OFF-BROADWAY’S MUSICAL SMASH
THIS ONE’S FOR THE GIRLS
TO EXTEND THROUGH JUNE 30
Due to overwhelming demand, Off-Broadway’s musical smash THIS ONE’S FOR THE GIRLS today put a new block of seats on sale through June 30th. Initially set to run to the end of 2017, THIS ONE’S FOR THE GIRLS, by Dorothy Marcic, opened October 27th to unanimous rave reviews.
THIS ONE’S FOR THE GIRLS isn’t just for the girls! This “fabulous, heart stopping” new musical (Times Square Chronicles) looks at the role of women over the past 100+ years through iconic popular song hits. From the sad laments of fragile female victims (“A Bird in a Gilded Cage”) to the angry anthems of women who are mad as hell and not going to take it anymore ("I Am Woman" and "You Don't Own Me"), THIS ONE’S FOR THE GIRLS is an electrifying celebration of American women that’s certain to thrill men, women and everything in between!
THIS ONE’S FOR THE GIRLS plays Fridays at 8 pm and Saturdays at 2 pm at St. Luke’s Theatre, 308 West 46 Street (just west of Eighth Ave.) Tickets are available through www.FortheGirlstheMusical.com or by calling 212-239-6200.
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Upcoming at State Theatre NJ
15 Livingston Ave.
New Brunswick, NJ
Tuesday December 5, 8:00 PM
THE COLORS OF CHRISTMAS
STARRING PEABO BRYSON, MARILYN MCCOO & BILLY DAVIS JR., RUBEN STUDDARD, AND JODY WATLEY
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.stnj.org/event/colors-of-christmas
Saturday December 9, 8:00 PM
Glen Burtnik's Xmas
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
Sunday December 10, 3:00 PM
Vienna Boys Choir
Christmas in Vienna
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.stnj.org/event/vienna-boys-choir
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AWAKE AND SING!
Opening Night is December 6 at
The Theater at the 14th Street Y
New Yiddish Rep present Clifford Odets’ 1935 masterpiece AWAKE AND SING! previewing now, Opening Night set for December 6th at the Theater at the 14th Street Y, 344 East 14 Street (between First & Second Aves.) A Yiddish version of AWAKE AND SING! was produced on Broadway by WPA’s Federal Theatre Project in 1938 and it is this translation that will be performed in the upcoming Off-Broadway revival with English supertitles.
The famed Group Theatre presented the Broadway premiere of Clifford Odets' AWAKE AND SING! in 1935 and the play returned to New York three years later featuring a Yiddish-speaking cast directed by Jacob Mestel. This 1938 Federal Theatre production restored to the play some qualities it lost earlier when Odets’ colleagues at the Group Theatre had asked him to tone down the Yiddish colloquialisms and syntax that were part of his New York ghetto characters’ English. The playwright’s initial impulse to let Jewish immigrants speak of struggle, poverty and survival in their own language and speech rhythms was realized anew in Chaver Paver’s adaptation. Odets’ distressed characters who longed for a life “not printed on dollar bills” could be heard speaking Yiddish nightly on Broadway, at Daly’s 63rd Street Theatre, from December 1938 to April 1939.
Generally considered Clifford Odets' finest play, AWAKE AND SING! is the story of the Bergers, a lower-middle-class, three-generation Jewish family living in a Bronx apartment during the Depression. The play recalls that this country was founded as the land of opportunity for immigrants who came with an enduring belief in the American dream.
AWAKE AND SING! is being presented in association with the Theater at the 14th Street Y and performances are Tuesdays through Saturdays at 7:30 pm, with matinees Saturday & Sunday at 2 pm through December 24th. Tickets are available through www.NewYiddishRep.org
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Upcoming at iPlay America
110 Schank Rd.
Freehold, NJ
Sunday, December 10
Breakfast with Santa – iPlay America’s Event Center
Event Starts: 9:00 AM
Join in the holiday FUN of iPlay America’s Third Annual Breakfast with Santa. This family-friendly holiday tradition invites guests to enjoy a delicious hot breakfast buffet that includes an omelet station, assorted breakfast breads, yogurt and granola, pancakes, fresh fruit and more. During the breakfast, Santa will visit with guests at their tables and children’s entertainer Miss Sheri will be performing LIVE. Then, the whole family can gather together for a picture with Santa Claus taken by a professional photographer and receive a free digital download. Adult tickets for Breakfast with Santa are $29.95 and all tickets include breakfast buffet, a picture with Santa and an iPlay America Holiday swag bag. Children’s tickets are $15.95. Toddler tickets for children two and under are FREE. Guests should add one of these tickets for any guest under 2 that will be joining their Breakfast with Santa party. Additional ADD ON packages and upgrades are available.
