Now at Shetler Studios
In the Bleak Midwinter
244 W. 54th St
(Between Broadway & 8th Ave.)
12th Floor
New York, NY
Dorothy Lyman, who is well known for playing Opal Gardner on All My Children and Naomi Oates Harper on Mama’s Family, is now premiering her new play, In the Bleak Midwinter, at Shetler Studios’ Theatre 54, in Manhattan. The production stars Blue Bloods series regular, Abigail Hawk. The limited engagement runs through September 23.
It’s a freezing Catskill winter outside on Gladstone Farms and pretty frosty inside the farmhouse kitchen too, as 3 generations of women debate the fate of their matriarch. A holiday weekend with family becomes a fulcrum for change, as recently widowed Elizabeth Gladstone (Dorothy Lyman) faces old age and the loss of her home. Betsy, her daughter, (Abigail Hawk) and granddaughter Liz, (Jeanne Lauren Smith) each have their own ideas about what should happen. Betsy wants to cash out, Liz wants to try to hang on to the farm. Tempers are as short as the winter days. But for Elizabeth, the only real question is can the third act of her life really be the best one yet?
Performance dates:
Saturday, September 8 at 8:00 pm (Opening night)
Sunday, September 9 at 3:00 pm
Wednesday, September 12 at 8:00 pm
Thursday, September 13 at 8:00 pm
Friday, September 14 at 8:00 pm
Saturday, September 15 at 3:00 pm & 8:00 pm
Sunday, September 16 at 3:00 pm & 7:00 pm
Wednesday, September 19 at 8:00 pm
Thursday, September 20 at 8:00 pm
Friday, September 21 at 8:00 pm
Saturday, September 22 at 3:00 pm & 8:00 pm
Sunday, September 23 at 3:00 pm & 7:00 pm
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit http://www.stuffedoliveinc.
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Hold Tight, Shine Bright
Musicians Band Together To Raise Money for Detained Children
Hold Tight, Shine Bright
Compilation Album Benefiting RAICES Features Songs by Top Family Music Artists
Available today via iTunes and Bandcamp
Hundreds of immigrant and refugee children are still being held in federal detention centers around the country. In response, 33 of the top artists in family music have banded together to create Hold Tight, Shine Bright, a compilation album of 27 songs with a basic goal in mind — the preservation and promotion of love, hope and family. Hold Tight, Shine Bright is available today via iTunes. All Proceeds of this album will benefit the legal aid initiatives of RAICES Texas.
The dozens of children’s musicians, artists, collaborators, and contributors on this album believe that families seeking refuge in the United States of America need to remain together. The compilation album was produced by The Hold Tight Shine Bright Project: Lucky Diaz and Alisha Gaddis (Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band), Polly Hall and Andrew Barkan (Andrew and Polly), and CJ Pizarro (Mista Cookie Jar), along with Dale Edward Chung. Album art is by Micah Player (Lately Lily).
The first single, “Shine Your Light,” was released on Bandcamp in July, and the track (featuring the producers) is in daily rotation on radio shows around the nation. Proceeds from this single and “Hold Tight, Shine Bright” will all go RAICES, Refugees and Immigration Center for Education Legal Service in Texas. RAICES is currently providing free and low-cost legal service to underserved immigrant children and families. “We believe these services are crucial in making a real difference,” notes Hall and Barkan. “Like RAICES, our goal is to join others in the effort to #ReuniteEveryChild,” adds Pizarro. “Having been raised by Filipino immigrant parents, the value of family was emphasized and instilled in me at a very young age. Family is light. Family is valuable. We want to spread this light into the dark corners, raise awareness, and promote family unification.”
