Henry V
For the past 5 years, the Moose Hall Theatre Company has been performing free theatre in Inwood Hill Park in the summer. Tonight is the kick-off of this years performance, Henry V.
Henry V in 50 words or less? Here you go... "1420; England’s Henry claims France and its Queen. Battles ensue, without further ado, Henry pitches his woo. Fiery stuff."
Performances are every night from Wednesday to Saturday (dark June 17th) through June 25th at 7:30pm
Date: Tuesday, June 7th
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Inwood Hill Park, Zone 2
Cost: Free
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Tosca
No, not the trip-hop kind. The orignal... opera style. Here's a great chance to go and see an amazing opera without breaking the bank. The Metropolitan Opera perfoms Giacomo Puccini's classic tonight in central park. Take advantage and be thankful you are a New Yorker. The only downside is there probably won't be subtitles.
Date: Tuesday, June 14th
Time: 8:00pm (early arrival suggested)
Venue: Great Lawn (mid-Park from 79th to 85th Streets)
Cost: Free
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Samson and Dalila
Missed Tosca yesterday? Still not full of Opera goodness? Then check out the Great Lawn again tonight as the Metropolitan Opera performs Camille Saint-Saën's Samson et Dalila on the Great Lawn in Central Park. Arrive early.
Date: Wednesday, June 15th
Time: 8:00pm
Venue: Great Lawn, Central Park - mid-Park from 79th to 85th Streets
Cost: Free
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Instant Shakespeare - The Life of Henry the Fifth
Shakespeare is abound in the summer. Every park seems to be doing some rendition or variation. Here is one of the more interesting ones taht we have come across. In Shakespeare's day there was little time for rehearsal, and no directors as we know them today. Instant Shakespeare seeks to revive these traditions with an informal approach to the Bard's classic plays.
Date: Sunday, July 10th
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Venue: Solar One (East River at 23rd and C)
Cost: Free
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Russian American Kids Circus
While this is not their stage performance, I can only wonder what the Russian American Kids Circus has in store for us this evening. There is rumor of a flying trapeze and I am sure that there will be an assortment of balancing feats as well. Fun for the family.
Date: Monday, July 25th
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: George Seuffert Bandshell, Forest Park, Queens
Cost: Free
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Broadway in Bryant Park
If, like me, you are forced to work in the urban hell that is midtown then take a break and watch as tourists get their broadway fill. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Chicago, and Wicked will each perform one of their hits in this lunchtime performance.
Date: Thursday, July 28th
Time: 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Venue: Bryant Park (41st Street at 6th Avenue)
Cost: Free
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Broadway in Bryant
Avoid the outlandish costs of Broadway and catch some free lunchtime performances instead. The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Lion King, and All Shook Up will each come down and perform some of their biggest hits.
Date: Thursday, August 11th
Time: 12:30pm
Venue: Bryant Park Stage
Cost: Free
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Shakespeare in the Park v2.0
Tonight is the launch of the second round of Shakespeare in the Park with the classic Two Gentelmen of Verona. It is a bit of an untraditional take on Shakespeare because (1) it is a musical, (2) it is choreographed - by Kathleen Marshall, and (3) the score ranges from rock to pop to gospel. This is one of the best free events in New York and takes place Tuesday through Sunday for the next 2 weeks. Here's the catch, you have to wait on line forever with the tourists either at the theatre or at Joe's Pub to get tickets. Its well worth it though so save me a seat.
Date: Tuesday, August 16th (continues through Sept. 11th, dark Mondays)
Time: 8:00pm (tickets go on sale at 1pm)
Venue: Delacorte Theatre (Central Park around 79th... click for directions)
Cost: Free
Note: Tickets also available at Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette Street)
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Broadway in Bryant Park
Avoid the outlandish costs of Broadway and catch some free lunchtime performances instead. Lennon and The Actor's Fund will each come down and perform some of their biggest hits.
Date: Thursday, August 18th
Time: 12:30pm
Venue: Bryant Park Stage
Cost: Free
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I Love Dr. Nina Simone (and You Should Too)
I Love Dr. Nina Simone: A Loving Burlesque Tribute to Nina Simone plays tonight. Go see it. New pieces will debut. This show is directed by Darlinda Just Darlinda. Choreographed and starring Julie Atlas Muz, the World Famous Bob, Peaches n Cream, Mama Lou, Scooter Pie, Peekaboo Pointe, Howling Vic. Sounds fabulous.
