David Abeles, Jake Manabat, Ryan Kelly, Stephanie Kovacs, Patrick Gallagher and Galit Sperling.
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SEVEN IN ONE BLOW, OR THE BRAVE LITTLE KID
3 Weeks Only! December 2-18
Set just before the holidays, SEVEN IN ONE BLOW, OR THE BRAVE LITTLE KID tells the story of a child living in the city who kills seven flies with a single swat and makes a belt emblazoned with "SEVEN IN ONE BLOW" to commemorate the event. The Kid travels about meeting numerous colorful characters including the Scarlet Pimpernel, a Pea, December, a Witch, an Ogre and a Princess. Most people think this belt refers to seven people and assign the Kid all kinds of difficult tasks based on this faulty presumption. Along the way a few invaluable lessons are learned: an Ogre finds that you don't always have to show how strong you are... sometimes it's okay just to be quiet about it; a girl realizes that when you tease people you are hurting someone who may be just like you; and a scary monster understands that because she is loved, she may not be so scary after all. In the end, the Kid ultimately discovers that a parent’s love and care has no limits.
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ASHLEY MONTANA GOES ASHORE IN THE CAICOS... OR WHAT AM I DOING HERE?
October 6 - November 19
The Flea Theater will present ASHLEY MONTANA GOES ASHORE IN THE CAICOS... OR WHAT AM I DOING HERE?, the newest play by acclaimed writer Roger Rosenblatt beginning October 6th. Flea Artistic Director Jim Simpson directs this World Premiere production. The cast of four stars Bebe Neuwirth (TV's Cheers, Tony winner for Chicago and Sweet Charity), Jenn Harris (Modern Orthodox, Silence! The Musical), Jeffrey DeMunn (Tony nominee for K2, The Price, Bent) and James Waterston (Mark Lamos' production of As You Like It at The Public's Shakespeare in the Park). Opening night is scheduled for October 20th.
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NEUROTICA: MADONNA RE-VISITED
October 14 - November 11 at Ace of Clubs
NEUROTICA: MADONNA RE-VISITED features covers of twenty career-spanning songs made popular by the Material Girl. Some are presented straight forward, some are radically re-envisioned; there are also unique medleys and mash-ups as well as some surprising non-musical moments. Blending pop, rock, theater and cabaret, NEUROTICA: MADONNA RE-VISITED is the next best thing to a live Madonna concert.
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HARVEY FINKLESTEIN'S SOCK PUPPET SHOWGIRLS
October 15 - 30 at Ace of Clubs
Just in time to celebrate the 10th anniversary of this cinema classic, HARVEY FINKLESTEIN'S SOCK PUPPET SHOWGIRLS is a unique and unauthorized parody of the Joe Eszterhas film, Showgirls as performed by sock puppets. The play, like the beloved film, follow an ambitious young drifter as she navigates her way through that world of power, topless dancing, seduction, vulgarity, gambling and sex that we call Las Vegas. If you haven't seen sock puppets pole dance, you haven't experienced the true power of the theater.
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INTERNATIONAL DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL
October 19 - 23, 2005
Immediately following the fifth annual d.u.m.b.o. dance festival, WHITE WAVE will launch the first annual International DUMBO Dance Festival, October 19-23, 2005. The goal of this festival is to showcase the works of emerging contemporary dance choreographers of a single ethnic or cultural heritage. Curated by Young Soon Kim, Artistic Director of WHITE WAVE, in association with The Korea Society, the inaugural festival will focus on Korean dance makers who are active not only in Korea, but worldwide. It will feature the work of 7 choreographers and 22 dancers performing two different programs.
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2005 d.u.m.b.o. dance festival
October 13, 2005 -- GALA Benefit and October 14-16, 2005 -- Festival Performances
More than 90 up and coming choreographers and well-known companies will present a wide array of stunning performances of ferociously inventive works. Well over 350 performers from the New York City area and beyond will perform innovative contemporary dance, from passion-spilling drama to gut-splitting humor in this interdisciplinary dance arts event. The grand scale and diversity of this cutting-edge festival distinguishes the annual d.u.m.b.o. dance festival from its New York cousins.