Hold Tight, Shine Bright
Track listing
1. Shine Your Light by The Hold Tight Shine Bright Project (3:14) *
2. Una Gran Familia by Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats (3:14) *
3. Stand with Me by Dean Jones feat. Shamsi Ruhe (3:06)
4. Mukulele by The Pop Ups (4:20) *
5. Choose to Be by Secret Agent 23 Skidoo feat. DJ Fireworks and Gift of Gab (3:23) *
6. Hands in the Sky by SaulPaul (3:34) *
7. Walls by Alphabet Rockers feat. WonWay Posibul (3:33)
8. Under the Big Umbrella by Brady Rymer and The Little Band That Could (4:10) *
9. Good Day by Frances England (1:36)
10. Estrellita by Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band (2:41) *
11. Helen Eilenn by The Que Pastas (2:37)
12. Somos Amigos by The Okee Dokee Brothers feat. (2:44)
13. Old Barn by Red Yarn (4:22)
14. Let's Do Something Cool by Todd McHatton (2:39) *
15. Just Like You by Genevieve Goings feat. Gennessee (2:28) *
16. I’m Gonna Try by Rhythm Child feat. Mista Cookie Jar (3:49) *
17. Little Star by Poppy Galactic and The Beat (2:09) *
18. Little Hermit Crab by Nathalia (3:40) *
19. I'll Be in Your Heart by David Tobocman (2:28) *
20. Lucky Charm by Laura Doherty(2:17)
21. We All Shine by Play Date (4:32)
22. Down in Our Hearts by Sugar Free Allstars (4:19) *
23. Where the Heart Is by Joanie Leeds (4:00) *
24. Let the Children Go by Aaron Nigel Smith (2:57) *
25. My Dear Child by Vered (3:20) *
26. Esta Lucesita by Elizabeth Mitchell and Suni Paz (2:24) *
27. We Can Make It by Andrew & Polly (3:07) *
(* Previously Unreleased Track)
The Hold Tight, Shine Bright Project is about keeping families together. All Proceeds of this album go to RAICES Texas: https://www.raicestexas.org/
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New York City Center
75th Anniversary Season
Tickets on Sale Now
New York City Center's 75th Anniversary Season is their most ambitious ever! Choose from electrifying performances from Dorrance Dance, Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras, Natalia Osipova with David Hallberg and many more. Mark your calendars! Tickets on sale now!
Tickets for the 15th Fall for Dance Festival on sale now too!
For more information or to purchase, visit https://www.nycitycenter.org.
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Fall/Winter 2018-19 Season at New York City Children’s Theater
In its 22nd season, award-winning and critically-acclaimed New York City Children’s Theater (NYCCT) will premiere theater productions for families that celebrate the power of imagination including:
Pillowland
Written by Barbara Zinn Krieger (Ballerina Swan)
Devised by Jonathan Shmidt Chapman (Up and Away)
Directed by Khalia Davis
(Judy Moody and Stink: The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Treasure Hunt)
Based on the song by Laurie Berkner
The Pete at The Flea Theater
October 7, 2018 - April 14, 2019 | 10am and 12pm | Select Sundays through April 14th
Stanley always has trouble falling asleep - even counting sheep doesn't help! When he receives an invitation to visit the Kingdom of Pillowland, he sets off on an exciting adventure with his friends Finn, Quinn and you!
From the company that brought you Please Bring Balloons comes a new interactive play for your youngest theatergoers based on the hit song by Laurie Berkner.
Best for ages 2-5 | Tickets: $25.00
#Pillowland
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he Emperor’s New Clothes and More Magical Stories by Hans Christian Andersen
Playing at Theatre Row, a program of Building for the Arts NY, Inc.
410 West 42nd Street, NYC 10036
410 West 42nd Street, NYC 10036
November 24th - December 22nd, 2018 | Saturdays and Sundays at 11am and 2pm
*Sensory Friendly Performances: December 9th at 11am
Adapted for the Stage by Barbara Zinn Krieger
(Interstellar Cinderella, Wanda’s Monster)
Devised and Directed by Adrienne Kapstein (War Horse, Wanda’s Monster)
Original Music by Charles Greenberg (Young Charles Dickens)
A normal day at the park becomes so much more when a young girl gets swept away into four of Hans Christian Andersen’s famous fairy tales: The Princess and the Pea, The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Nightingale and The Ugly Duckling.
The company that brought you Interstellar Cinderella invites you to discover why some fairy tales never get old.
Best for ages 5-8 | Tickets starting at $29.25
#MoreMagicalStories
Also Happening This Season at NYCCT:
Boogie Woogie Books
Fall Session | September 22nd - November 17th
Spring Session | January 12th - March 16th
Spring Session | January 12th - March 16th
Park Avenue United Methodist Church,
Come play, sing and boogie woogie with New York City Children’s Theater!
Children up to 5 years of age and their grown ups will explore children’s books through live music, songs, movement and imaginative play in these 45-minute fun-filled classes!
To register, visit www.nycchildrenstheater.org/
Story Time at Strand Books
Join us throughout the year for a reading of a children’s book complimented by a craft and/or music class.