Date: Monday, August 22
Time: 10 pm
Venue: Galapagos Art Space in Williamsburg, located at 70 North 6th Street, between Kent and Wythe. Call 718 782 5188 for more information.
Cost: Free
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Disembodied Poetics
11:00 AM
HOWL! Jr. : Innovative programs that kids and families of all ages will enjoy.
ARTERIES : Curated by James Romberger and Marguerite Van Cook, will stretch your imagination as you pass through the strange and fun worlds of interactive art at various to be determined spots in the Park.
ART AROUND THE PARK: A live-action event featuring over 140 artists from the East Village. Artists Alliance hosts the kiddie korner at 10th Street and Avenue A.
11:30 AM
THE PANTHEON PROCESSIONAL: Join Rosario Dawson in costume and march to the beat of the Hungry March Band and the Lower Eastside Girls Club's drum corps, while being led by our "Grand Marsha", the Warhol superstar, Taylor Mead!
12:00 PM
HOWL! Street Festival: Hundreds of local artisans and food vendors showcase their unique wares at a street fair done the HOWL!
LIFE DRAWING: Semi-Nude Drawing from Life presented by the Artists Alliance.
EAST VILLAGE COMMUNITY COALITION KID’S SLAM: Reverend Billy hosts this open talent pageant for neighborhood kids!
NYC PUPPET MOBILE: Preforming Sleeping Beauty in Central Park
2:00 PM
WAY THE F**k OFF BROADWAY: Uncle Jimmy's Dirty Basement host HOWL!'s signature performance art showcase, with Penny Arcade and Chris Rael, Taylor Mead, Julie Atlas Muz, Taylor Mac, Phoebe Legere, The O'Debra Twins, Jennifer Blowdryer, Jo Boobs, Neil Medlin, David Leslie, and DADAnewyork.
3:00 PM
VIVA CHARAS! : Charas/El Bohio presents a hot afternoon program of Latin song, music, and dance. Hosted by Luis Guzman and Chino Garcia with Willie Vellegas & Entre Amigos featuring El Rey del Cuatro and Yomo Toro; Aurora & Zon del Barrio; Cemi-ya Dance Ensemble & Daso.
5:00 PM
WIGSTOCK: Get ready for action-packed, wig-tossing, nail-waving, girdle-busting, support hose-stretching, off-beat entertainment! It’s the world’s most legendary drag-centric (& retarded) extravaganza!
Date: Saturday, August 27th (full schedule here)
Time: 11am - 5pm
Location: Varies
Cost: Free
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Shakespear on the Water
In a twist on one of New York City’s favorite summer traditions, the Thriftshop Theatre Workshop, directed by Nina Pinchin, will perform abridged and condensed versions of Twelfth Night and Hamlet at the Tobacco Warehouse in Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park. Twelfth Night will be performed in vaudevillian style, complete with magic tricks, music and puppetry. Hamlet will be interpreted in the context of a New York prohibition era crime family using Kevin Connell’s new concise and accessible adaptation.
Date: Aug. 27,28 Sept. 3,4
Time: 3pm (Twelfth) 5pm (Hamlet)
Venue: Empire Fulton Ferry State Park
Cost: Free
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Disembodied Poetics
11:00 AM
HOWL! Jr. : Innovative programs that kids and families of all ages all enjoy.
ARTERIES : Curated by James Romberger and Marguerite Van Cook, will stretch your imagination as you pass through the strange and fun worlds of interactive art at various to be determined spots in the Park.
ART AROUND THE PARK: A live-action event featuring over 140 artists from the East Village. Artists Alliance hosts the kiddie korner at 10th Street and Avenue A.
12:00 PM
HOWL! Street Festival...
Matsuri: Japanese Festival A resurrection of the early 1990's fair will also be a special part of the day.
FRINGE NY @ HOWL!: Suitcase Players' Miller vs. Williams: Summer Smackdown Tour 2005. Get ready to rumble! Two teams take to the ring to pit two American theatre heavyweights in a fight to the finish.
STREET PERFORMANCE: Live acoustic music and dance from around the world will be presented throughout the day.
LIFE DRAWING: Semi-Nude Drawing from Life
HOWL! Jr. Kiddie Disco: Join the 14th Street Y in your funkiest disco threads for an afternoon of grooving, disco dancing, discotizing and more!!