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MEAT
September 28-November 2 at Ace of Clubs
MEAT performs a rotating set of over 200 sketches, featuring everything from Children-of-the-Damned English youngsters run amok (their sister Melanie had a problem with sharing. Then she had an "accident") to predatory robot lovemaking. Characters that recur through many sketches include Cynthia Falconcrest, resident film critic (her scatological reviews of films like "Daddy Day Care" and "How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days" are virtually unprintable in any publication), as well as "Dr. Jan Rosenthal: Deaf Gynecologist."
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Holly's Follies
One Night Only! October 4 at The Cutting Room
HOLLY WOODLAWN was part of the Andy Warhol Factory scene in the 1960's and 1970's, the wildly creative underground downtown Manhattan scene that created visual art, films, music, and performance. Along with fellow Warhol Superstars and associates like Lou Reed, Edie Sedgwick, Sylvia Miles, Viva, Penny Arcade, and Candy Darling, Holly appeared in projects regularly and the gossip columns constantly. Her leading role in the film "Andy Warhol's Trash," directed by Paul Morrissey and co-starring the iconic Joe Dallesandro, catapulted her to international stardom.
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THE AUDITION
September 7- October 1 at Wings Theatre
At each night of THE AUDITION, ten actors (found in local ads and by word-of-mouth) and one lucky person chosen from the audience will perform their prepared monologue for panel of three entertainment industry professionals (directors, producers, and casting directors) and the audience. After all of the initial auditions are complete, the audience votes for their favorite performers. The six top-ranking actors return for Act II to claim their prize: the highly-coveted callback. The night then culminates in cold readings and performances of specially created scenes.
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Hi!
Begins September 8 at The Greenwich Village Center Theater
Following in the footsteps of comic character monologuists such as Lily Tomlin, John Leguizamo, and Whoopi Goldberg, acclaimed Portland solo artist Amber Martin brings her award winning show Hi! to New York for a limited engagement. It is co-directed by Emmy Award-winning veteran television writer Jack Bouche and Portland playwright/theater critic Steffen Silvis. Recipient of the 2003 Portland Drammy Award for Best Solo Performance, Hi! begins previews on September 8th at The Greenwich Village Center Theater. Opening night is scheduled for Saturday, September 10th.
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SCREEN PLAY
September 8 - 30 at The Flea
Set just before the election of 2015, SCREEN PLAY envisions a future ruled by a conservative religious majority. The economy is sagging, wars are raging and culture is in decay. Many Americans have begun to flee to Canada and Mexico as the government struggles to stop pandemic reverse immigration. With a plot borrowed liberally from a classic 1942 American film, SCREEN PLAY is a tale of politics, history, the city of Buffalo, and a love ruined by the Bush-Gore election of 2000.
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NO BOUNDARIES
World Premiere Sept. 15 - 21 at Theatre at St. Clements
NO BOUNDARIES centers around Ali, an idealistic and free-spirited young white girl who is set to attend Juilliard in the Fall. When Ali auditions for an up-and-coming all-black rap group, it triggers a series of events rife with racial tension. It also strains her relationship with her best friend Joshua-- 18, black, and with his own ambitions. As they passionately pursue their dreams, Joshua and Ali are forced to confront painful issues of identity, loyalty and race that threaten to alter their friendship forever.
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MONICA! THE MUSICAL
World Premiere Sept. 21- Oct. 2 at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
In the face of the national scandal that was the Clinton-Lewinsky affair, MONICA! THE MUSICAL dares to ask one crucial question: "Exactly how did something this ridiculous happen?" And it answers this question in song -- with a generous helping of irreverant absurdity, libelous implications and insight that only time can bring. This bold satire mixes past and present D.C. politics with the best (and sometimes worst) of musical theater as it examines the our relationship to tabloid scandal, partisan crackpots and that barrel of Beltway monkeys.