Pillowland | Saturday, September 15th at 11am
Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales | Saturday, November 17th at 11am
This is Sadie | Saturday, March 16th at 11am
Harvey, the Child Mime | Saturday, June 15th at 11am
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Upcoming at Feinsteins/54 Below
Monday September 10, 7:00 PM
Luann De. Lesseps: #Countess and Friends
Monday September 10, 9:30 PM
New Musical! Stone and Sparrow by Alex Ratner
Monday September 10, 11:30 PM
Yurel Echzarretta
Tuesday September 11, 7:00 PM & 9:30 PM
54 Sings Golden Rainbow
54 Sings Golden Rainbow
Wednesday September 12, 7:00 PM
Linda Eder
Wednesday September 12, 9:30 PM
54 Sings Annie Lennox with Nathan Lee Graham, Amy Jo Jackson and more!
Thursday September 13, 9:30 PM
The Harvard - Yale Cantata
Friday September 14, 9:30 PM
Beneath the Gavel
Friday September 14, 11:30 PM
SHIZ: Broadway Meets Sketch Comedy
Saturday September 15, 7:00 PM
Geo Rebucas
Saturday September 15, 9:30 PM
Michael Lowney
Saturday September 15, 11:30 PM
Lindsay Mendez and Ryan Scott Oliver's Therapy
Sunday September 16, 7:00 PM
Sondheim Unplugged
Sunday September 16, 9:30 PM
54 Celebrates Dame Julie Andrews
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 54below.com/calendar/?month=September+2018
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Upcoming at the Academy of Natural Sciences
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA
Saturday September 15, 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Scientist Saturday
Discover current research and meet real scientists at Scientist Saturday. See hands-on demonstrations of scientists’ exciting research and ask all the questions you want. This month, meet graduate students Nate Shoobs, Gizelle Batalomaque, Heather Kostick, Lincoln Rehm and Michelle Gannon, who study shells.
For more information or to buy tickets, visit https://www.ansp.org/programs-and-events/events/Details.
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Upcoming at the
Children's Museum of the Arts
103 Charlton St.
New York, NY
Art & Activism: Drawing the line
Opens September 15
Art & Activism: Drawing the line looks at art as a form of activism and considers different aesthetic strategies that artists have used to address the politically urgent questions of their time. These artists question the status quo, record and reflect protest, as well as injustices and hardship, drawing attention to the need for change.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit cmany.org/exhibitions/view/art-activism-drawing-line.
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Mexico City's Engaging Educational Band
Grupo Cántaro Performs Rare U.S. Show at Brooklyn Book Festival on Saturday, September 15 at 2 pm
This FREE performance will be held at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering Auditorium, at 5 Metrotech Commons, Brooklyn, NY
Grupo Cántaro is a Mexican musical-vocal ensemble founded in 1979 that is dedicated to composing, arranging, and performing songs for children. They have released seven albums, most recently Fabulas de Mi Granja (“Fables from My Farm”).
The ensemble will perform selections from the new book-CD featuring dozens of Latin American lullabies and nursery rhymes: The Hummingbird Sings and Dances. The audience will be invited to sing and dance along to a variety of engaging rhythms and melodies,entering a playful, fanciful world inhabited by singing frogs and a dancing skeleton.
More details about the Brooklyn Book Festival Children's Day are at: http://www.
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Upcoming at State Theatre
15 Livingston Ave.
New Brunswick, NJ
Saturday September 15, 2018
Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz
Milk & Cookies
It’s “jazz for the swing-set set” with Hayes Greenfield and Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz. Hayes and his band take the audience on an educational jazz journey of call-and-response, scat singing, dancing, interpretive sound, and just plain old beboppin.’ Everyone gets a chance to perform and become a part of the ensemble!
Milk & Cookies is a lively, interactive storytelling and music series for families. This program is the perfect way to introduce children ages 3-8 to live theater.
For more information or to purchase tickets for $3, visit www.stnj.org/event/mc-jazzmatazz
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Blue Moon Mexican Cafés Celebrate National Guacamole Day & Mexican Independence Day
With Traditional Guacamole, Bacon Guacamole &
Grilled Pineapple Guacamole Plus Sangria Specials!
Sunday, September 16th
Sunday, September 16th is Guacamole Day as well as Mexican Independence Day. At each location of Blue Moon Mexican Café the Guacamole is made fresh each morning and for those just wondering what makes Blue Moon have the stand out Guacamole, the chefs start off with the finest California avocados mixed with onions, tomatoes, fresh herbs and authentic Mexican spices, the Guacamole is always served with homemade tortilla chips-made in house.
