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CURRENT &
UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS
A
Seasonal Press Calendar
Publicity photos for most shows are available for free download.
Closed
productions have been removed from this list.
If you need info or photos for a production which has closed, please email
us.
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THROUGH OCTOBER 29
FRANKLIN 820 (CROWN HEIGHTS) AND UNCLE CHARLIE'S (MANHATTAN MIDTOWN)
BROOKLYN TAVERN THEATER IN "IMPOSSIBLE BUT TRUE"
Brooklyn Tavern Theater, led by composer/lyricist/writer Dan Furman, is presenting
"Impossible but True," a "tavern musical" inspired by Washington
Irving's Rip Van Winkle story, through October 29 at Franklin 820 in Crown Heights,
Brooklyn and in Manhattan at Uncle Charlie's, 139 East 45th Street. This immersive
musical aims to pioneer a new genre of no-frills productions in hospitable places
that are underused for performances. Music, lyrics and book by Dan Furman, additional
lyrics by Mary-Liz McNamara, directed by Cailín Heffernan.
COMPLETE INFO: www.jsnyc.com/season/imposstrue.htm
PHOTOS: https://photos.app.goo.gl/vzhQUMw1bXkWvCs56
OCTOBER 31
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
VILLAGE HALLOWEEN COSTUME BALL
Nonstop theater, a costume competition and ballroom dancing will bewitch the
East Village in Theater for the New City's 43rd annual Village Halloween Costume
Ball on Thursday, October 31 at TNC, 155 First Avenue. This unique festival
continues as a grand coming-together for real witches, everyday New Yorkers
and artists alike. An explosive fall tradition, the event is held annually on
the actual night of Halloween and celebrates artistic creation and fertilization.
COMPLETE INFO: www.jsnyc.com/season/halloween.htm
HISTORIC PHOTOS: https://goo.gl/photos/RaQKK8C5mjqE3wsx5
NOVEMBER 7 TO 24
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
"THE WHITES (A STORY ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE/PLAYED BY WHITE PEOPLE)"
Being condemned to an underclass because of one's dark skin is all-too familiar
to African-Americans. William Electric Black's newest play, "The Whites,"
aims to illuminate the feelings that accompany this experience for the benefit
of all the races. It's done with a unique concept of race reversal: he offers
us a family drama in which the situation and characters are culturally Black
but the cast is White.
COMPLETE INFO: www.jsnyc.com/season/whites.htm
PHOTOS: https://photos.app.goo.gl/fqYcvUn6k6iEHGjZ9
NOVEMBER 17
SYMPHONY SPACE
THE CAPITOL STEPS IN "THE LYIN' KINGS"
The Capitol Steps, America's premiere political-musical-satire troupe, returns
to New York November 17 with their all new show, “The Lyin’ Kings,”
for two performances, at 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM. This is the group that puts the
"MOCK" in Democracy! Originally made up of congressional staffers,
the past decade has seen the "Steps" harvest the talents of finely-tuned
musical theater professionals from around the country. "The Lyin’
Kings," drawing its humor from today’s headlines and twitter feeds,
will include the latest songs about the Democratic primary candidates (“76
Unknowns”) and the newest late-night thoughts from President Trump (“Tweet
It”).
COMPLETE INFO: www.jsnyc.com/season/capitolsteps.htm
PHOTOS: https://photos.app.goo.gl/1CHqnQgDucofTZ8n6
and http://www.capsteps.com/live/pr06.html
FEBRUARY, 2020 TBA
LA MAMA E.T.C.
DARIO D'AMBROSI IN "TUTTI NON CI SONO - ALL MAD FREE"
First presented at La MaMa in 1980, this seminal play about a psychiatric inmate
victimized by neglect in the outside world was written as a reaction to the
Italian Mental Health Act of 1978, which was the first law to reform the psychiatric
system. It is a call for help and understanding instead of indifference and
fear. Dario D’Ambrosi, founder of the Pathological Theater of Rome is one of
the major Italian avanguard artists. Author, director and actor, he has been
working for over thirty years on his personal research on madness, developing
some among the most interesting theater shows on the Italian and International
scene.
COMPLETE INFO: www.jsnyc.com/season/dario_tutti_non.htm
For an online photo album with a selection of historical photos of Dario D'Ambrosi's
New York shows, go to: https://picasaweb.google.com/118006855954301553089/Dario_DAmbrosi
EXTENDED THROUGH JANUARY 11, 2020
HARLEM REPERTORY THEATRE
TATO LAVIERA THEATRE, 240 E. 123RD STREET
"THE WIZARD OF OZ: A JAZZ MUSICAL FOR ALL AGES "
Harlem Repertory Theatre stages "The Wizard of Oz: a Jazz Musical for All
Ages," co-produced by the Yip Harburg Lyrics Foundation, for young (and
young-at-heart) audiences. This production of the classic musical has a multi-racial
cast, a jazzy underscore and authoritative dramaturgy by representatives of
the Yip Harburg Foundation. Director/choreographer is Keith Lee Grant, Artistic
Director of Harlem Rep, who is in the midst of a four-year project of presenting
four classic musicals that have lyrics by E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, who
was known in his lifetime as the "social conscience of Broadway."
COMPLETE INFO: www.jsnyc.com/season/oz.htm
PHOTOS: https://photos.app.goo.gl/QADVS1UAiFScxsME6
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