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UNKNOWN
World Premiere Sept. 23- Oct. 1 at The Barrow Group Theatre
At the center of the sleazy sideshow world of THE UNKNOWN stands Alonzo The Armless Wonder, a carnival knife thrower who is madly in love with Joan, his luscious and mysterious target. Alonzo's love gives birth to an obsession so powerful that it tests the limits of sanity and drives him to the brink of madness and murder. Twists and turns come flying at full speed in this freak show of dreams, where nothing is what it seems and where love can be twisted by hatred in an instant. THE UNKNOWN is fast-paced and suspenseful from its opening chords to its gruesome conclusion. It is a thrilling carnival ride about the madness that can ensue when love comes your way.
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MEET DINA MARTINA and MEAT!
Friday, September 16 at the Cutting Room
Catch a FREE showcase performance from two acts that Spin Cycle will be presenting later this year! Fans of Kiki & Herb and Jackie Beat will worship a new icon when they see Dina Martina, the demented Seattle-based drag act who is wowing Provincetown in a sold-out run this summer. Read a Seattle review of Dina Martina here, and catch her show FREE now --- she'll be back in NYC at Christmas!
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Hospital 2005
7th Annual Summer Serial begins July 15
With the country still divided on the Terry Schiavo case, the Center for Disease Control forecasts a major global pandemic of h5N1 Avian Bird Flu in the next 3 to 5 years. Hospital 2005 follows the cerebral journey of one of the many hundreds of thousands of people that will contract this illness. Comatose and near death following infection, the Traveler wades through his memory of life and tries to decipher what may have happened in his past, the nature of his impossible present and what might be left of his future.
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NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
9th ANNUAL FESTIVAL TO RUN AUGUST 12th - 28th
In 2005, many of New York City's most prominent downtown performance venues will host productions from around the globe as part of FringeNYC, which will offer performances covering a wide range of disciplines, including theater, performance art, dance, children's theater, spoken word, puppetry, and multimedia. FringeNYC is a production of The Present Company, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Elena K. Holy.
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THE BIGGER MAN
June 29 - July 23 at Center Stage
Len, a former thief and all-around screw-up, has serious doubts about the upcoming wedding of his ex-girlfriend. The night before the ceremony, while sharing a hotel room with his drug addict buddy, Len is certain that something is not quite right about the entire event. He may not be the Best Man, but can he be THE BIGGER MAN? Pitting urban nihilism against suburban optimism, this off-kilter love story is played out in soggy hotel rooms, with paranoid wedding guests, an aggressively friendly host, and uncertain danger lurking at every turn.
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Big Times
June 11 - July 9 at Walkerspace
Sadie, Nellie and Lucy are three young ladies who show up in the Big City with nothing more than a mouse, a ukulele, and a dream of making it in the Big Time. Looking to stake out their place in the spotlight, they comically stumble into each other and discover that by joining forces, there’s nothing they can’t do. In true Vaudevillian style, this ragtag trio encounters more misadventures than you can shake a schtick at! The result is a magical and hilarious hybrid of a play filled with comic hijinx, bawdy babes and old New York values.
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Jonny McGovern in "I LIKES TO HAVE FUNZ"
Open Ended Run Begins June 9 at Ace of Clubs
Before he was The Gay Pimp he was... a nanny! With I LIKES TO HAVE FUNZ, Jonny dishes the dirt on his days as the Gay Mary Poppins in this hysterical new show. Look out Fran Drescher! The performance also touches on Jonny’s real life experiences in New York’s underground gay club scene and his behind-the-scenes take on his experiences filming The Ricki Lake Show and numerous specials for VH1.
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SCREEN PLAY
Extended through July 30 at The Flea
Set just before the election of 2015, SCREEN PLAY envisions a future ruled by a conservative religious majority. The economy is sagging, wars are raging and culture is in decay. Many Americans have begun to flee to Canada and Mexico as the government struggles to stop pandemic reverse immigration. With a plot borrowed liberally from a classic 1942 American film, SCREEN PLAY is a tale of politics, history, the city of Buffalo, and a love ruined by the Bush-Gore election of 2000.