This year, Blue Moon Mexican Cafés are spicing things up with new Guacamole specials including Bacon Guacamole, Grilled Pineapple Guacamole and of course, the original Traditional Guacamole, which are all served with Blue Moon’s homemade tortilla chips.
On Sunday, September 16th, in recognition of National Guacamole Day & Mexican Independence Day, every location of Blue Moon Mexican Café will offerGuacamole specials including half priced Guacamole and $14.95 sangria pitchers all day long.
All Blue Moon locations including Englewood, Wyckoff, Woodcliff Lake, and Bronxville, will participate in the celebration. Be sure to stop by to sample some tasty guacamole options, which pair nicely with a glass (or two) of sangria! #NationalGuacamoleDay #VivaMexico.
About Blue Moon Mexican Café: Blue Moon Mexican Café, established in 1987 is where Life is a Fiesta Every Day. Each location has its own unique ambiance offering authentic and eclectic Mexican cuisine sourced from top quality vendors and farmers using the freshest ingredients in the 90% scratch kitchen. Blue Moon is known for their special events, live music, daily specials and Happy Hour serving an extensive bar selection including craft beers, home-made sangrias, and award-winning margaritas using an assortment of premium liquor making that casual meeting place to watch entertainment & sporting events with family and friends a favorite. Each location offers Delivery & Pick Up, Children’s Menu, Private Rooms for Events and Celebrations and Off Premise Catering. For Menus to order online, Weekly Events and Live Entertainment updates visit bluemoonmexicancafe.com
Englewood
23 E. Palisade Avenue
Englewood, NJ 07631
Phone: 201.541.0600
Monday -Thursday 11:30AM - 11pm
Friday & Saturday 11:30AM-Midnight
Sunday 11:00AM-11:00pm
Phone: 201.782.9500
Monday -Thursday 11:30AM - 10:00PM
Friday & Saturday 11:30AM-11:00PM
Sunday 11:00AM - 10:00PM
Wyckoff
Phone: 201.891.1331
Monday & Tuesday 11:30am - 10pm
Wednesday - Saturday 11:30am - 11pm
Sunday 10:30am - 10pm
7-27 Pondfield Road (corner of Pondfield & Sagamore)
Phone: 914.37.7207
Monday -Thursday 11:30AM-10:00PM
Friday & Saturday 11:30AM-11:00PM
Sunday 11:00AM-10:00PM
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PR Firm Roundup
News from DKC/O&M
DANCING WITH THE STARS
MARK BALLAS
JOINS THE FACTORY AS ‘CHARLIE PRICE’ IN
KINKY BOOTS
BEGINNING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
FOR A LIMITED RUN
Mark Ballas will take over the role of ‘Charlie Price’ in the Tony Award®-winning musical at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street) beginning on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. He will play a limited run through Sunday, November 4, 2018. Ballas succeeds David Cook who will play his last performance on Sunday, September 9, 2018.
Tickets for Kinky Boots ($55 – $163) are available for purchase in person at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre box office (Monday – Saturday, 10am – 8pm; Sunday, 12pm – 6 pm), online atwww.ticketmaster.com. For information on group sales, contact Group Sales Box Office/Broadway.com at groups@broadway.com or 1-800-BROADWAY, ext 2.
The performance schedule for Kinky Boots is as follows: Tuesday at 7pm, Wednesday at 2pm and 8pm, Thursday at 7pm, Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm and 8pm, and Sunday at 3pm. See KinkyBootsTheMusical.com for variations.
For more information, visit www.kinkybootsthemusical.com
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THE TRUTH HAS CHANGED BY JOSH FOX
TO PLAY THE TOWN HALL SEPTEMBER 11
SPECIAL POST SHOW DISCUSSIONS AND EVENTS TO FOLLOW THE PERFORMANCE
The Truth Has Changed offers both a warning and a way forward for our besieged democracy.
The water has changed. The climate has changed. The rules have changed. There's toxic data everywhere. How do we know what's true?
As the Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker behind Gasland, the film that started the anti-fracking movement worldwide, Josh Fox was the subject of a $100 million smear campaign by the oil and gas industry. This campaign of misinformation and slander was run by people we have heard quite a bit about in recent times: Steve Bannon, Andrew Breitbart, James O’Keefe and others. And what Steve Bannon did to Josh from 2010 to 2015, he did to the whole American electorate in 2016. Josh Fox was the beta test for the types of propaganda for which the gang that created Cambridge Analytica is now known worldwide.
And Fox tells his story in an uncompromising way like never before.