Santa Claus will also be at iPlay America to visit with children, hear wishes and take pictures on December 9,16, 17 and 23 from 11 AM to 6 PM.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit https://iplayamerica.com.
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Judy and the Maccabees
Sun, Dec 10 at 11 am
at Kaufman Music Center’s
Merkin Concert Hall
129 W. 67th St.
New York, NY
This blissful story is filled with laughs, heart and a dash of girl power!
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
Other Upcoming Events at Merkin Concert Hall
Wednesday December 6, 7:30 PM
In-Your Face - New York
Join CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Nancy Giles for a musical, literary and fun evening full of the best of New York’s voices. With Forest Dark novelist Nicole Krauss, singer-songwriter Julian Velard, artist and mystery writer Jonathan Santlofer, flutist Eugenia Zuckerman and writer Julie Klam.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/in-your-face-new-york.
Saturday December 10, 7:30 PM
David Ippolito
Somethingth Annual Concert
This year more than ever we need to enjoy that "It's Just Us" feeling, sharing music and laughs with David Ippolito "That Guitar Man from Central Park"... and the usual suspects.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/david-ippolito-somethingth-annual-concert4.
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Upcoming at Symphony Space:
2537 Broadway
National Marionette Theatre: Pinocchio
A classic example of storytelling at its best, Carlo Collodi's epic tale about a puppet that wants to become a real boy is brought to life with beautifully crafted marionettes, and stunning scenery. National Marionette Theatre is one of the oldest continually running marionette theatres in the United States. Founded in 1967 by artistic director David A. Syrotiak, this award-winning company has been entertaining and amazing audiences around the world with their imaginative productions for more than 40 years. Learn more at nmtshow.com. Ages 4 and up.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
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PR Firm Roundup
News from BroadwayCon
SIX-TIME TONY AWARD-WINNING
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
RETURNS TO BROADWAYCON
FEATURING
STEVEN LEVENSON AND NOAH GALVIN
BroadwayCon is thrilled to announce today that the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Dear Evan Hansen returns to BroadwayCon 2018! Featuring Steven Levenson (Book) and Noah Galvin (the current Evan Hansen) in conversation, this Dear Evan Hansen panel will take BroadwayCon attendees behind the scenes of the hit show.
The winner of six 2017 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Dear Evan Hansen features a book by Tony Award-winner Steven Levenson, a score by Academy Award and Tony winning composers Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, and direction by 4-time Tony® Award nominee Michael Greif. The Original Broadway Cast Recording of Dear Evan Hansen, produced by Atlantic Records, was released in February 2017, making an extraordinary debut on the Billboard 200 and entering the chart at #8 – the highest charting debut position for an original cast album since 1961. A special edition coffee table book from Pasek, Paul, and Levenson, Dear Evan Hansen: through the window (Grand Central Publishing / Melcher) is now available, offering an in-depth, all-access look at the musical, including never-before-seen production photos and cast portraits, behind-the-scenes stories, and a fully annotated script by the authors.
TONY AWARD-WINNING
IN THE HEIGHTS
JOINS BROADWAYCON FOR 10TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION
FEATURING
LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA,
KAREN OLIVO, OLGA MEREDIZ, JAVIER MUÑOZ, ALEX LACAMOIRE
AND MORE
BroadwayCon is thrilled to announce today that the Tony Award-winning original Broadway cast and creative team of IN THE HEIGHTS will reunite at BroadwayCon 2018 for a 10th Anniversary Reunion! Featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda (Music & Lyrics, Usnavi), Karen Olivo (Vanessa), Olga Merediz (Abuela Claudia), Javier Muñoz (original Ensemble, Usnavi), and Alex Lacamoire (Musical Director) and moderated by Luis Miranda, the 10th Anniversary Reunion of IN THE HEIGHTS will discuss the impact that this musical had on Broadway. Additional guests will be announced at a later date.
