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The following shows were produced in 2007:
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JACKIE BEAT IS TRANS FAT
May 23 - 25 at The Cutting Room
As of July 1, all restaurants in New York City are forbidden to serve items that contain more than a half-gram of trans fat per serving. In JACKIE BEAT is TRANS FAT, the gutsy Queen of King-Size presents an impassioned plea to Mayor Bloomberg to stop the madness. This partially-hydrogenated night of song and story features such Jackie Beat classics as Chinese Food (a parody of David Bowie’s China Girl), Fat Tragic Woman (to the tune of Santana’s Black Magic Woman), and La Isla Burrito (inspired by Madonna’s La Isla Bonita), plus new material including I Need A Hero! (with apologies to Bonnie Tyler), These Boobs (with a nod to Nancy Sinatra) and Donuts Are A Girl’s Best Friend. So, belly up to this drag smorgasbord, larded down with tranny tasties and a dollop of hate. You'll laugh 'til you have a heart attack.
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ARCHITECTING
May 14 -18 at 3LD Art & Technology Center
Told in four chapters, ARCHITECTING weaves through this nation's past and future to create a requiem for modern America. This multimedia time-bending epic about the reconstruction of nations and selves begins with Henry Adams, the brilliant, narcissistic and hysterical scion of two Presidents. Equipped with an 18th century education, Adams awakens to find himself required to play the game of the twentieth century. We then travel to Margaret Mitchell's Atlanta, and the landscape of her sweeping and politically alarming novel Gone With the Wind. A road-trip taken by the two loneliest people in Arkansas transports us to the Miss Scarlett O'Hara pageant, where worlds collide in an explosion of history and guilt. When the smoke clears, we are in the future: a young messianic architect, trailed by a boy with a Dr. Pepper, envisions a new American cathedral...
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THE ACCIDENTAL PATRIOT...
Previews begin April 25
THE ACCIDENTAL PATRIOT... is what Sophocles might have written it if he'd been under contract to Warner Brothers. This original 1930s-style swashbuckler is set against the tumultuous backdrop of the American Revolution. Mashing together Greek tragedy and Errol Flynn-era pirate films, it features both rapier duels and rapier wit as it satirizes heroism, patriotism, altruism, and all of the other "-isms" that move us to action. British privateer Desmond Connelly takes up the colonists' cause when a British admiral murders his best friend, a Bostonian patriot. He abandons his post to become a pirate, seeking his vengeance and sailing towards the destiny that will reveal his mysterious parentage.
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SUBSTITUTION
Previews begin April 26 at Soho Playhouse
In SUBSTITUTION, Calvin’s Mom is coping with the death of her teenage son as best as she can. When a substitute teacher challenges everything she thinks she knows about her child, their volatile bond creates a complex unfolding of revelations. Ultimately, she discovers that the choices we make about how we live and how we love can bring about endless surprises.
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MISS RICHFIELD 1981 FLIES OVER THE COO COO’S NEST
Two Shows Only! May 16 & 17 at The Zipper Factory Theater
In MISS RICHFIELD 1981 FLIES OVER THE COO COO’S NEST, Miss Richfield 1981 sets flight! The Midwestern maven greets big city folk with five blow-up dolls, a newly sharpened handsaw, and the message that no one is beyond help, even in the godless mecca of New York City. Miss R will drive her message home with original music, educational videos, and of course her trademark dialogue with the audience. Don’t miss this two-night engagement, which is twice as long as the last time!
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JOHN KELLY: DARGELOS
May 4 - 18 at Bar 13
Best known for his portrayals of historic and mythic characters including Joni Mitchell, Egon Schiele, Orpheus, and transvestite trapeze artist Barbette, JOHN KELLY introduces his latest creation: DARGELOS. This unique informal workshop presentation will feature and array of songs, stories and poetry. Kelly fans will be thrilled to learn that DARGELOS is the brother of chanteuse Dagmar, an East Village icon who made a splash in the 1980s performance scene -- including a legendary concert series at Carnegie Hall.