Tickets are priced at $24.50 - $64.50 (premiums also available), and are on sale at The Town Hall Box Office at 143 West 43rd Street, New York, NY or on TicketMaster.com. The Truth Has Changedruns 2 hours 20 minutes with an intermission.
For further information about this performance and the national tour, please visit thetruthhaschangedtour.com
For further information about the book, please visit www.sevenstories.com.
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THE MCKITTRICK HOTEL’S PRESENTATION
OF SCOTT SILVEN’S
AT THE ILLUSIONIST’S TABLE
RETURNS BY POPULAR DEMAND
THE ACCLAIMED INTIMATE MAGIC AND DINING EXPERIENCE
BACK IN NEW YORK AT THE HEATH STARTING SEPTEMBER 15TH
The McKittrick Hotel (542 West 27th Street, NYC), home of Sleep No More, announces the return of At The Illusionist’s Table, an extremely intimate magic and dining experience direct from Scotland, created and hosted by enigmatic illusionist Scott Silven. Performances will run from September 15th through October 28th.
Following a string of engagements around the world, At The Illusionist’s Table made its New York City premiere last fall at The McKittrick Hotel’s Scottish dining room, The Heath. During the performance, acclaimed illusionist Scott Silven hosts an evening of culinary delight interwoven with illusion, mentalism and storytelling. Guests won’t believe their eyes, ears, or taste buds as candles flicker, whisky pours and conversation stirs over the course of a magical evening.
Tickets for At The Illusionist’s Table range from $190 per person on weeknights to $215 and $225 on weekends and include a three-course dinner specially crafted by the hotel’s Executive Chef Pascal Leseac’h.
At The Illusionist’s Table performances will be offered on Mondays & Tuesdays at 8pm, Wednesdays & Thursdays at 6pm and 9pm, Fridays & Saturdays at 6:30pm and 9:30pm, and Sundays at 4pm and 7pm.
The Heath is located in The McKittrick Hotel at 542 West 27th Street, New York, NY 10001. Tickets are available online at www.mckittrickhotel.com or by calling the Box Office at (212) 904-1880.
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News from Michelle Tabnick PR
Brooklyn Music School
Launches New Music Therapy Program
Tradition of Music Therapy at BMS
Dates Back to First World War
Brooklyn Music School (BMS) announces its new Music Therapy program, offering services for individuals and groups, from ages 5 to 95, beginning in October 2018. Group sessions and classes run in 10-week cycles and take place at 126 St. Felix Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217. Tuition starts at $22 per class and registration is available at https://www.
BMS Music Therapy offers a range of exciting programming including weekly Sound Meditation classes in the morning and evening, relaxation and creative expression for seniors, and creative expression through music for all ages. BMS Music Therapy provides option for both individualized and group therapy, so as to meet the specific needs of children and adults in Brooklyn's diverse community. In the therapeutic relationship, the emotional, psycho-social, and developmental needs of our clients are considered and addressed in the process of creating music together through mutual and mindful listening, creative inquiry, and self-expression.
Music therapy services are provided by board-certified, licensed music therapists and seasoned sound meditation practitioners under the clinical supervision of our Director of Music Therapy, Katie Down, (MT-BC, LCAT). All sessions are in compliance with the HIPAA and AMTA Codes of Ethics & Standards.
Programs include:
- "Musikids" groups of up to 8 for ages 5 to 7 focusing on basic development and cognitive skills, socialization, cooperation, and always a sense of play!
- "Golden Calm" for senior groups, ages 60 and up to help with, focus, memory enhancement, gross and fine motor skills, and social connection through music, gentle yoga stretches, breath-work and guided meditation.
- "Music and Mindfulness" for all ages focusing on contemplative practice in deep listening, relaxation, and connection through music and sound with lessons in the basics of mindfulness with helpful tools to create our own meditation practice with sound and music.
- "Individual Sessions" providing music therapy and music psychotherapy for all ages with a board-certified music therapist and/or LCAT in a dedicated classroom with privacy that can accommodate the needs of each client to be able to express themselves through music.
The Brooklyn Music School views music and performance as the birthright of all people, an essential way that human beings connect with others and explore their creativity. The study of music has been demonstrated to enhance academic learning and helps to develop discipline and confidence that will serve children well throughout their lives. As part of the vision of reinventing the community music school for the 21st Century, BMS is dedicated to:
* Making high quality musical instruction approachable and affordable to a wide range of students,
* Creating frequent opportunities for performance for our students and cultural enrichment for our community,
* Representing a wide range of musical traditions, including European, African, Middle Eastern, and American to represent the diversity of Brooklyn's musical talent, and
* Offering a warm and welcoming space for families and individuals to explore new talents and make lasting friendships.