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News from Karen Greco PR
What's On At the Wild Project
December 6
COPING MECHANISM (A Short) by Cyrus Aaron
Produced by The Wild Project
Wednesday at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $15; $10 for students/seniors
COPING MECHANISM (A Short) by Cyrus Aaron
Produced by The Wild Project
Wednesday at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $15; $10 for students/seniors
What happens when the act of a ritual enforces harm on the one it was supposed to protect? Can a mother overcome the series of actions that took her son away, or will she sink into time— bound to the process that was designed for freedom?
All performances are at The Wild Project (195 E. 3rd Street, between Avenues A & B).
Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.thewildproject.com.
Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.thewildproject.com.
The Box Office opens one hour prior to curtain.
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News from Michelle Tabnick PR
BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance
presents
the World Premiere of
rose walk green ice
at Danspace Project
December 7-9, 2017 at 8pm
BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance presents rose walk green ice at Danspace Project, 131 E. 10th Street, NYC from December 7-9, 2017 at 8pm. Tickets are $22 in advance ($25 at the door) and are available at www.danspaceproject.org/
The World Premiere of rose walk green ice is the culmination of work begun with Home and Agawam that explores self-awareness within communal bonds. By varying spatial orientation to the audience, utilizing various groupings, and highlighting key moments from previous pieces in the trilogy, audiences are offered multiple perspectives of each character, from a variety of angles. Through these perspectives, the audience is offered notions of familial bonding and identity formation, in the hopes that each audience member becomes more aware and appreciative of the complete self and of those around them.
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Bryn Cohn + Artists and Artists & Fleas
present
DANCE EXTRAORDINARY
December 7, 2017
Bryn Cohn + Artists (BC+A) and Artists & Fleas present DANCE EXTRAORDINARY at Artists & Fleas, 568 Broadway, NYC, on Thursday December 7, 2017 at 7pm. Tickets are $35 ($12 for Artists) and are available at https://www.brownpapertickets.
For one night only, join BC + A and Artists & Fleas for a unique site - specific collaboration featuring dance, art + fashion like you've never seen before! We invite you to take part in this EXTRAORDINARYevening of creative partnership and community that will benefit BC + A's first repertory show The Art of Loss, premiering February 16 - 18, 2018 at The 14th Street Y and upcoming touring initiatives. DANCE EXTRAORDINARY will include immersive movement installations and live performances from BC + A, a silent auction, music, dancing, cocktails and light fare, shopping + some surprises! Celebrate their 2017 success + support their ambitious goals for 2018!
The Art of Loss isa collection of notable works from 2012-2017 that expose the rebellion, hope and despair that root in otherness. Renowned for their ferocious physicality, theatrical worlds and intimate performances, BC + A navigates an unforgettable cultural, emotional and kinetic adventure. The evening will include the World Premiere of a brand new politically-inspired work, A Perfect Union, which addresses the current sociopolitical climate in our world through the lenses of race, gender, sexuality, terrorism, activism, hierarchical structures and humanitarian effort. In her first-ever musical composition, Cohn has designed a mash-up score sourced from inaugural and political speeches by Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump. Tickets are $25 ($20 for students, $15 for children ages 12 and under) and are available at www.14streety.org/theartofloss
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Dances Patrelle
presents
The Yorkville Nutcracker
December 7-10, 2017
Dances Patrelle presents The Yorkville Nutcracker from December 7-10, 2017 at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, E. 68th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues, NYC. Performances: Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7pm; Saturday at 2pm; and Sunday at 12pm and 5pm. Tickets are $65 (extended family, group, student and senior discounts available) and are available at www.dancespatrelle.org, by phone at 212-772-4448, or in person at The Kaye Playhouse Box Office.
This year marks the 22nd anniversary of The Yorkville Nutcracker, set in 1895, which includes lavish sets and costumes and takes the audience on a tour through Olde New York's most beloved landmarks, including a holiday party at Gracie Mansion, dancing at the Crystal Palace in the New York Botanical Garden, and skating in Central Park. The Yorkville Nutcracker provides an opportunity for young dancers to dance alongside professional artists. This year, Abi Stafford of New York City Ballet will be the Sugar Plum Fairy with Cavalier Stephen Hanna (former principal dancer, New York City Ballet), and Maximillien Baud and Therese Wendler will perform the Snow Pas de Deux.
