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THE ROAD TO RUIN
Sept. 18 - Oct. 1 at The 45th Street Theater
Set somewhere in New Jersey, THE ROAD TO RUIN is the cautionary tale of 15 year old "Little Sally Canfield" -- the nicest girl at Central High. When evil temptress Eve exposes Sally to her dark, delinquent side, it destroys Sally's dreams. But Soon, Sally's provincial life is surrounded by dark forces including narcissistic parents, a holier-than-thou entrepreneur, an alcoholic business woman, desperate housewives lusting after well-built young men, as well as an assortment of college athletes, strippers, prostitutes and dancing rabbits. The absurdity of America's moral conscience in 1928 is exposed through eerily familiar Corporate Christians, the self-help movement, and the bottled water health craze. But can Sally find redemption?
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BONNIE AND CLYDE
Begins September 16 at American Theatre of Actors
America's most romantic gangsters outwit and outrun a relentless (yet always ladylike) J. Edgar Hoover to the delight of the poor and downtrodden, as their relationship changes from "strictly business" to reluctant love. Funny, tuneful, and historically dubious, BONNIE & CLYDE: A FOLKTALE is a good ol' musical about the bad ol' days.
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BIOME
October 9-12 at Joyce SoHo
BIOME explores the cooperation and communication which occurs between different species in nature. Part dance, part projected glimpses of remote rainforests, and part canopy science, the piece grew from an on-location collaboration with renowned canopy tree scientists in the Monteverde Cloud Forest of Costa Rica. In the world of BIOME, ties between humans and our planet become abundantly clear; everything is interconnected in a cycle of growth. BIOME brings a sense of wonderment to the delicate ecosystems which exist within our increasingly fragile world.
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HE WHO BURNS
October 24 - 26 at The Ailey Citigroup Theater
HE WHO BURNS is a dance-theater piece exploring the nature of humanity's relationship with the divine, the eternal quest for unity, and the illusion of duality in the human experience. It takes our notion of good and evil, the divine and the satanic, and turns it on its head. Staged as a trio, He Who Burns takes us on a journey from the time before time, through the suffering of Iblis in his separation from his Beloved, and his quest for the same, through to his ecstatic annihilation. The performance at once parallels the Sufi quest, as outlined in the great Sufi text, "Conference of the Birds," and the structure of the Bharata Natyam performance. The text, from the Persian, Arabic and Urdu of Al-Hallaj, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Mohammed Iqbal, Al Ghazzali, Hafiz and Maulana Jelaluddin Rumi, is performed in Urdu, English and Korean.
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CHEKHOV LIZARDBRAIN
Limited Engagement! October 2-19 at The Ohio Theater
CHEKHOV LIZARDBRAIN dives into the center of an autistic mind. In twists and turns that take us from neuroscience to a domestic squabble to the circus ring, CHEKHOV LIZARDBRAIN captures a mind as it zigzags back and forth over troubling memories, attempting to mold them into neat Russian dramas. Dmitri, our protagonist, replays his memories until they are ornamented and decorated into a comforting fiction; what we witness is a kind of mental circus.
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THE INVITATION
September 5 - 27 at The Ohio Theater
Black humor is the main course in THE INVITATION, a new dark comedy by Brian Parks. In an elite city apartment, a birthday-dinner celebration among a group of highly successful friends takes an abrupt, peculiar turn in a play that veers maniacally and sardonically through the worlds of politics, art...and revenge. Don’t forget to RSVP.
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KIDSTUFF
Previews begin September 3 at The Kirk Theater
Eve has just turned thirty and finds herself lost and at sea in matters of sex, death, identity, and the search for meaning in early 21st century New York City. An ensemble of 7 actors in multiple roles create an eccentric, fast-paced world of mysterious shopkeepers, deranged clergy, alcoholic relatives, and high school bad girls as Eve embarks on a journey of self-discovery. KIDSTUFF is an edgy, fast-moving comedy about young love, grand delusions, and finally realizing you are not the center of the universe.
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LULLABY IN SURREALISM
September 25-27 at Ailey Citigroup Theater
LULLABY IN SURREALISM investigates the artists' sleeping lives, harnessing the imagery of dreams and realizing those disparate, mystical, often alarming worlds onstage. Dancers' arms get caught in sharp gesture while tethered to breezy locomotions in the legs and feet. There are small, constant jumps and suspensions that invade sky and floor. At times, the dance seeps into an earnest quietude with slow violent exchanges. At other times, trancelike logic emerges that lulls the audience into a ritualized disorientation. The dancers spend time revealing and covering themselves, exposing delicate birdcages of the chest and heart. Glimpses of familiarity can be spotted through the folds of evaporating action.
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THERE OR HERE
Limited Engagement Runs September 6 - 28 at 14th Street Theatre
THERE OR HERE is a dark comedy about a mixed race couple who outsource their baby-making surrogacy to a woman in India. Nothing is off limits on this non-stop ride through the endless possibilities of outsourcing including customer service, phone sex, and even drive-thru dining. It’s a story ripped straight from the headlines -- even Oprah Winfrey covered surrogacy outsourcing on a recent show.