For more information, visit www.brooklynmusicschool.
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BRONX ARTS EXPANDS OPPORTUNITY AND OPENS SECOND SCHOOL IN SOUTH BRONX
Bronx Charter School for the Arts' students, staff, families and supporters have a lot to be excited about heading back-to-school. On Thursday, Aug. 30, educators, national leaders from the Arts community, elected officials, families and students will join the ribbon-cutting celebration as Bronx Arts opens a middle school for 6th-8th grade students. The middle school is located in the Soundview section of the Bronx, less than half a mile from the Bronx Arts Elementary School, the leading elementary school in the community. School administrators say the lottery selection process for the middle school attracted more than 280 interested rising 6th grade students and families and filled 75 available seats. The school will add additional 6th grade classes annually, reaching capacity in the 2020-2021school year.
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Smugbug Productions presents
The Eleventh Hour! at The Bitter End
Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 8:30pm
Join Smugbug Productions and The Eleventh Hour! band, featuring Skyler Fortgang (drums), Emily Goggin (keyboard), Chris Neptune (guitar), Greg Salmon (bass), and composer David Seamon, for a night of music from the rock musical comedy at The Bitter End 147 Bleecker Street, NYC, 10012 on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 8:30pm. Space is limited, so make sure you register early to book your space now! Directions to The Bitter End are available at http://www.bitterend.com/
It's the end of the world in New Jersey! A burnout basement rocker and his ex-girlfriend, a rising star astrophysicist, may have the key to surviving the black hole bearing down on earth. If they can reconcile their feelings and manage a dangerous journey on the NJ Turnpike, they just may save their music, each other, and the mole people who live beneath them.
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Ballet Hispánico at the 92nd Street Y
Fridays at Noon / In Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month
Pino-Latino: The Intersection of the Latino and Asian Cultures
Bennyroyce Royon / Ballet Hispánico
Friday, September 14, 2018 at 12:00pm
Ballet Hispánico, the nation's premier Latino dance organization, brings its bold and eclectic brand of contemporary dance to Fridays at Noon at the 92nd Street Y on Friday, September 14, 2018 at 12:00pm. Tickets start at $15 and are available at www.92y.org/event/fan-pino-
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Ballet Hispánico offers a glimpse of two works that will be presented at The Joyce Theater in spring 2019: Homebound/Alaala by
In his new work for Ballet Hispánico, Homebound/Alaala, Filipino-American choreographer Bennyroyce Royon explores the intersection of the Latino and Asian cultures through ideas including the spirit of communal unity (bayanihan), the resilience of women, overcoming hardship, and the quest for home.At the conclusion of the performance, Bennyroyce will share his inspiration and the creative process for his new work.
Also on the program is Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's absorbing exploration of identity, SombrerÃsimo, which refers to the surrealist world of the Belgian painter René Magritte, famous for his paintings of men in bowler hats. Commissioned by New York City Center for the 10th anniversary of the Fall for Dance Festival, this explosive and fast-spaced work features intricate partnering, full physicality, and a touch of hip-churning flamenco for six dancers.
Discussion moderated by John-Mario Sevilla, Director of the Harkness Dance Center, with Eduardo Vilaro, Artistic Director of Ballet Hispánico, choreographer Bennyroyce Royon, and Ballet Hispánico dancers.
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SATELLITE COLLECTIVE
in collaboration with SiTE:LAB
presents a live performance installation of
Echo & Narcissus
September 19 - October 7, 2018
Satellite Collective's upcoming show, Echo & Narcissus received grants from the ArtPrize jury and Frey Foundation to bring the show's music, video and opera singers together as a live performance installation with SiTE:LABfrom September 19 - October 7, 2018, at 415 Franklin St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507, following its run earlier in the month at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. For more information visit: http://www.artprize.org/67243.
Satellite Collective's Echo & Narcissus is a vocal and hand projected performance - an aria to illuminate the unrest and discord of our moment. Original music for seven piece chamber and jazz orchestra, live performance by vocalists, and hand projected imagery will move through the halls of a historic space of the city, followed by the audience. Whether it's a politician's self-aggrandizement or social media users in echo chambers, it's a potent time to face the myth of Narcissus and what it means to look in a mirror. New York-based Satellite Collective brings a live performance where Narcissus and Echo will break apart in full opera and project their inner lives on each other and their immediate surroundings: the historic space of the Franklin Street School in collaboration with SiTE:LAB. The performers will move from space to space as their story unfolds, illuminating themselves and the art near and around them with images of their own fears and inner lives.
