1) Upcoming at Feinsteins/54 Below
54 Sings the High School Musical Trilogy, 54 Sings Alanis Morissette
2) Blue Moon Cafe's to Celebrate Mardi Gras
3) The Mar Vista at Signature's Ford Foundation
4) Upcoming at Merkin Concert Hall
Henry Schneider Young Virtuosos, Escstatic Music Festival,
World Music Festival: Transparent Water Trio, Contemporary Music Festival
5) Upcoming at State Theatre New Jersey
Poetry as Memoir, Lewis Black, A Bowie Celebration, Debussy Masterworks
6) Big Bang Theory Parody Starts Performances March 7
7) Upcoming at iPlay America
Music City Showcase, We Three
8) Upcoming at Symphony Space
Beauty and the Beast
9) Accidentally Brave at DR
10) Broadway Backwards
11) Upcoming at Broadway Workshop
Laura Osnes Master Class
PR Firm Roundup
12) News from DKC/O&M
12A) Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptation announced Digital Lottery
12B) Nassim Announced Additional Rotating Cast Members
13) News from JT Public Relations
New Musical, Princess Diana, Benefit Performance March 9-10
14) Upcoming at Lincoln Center
15) News from Polk and Co.
Shoshana Bean and Jason Robert Brown to Perform The Last Five Years for Second Stage
16) News from Richard Hillman PR
16A) AMAS Musical Theatre to Present Staged Readings of Victory Train
16B) A Jewish Joke, A Drama About Comedy to Be Presented Off Broadway
16C) The New York Primiere of Still at Risk
16D) Off Broadway Alliance Presents Putting It Together From Option to Offering
17) News from Spin Cycle NYC
17A) 55 Shades of Gray to Premiere March 7
17B) The Flea Revives Controversal Southern Promises March 11
1) Upcoming at Feinstein's/54 Below
254 W. 54th St.
Cellar
New York, NY
54 Sings the High School Musical Trilogy
54 Sings Alanis Morissette
Monday March 4, 7:00 PM & 9:30 PM
54 Sings the High School Musical Trilogu
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
March 10, 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM
54 Sings Alanis Morrisette
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
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2) Celebrate Mardi Gras (Mexican Style!)
at all Blue Moon Mexican Café Locations
Featuring Special Menu Items, Drink Specials &
Live Jazz Music
Fat Tuesday, March 5th
ALL DAY!
Blue Moon Mexican Café is celebrating Mardi Gras (Mexican style) at all of its NJ & NY locations on Tuesday, March 5th from 11:30am until closing
Traditional Mardi Gras, also known as "Fat Tuesday," is the last day of the Carnival season and it always falls the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. The flavor of New Orleans will be celebrated at all Blue Moon locations with special menu items inspired with a creole twist: Mexican Jambalaya- a combination of sausage, chicken and chorizo in a savory stew, The Bayou Burrito - a giant burrito stuffed with shrimp, chorizo, creole sauce, rice and cheese, and Sautéed Cajun Shrimp.
Customers will enjoy Mardi Gras beverage specials including Cruzan Hurricanes served in Blue Moon Mardi Gras Hurricane Glasses that guests get to keep. Mardi Gras really gets rockin’ at each location during its extended fiesta hour at the bar from 4pm – close with beads, masks and drink specials. There will also be live New Orleans Style Jazz Music at dinner.
Blue Moon Mexican Cafés are located in Englewood, Woodcliff Lake, Wyckoff New Jersey and Bronxville, New York.
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3) THE MAR VISTA
at Signature's Ford Foundation Studio Theatre
Created by award-winning Brooklyn-based playwright/choreographer Yehuda Hyman and brought to life through collaboration with attorney Barbara Nagel, filmmaker Rosanne Braun, and creative producers Allison Bressi and Madeleine Goldsmith, The Mar Vista is a comical and heartbreaking new play that centers on the bond between Hyman and his mother, Sara, a strong-willed, very funny, and deeply romantic Russian-Jewish woman with a colorful and mysterious past.
A cast of 6 actors travels 90 years and several continents in this surprising family saga−the mysteries of Istanbul, a forbidden WWII wartime romance, a gay boy growing up in the 1960s in a family of immigrants in West L.A., Romani dances, Greta Garbo’s face, dancing till dawn in Hollywood, and above all, the enduring power of lost love.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
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4) Upcoming at Merkin Concert Hall
Kaufman Music Center
129 W. 67th St.
New York NY
Henry Schneider Young Virtuosos Concert,
Tuesday March 5, 2:00 PM
Henry Schneider Young Virtuosos Concert
See the youngest generation of classical virtuosos! Accomplished soloists and ensembles from Kaufman Music Center's Lucy Moses School perform traditional classical repertoire. Admission is FREE, but reservations are required.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/young-virtuosos-concert.
www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/young-virtuosos-concert.