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THE SCARIEST
Off-Broadway Engagement Begins Limited Run March 2
No matter where in the world, no matter what culture, people know that there is something lurking around the shadows, creeping under the bed. For THE SCARIEST, The Exchange has commissioned four of New York's most exciting playwrights to remix some of the greatest classics of the horror genre. These modern stage interpretations have all been recast into contemporary settings and to confront modern-day terrors with the same punch the famed originals did.
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FIRE ISLAND
Opens April 10 at 3LD Art & Technology Center
FIRE ISLAND explores the many ways which people experience the birth and dissolution of relationships amidst the diverse and fragile ecosystems of this barrier island. Characters include drag queens, 6-foot tall little girls, freak clowns, Japanese bondage junkies, old folks and 50 other island inhabitants, all dealing with various stages of their relationships.
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YEAR ONE OF THE EMPIRE
Performances begin February 29 at The Metropolitan Playhouse
YEAR ONE OF THE EMPIRE presents in bracing, yet often comic detail the exact moment when America became an imperial power -- the little known Philippine-American War at the turn of the last century. Its brew of U.S. belligerence, election politics, and public outrage offers shocking parallels to American wars in Vietnam (which inspired the play) and Iraq (which made the play "contemporary" again).
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BEEBO BRINKER CHRONICLES
Begins Limited Engagement Off-Broadway Run Feb. 19
Fueled by booze and furtive sex, BEEBO BRINKER CHRONICLES follows the lives and loves of four friends in pre-Stonewall Greenwich Village. Beth and Laura, secret lovers in college, still pine for each other. Before they can reunite, they find themselves entangled in a web spun by Beebo Brinker, a butch denizen of the underground bar scene, and Jack, a flamboyant fop with caustic wit.
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THE CRUCIBLE
Limited Engagement begins February 6 at The Arclight Theatre
THE CRUCIBLE, a historical play based on events of the 1692 Salem witchcraft trials, is a powerful and timeless depiction of how intolerance and mass hysteria can tear a community apart. The story centers on a farmer, John Proctor, whose wife Elizabeth is accused of witchcraft by Abigail Williams, a former servant of the Proctors. In the wake of Abigail's charges, Reverend Parris begins hearing accusations and counter-accusations from all sides of the community, so he brings in a judge to determine who is guilty. A powerful parable about McCarthyism, the themes of religious persecution and the need for personal strength resonate to the present.
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OH, THE HUMANITY and other exclamations
Performances Run February 2, 2008 at The Flea
OH, THE HUMANITY and other exclamations is five short plays about people like you, facing lives like yours. About life, in a word. Not suitable for children. The five pieces include: Behold the Coach, In a Blazer, Uninsured; Ladies and Gentleman, The Rain; Enter the Spokeswoman, Gently; The Bully Composition; and Oh, The Humanity.
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THE SITE
May 18 - June 7 at Walkerspace
In THE SITE, fickle scientist Professor Harold Roth travels the world to isolated research stations where he conducts unusual field studies. Currently, Harold is digging up toads under a dry lake bed in Arizona. He is accompanied by his wife, a once successful but now crazed poet, as well as a crew of misfits, his delinquent son Matt and Matt’s pregnant girlfriend. When a bizarre stranger arrives, she wields absolute power over the group, threatening to reveal deep and horrific secrets.