1:00 PM
EAST VILLAGE MEETS BUTOH: Avenue A between 7th and 10th Street & Tompkins Square Park
2:00
NYC PUPPET MOBILE: Preforms Sleeping Beauty in Central Park
3:00 PM
BLUEGRASS BALL: Bigger and better in 2005, the Bluegrass Ball moves this year from La Plaza Cultural to Tompkins Square Park. Laura Cantrell, headlines a fantastic line-up including the Reckon So, Y’all Stars, Cobble Hillbillies, and the John Herald Tribute Band. CHARLIE PARKER JAZZ FESTIVAL: The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, presented by the City Parks Foundation, assembles some of the finest
musicians in the world who reflect Parker's musical individuality and genius, to promote appreciation for this highly influential artist who lived and worked in our own East Village. A stellar lineup includes Gerri Allen, Odean Pop Saxophone Choir, John Hicks featuring David "Fathead" Newman and the Cindy Blackman Quartet.
Date: Sunday, August 28th (full schedule here)
Time: 11am - 5pm
Location: Varies
Cost: Free
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Shakespear on the Water
In a twist on one of New York City’s favorite summer traditions, the Thriftshop Theatre Workshop, directed by Nina Pinchin, will perform abridged and condensed versions of Twelfth Night and Hamlet at the Tobacco Warehouse in Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park. Twelfth Night will be performed in vaudevillian style, complete with magic tricks, music and puppetry. Hamlet will be interpreted in the context of a New York prohibition era crime family using Kevin Connell’s new concise and accessible adaptation.
Date: Aug. 28 Sept. 3,4
Time: 3pm (Twelfth) 5pm (Hamlet)
Venue: Empire Fulton Ferry State Park
Cost: Free
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Shakespear on the Water
In a twist on one of New York City’s favorite summer traditions, the Thriftshop Theatre Workshop, directed by Nina Pinchin, will perform abridged and condensed versions of Twelfth Night and Hamlet at the Tobacco Warehouse in Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park. Twelfth Night will be performed in vaudevillian style, complete with magic tricks, music and puppetry. Hamlet will be interpreted in the context of a New York prohibition era crime family using Kevin Connell’s new concise and accessible adaptation.
Date: Sept. 3 and 4
Time: 3pm (Twelfth) 5pm (Hamlet)
Venue: Empire Fulton Ferry State Park
Cost: Free
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Shakespear on the Water
In a twist on one of New York City’s favorite summer traditions, the Thriftshop Theatre Workshop, directed by Nina Pinchin, will perform abridged and condensed versions of Twelfth Night and Hamlet at the Tobacco Warehouse in Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park. Twelfth Night will be performed in vaudevillian style, complete with magic tricks, music and puppetry. Hamlet will be interpreted in the context of a New York prohibition era crime family using Kevin Connell’s new concise and accessible adaptation.
Date: Sept. 4
Time: 3pm (Twelfth) 5pm (Hamlet)
Venue: Empire Fulton Ferry State Park
Cost: Free
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Play Outside
Today continues the Socrates Sculpture Park's Play Outside series which brings free Shakespeare the fields of Long Island City. Tonights performance is Princess, Circus Amok’s newest spectacle features a madcap search for the mystery Pussy Princess as the company untangles the history of eminent domain, gentrification, rent control and other housing issues contributing to the changing shape of New York City. Presented as part of the Back to School event."
Date: Saturday, September 17th
Time: 3:00pm
Location: Socrates Sculpture Park (32-01 Vernon Blvd., LIC)
Cost: Free
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Play Outside (again)
Today continues the Socrates Sculpture Park's Play Outside series which brings free Shakespeare the fields of Long Island City. Tonight's double performance starts with A Winter's Tale in which the "Magis Theatre Company adapts Shakepeare’s tragic comedy with clowns, hippies, stuffy Boston bureaucrats, music and dancing." Following that, at 5pm, is the classic Romeo and Juliet. "New Perspectives Theatre Company, an award-winning, multi-racial company, presents this classic love story by Shakespeare."
Date: Saturday, September 24th
Time: 2:00pm
Location: Socrates Sculpture Park (32-01 Vernon Blvd., LIC)
Cost: Free
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Open Blue Man Casting
There are steep "physical" requirements for being a blue man...
- 5’10”-6’1”
- Athletic build
- Solid percussion/drum skills
- Excellent acting skills – the ability to communicate honestly within the dramatic circumstance and the ability to express emotions and communicate non-verbally
- Open to exploring an alternative acting style
- Able to let your ego go and embrace a collaborative working environment
- Dynamic, charismatic personality
- Open-minded
- Willing to travel and /or relocate
If you've got these skills - like open-mindedness - then head down to the open casting call today. It could change your life.