Wednesday March 6, 7:30 PM
Ecstatic Music Festival: 2019 Bang On a Can People Comissioning Fund Concert
A New Sounds co-presentation hosted by John Schaefer
Bang on a Can invites all of North America to dance, with world premieres by four composers from Canada, Mexico and the United States – Nicole Lizée, Josué Collado Fregoso, Henry Threadgill, and Trevor Weston, plus works by Annie Gosfield, Arnold Dreyblatt and Glenn Branca.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/ecstatic-music-festival-2019-bang-on-a-can-peoples-commissioning-fund-conce
Saturday March 9, 7:30 PM
World Music Institute: Transparent Water Trio
An exquisite new collaboration between Cuban pianist, composer and bandleader Omar Sosa, known for his blending of Afro-Cuban rhythms, and Senegalese kora master, singer and Griot Seckou Keita and folkloric Venezuelan percussionist Gustavo Ovalles.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/world-music-institute-transparent-water-trio
Sunday March 10, 4:00 PM
Contemporary Music Festival
Students from Kaufman Music Center’s Lucy Moses School and Special Music School perform international solo and chamber works composed after 1969.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/contemporary-music-festival-2019
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For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
through Ticketmaster https://www.
55 Shades of Gay: Balkan Spring of Sexual Revoultion, a contemporary farce about LGBT politics in the Balkans written by Jeton Neziraj and directed by Blerta Neziraj began performances on February 28 and runs through March 17 at La MaMa (66 East 4th Street). Running time is 70 minutes.Ecstatic Music Festival: 2019 Bang On a Can People Comissioning Fund Concert
A New Sounds co-presentation hosted by John Schaefer
Bang on a Can invites all of North America to dance, with world premieres by four composers from Canada, Mexico and the United States – Nicole Lizée, Josué Collado Fregoso, Henry Threadgill, and Trevor Weston, plus works by Annie Gosfield, Arnold Dreyblatt and Glenn Branca.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/ecstatic-music-festival-2019-bang-on-a-can-peoples-commissioning-fund-conce
Saturday March 9, 7:30 PM
World Music Institute: Transparent Water Trio
An exquisite new collaboration between Cuban pianist, composer and bandleader Omar Sosa, known for his blending of Afro-Cuban rhythms, and Senegalese kora master, singer and Griot Seckou Keita and folkloric Venezuelan percussionist Gustavo Ovalles.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/world-music-institute-transparent-water-trio
Sunday March 10, 4:00 PM
Contemporary Music Festival
Students from Kaufman Music Center’s Lucy Moses School and Special Music School perform international solo and chamber works composed after 1969.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/contemporary-music-festival-2019
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5) Upcoming at State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Ave.
New Brunswick, NJ
Tuesday March 5, 6:30 PM
"Poetry as Memoir"
Series #1 Dates
Tuesday, March 5, 2019, 6:30-8:30pm
Tuesday, March 12, 2019, 6:30-8:30pm
Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 6:30-8:30pm
A second series is available in May. Click here to learn more.
Tuesday, March 5, 2019, 6:30-8:30pm
Tuesday, March 12, 2019, 6:30-8:30pm
Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 6:30-8:30pm
A second series is available in May. Click here to learn more.
For high school students and adults
Workshop Length: 2 hours
Location: State Theatre New Jersey Administrative Offices, 3rd floor conference room, 40 Livingston Avenue
Workshop Length: 2 hours
Location: State Theatre New Jersey Administrative Offices, 3rd floor conference room, 40 Livingston Avenue
Discover your inner poet in this series of three State Theatre Poetry Collective workshops, led by State Theatre Artist-in-Residence Glenis Redmond. Using the theme of “Poetry as Memoir,” the workshops offer easy-to-follow exercises to help participants relate to stories and imagery in their lives. Glenis introduces simple techniques —brainstorming, imagery, word layering—for writing expressive, highly personal poetry. Come explore the lyrical and narrative nature of poetry. Come tell your story through verse.
NOTE: Participants will be committing to all three events as a connected series, not individual dates.
