1) La Femme Theatre Productions
to Present
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’S NIGHT OF THE IGUANA
Directed by EMILY MANN
Featuring
DYLAN MCDERMOTT, PHYLICIA RASHAD,
ROBERTA MAXWELL , AUSTIN PENDLETON, and JEAN LICHTY
As a Benefit for the Actors Fund
Streaming December 2-6, 2020
Episode 1: Thursday, December 3 at 7p and Saturday, December 5 at 1p
Episode 2: Thursday, December 10 at 7p and Saturday, December 12 at 1p
Episode 3: Thursday, December 17 at 7p and Saturday, December 19 at 1p
3) AVENUE Q
RELEASES MUSIC VIDEO
ONLY FOR NOW
TO REMIND US THAT EVEN COVID-19 IS
ONLY FOR NOW
CAST MEMBERS FROM BROADWAY,
OFF-BROADWAY, LONDON, LAS VEGAS
AND NATIONAL TOURING PRODUCTION
OF THE TONY AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL
REUNITED TO BENEFIT THE ACTORS FUND
Original cast members John Tartaglia and Stephanie D’Abruzzo, both nominated for Tony Awards in 2004 when Avenue Q won the Tony Award for Best Musical, will be joined by original cast members Jennifer Barnhart, Ann Harada, Rick Lyon, Jordan Gelber and Carmen Ruby Floyd in “Only For Now.” Also featured is Becca Ayers, Stacie Bono, Katie Boren, Leo Daignault, Ben Durocher, Jodi Eichelberger, Mary Faber, Barrett Foa, Imari Hardon, Evan Harrington, Aaron Irwin, Jason Jacoby, Lisa Helmi Johanson, Nick Kohn, Jennie Kwan, Maggie Lakis, Michelle Lane, Rebecca Larkin, Rob McClure, Ruthie Ann Miles, Rob Morrison, Jed Resnick, Jon Robyns, Jonathan Root, Ann Sanders, Benjamin Schrader, Danielle K. Thomas, Sharon Wheatley, and Haneefah Wood.
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4) BLACK THEATRE COALITION
PARTNERS WITH
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S MFA THEATRE
MANAGEMENT& PRODUCING PROGRAM
FOR WEEKLY WEBINAR SERIES FOR
BLACK MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS
IN THEATER
Co-founders T. Oliver Reid, Warren Adams, and Reginald “Reggie” Van Lee, along with Executive Strategist Afton Battle and Marketing Strategist Tamica Clanton, announced a partnership between Black Theatre Coalition (BTC), the organization aiming “to build a sustainable, ethical roadmap to increase employment opportunities for Black theatre professionals,” and Professors Steven Chaikelson (Head of Theatre Management & Producing) and Michael J. Passaro (Head of Stage Management) at Columbia University’s School of the Arts to provide a weekly webinar series exclusively for potential BTC fellows.
The Columbia University School of the Arts MFA Programs in Theatre Management & Producing and Stage Management are proud to be working with the Black Theatre Coalition to establish an Introduction to the Business of Theatre workshop series exclusively for potential BTC fellows. The weekly workshop sessions, which is being led by Professors Steven Chaikelson and Michael J. Passaro includes lectures on management, production, legal, marketing and financial aspects of the theatre industry; group discussions regarding major industry issues; and panel discussions with industry professionals who will share information about their jobs and how they built their careers. Guest lecturers include members of the theatre program’s adjunct faculty and alumni.
There are ten black professionals who are taking part in the eleven-week management series.
BTC encourages Black Theatre Professionals to add their information for the upcoming database by visiting their website.