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MY SWEETHEART
Limited Off- Broadway Engagement! June 15 - July 10
My Sweetheart’s The Man In The Moon explores the explosive love triangle between the girl on the red velvet swing, Evelyn Nesbit; the famous NY architect Stanford White; and Harry K. Thaw of Pittsburgh that lead to the Crime of the Century. The production stars Mark Pinter (All My Children, As The World Turns, The Guiding Light), Kit Paquin, Tim Altmeyer, Annette Hunt and Catherine Lynn Dowling with costumes by Chris Lione (The Countess), sets by Mark Symczak, sound by Tim Cramer and lighting by Randy Glickman.
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BOUNCE
July 20 - 31 at Dance Theater Workshop
Eva Dean Dance will celebrate its 20th anniversary with BOUNCE at Dance Theater
Workshop beginning July 20th. BOUNCE is an energetic, playful and provocative romp using colorful balls and nimble bodies to create a uniquely entertaining form of dance theater. You’ll see a rubber ball orchestra, dolphins diving over giant balls, a wickedly fun playground romp, a moon garden with serene orbiting planets, a genie balanced on a pearl, a 100 ball waterfall and other one-of-a-kind dances, all created using bodies and balls. This acclaimed suite of "balls dances" appeals to adventurous people of all ages.
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ACE OF CLUBS PRIDE MUSIC SERIES
June 17 - 25
To coincide with New York’s Gay Pride Week, Ace of Clubs presents the first series of its kind to showcase gay artists performing a range of music including pop, rock, electro, dance, cabaret, art songs, and experimental music. Ace of Clubs Pride Music Series begins June 17 and will showcase 12 acts during nine full-length concerts. Ace of Clubs, located at 9 Great Jones Street (directly across the street from Fez at Lafayette Street), was formerly known as Under Acme until recently when it underwent extensive renovations.
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WORK
May 19 - June 23 at The Flea
WORK takes us into a world of employee sex scandals, nepotism, body odor, insider trading, subservience to the boss, the gay guy, falsified documents and the inevitable restructuring. Just another day at work? It is in corporate America. One big happy family. With guns.
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NAME DAY
May 31 - June 19 at Barrow Group Theater
NAME DAY centers around Kara, an immigrant from the former Yugoslavia who came to America after WWII. She went through a terrible war trauma, but she cannot forget the event nor can she forgive the people that she holds accountable. She insists on holding an engagement party for her American son, Mike, on the Name Day of her infant son who died in the war. On the invitation list is Mike’s fiancé's doting grandmother, whom Kara blames for the past. Old memories surface during the party, with disastrous consequences.
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NIGHTS OF WRATH
June 2- 26 at Greenwich Street Theatre
NIGHTS OF WRATH is set in April of 1944 in Nazi-controlled Chartres, France. Here a resistance fighter who has blown up a train is killed by the Gestapo. The friend who betrayed him to a collaborator is executed by other resistance members. This intense drama travels back in time to unravel the secret of the betrayal as it takes a searing look at the ethics of anti-Nazi terrorism and pro-status-quo collaboration.
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ADAM MILLER DANCE PROJECT
Hartford June 2-4 & NYC's Joyce Soho June 9-12
Hartford, Connecticut's Adam Miller Dance Project will present an ambitious season of new and repertory works this June in concerts at Hartford's Charter Oak Cultural Center and at The Joyce Soho in New York City. For the season, Miller has selected a diverse range of pop culture-oriented pieces that reflect his love of all types of music film, as well as a sense of drama, mystery, sexuality and humor.
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MONICA! THE MUSICAL
May 20 - 27 at Theatre Three
In the face of the national scandal that was the Clinton-Lewinsky affair, MONICA! THE MUSICAL dares to answer the crucial questions: "Exactly how did something this ridiculous happen? And why did we care so much?" The answers are presented in song with a generous helping of postmodern imagination, libelous implications, and some fresh insight that only time can bring. This bold satire mixes past and current D.C. politics with the best (and sometimes worst) of musical theater as it examines our relationship to scandal and human frailty.