Date: Tuesday, September 27th
Time: 11:00am - 4:00pm
Location: Astor Place Theatre (434 Lafayette St)
Cost: Free
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Slam, Act 2
"SLAM Theater invites audiences and artists to get involved in the process of making theater. A slam of theater artists with impromptu performance and and a little bit of competition. Playwrights will bring fresh scripts, and actors will perform them, completely unrehearsed, then the judges will score them. If plays score well, then playwrights get to unveil more of their work, and bring on a director to jump in and act fast as they give timed notes." This event occurs every Monday this month.
Date: Monday, November 14th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: The Tank (208 West 37th St between 7th and 8th Ave)
Cost: Free
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Tell Your Friends... Free Comedy
This weekly comedy show continues this week with Mike Britt, Victor Varnado, Liam McEneaney, and more. This is a great way to break in the week with some of the best comedy talent in the city without the formality of the traditional comedy club (and without the tourists!)
Date: Monday, November 14th
Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Lolita Bar (266 Broome Street & Allen)
Cost: Free
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Chicks and Giggles
Mo Pitkins has a serious comedy quota this week. The first of their shows is Chicks and Giggles, an all female comedy show hosted by Laugh Factory's Carolyn Castiglia. On the roster tonight are Becky Donahue, Susie Felber, Leighann Lord, Amanda Melson, Mindy Raf, and Bex Schwartz.
Date: Tuesday, November 15th
Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: Mo Pitkins (34 Avenue A)
Cost: Free
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Giant Tuesday
"Giant Tuesday Night of Amazing Inventions And Also There Is A Game!!!" is a weekly extravaganza showcasing New York City's best stand-up, sketch, character and musical comedy. The show is the creation of internationalpseudostar Francisco Guglioni, who himself is a creation of NYC comedian Andrés du Bouchet. In his native country of Boliviguay, Francisco has received the Entertainer-of-the-Year award a record six times, no small feat considering that Boliviguay is an Extravaganzocracy, where virtually every citizen is the host of their own show."
Date: Tuesday, November 15th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Rififi (332 East 11th Street between 1st and 2nd)
Cost: Free
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Mintyfresh Comedy
The second of Mo Pitkins comedy offerings this week is Mintyfresh, one of the top underground comedy events in NYC. This is their first night here with 7 top comics on the bill, no cover, and enough jokes to keep you rolling all the way home.
Date: Thursday, November 17th
Time: 8:00pm - 9:15pm
Location: Mo Pitkins (34 Avenue A)
Cost: Free
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Slam, Act 2
"SLAM Theater invites audiences and artists to get involved in the process of making theater. A slam of theater artists with impromptu performance and and a little bit of competition. Playwrights will bring fresh scripts, and actors will perform them, completely unrehearsed, then the judges will score them. If plays score well, then playwrights get to unveil more of their work, and bring on a director to jump in and act fast as they give timed notes." This event occurs every Monday this month.
Date: Monday, November 21st
Time: 7:00pm
Location: The Tank (208 West 37th St between 7th and 8th Ave)
Cost: Free
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Pupu Platter
"Every Tuesday night Starlight presents PUPU PLATTER an evening of zany, risqué sketch comedy and performance. These kooks are sure to end up on SNL or the next SCTV." To be honest, I'm not exactly sure whats happening here, but anything called "pupu" is bound to be funny.
Date: Tuesday, November 22nd
Time: 10pm
Venue: Starlight Bar Lounge, 167 Avenue A
Cost: Free
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Whitest Kids U Know
These 5 boys but together a crazy sketch comedy show every week at Pianos. The audience participation is much more enjoyable then the usual "lets make fun of the crowd" game you get up in midtown. No topic is taboo as the troupe covers sex, politics, and mass media culture with a fresh perspective. This is underground sketch for NY's underground at its best and if you are yet to catch this show then its a great way to end your weekend.
Date: Sunday, November 27th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Pianos (158 Ludlow at Stanton)
Cost: Free
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Slam, Act 2
Note the revised address below... this is the new address for The Tank.
"SLAM Theater invites audiences and artists to get involved in the process of making theater. A slam of theater artists with impromptu performance and and a little bit of competition. Playwrights will bring fresh scripts, and actors will perform them, completely unrehearsed, then the judges will score them. If plays score well, then playwrights get to unveil more of their work, and bring on a director to jump in and act fast as they give timed notes." This is the final night for the event.