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Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts presents
Los Pleneros de la 21:
Christmas in El Barrio
Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 3pm
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College continues its 2017-18 Kumble Theater season with the GRAMMY®-nominated musicians of
Los Pleneros de la 21. Drawing from Afro-Puerto Rican traditions in music and dance, including the percussion driven bomba and plena, Christmas in El Barrio celebrates community, family, and cultural identity. Tickets for this family-friendly holiday event are $25 (with ½ price tickets available for children 12 and under) and can be purchased in advance at BrooklynCenter.org or by calling the Brooklyn Center box office at 718-951-4500. Day-of-show tickets should be purchased at Kumble Theater on the downtown Brooklyn campus of LIU, located at 1 University Plaza, or by calling the Kumble Theater box office at 718-488-1624.
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News from Polk and Co.
TONY AWARD NOMINEE
MAX VON ESSEN
TO PLAY THE ROLE OF “GLEB” IN ANASTASIA ON BROADWAY!
BEGINNING TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2017.
Tony Award nominee Max von Essen will return to Broadway to play “Gleb” in the hit Broadway musical ANASTASIA on December 5, 2017. Von Essen to take over for original company member Ramin Karimloo.
The new musical, ANASTASIA, opened on Broadway on April 24, 2017 at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street).
ICKETS:
Tickets range from $69 - $170. Premium tickets range from $199 - $352. For more information, visit www.anastasiabroadway.com or call 212-239-6200. Every day, ten $42 tickets are available at the box office beginning at 10AM. The $42 tickets are first come, first serve.
For more information visit www.anastasiabroadway.com
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DAMN YANKEES
Music and Lyrics by RICHARD ADLER and JERRY ROSS
Book by GEORGE ABBOTT and DOUGLASS WALLOP
Directed by KATHLEEN MARSHALL
Based on the novel by Douglass Wallop "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant"
Damn Yankees is presented by special arrangement with Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel and Scott Landis.
Monday, December 11, 2017 at 7:30 PM
At Stephen Sondheim Theatre
Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director/CEO) is pleased to announce that Danny Burstein “Van Buren” and Victoria Clark “Meg Boyd” have joined the Benefit Concert Reading of Damn Yankees, the Tony award-winning musical comedy by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop with music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The evening will bring these beloved stars of stage and screen back to the Broadway stage for one night only! Tony and Academy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg is also set to star as “Applegate” and Golden Globe winner Maggie Gyllenhaal will star as “Lola.”
The Benefit Concert Reading will take place on Monday, December 11, 2017 at 7:30 PM at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
TICKET INFORMATION:
Tax-deductible benefit tickets are available by calling Roundabout's Development Office at 212-719-9393 ext. 369.
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News from Richard Hillman PR
AMAS MUSICAL THEATRE
PRESENTS
D O R O T H Y D A N D R I D G E
H O L L Y W O O D’ S S E P I A G O D D E S S”
BOOK, MUSIC & LYRICS BY ROBERT MITCHELL
MUSIC SUPERVISION BY ROB BERMAN
MUSICAL DIRECTION BY ANDRE “CHEZ” LEWIS
DIRECTED BY JERRY FOLEY
THE SECOND NEW MUSICAL OFFERING OF THE “DARE TO BE DIFFERENT” SERIES
THREE PERFORMANCES ONLY!
DECEMBER 7 @ 3PM & 7PM
DECEMBER 8 @ 8PM
A.R.T./NEW YORK THEATRES – MEZZANINE THEATRE
502 WEST 53RD STREET (10TH AVENUE & 53RD STREET)
Amas Musical Theatre (Donna Trinkoff, Artistic Producer) will present Dorothy Dandridge - Hollywood’s Sepia Goddess, the second offering of Dare To Be Different, the previously announced series of new musicals and one-night only special events being held atA.R.T./New York Theatres (502 West 53rd Street – 10th Avenue & 53rd Street). The three performances will be held on Thursday, December 7 at 3pm & 7pm and on Friday, December 8 @ 8pm. For tickets please call (212) 352-3101 or visit www.amasmusical.org.
American film and theatre actress, singer and dancer Dorothy Dandridge was often referred to as “The Black Marilyn Monroe” and “the first of her race” to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress (Carmen Jones). Dorothy Dandridge - Hollywood’s Sepia Goddess chronicles how she boldly cleared a path for generations to come.
Tickets for Dorothy Dandridge – Hollywood’s Sepia Goddess are $20. Become an “Amas49er” member to receive a 50% discount. For tickets please call (212) 352-3101 or visit the brand new Amas web site at www.amasmusical.org.
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