The performance which will have taken place at The Brooklyn Academy of Music's BAM Fischer space, will be turned inside out and projected onto the walls of a class room in an old Christian High School in Grand Rapids, taking the piece into the world of visual art and becoming visible to upwards of 40,000 people over a month long period.
The production in Brooklyn will be held at BAM Fisher, 321 Ashland Place, Brooklyn, NY on Friday, September 14, 2018 at 8pm and Saturday, September 15, 2018 at 7:30pm.
Tickets are $25 and can be purchased athttps://www.bam.org/
New York, 1971. Narcissus, a rebellious yet charismatic outsider, hunts alone in the city at night. He's come south from his father's kingdom on the city's outer coast. Echo, a young nymph and socialite, falls for Narcissus and they hook up. Her brother and the other nymphs fail in their attempt to separate her from Narcissus and one night the two commit an irrevocable crime. Echo's brother tries with more urgency to separate the two, but is instead drawn into an adventure that ends with tragedy.
To learn more about Satellite, visit:
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Brooklyn Music School Announces
Reunify - Benefit Concert for Displaced Children
Saturday, September 15, 2018 at 6pm
Brooklyn Music School (BMS) announces a Reunify - A Benefit Concert for Displaced Children on Saturday, September 15, 2018 at 6pm. Tickets are
$15 - $25 and are available at https://reunify.eventbrite.com
Brooklyn Music School Presents: Reunify! A Benefit Concert to raise money to support efforts to reunite immigrant families that have been separated. An evening of music to benefit children who have been displaced. The Brooklyn Music School is partnering with Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), and all proceeds will go to support music therapy and legal support for children who have been separated from, their parents so as to help them on the journey to healing and being reunified with their families. Please join us for this event to show our community's support for the most vulnerable of those living among us and celebrate the healing and unifying power of music.
Featuring Performances by: Maya Beiser, Will Calhoun, Claudia Eliaza, DJ Logic, Donald Sturge Anthony McKenzie II, Elliott Sharp, Dan Zanes and more!
New York City Council Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo will be introducing the event.
For more information, visit www.brooklynmusicschool.org.
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New York Shakespeare Exchange
announces the next
ShakesBEER
Saturdays, September 15, 22 & 29, 2018 at 3pm
New York Shakespeare Exchange announces the next ShakesBEER, NYC's original Shakespearean Pub Crawl, running Saturdays from September 15 - 29, 2018 at 3pm. The pub crawl begins at Jasper's Taphouse (761 9th Avenue, NYC) at 2:30pm and moves to The Gaf (401 W 48th Street, NYC), Perdition (692 10th Avenue, NYC), and The Waylon (736 10th Avenue, NYC). Check-in is at 2:30pm at Jasper's Taphouse. Tickets are $49 and are available atwww.ShakespeareExchange.org. Tickets include performance and four drinks (beer, wine, and select cocktails).
t's impossible to have just one! NY Shakespeare Exchange returns to Hell's Kitchen to serve up a fresh, new round of ShakesBEER, NYC's Original Shakespearean Pub Crawls, in September.
This special fall edition takes on the 2018 Midterm Elections, in ShakesBEER's irreverent and fearless style, featuring pieces from Coriolanus and Titus Andronicus, and mixing in scenes from Fuente Ovejuna by Lope De Vega and A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt, directed by Ross Williams, Cristina Lundy, and Brian Demar Jones.
Produced by NY Shakespeare Exchange (NYSX), a company that inspires conversation and builds communal experiences through the work of William Shakespeare, the ShakesBEER Pub Crawls treat audiences to an immersive dipso-literary experience that harks back to Elizabethan times. But it is the ability of the Bard's timeless poetry to shed light on contemporary issues that NYSX is most eager to share.
Launching at Jasper's NYC, 761 Ninth Avenue, the "ShakesBEER" crawl will hit four bars in the course of an afternoon (the others are The Gaf, The Waylon, and Perdition). At each of these establishments, the NYSX ensemble rises from the crowd to perform their scene.