Date: Monday, November 28th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: The Tank (217 East 42nd St. between 2nd and 3rd)
Cost: Free
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The Whitest Kids U'Know Comedy
The Whitest Kids NYC comedy troupe presents a collection of their favorite comedy sketches. There will also be brand new video pieces!
They have been previously noted by Time Out in the Best of 2004 for their comedy shows.
Date: Wednesday, December 14th
Time: 11:00pm
Location: Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (307 w26th St.)
Cost: Free
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The Nutcracker
From the time I was four 'til I was about sixteen I spent all of my time in the ballet studio. Specifically during this time of the year when I was constantly rehearing and preforming the Pennsylvania Ballet's version of The Nutcracker. So while I am totally a sucker for this. Today, The New York Theater Ballet preforms The Nutcracker at the World Financial Center. "The Sugar Plum Fairy, toy soldiers, the Mouse King and Clara come to life in this version of the timeless tale, The Nutcracker. This one-hour version is the perfect starter ballet, where even the littlest tykes feel the magic of the enchanted holiday production."
Date: Thursday, December 15th
Time: 12:30pm
Location: World Finacial Center, Winter Garden (click for map)
Cost: Free
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Christmas III
Right about now your probably confused and saying to yourself "there have been way more than 3 Christmas', like about 2005 of them." And while I am not so sure what the "III" references (years of preformances maybe) I have been told that this is one to see...
"The tale of wandering ghosts looking for comfort during the holiday season. Live music (trumpet, violin, mandolin, trombone, and french horn) and choreography. [This] Williamsburg-based renegade theater troupe that will... remind you of the plays you used to put on in your parent's basement or garage. Here's what she has to say on the subject of Bonnie Pipkin: 'A good example of theater that doesn't suck, just completely 100 percent in no way sucks, which is kind of rare. No-budget, amateur, passionate, and poignant.'" [swiped from NonsenseNYC]
Date: Monday, December 19th
Time: 9:30pm
Location: Royal Oak, Union and Richardson, W'burg
Cost: Free
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Chicks and Giggles
Mo Pitkins continues to bring the free comedy shows to the plate. Chicks and Giggles, is an all female comedy show hosted by Laugh Factory's Carolyn Castiglia. Nice spot to laugh away the cold.
Date: Tuesday, December 20th
Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: Mo Pitkins (34 Avenue A)
Cost: Free
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Chicks and Giggles
Mo Pitkins continues to bring the free comedy shows to the plate. Chicks and Giggles, is an all female comedy show hosted by Laugh Factory's Carolyn Castiglia. Nice spot to laugh away the cold.
Date: Tuesday, January 3rd
Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: Mo Pitkins (34 Avenue A)
Cost: Free
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600: Redux
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The crew over at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre are at it again with 600:Redux, a free late night show which bosts "Several locations, all at the same time, improvised." Watch as the crew do what they do best, improvise, as a show late enough to keep the tourist crowd away.
Date: Tuesday, January 24th
Time: 11:00pm
Location: UCB Theatre (302 West 26th street)
Cost: Free
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Tell Your Friends
This weekly comedy show continues this week with Jim Gaffin, Erin Foley, Eric Kirchberger, Wendy [the rapping] Ho, Liam McEneaney and a music performance by house band The Hazzards. This is a great way to break in the week with some of the best comedy talent in the city without the formality of the traditional comedy club (and without the tourists!)
Date: Monday, January 30th
Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Lolita Bar (266 Broome Street & Allen)
Cost: Free
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Jim Gaffigan
Jim Gaffigan's Comedy Central one hour special airs January 29th. He has appeared on "The Late Show w/ David Letterman" eleven times, as well as "Late Night With Conan O'Brien," "Late, Late Show With Craig Kilborn", "Comedy Central Presents: Jim Gaffigan," and more movies and commercials and TV shows than you can shake a stick at.
Liam McEneaney
from Comedy Central's "Premium Blend," "Best Week Ever," and a writer for "Friday Night w/ Greg Giraldo"
Erin Foley
as seen on "Premium Blend," and in the movie "Almost Famous"
Eric Kirchberger
From "Premium Blend," and a ton of commercials
Wendy The Ho
The rapping ho.