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The Nellie Olesons "Older! Uglier! Meaner!"
June 3-11 at Ace of Clubs
The acclaimed bicoastal sketch comedy group THE NELLIE OLESONS (comprised of Nora Burns, Terrence Michael & John Cantwell) presents their first NYC show after a 4 year hiatus. During this time the Nellies got older, uglier and meaner, so they are back with an all -new show appropriately titled "Older! Uglier! Meaner!" The show, which debuted to sold-out houses in Los Angeles this spring, is a riotous romp of pomp, politics, pom-poms and peter-pussy. "Older! Uglier! Meaner!" is a trip into a twisted and surreal world. With queeny dance routines, annoying orgasms, and tributes to cult classics like Psycho, Grey Gardens and Mommie Dearest, the Nellie's satirical sketches skewer everyone from office workers and orgasmic newscasters to cunt-supreme Ann Coulter and coma-girl Terri Schiavo. And fans won’t want to miss Junkie Jones who makes a return visit with her own psychic show!
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THE PENIS MONOLOGUES: MEN SPEAK
Closes May 15 at The Beckett Theater
Funny, sad, angry, outrageous, emotional, and very touching, THE PENIS MONOLOGUES: MEN SPEAK depicts men from all walks of life and status -- gay to straight, single to married, sons to fathers -- showing the common connection that all men have with each other. The play uses a blend of humor and pathos to deal with the issues of what being a man means today. Monologues touch on humorous subjects including size issues, and contraceptive use, as well as more serious issues including cancer and rape. Culled from extensive interviews, the play reveals the often secretive differences men feel about themselves and their masculinity, as well as the one common thread that connects them all.
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IT'S ABOUT TIME
April 21 - May 14 at The Chocolate Factory Theater
IT'S ABOUT TIME centers on Bang, a young man who hates his job and his nonexistent love life. Tired of running through life blindly, Bang commits himself to the strict, dogmatic life strategies prescribed in a self-help program called "The Praxis of IT." He believes that IT is about time. That, IT is all he needs. If Bang can just master his schedule and accomplish the goals he sets for himself, he knows that he can perfect a plan for success. But can he devise a plan for happiness?
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NOT YET DIAGNOSED (NERVOUS) 1918
March 31 - May 21 at The Axis Tehatre
OT YET DIAGNOSED (NERVOUS) 1918 concerns the effects of the extreme shell shock suffered by WWI veterans following their service. Set in an allied trench during 1918, a small group of American soldiers wake to find themselves abandoned by everyone on the battlefield, including the Germans. On this desolate landscape everyone from the Army
Photographic Corps specialist to the loneliest infantry soldier tries to piece together what may have happened during the night. Were they left behind? Is the war over? Are they already home? Is there anybody out there?
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SNAKE IN FRIDGE
April 14 - May 8 at The 14th Street Y
Inspired by Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, Snake in Fridge examines the sordid lives of a group of young misfits living in a creepy Victorian house. Their combined income barely covers club-going and drugs, so overdue rent is mounting. Daydreams of fame and fortune are constantly interrupted by the insidious lure of the porn industry. When one of the housemates accepts a snake to cover a debt, the snake disappears and bizarre things begin to happen. Eventually, they begin to wonder if it is the snake or the spirit of the house that is haunting them. Things come to a head when the group -- an internet porn performer, a busboy who longs to be a waiter, a nude dancer, her mentally-challenged sister and a male stripper -- discover that one of their own may be a murderer.
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VERBATIM VERBOTEN
Continued Run With New Home at Elmo
VERBATIM VERBOTEN creator Michael Martin brings a new dimension to the practice of "eavesdropping," and has spent over ten years collecting transcripts featuring the uncensored and illicitly recorded words of celebrities, politicians, criminals, athletes, and power brokers. The words and rantings of Britney Spears, Enron and Texaco executives, Louie Armstrong, Madonna & Lourdes, Joe DiMaggio, Rudy Giuliani, Fred Durst, Marion Berry and Michael Alig are in regular play, along with extended and more challenging pieces from the mouths of the British royalty, Jim Morrison, Orson Welles, and the Mafia.
