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Upcoming Theater: SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE (A Dance-Forward Production, Axelrod Performing Arts Center, NJ)
Grind Arts Company presents a bold reimagining of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece Sunday in the Park With George March 8-24, 2024, at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center (100 Grant Avenue, Deal, NJ). Official opening night is Saturday, March 9 at 8 PM. For tickets, visit Axelrod Arts Center. Eamon Foley brings a bold,…
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Recommended Off-Off-Broadway: BATHHOUSE.PPTX (The Flea)
Directed by Obie-winner Chay Yew, the world-premiere of BATHHOUSE.PPTX by Jesús I. Valles is coming to The Flea March 19-April 22, 2024. BATHHOUSE.PPTX is an epic new play that follows Presenter, a gay Latino student, whose PowerPoint presentation on the history of cleanliness and bathing quickly starts to burst at the seams with appearances from the ghosts…
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Broadway Spring Opening: LEMPICKA (Longacre Theatre)
A SWEEPING MUSICAL PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN WHO CHANGED ART AND CULTURE FOREVER Lempicka, the musical about the Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka, will begin performances at Broadway‘s Longacre Theatre on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, ahead of an official opening night on Sunday, April 14 (info here, tickets here). Amber Iman, Beth Leavel, Andrew Samonsky…
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Highly Recommended Off-Broadway: DEAD OUTLAW (New Musical by David Yazbek and Itamar Moses at Minetta Lane)
DEAD OUTLAW A NEW MUSICAL FROM THE TONY AWARD ®-WINNING TEAM BEHIND THE BAND’S VISIT Elmer McCurdy was an ambitious, turn-of-the-20th-century outlaw whose death at the hands of a Western posse ended a life of failed crime and alcoholism and began a brilliant career as a mummified side-show attraction that travelled the USA for decades. By the…
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Recommended Theater: FALLING FOR MAKE BELIEVE: THE LIFE AND SONGS OF LORENZ HART (Amas Musical Theatre)
On Jan. 22 & 23, 2024, Amas Musical Theatre will present developmental lab readings of Falling For Make Believe: The Life and Songs of Lorenz Hart, with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and book by Mark Saltzman. The true story of Lorenz Hart is presented for the first time – his struggle with the closet…
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Recommended Off-Broadway: TENNESSEE RISING: THE DAWN OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS (Laurie Beechman)
TENNESSEE RISES AGAIN The Laurie Beechman Theatre will host the Off-Broadway sensation, TENNESSEE RISING: THE DAWN OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, a solo bio-play which examines the young playwright, written and performed by Jacob Storms. Directed by Alan Cumming, the show runs January 19 – February 2, 2024. Jacob Storms in Tennessee Rising (Max Ruby) What led Tennessee…
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Highly Recommended Off-Broadway: ODD MAN OUT (HERE Arts Center, 145 Sixth Avenue; January 9-16, 2024)
Odd Man Out will return for strictly-limited nine-performance engagement at HERE Arts Center from January 9-16, 2024.Odd Man Out is an immersive experience in complete darkness in which the audience hears, smells, tastes, and feels the story of Alberto, a blind jazz musician traveling home from New York to Buenos Aires after decades of self-exile.The story is set…
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Recommended Theater: THE PRINCE OF EGYPT: THE MUSICAL (West End Production Available to Rent or Buy)
Journey through the wonders of Ancient Egypt as two young men, raised together as brothers in a kingdom of privilege, find themselves suddenly divided by a secret past. One must rule as Pharaoh, the other must rise up and free his true people; both face a destiny that will change history forever. The West End…
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Highly Recommended Off-Broadway: HYPNOTIQUE (The Club Car at McKittrick Hotel)
THE McKITTRICK HOTEL, HOME OF SLEEP NO MORE, EXTENDS LATE NIGHT SULTRY SPECTACLE H Y P N O T I Q U E ALL-NEW NOCTURNAL EXPERIENCE EXTENDED Performances have been extended again on Friday and Saturday nights at 10:30 — with tickets on sale through March 30, 2024 — for Hypnotique – A Late Night Sultry Spectacle….