The Hazzards
The Hazzards have appeared on Comedy Central's "Out on the Edge" hosted by Alan Cumming, and on Comedy Central's "The World Stands Up." Their video "Gay Boyfriend" was an Internet sensation, getting over one million downloads in its first three months live on the InterWeb; it was later remixed as a EuroPop Dance tune, and reached the UK charts at #67, ahead of some crap song by Seal. They played at the Kennedy Center Honors for Steve Martin, and Anne from The Hazzards sang the national anthem before a Red Sox game. They promise that this appearance marks the debut of a new song about boners.
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The City Set: An Operatic Exploration of the Urban Condition
"Imagine yourself sitting on a crowded city sidewalk--any city--and become a voyeur for a few moments. The City Set is an intimate glimpse into several lives, historical, fictitious, and somewhere in-between. And like the life of a crowded city street, they come and go in the flash of eye, the briefest glimpse into the humanity of the thousands of strangers that surround us every day.
The City Set presents three operatic episodes in urban life past and present. First, The Context of Love Lives explores the inner conflicts and public writings of Elizabeth Bishop and Oscar Wilde-both humiliated and abused for their homosexuality, one publicly, one privately. We then move into Visionary, where we see a series of hallucinations brought on by a young man's deliberate overdose of Seconol and Stoli, recollected from a more mature vantage. We conclude with Anniversary, one woman's short stroll down memory lane while waiting at a sidewalk cafe for a date that doesn't show." Continues Saturday.
Date: Saturday, February 10th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: LMCC Swing Space (15 Nassau Street)
Cost: Free
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The City Set: An Operatic Exploration of the Urban Condition
"Imagine yourself sitting on a crowded city sidewalk--any city--and become a voyeur for a few moments. The City Set is an intimate glimpse into several lives, historical, fictitious, and somewhere in-between. And like the life of a crowded city street, they come and go in the flash of eye, the briefest glimpse into the humanity of the thousands of strangers that surround us every day.
The City Set presents three operatic episodes in urban life past and present. First, The Context of Love Lives explores the inner conflicts and public writings of Elizabeth Bishop and Oscar Wilde-both humiliated and abused for their homosexuality, one publicly, one privately. We then move into Visionary, where we see a series of hallucinations brought on by a young man's deliberate overdose of Seconol and Stoli, recollected from a more mature vantage. We conclude with Anniversary, one woman's short stroll down memory lane while waiting at a sidewalk cafe for a date that doesn't show."
Date: Sunday, February 11th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: LMCC Swing Space (15 Nassau Street)
Cost: Free
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Love Stinks with Chicks and Giggles
For the frustrated, heartbroken, or down right boycotting this Valentine's day, head over to the weekly all-female comedy showcase, Chicks and Giggles, for a very special "Tales of Hook-ups and Heartbreaks" event. Perhaps other people's tales of woe will make yours sound less disheartening.
Date: Tuesday, February 14th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Mo Pitkins (34 Avenue A)
Cost: Free
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PAINTstain
Get creative this Monday with an evening dedicated to art collaboration and individual creation, come with supplies or use ours, and craft in the supportive and inspiring company of others (talent optional). Creativeness will be accompanied by the delicate jazz guitar of Noboru at 8 p.m.
Date: Monday, February 20th
Time: From 5:00pm
Location: Stain Bar, 766 Grand Street
Cost: Free
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Chicks and Giggles
Mo Pitkins continues their free comedy weekly, Chicks and Giggles, tonight. This all female comedy show, hosted by Laugh Factory's Carolyn Castiglia, features comedians from VH1, Gotham, Premium Blend, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, BET, and Stand Up New York. The best part is that we will be recording this all live tonight for Radio FreeNYC so make sure you stop by and say hello.
Date: Tuesday, February 21st
Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: Mo Pitkins (34 Avenue A)
Cost: Free
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Chicks and Giggles Live on Radio FreeNYC
With Tampon, Vag. and Pirate Hooker jokes abound, it can only be one thing... The all female comedy review Chicks & Giggles. This week we had a chance to record the whole things live. The room was packed, the comedy was hot, and even the IRA showed up for a joke or two. Check them out every Tuesday upstairs at Mo Pitkins.
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Sweet Tornado
 Date: Monday, March 6th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia (2537 Broadway at 95th St)
Cost: Free
Summary: New York premiere of this surprising and moving documentary about regional theater pioneer Margo Jones.