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Pith!
Limited Engagement! April 6 - 23 at The Lion Theatre
Set in 1931, Pith! is an epic tale of travel and adventure told with the most economical means. An itinerant sailor leads a grieving society widow and her stoic housekeeper on an exhilarating and treacherous journey into the heart of the South American jungle... without ever leaving the living room. With only four dining room chairs and a phonograph, Jack Vail propels Virginia Tilford and Nancy Kimble from Providence, Rhode Island to New Orleans, Panama, and Ecuador, where hilarious encounters with a succession of explorers, shysters, gigolos, natives, and all manner of tropical wildlife have life-altering consequences for the ladies. It's an innovative, hilarious, and ultimately moving tribute to the power of imagination.
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SHOE PALACE MURRAY
April 6- 24 at The Bernie West Theater
SHOE PALACE MURRAY is set on August 26, 1926, the day of Rudolf Valentino’s funeral. The action takes place at I. Miller, a shoe store on West 46th Street that was world renowned for supplying footwear for both Broadway shows and fashionable ladies of the time. Amongst the aspiring starlets, Mafia molls and mourning movie stars, we meet slick show salesman Murray Howard and his sidekick Benny Vogel. In the store, Murray devises a comical get-rich quick scheme involving a failing Broadway show, a wanton starlet, a jealous mobster, and the seduction of a female accountant, all to follow his dream of opening a shoe palace of his very own.
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... A MATTER OF CHOICE
March 16 - April 9 at Chashama
When construction of the Second Avenue subway forces three unlikely twenty-something roommates - Diggs, an urban white boy; Chastity, a headstrong Latina; and Webb, a gay black man - to vacate their prime Manhattan apartment, each member of this tight knit family must make a personal choice: either fight to stay together or accept the distance friendships can drift - even under the same roof.
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THE BEST SEX OF THE XX CENTURY SALE
Begins November 27 at Theater For the New City
Attention all bargain shoppers! THE BEST SEX OF THE XX CENTURY SALE is back! This hit comic revue that delves into sexual history --straight, bi, gay, and transsexual -- over the last 100 years returns for an open-ended run beginning November 27th at Theater For the New City. It was written and developed by Lissa Moira and Richard West featuring a cast of 16 performers. Opening night is set for December 3rd.
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Jabu
February 16 - April 2
In JABU, scatalogical Pa Ubu and his bumbling cronies murder the King and throw the country into mindless chaos. This is juxtaposed against the colorful life of Ubu playwright Alfred Jarry, a vibrant young man determined to be his own comic star. While dimwitted Pa Ubu tries to maintain his wealth and position, Jarry befriends such luminaries of the day as Henry Rosseau and Madame de Rachilde while attempting to get famed director/producer Lugne Poe to produce his play about Ubu.
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THIS OR THAT!
Every Friday Live at The Belt Theater
After a three year run in Coney Island, the infamous burlesque game show THIS OR THAT! gets an extended run in Manhattan at midtown’s Belt Theater. Renowned sword swallower, magician and improvisation wizard The Great Fredini hosts alongside co-host Julie Atlas Muz, blonde bombshell performer and recent Whitney Biennial artist. This winsome duo, aptly dubbed "Burlesque's 'Pat & Vanna'" by Back Stage, greets contestants at a giant wheel that issues zany challenges. In addition to naughty prizes, challenge winners get to choose one of two curtains, "This" or "That", out of which emerges either a classic burlesque hottie or an act that stinks so bad it’s brilliant. Its like Let's Make a Deal, The Gong Show, and the Rocky Horror Picture Show all rolled into one sidesplitting theatrical spectacle with an unforgettable climax!