For more information and or to register, visit www.stnj.org/event/glenis-redmond-2019-public-workshop-1
For more information and or to register, visit www.stnj.org/event/glenis-redmond-2019-public-workshop-1
Thursday March 7, 8:00 PM
Lewis Black
The Joke's on Us Tour
For more information or to purchase tickets visit, /www.stnj.org/event/lewis_black
Saturday March 9, 8:00 PM
A Bowie Celebration: The David Bowie Alumni Tour
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.stnj.org/event/bowie-celebration
Sunday March 10, 3:00 PM
Debussy Masterworks
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
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6) UNAUTHORIZED PARODY OF THE HIT TV SERIES THE BIG BANG THEORY!
PREVIEWS BEGIN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7
At The Anne Bernstein Theater in Times Square
At The Anne Bernstein Theater in Times Square
THE BIG BANG THEORY: A POP-ROCK MUSICAL PARODY – the new Off-Broadway musical spoofing the beloved CBS series and its eccentric and funny group of scientists will begin previews on March 7 at the Anne Bernstein Theater in Times Square,
Performances of THE BIG BANG THEORY: A POP-ROCK MUSICAL PARODY schedule is as follows: Wednesdays at 8:00PM, Fridays at 10:30PM, Saturdays at 5:00PM and 10:30PMand Sundays at 5:00PM.
Tickets range from $63 (Regular Price) - $99.00 (Premium / VIP) and are available
through Ticketmaster https://www.
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7) Upcoming at iPlay America
110 Schank Rd.
Freehold, NJ
First-Ever Music City Showcase Country Music Competition to be Held at iPlay America, Winner to Perform at CMA Fest
iPlay America is partnering with JerseyShoreCountry.com and Renegade Radio to host the first-ever Music City Showcase, an eight-week country music competition where unsigned artists and groups from around the state will compete for the opportunity to perform live on country music’s biggest stage during CMA Fest 2019 in Nashville, TN this June.
Starting on March 7, three acts will perform each Thursday for a chance to win the opportunity of a lifetime – a live performance at The Valentine on Broadway in Nashville during CMA Fest. Each night, one act will be chosen to move on to the semifinals held on March 28 and April 25. One finalist will be selected at each semifinal performance to compete in the finale on May 2, with a performance by John Schneider, star of Dukes of Hazards.
Contestants will be judged not only on their musical abilities and talent, but also on their stage presence, professionalism, sound and song appeal and fan response. Industry professionals from Jerry Lembo Entertainment Group, a music business consultancy, along with celebrity guests will make up the judges panel each week. Guests and fans alike can enjoy musical guest appearances from America Idol contestant and top 10 finalist, Bucky Covington on night one and Celeste Kellogg, a Nashville top recording artist, on April 11.
Entrance into the showcase event each Thursday and the finale on May 2 is free. Each night, doors will open at 6:00 PM with performances beginning at 7:00 PM. Links to download event tickets are available at https://www.iplayamerica.com/
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Pop-Rock Sensations to Perform Live at iPlay America This Spring
America’s Got Talent Semifinalist We Three will be making an appearance this spring at iPlay America
Sibling band, We Three, will be performing live and holding a meet and greet for fans at the Event Center at iPlay America on Saturday, March 9.
Originally from Oregon, We Three gained popularity auditioning on season 13 of America’s Got Talent. Joshua, Bethany and Manny blew the judges away with heartwarming and emotional performances, including their most well-known song “Heaven’s Not Too Far.” Known for their humbleness and passion, they have touched the hearts of fans all over the world. Since ending their journey at the semi-finals, the band went on to dedicate their time and efforts to preparing for their first major national tour and releasing their new album. The trio, currently on their national Lifeline Tour, will be performing fan favorites from their new self-titled album.
Doors will open on March 9 at 6:00 PM and the concert will start at 7:00 PM. General admission and VIP meet & greet tickets are available for purchase at https://www.iplayamerica.com/
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8) Upcoming at Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
New York, NY
Saturday March 9, 11:00 AM & 2:00 PM
Beauty and the Beast
National Marionette Theatre
This classic tale of the ferocious looking Beast with a kind heart is a perennial favorite with audiences worldwide, and the fairy tale is brought to vivid life through stunning marionettes. Join the brave heroine as she discovers there are many ways that one can be beautiful in this world, and that how one looks on the outside can be very different from how one is on the inside.
National Marionette Theatre is one of the oldest continually-running marionette theaters 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 50 years.The company last brought their marionettes to the Just Kidding stage with “Pinocchio” in 2017. View a Beauty and the Beast preview here.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
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9) Accidentally Brave at DR2
Accidently Brave, written and performed by Maddie Corman (Appropriate, Next Fall). Daryl Roth (Kinky Boots, Indecent, Gloria: A Life) presents the limited engagement, directed by Tony Award Nominee Kristin Hanggi (Rock of Ages, bare). Courageous, daring, and unflinchingly honest, Accidentally Brave is a stirring new play about discovering a new normal when everything you thought you knew comes undone. With raw vulnerability and unexpected humor, actor and playwright Maddie Corman shares her story of perseverance and hope when the unthinkable tests her marriage, family and values.