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FREQUENCY HOPPING
May 29 - June 29 at 3LD Art & Technology Center
Based on a remarkable true story, FREQUENCY HOPPING re-imagines the relationship between film icon Hedy Lamarr (best known for her nude swimming scene in Ecstasy and star turn in Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah) and George Antheil ("bad boy" composer of the revolutionary 1924 composition Ballet mecanique). In 1940, the duo collaborated on a patent for an anti-jamming device to control torpedo guidance. Although largely ignored at the time, their invention is now recognized as the model for "frequency-hopping spread spectrum," widely used in cellular phone technology. Lamarr was finally recognized for her innovative work when she received the 1997 Pioneer Award from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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THE BREAK-UP AND THE HAPPY SAD
Previews begin March 6 at The Flea
The Flea Theater will present the World Premiere of THE BREAK-UP AND THE HAPPY SAD. Directed by Sherri Kronfeld, this evening-length work features two thematically related one act plays by Tommy Smith and Ken Urban. THE BREAK-UP AND THE HAPPY SAD is about nine New Yorkers looking for happiness. In The Break Up, a man falls in love with his drug dealer, with disastrous results. In The Happy Sad, Stan loves Annie, but Annie doesn't love Stan. Marcus loves Aaron, but Marcus doesn't like monogamy.
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SILVER BULLET TRAILER
March 28 - April 19 at The Ohio Theater
In SILVER BULLET TRAILER, an expectant mother and her unborn child travel through a dreamscape of the American West meeting casualties of American ambition: cowboys, Indians, hookers, and magicians. Combining elements of live music, song, dance, and video this touching comedy explores the birthing process and the hazards of brining new life into contemporary society, from the callousness of the health care industry to the decay of the American family. Journeying through dreams, our heroine's unborn child encounters subconscious voices of America's diverse disenfranchised, reflecting his mother's waking nightmare. Reality dispels myth in the American heartland as we meet some the many pioneers who got lost chasing the American dream.
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SEMI-PERMANENT
Limited Engagement runs February 3 -- March 23
In this hilarious and touching solo show, Rick Gradone, whose clients include everyone from Naomi Campbell to Eartha Kitt, explores the social implications of popular hairstyles, from the classic to the ridiculous. In the course of the evening, Gradone wittily attempts to elevate hairdressing to the level of high art. When he is inadvertently thrust into his own past, he is forced to explore the reasons he became a hairdresser and not the artist he had hoped to become. His struggle to redefine his life work leads to an epiphany that all work, even hairdressing, can be meaningful.
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WORK & SHOW FESTIVAL
March 30 - April 7 at Tribeca Performing Arts Center
Tribeca Performing Arts Center’s Artist-in-Residence (AIR) Program enables emerging and established theatre artists -- writers, directors, choreographers, and composers -- to create and develop a new work. The residency takes place on site in Tribeca PAC’s two theatres and spans a ten-month period. Public showings of the work in process and the opportunity for a produced presentation at the annual WORK & SHOW FESTIVAL are significant components of the residency.
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LOWER NINTH
Limited Engagement runs February 14 - April 5 at The Flea
LOWER NINTH is about two men stranded on a roof after a terrible storm. As Malcom and E-Z struggle to survive, they must battle heat, hunger and their pasts. Ultimately, their only hope for salvation rests with each other. Beau Willimon has written seven full-length plays that have been developed or performed at venues including Ars Nova, MCC, HERE Arts Center, New Dramatists, and The DR2 Theatre. He is a recipient of the Lila Acheson Wallace Juilliard Playwriting Fellowship and the Lincoln Center Le Compte du Nuoy Award.
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DES MOINES
February 26 - March 1 at The Flea Theater (FREE)
In a seedy apartment on the edge of DES MOINES, an unlikely assortment of people come together for an impromptu party that takes them, by the evening’s end, on a dam bursting ride down a stream-of-consciousness deluge. Downing depth chargers and singing karaoke, they struggle with the strange and unholy trinity of life, death, and sex.
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DINA MARTINA: OFF THE CHARTS!
Limited Engagement runs February 22 - March 9
DINA MARTINA: OFF THE CHARTS!, like all of Martina’s surreal shows, is a nearly indescribable night of unique entertainment that assaults the senses like no other show. Her unforgettable blend of peculiar music, stupefying comic banter 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". Perhaps the best description of Dina comes from a glowing review in Seattle’s famed alternative weekly The Stranger: "Her voice sounds like a cat having an epileptic fit on a chalkboard, her body moves like two pigs fighting their way out of a sleeping bag, and her face looks like the collision of a Maybelline truck with a Shoney's buffet. But Dina redefines what it means to be a star." Those who don't think a performance can be life-changing haven’t seen Dina Martina.