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A MAN’S BEST FRIEND
February 24 - March 19 at WalkerSpace
A Man’s Best Friend is a dark and desperate comedy of bad manners that follow the adventures of Sluggo, the bad clown. He kicks his dog, he kicks his wife, he stabs his little brother from time to time for no good reason--hell, he even smells bad. In another life, he was known as Mr. Punch. This time around, he'll get a baby from Andy Warhol and do battle with the metastatic Land Squid. None of which will improve his character, or his chances for personal happiness.
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THE GOODBYE GIRL
3 Shows Only! March 13 & 14 at Fez
THE GOODBYE GIRL is the ultimate "Best of" series of shows featuring the favorite songs culled from Jackie Beat’s shows over the past 7 years at Fez. Each of the 3 performances will feature different material. Highlights are sure to include Jackie’s unique takes on Dolly Parton’s "9 to 5" as an ode to internet chatrooms, a homage to the 70’s gay "hanky code" set to "Tie A Yellow Ribbon", the first pro-suicide disco song set to "The Hustle," a pro-marijuana song based on Cyndi Lauper’s "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," and a shitload of scatological song parodies. Other songs in Beat's twisted repertory include "Baby Got Back," "Diamonds Are Forever," "Witchcraft," "Toxic," "Half Breed," "White Rabbit," "Neutron Dance", "Love Will Keep Us Together," "China Girl," "Supersonic," "Beautiful," and "Private Dancer," which she has rewritten as odes to abortion, suicide, pedophilia, drug abuse, child abuse, spouse abuse, sexual fetishes and the ultimate scourge, homosexuality.
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THE SHOOTING STAGE
February 24 - March 19 at 45 Below Theater
Twenty years ago, child TV star Len took a photograph of a nude boy. Now the portrait has resurfaced as part of an obscenity trial and the subject has returned to confront Len. At the same time, teenage Elliot pursues his secret "sissy boy" ambitions while bullied by a troubled schoolmate who himself is mired in a web of lies. Elliot's friend Ivan may be able to stop the inevitable disaster, but only if he can find the courage to transform himself. Ultimately, THE SHOOTING STAGE explores how boys become men, and how the fortunate survive violence through acts of the imagination.
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ABSOLUTELY 80s
March 18 & 19 at NYU’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
The 80s were a decade of big hair and big music. With ABSOLUTELY 80s, the NYCGMC brings back the MTV, radio, movie and dance hits from this over-the-top decade with its own special retro fashion and camp flair. The program includes a 17 song Madonna medley; "Gender Bender," celebrating androgynous artists like Boy George and Annie Lennox; an "80s Movie Medley;" highlights from the early days of Music Television; and some of the decades famous power ballads including Journey’s "Open Arms", Bonnie Tyler’s "Total Eclipse of the Heart."
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THE 8th ANNUAL FEZ OSCAR PARTY
Sunday, February 27
Celebrate the glitziest night in Hollywood with the hardest working middle-aged man in show business as Murray Hill and his sexy side-kicks The Wau Wau Sisters host The 8th Annual Fez Oscar Party on Sunday, February 27. Festivities begin at 7:00pm with the Joan Rivers TV Guide Channel Oscar Pre-Show. The evening continues with the complete Oscar telecast shown on a giant screen, impromptu performances, drinking games, movie trivia games and lots of movie memorabilia prizes -- including promotional items from Oscar worthy movies past, present, and future including Kill Bill, The Aviator, Shall We Dance?, Napoleon Dynamite, Team America, Mean Girls, The Stepford Wives, and 13 Going on 30. Win the Oscar Prediction Ballot for an amazing Grand Prize! During commercial breaks Murray & The Wau Wau Sisters will re-enact favorite scenes from this year’s nominated films and they will provide running commentary throughout the night.