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"Judith Ivey portrays the dynamic, idealistic "Texas Tornado" and Richard Thomas co-stars as the young Tennessee Williams whose career she champions. Narrated by Marcia Gay Harden. Filmed in high definition for broadcast on PBS stations in spring 2006. A discussion with performers and filmmakers follows the screening. Co-produced by Kay Cattarulla and Rob Tranchin for KERA Dallas/Fort Worth." Free Admission, first come first served.
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Minty Fresh
 Date: Wednesday, March 8th
Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: Mo Pitkins (34 Avenue A)
Cost: Free
Summary: "Mintyfresh is a gypsy comedy show amongst the New York underground scene. Mintyfresh's stand-up show at Mo Pitkin's features an eclectic lineup of comics on the second & fifth Wednesdays of the month." Check the site for tonight's line-up.
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Comedy Cocktails and Black Cats
 Date:Tuesday, March 21st
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Ottos Shrunken Head (538 East 14th Street bet. Ave. A and B)
Cost: Free
Summary: Tonight catch the Cocktail Comedy Dhow, a blend of stand up, songs and characters. the comedy is followed by the Black Cat regular djs and a late night freak show!
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The Cocktail comedy show will feature comedic songstresses, Erin and her Cello, Shena Ferm and D'yan Forest. Eclectic stand up from Joe Randazzo, Laura Mannino, Nate Kushner and a sketch from Billy Wood. The whole night will be hosted by BrYan with a Y and Rexxx (Shawn Hollenbach and Jenny Rubin).
It's followed by the regular Tuesday DJ Pat Pervert spining punk, deathrock, new wave, old skool hip-hop, doo wop, surf and 70's. Along with special live performances by local punk/HC bands!
Plus if you want to make it a late one you can catch the special late night freak show featuring players from the Coney Island Freakshow performing astounding feats!
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Drink after Work with Drink at Work
 Date: Monday, March 27th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Siberia (40th St adn 9th Ave)
Cost: Free
Summary: The humor of drinkatwork.com leave the internet for the pub tonight. They are joined by several bands, including the infectiously qwirky Project Jenny Project Jan in a night of stand-up, skits and music.
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Mintyfresh
Date: Wednesday, March 29th
Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: Mo Pitkins (34 Avenue A)
Cost: Free
Summary: "Mintyfresh is a gypsy comedy show amongst the New York underground scene. Mintyfresh's stand-up show at Mo Pitkin's features an eclectic lineup of comics on the second & fifth Wednesdays of the month." Check the site for tonight's line-up.
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Cocktail
Date: Wednesday, March 29th
Time: 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Location: Otto's Shrunken Head (538 East 14th St.)
Cost: Free
Summary: "Mintyfresh presents Cocktail: A Blend of Comedy Styles. It's a show garnished with stand up, songs, characters and who knows what else could happen" Check the site for tonight's line-up.
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Politics Are Funny
 Date: Friday, March 31st
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Otto's Shrunken Head (538 E. 14th St)
Cost: Free
Summary: Tonight is "Turn Left" the Political Comedy Show "including stand-up, sketch, and musical parody. Hosted by Nivek
Absurdo, "Turn Left" stars Donna Moore and the Turn Left Sketch
Troupe, Billionaires Follies of Billionaires For Bush, proving once more that politics are funny
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The Arabian Nights
 Date: Tuesday, April 4th
Time: 12:30pm and 8:00pm
Location: Gerald Lynch Theater at The John Jay College of Criminal Justice (10th Ave bet. 58th and 59th)
Cost: Free
Summary: Based on the ancient text of The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, The Arabian Nights by Mary Zimmerman is a story of stories, a collection of Arabic tales woven together into a theatrical experience that addresses topics of war, justice, prejudice, and gender issues. Continues through the 7th (see below for times)
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SHOW TIMES:
April 4th, performances at 12:30 PM and 8 PM
April 5th, performances at 12:30 PM and 8 PM
April 6th, performances at 8 PM
April 7th, performances at 8 PM
When we meet the king Shahryr at the beginning of the story, his madness has driven him to sacrifice all of the women of his kingdom until only his servant's daughters, Dunyazade and Scheherezade, are left. Despite his servant's pleas, Shahryr commands his servant to bring his oldest daughter, Scheherezade, to become his next sacrificial bride.
Scheherezade, however, has a plan. Their first night together she tells the king a tale about a madman whose selfishness blinds him to true love and beauty. We meet this madman, and hear his tale as it is played out before us in the bedroom of Shahryr's palace. As the sun comes up at the end of the first night, Scheherezade stops her story and begins to prepare for her inevitable fate. But the king, enchanted by her tale, wants to hear more and decides to let her live one more night. So begins Scheherezade's, and our, journey into these enchanting and mythical stories.