Previews begin on Monday, March 11, with an opening night on Monday, March 25, and a final performance set for Sunday, July 14 at theDR2 Theatre (103 E. 15th St, NYC).
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Broadway Backwards, the annual evening of gender-reversed showtunes, is set to include Gavin Creel, Donna McKechnie, Bebe Neuwirth, Andrew Rannells and more of your favorite Broadway stars. See the latest lineup for the Monday, March 11, show. Tickets are selling fast: secure your seat now.
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11) Upcoming at Broadway Workshop
Laura Osnes Master Class
Date: Saturday, March 23rd
Ages: 11 - 18
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Location: Ripley Grier Studios - 520 Eighth Ave - 16th Floor
Tuition: $185
After multiple sold out workshops with Broadway Workshop, Laura Osnes is back! Most recently, Laura Osnes created the lead role of Julia in Bandstand on Broadway. Laura made her Broadway debut as Sandy in Grease, after appearing on the reality TV show You're The One That I Want!, she quickly became a Broadway favorite in her own right. On Broadway, Osnes played Nellie Forbush in South Pacific, Hope Harcourt in Anything Goes, and received Tony Award nominations for her performances as the title characters in Bonnie and Clyde and Cinderella. Laura has toured the world in concerts and as part of The Broadway Princess Party!
Ms. Osnes will work with each student on audition technique and song interpretation in this special one day Master Class. We will focus on giving actors the opportunity to bring their audition and performance skills to the next level and how to better connect to their audition material. Students will break down their song material with one-on-one coaching in a class setting. Finally, students will have the opportunity to be part of a Q&A with Laura Osnes and the Broadway Workshop team.
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PR Firm Roundup
12) News from DKC/O&M
12A) DIGITAL TICKET LOTTERY
AND STUDENT RUSH POLICY
ANNOUNCED FOR
AIN’T TOO PROUD – THE LIFE AND
TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS
Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations launched a $42 digital lottery and a $29 in-person student rush ticket policy beginning with the first preview performance on February 28.
The Ain’t Too Proud digital lottery is powered by Shubert Ticketing through the Telecharge Digital Lottery platform, which provides theatergoers wide access to affordable tickets through multiple social media networks. Available performances will be posted on www.AintTooProudLottery.com as early as 12:00 AM Eastern Time the day of the performance. Matinee lotteries close at 9:00 AM, and evening lotteries close at 2:00 PM. Winners can purchase their tickets atwww.AintTooProudLottery.com and will pick up their tickets at the Imperial Theatre box office (249 West 45th Street) with their credit card.
Student rush tickets to Ain’t Too Proud will be sold in person at the Imperial Theatre box office on the day of the performances beginning when the box office opens (Monday – Saturday at 10:00 AM; Sunday at 12:00 PM). There will be a limit of two tickets per customer, with a valid student I.D. Seat locations will be at the discretion of the box office, and are based on availability.
Ain’t Too Proud is playing Broadway’s legendary Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street) performances began Thursday, February 28, 2019, and an official Opening Night is set for Thursday, March 21, 2019.
Tickets for Ain’t Too Proud are available by visiting www.Telecharge.com, by calling 800-447-7400, or by visiting the Imperial Theatre Box Office (249 West 45th Street). For groups of 10 or more, visit www.BroadwayInbound.com or call 866-302-0995.
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12B) MORE ACTORS JOIN THE ROTATING CAST FOR BARROW STREET
THEATRICALS’ “NASSIM”
Sunday, March 3 at 2:30pm – Ryan Duncan(“He’s With Me,” Gettin’ The Band Back Together)
Sunday, March 3 at 7:30pm – Vicki Lewis
(Anastasia, “NewsRadio,” Chicago, Finding Nemo)
Tuesday, March 5 at 7:30pm – Joey Slotnick
(The Goldfinch, “Nip/Tuck,” “Too Big To Fail,” Twister)
(The Goldfinch, “Nip/Tuck,” “Too Big To Fail,” Twister)
Wednesday, March 6 at 7:30pm – Tracy Letts
Pulitzer Prize and two-time Tony Award winner (August: Osage County, Superior Donuts, “Homeland,” Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Bug)
Thursday, March 7 at 7:30pm – Jelani Alladin
Drama Desk and Drama League Award nominee (Frozen, Choir Boy)
Friday, March 8 at 7:30pm – Chris Lowell
Screen Actors Guild Award winner (The Help, “GLOW,” “Private Practice”)
Additional rotating guest actors will be announced shortly.
Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.NYCityCenter.org; on the phone by calling CityTix at 212-581-1212; or in person at New York City Center box office, open Monday-Saturday, noon-8pm, and Sunday, noon-7:30pm.
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13) News from JT Public Relations
Benefit Performance of the New Musical
MY PRINCESS DIANA
As a Benefit for BROADWAY CARES/ EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS
At Ailey Citigroup Theatre at the Joan Weill Center
March 9 at 7pm; March 10pm at 2pm & 7pm
New York: Sprinkles Productions and the Theatre Authority will present a benefit concert of the new musical My Princess Diana, as a benefit for Broadway Cares / Equity Fight AIDS. The benefit concert is directed by Brian Ray Norris, music direction by Brad Fugate and choreography by Kirk Sprinkles Pfeiffer.
The concert will take place Saturday, March 9 at 7pm and Sunday, March 10 at 2pm & 7pm at Ailey Citigroup Theatre at the Joan Weill Center (405 W55th St. at of 9th Ave), tickets are $25/ $20 (student) and are available at sprinklesproductions.com or by calling the box office at (917) 310-3455.
My Princess Diana is an intimate, heartfelt musical that tells the story of Princess Diana, through the eyes of an ordinary American woman. Struggling to get back on her feet after a family tragedy, Nancy finds solace in her memories of Diana, a woman with whom she feels a deep personal connection despite the obvious disparities in their lives. On the anniversary of Diana's death, Nancy, a frustrated musician, sits at her neglected piano and begins to musically tell Diana’s story. Her melodies unlock a magical score allowing Diana herself steps onto the stage and tell her well-known story from a very personal point of view. With humor and honesty, My Princess Diana, connects these two women's lives in a surprising, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting way.
For more information, please visit sprinklesproductions.com
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14) News from Lincoln Center
Monday, March 4 at 8:30
American Songbook
Joyce DiDonato: Songplay
Having mastered the bel canto repertoire, American opera star Joyce DiDonato is not one to rest on her laurels. For her latest musical adventure, the two-time Grammy Award winner has joined extraordinary musicians from the worlds of jazz and tango to create Songplay, an exploration of the universal language of music. Led by pianist and arranger Craig Terry, the band includes jazz legends Chuck Israels (bass) and Jimmy Madison (drums), as well as young international sensations Lautaro Greco (bandoneón) and Charlie Porter (trumpet). In keeping with DiDonato’s recent recordings, the Grammy Award–winning Joyce & Tony: Live from Wigmore Hall and Grammy Award nominee In War and Peace, Songplay is an all-encompassing celebration of music, in which there are no boundaries or rules. Join DiDonato for this joyful, exuberant evening that will shine a spotlight on the timeless nature of a great song.
The Appel Room, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway at 60th St.
TICKETS start at $100 and are available at the Alice Tully Hall and David Geffen Hall Box Offices, by calling CenterCharge 212.721.6500, or visiting AmericanSongbook.org.
Thursday, March 7 – FREE – at 7:30 pm
Great Performers: Complimentary Classical
Tesla Quartet
Originally formed at The Juilliard School, the Tesla Quartet won Second Prize at the prestigious Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2016. At this free, hour-long concert, the New York–based quartet demonstrates its “superb capacity to find the inner heart of everything they played, regardless of era, style or technical demand” (International Review of Music).
David Rubenstein Atrium, Frieda and Roy Furman Stage (Broadway bet. 62nd & 63rd St.)