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MAKE LOVE
2 Shows Only! September 10 & 11 at The Cutting Room
Internationally acclaimed performance artist KAREN FINLEY honors the 7th Anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center with an encore engagement of her critically acclaimed piece MAKE LOVE. This cabaret-driven, lounge-style act co-starring drag performer and artist Chris Tanner, pianist Lance Cruce, and a rotating roster of Liza Minnelli impersonators will run September 10 & 11 at The Cutting Room. It will be updated and slightly modified to reflect current events.
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A Perfect Couple
Now thru July 19 at the DR2
A PERFECT COUPLE is a story about three best friends -- Amy, Issac and Emma -- and their young next door neighbor, Josh. After fifteen years of dating/living together/taking breaks and now, moving upstate, Amy and Isaac are finally tying the knot. Emma, their single best friend, has decided to get out of the city and join them for a summer weekend in the country. Over the long weekend, secrets are revealed and bonds are tested, forcing these friends to discover who they are now, versus who they thought they would become. Brooke Berman's newest play raises pressing questions about loyalty, partnerships, and modern love.
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NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
12th Annual Festival runs August 8- 24
This year, 20 of New York City's most prominent downtown performance venues will host productions from around the globe as part of FringeNYC 2008. Participating venues, ranging in size from 50 to 700 seats, include Pace University’s Schimmel Center & Schaberle Studio, Soho Playhouse, Theatre 80, The Deluxe at Spiegelworld, Cherry Lane Theatre, Players Theater, The Connelly Theater, The Theatres at 45 Bleecker Street, Barrow Street Theatre and The CSV Cultural and Educational Center. FringeNYC is a production of The Present Company, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Elena K. Holy. In November 2007, Michael Bloomberg presented FringeNYC with the prestigious Mayor’s Award for Arts and Culture.
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The Passion Project
June 19 -- July 19 at 3LD Art & Technology Center
THE PASSION PROJECT explodes the film into the three dimensions; placing the audience inside the film, sitting next Joan, subjecting them to her interrogators and the relentless rhythm of 30mm film projection. Using a single live actor and multiple projection surfaces, THE PASSION PROJECT explores the intersection of performance and film. It uses Dreyer’s classic film as the main narrative along with the history behind the making of the film, a discussion with a Danish archivist, the story of making this project, and Joan’s story; her trial, torture, and execution.
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Marko The Prince
June 20th at Barrow Group Theater
MARKO THE PRINCE is set in Sabor, a village on the border of Bosnia and Serbia, at the start the 90s Balkan War. Michael, a first-generation American, returns to Sabor to bury his mother in the village of her birth. Michael’s plans are derailed when he discovers smoldering religious and ethnic resentments surrounding the ownership of Sabor’s tiny village cemetery. Gossip, innuendo, passion, and politics cause uneasy alliances and dangerous conflict.
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CONFESSIONS OF A PRAIRIE BITCH
August 13 at The Cutting Room
Comic, former child star, outspoken activist, and TV Land Award winner ALISON ARNGRIM makes her annual return to New York with CONFESSIONS OF A PRAIRIE BITCH for one performance only, August 13 at The Cutting Room. 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 -- including backstage gossip for the TV Land Awards and the Broadway-bound musical version of Little House on The Prairie (starring close friend Melissa Gilbert). Recalling her life and career as bitchy Nellie Oleson, Arngrim startles audiences internationally with off-color jokes about child stars and TV icons of the 1970’s and 80s.
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undergroundzero Festival
July 8 - August 2
undergroundzero Festival was founded by Collective:Unconscious, a longtime presenter of cutting edge performance and curated by Paul Bargetto, the artistic director of East River Commedia. Seeking to create new opportunities outside the traditional curatorial venue system, this festival was created to promote new theatrical work in progress chosen by and for artists. The goal is to create an ongoing series of festivals that will establish an alternative system of presentation for Independent Theater.
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YAZ LIVE!
July 16 @ Terminal 5, July 19 @ Beacon Theatre
Legendary 80's duo Yaz, composed of Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet, are doing a reunion tour and are playing New York for the first time in 25 years! The influential duo, famous for songs like "Situation" and "Don't Go," also have a new four CD box set out July 9th. Clarke, of course, also founded both Depeche Mode, Erasure, and the Assembly, while Moyet went on to solo stardom with hits like "Invisible" and "Love Resurrection." The July 17 show is already sold out --- don't delay! Order tickets online or call 212-307-7171.
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HOSPITAL 2008
June 5 - July 19 at Axis Theatre
New York runs on water. From the steam system that heats and electrifies the five boroughs, to the water that flows from millions of taps, without water there is no city. Currently, only two tunnels provide all this water; Tunnel #1 was completed in 1917 and even the newest sections of Tunnel #2 are at least 73 years old. Begun in 1970, Water Tunnel #3's projected completion date is in 2020. As far underground as the Chrysler Building is tall, teams of "sandhogs" risk their lives digging the path for this tunnel. Every day, far down beneath the feet of all New Yorkers, below the subway and the sewer, the sandhogs live their days in a dangerous, subterranean universe.
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