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS addresses topics of war, justice, prejudice, and gender issues. The John Jay College production of THE ARABIAN NIGHTS consists of a cast that reflects the multi-ethnic, multi-generational character of our campus and will be performed at the Gerald Lynch Theater at The John Jay College of Criminal Justice on Tenth Avenue, between 58th and 59th
Street.
http://johnjay.jjay.cuny.edu/theater/season06.asp
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Ice Theatre of New York
 Date: Wednesday, April 5th
Time: 1:00pm
Location: Rockefeller Ice Rink (30 Rockefeller Plaza)
Cost: Free
Summary: Enjoy a final free performance of ice theatre dancing at the Rockefeller Ice Rink in your lunch hour today before the ice rink is packed up for the summer! This final concert will feature the subtle skating and choreography of long time Ice Theatre skater/dancer, David Liu. The program will also include a piece choreographed for David and the Ice Theatre by the late, Carlos Orta.
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Farewell Social Comedy Show
 Date: Wednesday, April 5th
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Sin Sin, at Leopard Lounge (5th St at 2nd Ave)
Cost: Free
Summary: The Social Experiment is an open forum for comedians to try out their new material. After 3 years, this NYC comedy staple is packing it in. Come out tonight and say your farewells. T-shirt and drink give aways.
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Crash Test
 Date: Mondays
Time: 11:00pm
Location: Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (307 West 26th Street)
Cost: Free
Summary: A weekly standup showcase for NY's top standup and alternative comedians hosted by Aziz Ansari. With special guest drop-ins, short films, and more. Click here for reservations. Limited tickets available at the door.
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Radio FreeNYC: Poetry Vs. Comedy
The Poetry vs. Comedy Variety Show is neither an ordinary poetry slam nor a stand-up comedy show. The Poetry Vs Comedy Variety Show is a battle of wits and rhymes where the stanzas and the stand-up collide. Produced by writer and literary series curator Cheryl B., the show premiered last summer much to the delight of performance poetry and comedy fans. Check the next one out May 4th at Galapagos. Poetry Vs. Comedy Website
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Drowned Alive
 Date: Monday, May 1st
Time: 12:00pm
Location: Lincoln Center (9th Ave bet. 63rd and 64th)
Cost: Free
Summary: Be on hand as magician David Blane enters the tank for his seven day visit before attempting to be "Drowned Alive."
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David Blaine, known for his headline-making feats of physical, emotional and mental endurance, will once again put his life on the line in a death-defying attempt to hold his breath underwater longer than any human being, which is currently a stunning eight minutes, 58 seconds. He will undertake this latest challenge after living with a life support system in a specially built human aquarium -- an eight-foot acrylic sphere -- for seven days and nights, in full public view in front of New York's Lincoln Center.
Although David has been training for Drowned Alive for over a year, when the day finally came to see the tank placed in Lincoln Center, he wasted no time in making sure the tank would be ready for the seven-day odyssey. He examined the sphere from every angle, he tested its stability, and investigated the visibility he would have while underwater. His excitement was contagious; he bounded up and down the visitors' ramps, took photographs with fans, and repeated how exceptionally beautiful the sphere appeared.
The water-filled globe is truly an exceptional sight. The sphere looks like a giant crystal ball placed at the center of the Metropolitan Opera, Avery Fisher Hall, and the New York City Opera. During a brilliant day like we had today it gleams, and at sunset it is illumined with the day's fading colors. For those unfamiliar with this location, David's stunt will take place on the Plaza at Lincoln Center, which is located at Broadway & Columbus Avenues at 64th st. in Manhattan. He will be submerged alive on Monday, May 1st at noon.
When asked why he chose Lincoln Center, David replied that "for years, as a child, I would spend time in the New York Public library for the Performing Arts." It was there that I learned so much about Houdini and other great performers. It was there that I first dreamed I might stage performance events that would be free to the public & that would challenge our mutual conceptions of what was humanly possible."
In the early days of planning for Drowned Alive, there was discussion of making the tank a cylinder, or even a hexagon, which would be simpler to understand visually. When seeing the tank today, one can only be thankful that the impractical, non-camera friendly sphere was chosen, for the Drowned Alive tank is incomprehensible: immediately beautiful yet difficult to comprehend at every step.
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