FREE Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, including program updates, Sunday, March 10 at 3:00 pm Great Performers Philharmonia Orchestra Eska-Pekka Salonen, conductor Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor for London’s Philharmonia Orchestra, leads the ensemble in Bruckner’s towering Seventh Symphony, considered by many to be the most beautiful of his symphonic works. Pre-concert lecture by Christopher H. Gibbs at 1:45 pm in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse David Geffen Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza TICKETS start at $35 and are available by calling CenterCharge 212.721.6500, or visiting LincolnCenter.org/GreatPerformers
Sunday, March 10 at 3:00 pm
Great Performers
Philharmonia Orchestra Eska-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor for London’s Philharmonia Orchestra, leads the ensemble in Bruckner’s towering Seventh Symphony, considered by many to be the most beautiful of his symphonic works. Pre-concert lecture by Christopher H. Gibbs at 1:45 pm in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
David Geffen Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza
TICKETS start at $35 and are available by calling CenterCharge 212.721.6500, or visiting LincolnCenter.org/GreatPerformers
Monday, March 11 at 8:00 pm
Great Performers
Philharmonia Orchestra Eska-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Truls Mørk, cello Esa-Pekka Salonen’s talents as both composer and conductor are on display as he leads Sibelius’s ambient, 1913 tone poem The Oceanides, followed by his own acclaimed Cello Concerto, performed by the intrepid Truls Mørk. Then, Salonen—one of the world’s most electrifying Stravinsky interpreters—leads the orchestra in Stravinsky’s breakthrough workThe Firebird. Inspired by fairytales of the legendary Russian folk character the Firebird, Stravinsky’s dramatic and haunting score was the first of three commissioned by the Russian ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev for Ballet Russes. An immediate success with both critics and audiences, the work caused his contemporary Sergei Rachmaninoff to exclaim “Great God! What a work of genius this is! This is true Russia!” David Geffen Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza
TICKETS start at $35 and are available by calling CenterCharge 212.721.6500, or visiting LincolnCenter.org/GreatPerformers
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15) News from Polk and Co.
SHOSHANA BEAN & JASON ROBERT BROWN
TO PERFORM THE LAST FIVE YEARS
FOR SECOND STAGE THEATER’S
MUSICAL MONDAYS
Second Stage Theater (Carole Rothman, President and Artistic Director; Casey Reitz, Executive Director) has announced Shoshana Bean and Jason Robert Brown will perform THE LAST FIVE YEARS as a part of the special concert series, MUSICAL MONDAYS, in celebration of the acclaimed company’s 40th anniversary. Jason Robert Brown will also direct the sold-out performance on Monday, March 4th.
A series of one-night only concerts of musicals produced by Second Stage Theater, MUSICAL MONDAYS will take place every Monday night through the month of March, kicking off on March 4th with Jason Robert Brown’s THE LAST FIVE YEARS. The series will continue on March 11th with SATURDAY NIGHT by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Stephen Sondheim; on March 18th with Peter Duchan, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul’s DOGFIGHT; and on March 25th with Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s NEXT TO NORMAL.
All concerts will play at 7pm at Second Stage’s Tony Kiser Theater (305 W 43rd Street).
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16) News from Richard Hillman PR
16A) AMAS MUSICAL THEATRE CELEBRATES 50 YEARS
OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN AMERICAN MUSICALS
OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN AMERICAN MUSICALS
AMAS MUSICAL THEATRE AND
THE AMAS MUSICAL THEATRE LAB
In Association with LaVie Productions
TO PRESENT STAGED READINGS OF
“VICTORY TRAIN”
A NEW MUSICAL
BOOK, MUSIC & LYRICS BY DAVID BUSKIN & JAKE HOLMES
MUSIC DIRECTION BY DOUG KATSAROS
DIRECTED BY LYNNE TAYLOR-CORBETT
THE AMAS MUSICAL THEATRE LAB
In Association with LaVie Productions
TO PRESENT STAGED READINGS OF
“VICTORY TRAIN”
A NEW MUSICAL
BOOK, MUSIC & LYRICS BY DAVID BUSKIN & JAKE HOLMES
MUSIC DIRECTION BY DOUG KATSAROS
DIRECTED BY LYNNE TAYLOR-CORBETT
RIPLEY-GRIER STUDIOS
520 EIGHTH AVENUE (between 36th & 37th Streets) - NYC
520 EIGHTH AVENUE (between 36th & 37th Streets) - NYC
MONDAY, MARCH 4 @6PM
TUESDAY, MARCH 5 @ 1PM & 5PM
TUESDAY, MARCH 5 @ 1PM & 5PM
Amas Musical Theatre (Donna Trinkoff, Artistic Producer) and The Amas Musical Theatre Lab, in association with LaVie Productions, will present staged readings of Victory Train, a new musical, with book, music and lyrics by David Buskin and Jake Holmes.Directed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett with music direction by Doug Katsaros, the readings will be held on Monday, March 4 at 6pm and Tuesday, March 5 at 1pm & 5pm at Ripley-Grier Studios - Room 17E (520 Eighth Avenue – between 36th/37th Streets). For reservations, email boxoffice@amasmusical.org. For more information, please call 212-563-2565.
In Victory Train, we find a country torn apart by social upheaval and the escalating war in Vietnam where two young people try to reach across their differences to find love and honor… however, it may take them 40 years.
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16B) WINNER!