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RETURN OF THE PRARIE BITCH
One Night Only! Saturday, February 26 at Fez
On Saturday, February 26th ALISON ARNGRIM returns to New York with RETURN OF THE PRARIE BITCH for one night only at Fez. Best known as acid-tongued, pre-Midol meanie Nellie Oleson from "Little House on the Prairie", Alison Arngrim presents an uproarious evening of storytelling and stand-up about life as everyone's favorite toxic pre-teen brat, complete with petticoats and ringlets. Never afraid to dish the dirt on TV land, she let all the secrets loose of "Little House on the Prairie", Hollywood and much more. Recalling her life and career as bitchy Nellie Oleson, Arngrim startles audiences internationally with off-color jokes about "Little House on the Prairie", child stars and celebrities including Marie Osmond, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Grizzly Adams, RuPaul, Phyllis Diller, Bette Midler and more.
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Joan Rivers
Comedy Legend Presents Final 3 Shows at Fez before it Closes Forever!
After nearly two years of polishing new material in front of Fez’s red curtain, legendary comedian Joan Rivers officially makes her favorite downtown nightclub a regular stop. Every Wednesday from January 12 - February 23, join Rivers as she presents an evening of her newest and most outrageous stand-up comedy. A portion of the proceeds go to Joan River’s favorite charities God’s Love We Deliver and Guide Dogs for the Blind.
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Sunrize Highway Live From New York
January 8 - 29 at Elmo
Perhaps you saw her acclaimed Broadway debut in the short lived Shogun: The Musical or her break through performance as Grizabella in the Commack Dinner Theater production of Cats. You may have even have been lucky enough to catch her controversial performance as the first female Tevye in musical theater history in Westbury Music Fair’s Fiddler on the Roof. Now, Broadway legend-in-the-making Sunrize Highway returns with her first new show in three years, SUNRIZE HIGHWAY LIVE FROM NEW YORK, at the newly created performance space Elmo in Chelsea beginning January 8th.
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BRINI MAXWELL: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
One Night Only! Monday, December 20th at Fez
Style Network show hostess and drag celebrity Brini Maxwell will present her 2nd annual live holiday show, BRINI MAXWELL: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, for one night only, Monday, December 20th at 8:00pm. The most wonderful time of the year gets even more wonderful with BRINI MAXWELL: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. This evening of music, banter and helpful holiday planning tips from Brini Maxwell will include a variety of standards including Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas and The Christmas Song, as well as a live P.S.A. for her favorite charity, Toys for Tots.
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JOHN BROWN: TRUMPET OF FREEDOM
Extended through February 20 at St. Mark’s
John Brown: Trumpet of Freedom explores the conscience of a man who commits violent acts against those he deems guilty of grave sins. It is set in the shadow of the gallows on the final day of Brown’s life as he composes a farewell letter to his Abolitionist compatriots. He ruminates on his attack of the Harpers Ferry arsenal, his actions against the pro-slavery militia in Kansas, and the first time he sees a tortured black slave when he vows to God to wage war against a government that sanctions such abominations.
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RADIANT IMPRINTS
February 24 - 27 at Merce Cunningham Studio
InnerLandscapes Dance Theatre, a collective comprised of choreographers Nomi Bachar, Valerie Norman, Kathryn Sullivan & Natasa Trifan, presents its latest evening of new work and revivals, RADIANT IMPRINTS. All six of the works on the program deal with the permanence of the traces of existence. Renown composer Bruce Lazarus* performs live music between each piece. Performances of this multimedia adventure with music, video, text and song begin February 24th at Merce Cunningham Studio.
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Rebellion Cabaret
January 7 - 29 at Fez
PENNY ARCADE, the legendary creator of the long-running Off-Broadway hit BITCH!DYKE!FAGHAG!WHORE!, teams up with singer/songwriter CHRIS RAEL to present REBELLION CABARET. REBELLION CABARET is an all-new "rant-n-roll" evening of insightful and hysterically funny monologues by Penny Arcade underscored and interspersed with Chris Rael’s sophisticated, topical lyrics, memorable arrangements and soaring vocals. REBELLION CABARET tears away the veil from the commodification of rebellion, sexual politics, Paris Hilton, bourgeois bohemia, The Vagina Monologues, America's new patriotism and the Gospel According to Dubya.
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