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Dance Patrelle Announces Student Auditions for the Yorkville Nutcracker
Dances Patrelle announces young dancer auditions forThe Yorkville Nutcracker. Auditions will be held on Saturday, September 15, 2018 and Sunday, September 16, 2018 at Ballet Academy East, 1651 Third Avenue, NYC.
Saturday, September 15, 2018 at 3pm for ages 13 and up.*
Sunday, September 16, 2018 from 1pm to 2pm for 6-9 year olds. (Registration begins at noon)
Sunday, September 16, 2018 from 2:30pm to 4pm for 10-13 year olds. (Registration begins at 1:30pm)
Dancers should arrive in appropriate dance attire.
* (Soloist Roles - Ladies should be prepared to dance en pointe).
Parents of children ages 6 - 12 must attend a parent information briefing, which will be held during the first half hour of each audition.
Production Fee: $275. Limited scholarships are available. Download, Complete, Print and Bring the Registration Form to Audition, available athttps://www.dancespatrelle.
Comprehensive rehearsal schedule will be available at audition. All students must be currently enrolled in a ballet school. Weekly rehearsals will begin September 22nd for older dancers, younger dancers will begin in October.
*Please do not call Ballet Academy East or Dances Patrelle Offices*
Dances Patrelle will present The Yorkville Nutcracker from December 6-9, 2018 at the Danny Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, E. 68th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues, NYC.
For questions, email nutcracker@
News from Polk and Co.
RYAN McCARTAN
JOINS THE COMPANY
OF THE BROADWAY BLOCKBUSTER WICKED
AS FIYERO
Beginning Performances Tuesday, September 11
Beginning performances Tuesday, September 11, RYAN McCARTAN will assume the role of Fiyero in the Broadway production ofWICKED.
RYAN McCARTAN will make his Broadway debut in WICKED. He previously appeared off-Broadway in the original cast of Heathers: The Musical as JD. McCartan’s TV and film credits include starring as Brad in Fox’s remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and as Diggie on Disney Channel’s “Live & Maddie,” among other numerous guest starring roles.
Mr. McCartan joins a cast which currently includes Jessica Vosk as Elphaba, Amanda Jane Cooper as Glinda, Isabel Keating as Madame Morrible, Kevin Chamberlinas The Wizard, Jye Frasca as Boq, Kristen Martin as Nessarose, and Martin Moran as Dr. Dillamond. The role of Fiyero is currently being played by Curt Hansen, who will give his final performance on Broadway on Sunday, September 9th.
For more information about WICKED, please visit www.WickedTheMusical.com.
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News from Richard Hillman PR
THE SCIENCE THEATER COMPANY
ANNOUNCES TWO EXTENSIONS AND AN ADDITION
THAT PHYSICS SHOW
AND
THAT CHEMISTRY SHOW
TO CONTINUE IN REPERTORY
THAT INVENTIONS SHOW
TO PREMIERE ON SEPTEMBER 15
PERFORMANCES FOR ALL SHOWS CONTINUE THROUGH DECEMBER 23
AT THE PLAYROOM THEATER
(151 WEST 46THSTREET – BETWEEN BROADWAY & 6THAVENUE
The Science Theater Company, the newly formed theatre company that “uses the magic of theatre to make science fun,” founded by Producer Eric Krebsannounced today that it has extended its Off-Broadway run of science shows through December 23at The Playroom Theater (151 West 46thStreet). In addition to That Physics Show and That Chemistry Show, that have been running in repertory, That Inventions Show will begin performances on September 15.
That Physics Show, which won the 2017 Drama Desk Award for “Unique Theatrical Experience,” has run almost 500 performances and will celebrate its third birthday in November. It has also recently opened in Beijing, China in a Mandarin version. The show features physics wizard David Maiullo who based the show on the notion that "It's Not Magic, it's Physics!"
That Chemistry Show, now in its second year was created by Borislaw Bilash, long time chemistry professor and educator. Some 30 demonstrations, each with a name range from "Dragon's Breath and "Elephant Toothpaste" to "Exploding Cloud" and "Genie in a Bottle.
Beginning on September 15, That Inventions Show will join the repertory, presented in association with “The Museum of Interesting Things” and its founder Denny Daniel. The show will trace the history of inventions from 1850 to the present and includes hands-on demonstrations of the first sound recordings, early projections and film, steam engines, telephones, ingenious toys and a multitude of other electric, electronic and mechanical inventions that have led to our current world.
For a full schedule of performances and to purchase tickets visit www.
The Playroom Theater is located at 151 West 46 Street, between Broadway and Sixth Avenue.
For more information, please visit www.
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