“BEST DRAMA” 2016 UNITED SOLO FESTIVAL, NYC
“BEST DRAMA” 2016 UNITED SOLO FESTIVAL, NYC
THE ROUSTABOUTS THEATRE CO.
PRESENTS THE OFF-BROADWAY PREMIERE OF
“A JEWISH JOKE”
A DRAMA ABOUT COMEDY
WRITTEN BY MARNI FREEDMAN & PHIL JOHNSON
DIRECTED BY DAVID ELLENSTEIN
PERFORMED BY PHIL JOHNSON
PRESENTS THE OFF-BROADWAY PREMIERE OF
“A JEWISH JOKE”
A DRAMA ABOUT COMEDY
WRITTEN BY MARNI FREEDMAN & PHIL JOHNSON
DIRECTED BY DAVID ELLENSTEIN
PERFORMED BY PHIL JOHNSON
PERFORMANCES BEGIN MARCH 7, 2019
FOR A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT THROUGH MARCH 31, 2019
FOR A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT THROUGH MARCH 31, 2019
THE LION THEATRE @ THEATRE ROW
(410 WEST 42nd STREET – BETWEEN 9th & 10th AVENUES)
(410 WEST 42nd STREET – BETWEEN 9th & 10th AVENUES)
OPENING NIGHT SET FOR MARCH 13, 2019
TICKETS NOW ON SALE
The Roustabouts Theatre Co. (San Diego, CA) will present the Off-Broadway premiere of A Jewish Joke, a drama about comedy, co-written by Marni Freedman and Phil Johnson, performed by Mr. Johnson and directed by David Ellenstein. Named “Best Drama” (2016 United Solo Festival, NYC), performances of A Jewish Joke will begin on Thursday, March 7 at 8pm (for a limited engagement through March 31, 2019) at The Lion Theatre (at Theatre Row) (410 West 42nd Street – between 9th & 10th Avenues). Opening Night is set for Wednesday, March 13 at 8pm.
In A Jewish Joke Bernie Lutz is a curmudgeonly Jewish comedy screenwriter from MGM, who comes up against the Communist blacklist in 1950’s Hollywood. Now, he has to decide what's more important - his friends, or his livelihood? Armed with stories about the great era of Jewish humor, this poignant solo dramedy is about one American's fight against one of the darkest moments of the mid-20th century. A Jewish Joke began in San Diego and has toured regionally with critically-acclaimed engagements in Chicago, St. Louis, Louisville, and New Haven.
A Jewish Joke will play the following performance schedule: Wed– Sat at 8pm & Sun at 3om. There is an additional performance on Tuesday, March 12 at 7pm. Tickets, NOW ON SALE, are priced at $37.25 -$47.25 and may be purchased through TeleCharge.com/212-239-6200 and in person at the Theatre Row box office (410 West 42nd Street) Mon-Sun from 12noon to 8pm (7pm on Sunday).
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16C)THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
CRYSTAL FIELD, EXECUTIVE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, PRESENTS:
IN ASSOCIATION WITH MBL PRODUCTIONS
THE NEW YORK PREMIERE OF
STILL AT RISK
A NEW PLAY BY TIM PINCKNEY
DIRECTED BY CARL ANDRESS
CRYSTAL FIELD, EXECUTIVE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, PRESENTS:
IN ASSOCIATION WITH MBL PRODUCTIONS
THE NEW YORK PREMIERE OF
STILL AT RISK
A NEW PLAY BY TIM PINCKNEY
DIRECTED BY CARL ANDRESS
PERFORMANCES BEGIN MARCH 7, 2019
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT THROUGH MARCH 31, 2019
IN THE COMMUNITY SPACE THEATER AT THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
(155 FIRST AVENUE)
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT THROUGH MARCH 31, 2019
IN THE COMMUNITY SPACE THEATER AT THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
(155 FIRST AVENUE)
Theater for the New City (Crystal Field, Executive Artistic Director), in association with MBL Productions (Mary J. Davis, Producer), has announced, today, the cast and creative team for the New York premiere of the new play, Still at Risk by Tim Pinckney (Message to Michael). Performances begin Thursday, March 7, 2019 for a limited engagement through Sunday, March 31, 2019 in the Community Space Theater at Theater for the New City (155 First Avenue, between 9th & 10th Streets).