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Recommended Off-Broadway: WHITE ROSE: THE MUSICAL (Theatre Row)
THE BLOOM IS SOON TO BE ON THE WHITE ROSE Based on the true story of young people bravely standing up to injustice, White Rose: The Musical , which begins its Off-Broadway debut January 17, 2024, is a powerful new musical that follows the inspiring story of a courageous group of university students who stood…
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Museum Exhibits Recommendation: ‘HERSTORY’ JUDY CHICAGO; ‘NOTHING NEW’ PUPPIES PUPPIES; ‘ECOROVE’ (The New Museum, NYC)
HERSTORY JUDY CHICAGOOctober 12, 2023–January 14, 2024 | Floors 2, 3, 4, 7 “Herstory” spans Judy Chicago’s sixty-year career to encompass the full breadth of the artist’s contributions across painting, sculpture, installation, drawing, textiles, photography, stained glass, needlework, and printmaking. Eschewing the boundaries of a traditional museum survey, “Herstory” will place Chicago’s work in dialogue with…
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Highly Recommended Theater: ROMEO & JULIET (The Curtain in Jersey City)
The Curtain — Jersey City’s premier classical theatre — has opened their Jazz Age adaptation of William Shakespeare’s classic Romeo & Juliet, directed and adapted by producing artistic director Sean Hagerty. Leading the cast are Italian actress and Venice Film Festival Pasinetti Award winner Anita Pomario (The Macaluso Sisters) in her American stage debut as ‘Juliet’; and Aria…
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Recommended Theater: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Summoners Ensemble Theatre at the Merchant’s House)
WHAT? THE DICKENS! Nothing can keep a good Carol down. Beginning November 28, 2023, Summoners Ensemble Theatre’s A Christmas Carol at the Merchant’s house will indeed return for its 11th season. But like a ghost that visits magically in the night, these ghosts will attend you in person. In what year more than 2023 do…
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Recommended Off-Broadway: EDGAR OLIVER’S RIP TIDE (World Premiere by Axis Theatre Company)
Rip Tide Axis Theatre Company Axis Theatre, 1 Sheridan Square runs October 4–28, 2023; Wed-Sat at 8 for tickets (free-$40), visit Axis Directed by Axis Theatre Company founder Randall Sharp, Rip Tide, a new play written and performed by Edgar Oliver, takes audiences back to where it all began for the New York City icon….
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Broadway Opening: I NEED THAT (Roundabout Theatre Company at American Airlines Theatre)
Danny DeVito returns to Roundabout Theatre Company following his Tony Award nominated turn in Arthur Miller’s The Price, alongside his daughter, Lucy DeVito, and Ray Anthony Thomas in this deeply human new comedy from Theresa Rebeck. The world premiere of I Need That — directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel — previews on October 3, 2023. The design team includes Alexander Dodge (Sets), Tilly Grimes (Costumes), Yi Zhao (Lights),…
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Recommended Theater: THE PIANIST (George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, NJ)
George Street Playhouse is offering THE PIANIST, a play with music, based on the memoir The Pianist by Wladyslaw Szpilman and directed and adapted for the stage by Emily Mann (Broadway: A Streetcar Named Desire, Having Our Say, Anna and the Tropics). THE PIANIST begins previews on September 26, 2023 with an official opening night…
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Upcoming Musical: POMPEII RISING IN CONCERT (Theatre Now New York)
Theatre Now New York in association with Team HAB will present a concert of songs from the new musical Pompeii Rising August 30th at 7:00 PM at Judson Memorial Church on Washington Square Park, Thompson Street entrance. The evening will also be live streamed. The concert will feature the talents of Heath Saunders (Company), Kristyn Michele (The Civility of Albert Cashier),…
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Recommended Theater: AMERICAN PSYCHO: THE MUSICAL (Chicago Premiere at The Chopin Theatre)
YOU’D BE PSYCHO TO MISS THIS American Psycho is a ruthless and daring musical from Duncan Sheik (Spring Awakening) and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Riverdale, The Picture of Dorian Gray). Based on the electrifying novel by Bret Easton Ellis, the musical tells the story of Patrick Bateman, a young and handsome Wall Street banker with impeccable taste and unquenchable desires. Patrick and his…
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Off-Broadway Premiere: POOR YELLA REDNECKS (Manhattan Theatre Club; Written by Qui Nguyen)
REDNECKS IN MANHATTAN Manhattan Theatre Club has announced complete casting for the New York premiere of Poor Yella Rednecks, written by Qui Nguyen (Revenge Song) and directed by May Adrales (who also directed Nguyen’s Vietgone at MTC in 2016). Previews will begin October 10, 2023 ahead of a November 1 opening at New York City Center – Stage I….
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Extras: ART OF IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE: WHY EXPERIENTIAL EVENT IS A GENIUS MARKETING TOOL
You give your audience the experience of a lifetime, and they will want it repeatedly! Let’s face it, work obligations have made us join a few of the most boring events. If you are not getting your audience excited about an event, the means do not fulfill the cause. Maybe you are getting a crowd…
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