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OFFENDING THE AUDIENCE
January 21 - February 23 at The Flea
At the top of OFFENDING THE AUDIENCE, a group of actors take the stage and announce that there will be no play. They are not characters. The stage does not represent another place. Time passes as it does in real life. There is no illusion. The audience is asked to abandon every expectation, to be the subject of the actors’ gaze the way that they are the subject of ours. So what will happen on stage? OFFENDING THE AUDIENCE combines caustic humor with deeply meaningful notions about theatre, life and death.
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CHERUBINA
February 1 - 23 at Sanford Meisner Theater
Set in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1913, CHERUBINA is based on the true story of Elisa Ivanovna, a frustrated poet and crippled school teacher. Elisa and her friend create Cherubina deGabriak, Elisa’s young, beautiful, and fictional nom de plume, to see if Nikolai, who publishes the literary paper, will be more likely to print poems by this mysterious, voluptuous writer. He does, and falls in love with the idea of Cherubina through her poems and the letters they exchange. It is a dark comedy that explores the relationship between art and love, beauty and truth, all with a biting wit that will leave audiences breathless.
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AT WAR: AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS RESPOND TO IRAQ
January 21 - February 4 at The Bleecker Street Theatre
Originally presented as a one-night-only, sold-out presentation at the National Arts Club in June 2007, AT WAR: AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS RESPOND TO IRAQ will be remounted at The Bleecker Street Theatre on consecutive Mondays, beginning January 21. The theatrical material will be the same each evening, but the presentation will feature a rotating repertory of celebrity hosts and guest performers including Bebe Neuwirth (Cheers, Chicago), Josh Hamilton (The Coast of Utopia), Bobby Cannavale (Will & Grace), Derek Phillips (Friday Night Lights), Daniel Sunjata (Rescue Me), and Fire Dept company members David Strathairn (Good Night and Good Luck), Janeane Garofalo (Mystery Men, Ratatouille), Gloria Reuben (E.R.) and Tony Award winner Denis O’Hare.
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THE MAIN(E) PLAY
January 16 - February 9 at The Lion Theater
THE MAIN(E) PLAY explores the colliding worlds of two brothers: Shane, a New York City actor desperate to connect to the sanctity of home, and his younger brother Roy, a single stay-at-home dad and sole caretaker of a dysfunctional seven-year-old. A return to Maine for Thanksgiving forces the brothers to confront the loss of tradition, raising the question: what happens when what was, is no longer?
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VIA DANCE COLLABORATIVE
January 31- February 3 at Dance New Amsterdam
Janice Lancaster’s "Weren’t you always distracted by expectation, as if every event announced a beloved" explores humanism and folly in love. The dance asks: have you ever been in love with more than one person at once? Answers are sifted through the haze of false Hollywood love stories, girly games of MASH, mystical love poems, the neurochemistry of flirting, trial and error, and a reflecting pool. The work features four women, three men, and projections by Adam Larsen.
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FLOTILLA DeBARGE: FRESHLY RELEASED -- BLACK, BLESSED & FREE
January 18 - February 1 at The Cutting Room
In September 2006, DeBarge was arrested for assault with a high-heeled shoe in the West Village nightclub APT in self defense. Following in the footsteps of Martha Stewart, Lil Kim and Paris Hilton, she was sentenced to serve jail time. In FLOTILLA DeBARGE: FRESHLY RELEASED -- BLACK, BLESSED & FREE the controversial drag star is back on stage and ready to set the record straight. "It certainly wasn’t OZ, honey. There was no Chris Meloni in sight," notes the drag legend who has been nicknamed The Notorious F.L.O.
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