Kevin, a surviving activist from the front lines of the AIDS crisis, finds himself struggling to find his place and purpose in contemporary gay culture. When a gay fundraising event threatens to erase the history he was part of creating, Kevin's anger and passion are renewed and he is confronted with the challenge of how to motivate change in this new climate of visibility. Along the way, Kevin’s raw and slightly unhinged methods provoke everyone who can help him, damage long friendships and eventually expose some dark secrets. Hilarious, sharp, and deeply moving, Still at Risk is a powerful look at the personal and political hazards of rewriting the past and one man's attempt to move forward.
Still at Risk will play the following performance schedule: Tuesday – Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m.
NOW ON SALE, tickets for Still at Risk are priced at $25 and may be purchased online at www.smarttix.com.
For additional information, please visit the Theater for the New City website at: www.theaterforthenewcity.net
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16D) THE OFF BROADWAY ALLIANCE
PRESENT
“PUTTING IT TOGETHER: FROM OPTION TO OFFERING TO OPENING”
A PANEL DISCUSSION SEMINAR
PRESENT
“PUTTING IT TOGETHER: FROM OPTION TO OFFERING TO OPENING”
A PANEL DISCUSSION SEMINAR
THE THEATER CENTER
(210 WEST 50TH STREET, NYC)
(210 WEST 50TH STREET, NYC)
SATURDAY MARCH 9TH AT 11AM
The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing firms, will hold the next event in its Seminars series focused on the Off Broadway producing process on Saturday, March 9, 2019.
The seminar, titled “Putting It Together: From Option to Offering to Opening" will feature top theatre professionals discussing the necessary steps for building the foundation of a commercial Off Broadway production, including; obtaining rights, forming a company, and financing a production. Panelists will include producer David Carpenter of Tilted Windmills Theatricals (Puffs, or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic), general manager Laura Janik Cronin of Brierpatch Productions (The Other Josh Cohen, Cagney), and attorney M. Kilburg Reedy (Daniel's Husband, Party Face, Clever Little Lies). Producer Robert Driemeyer (La Cage aux Folles, Tennessee Williams’ The Two-Character Play) will moderate.
“Putting It Together" will be held on the 3rd floor of The Theater Center (210 West 50th Street). Check-in will begin 10:30am for networking and complimentary coffee and bagels. The panel discussion will take place from 11am to 12:30pm with additional time allotted afterward for conversation with fellow attendees.
Admission for the seminar is $5 (to partially cover the costs of presenting the seminar), and pre-registration is a must. Attendees are encouraged to pre-submit questions for the panelists when they submit their reservations. Questions will be asked live at the seminar.
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17) News from Spin Cycle NYC
Now Playing 55 Shades of Gay: Balkan Spring of Sexual Revolutions
Now Playing 55 Shades of Gay: Balkan Spring of Sexual Revolutions
s America prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, 55 SHADES OF GAY pulls back the curtain to reveal the state of gay rights in The Balkans. In the play, a gay couple apply to get married in a conservative, deeply homophobic provincial town. They make their request at a time when an Italian company has begun building a condom manufacturing factory in the town, a project that is financially supported by the European Union. Intellectuals, artists, politicians, religious leaders and professional grenade launchers try to stop the marriage from happening, despite the fact that same-sex marriage is technically permitted by the country's Constitution, which the Prime Minister signed according to a mandate from the EU. This provocative, broadly comic, politically incorrect performance poses the question: “Is sexual liberation possible in the Balkans?”
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The Flea Theater presents
SOUTHERN PROMISES
Previews Begin March 11 in The Sam
Provocateur Thomas Bradshaw revisits his incendiary 2008 play SOUTHERN PROMISES in a new production helmed by The Flea’s Artistic Director, Niegel Smith. SOUTHERN PROMISES begins previews Monday, March 11 with opening night slated for Sunday, March 24.SOUTHERN PROMISES
Previews Begin March 11 in The Sam
On his deathbed, a plantation owner vows to set his slaves free, but when his wife rejects the request after his passing, chaos erupts on the plantation. Based on slave narratives, and featuring an all PoC company of actors, SOUTHERN PROMISES is a brilliant examination of the deeply disturbing and utterly corrupting power of American slavery and its lasting grip on our country’s hearts and institutions. The Flea ends its Color Brave season bringing this haunting reality onto the stage of The Sam.
SOUTHERN PROMISES runs March 11 through April 14,Thursdays through Mondays at 7p.m., with Sunday matinees at 3 p.m. Tickets start at $17 with the lowest priced tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis. The Flea Theater is located at 20 Thomas Street between Church and Broadway, three blocks north of Chambers, close to the A/C/E, N/Q/R/W, 4/5/6, J/M/Z and 1/2/3 subway lines. Purchase tickets by calling 212-352-3101 or online at www.theflea.org
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