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5) THE CELL THEATRE in association with
PREMIERES LIVE ONLINE
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY JOSEPH HENDEL
Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre in association with DimlyWit Productions Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre in association with DimlyWit Productions will broadcast the third installment of their series TOLERANCE PARTY titled TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE which will be available to stream via their website. Reuniting the same cast of characters, as well as some new faces (and voices), this installment, written and directed by Joseph Hendel, finds our heroes huddled around a virtual campfire. Stories will be shared, new worlds will be unlocked, and maybe--just maybe--they'll bring "it" back to life. Audiences are encouraged to participate in a live chat function that will help determine the fate of the characters in following episodes. The cast includes Corey Allen* (“Mindhunter”, “Manh(a)ttan”), Ji Chung, Bob Jaffe* (“Sweetbitter”, “Brotherhood”, Memory Retrograde), Nidalas Madden, Heather Mo’Witz, Richard Urquiza, India Meñete, Brian Reager, Peyton Rowe, and Steven Simring. Production design is by DimlyWit Productions, original music by Ricardo Romaneiro, co-conceived by Artistic Director Kira Simring (Yes!, Reflections of Molly Bloom, Crackskull Row).
TOLERANCE PARTY:TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE will be streamed on Friday December 4, 2020 at 8PM. Tickets are available on a sliding scale from $5 to $25. Running Time is 30 minutes. You may purchase tickets at the following link: https://www.tickettailor.com/
Follow the cell on instagram at @thecelltheatre for updates or go to www.thecelltheatre.org for upcoming events!
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6) ELF
THE POLAR EXPRESS
GREMLINS
AND
A CHRISTMAS STORY
TO BE PRESENTED AS PART OF
THE CHRISTMAS SHOW
AT THE THEATRICAL DRIVE-IN
EXPERIENCE
RADIAL PARK AT HALLETTS POINT
PLAY
NOVEMBER 27 – DECEMBER 19, 2020
The theatrical drive-in experience Radial Park at Halletts Point Play is pleased to present The Christmas Show, a true New York City celebration this holiday season, every Friday and Saturday g through Saturday, December 19, 2020.
Audiences are invited to catch both new and classic Christmas favorites on the big screen, such as Elf, The Polar Express, Gremlins, and A Christmas Story, coupled with live performances, a holiday-themed installation, games, raffles, and secret Santa fun. The Christmas show provides exciting entertainment for the whole family, celebrating New York City and its vibrant communities.
Tickets ($65 per vehicle or picnic table) are now on sale and can be purchased online at RadialPark.com/tickets, where a complete schedule of events can also be found.
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8) DENIZEN Theatre announces new
Sunday Salon Series, hosted by
New York Post Sunday Editor
Margi Conklin
Bi-monthly series featuring prestigious authors kicks off on December 6 with New York Times Best Selling Author Michael Riedel
February's featured guest is New York Times Best Selling Author Ada Calhoun
Admission price includes copies of the books!
Book ASAP - Space is extremely limited with only 15 seats per Salon
The DENIZEN Theatre is thrilled to kick off their new DENIZEN Salon Series, a new bi-monthly series dedicated to connecting audiences with authors, with New York Times best-selling author Michael Riedel discussing his new book Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway.
Hosted by New Paltz resident and New York Post Sunday Editor Margi Conklin, the DENIZEN Salon Series aims to bring stimulating conversation to New Paltz residents with some of publishing's most esteemed names.
Kicking off the Series in December, best-selling author Michael Riedel lights up the DENIZEN with some bespoke Broadway tales. His newest release Singular Sensation chronicles Broadway's '90s heyday until 9/11 brought it to a standstill — just as the global pandemic has done today.
Riedel, the longtime theater columnist for the New York Post and co-host of 710 WOR's Len Berman and Michael Riedel in the Morning, dishes on some of his funniest Broadway tales and answer your most burning questions about Broadway and beyond.
Ada Calhoun is February’s Salon guest. Calhoun’s book Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis, about women grappling with unprecedented demands in midlife, was a cultural phenomenon when it was released in 2019 and is even more prescient in today’s time of crisis.
Journalist Ada Calhoun is the author of New York Times bestseller Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis, named by Amazon Editors the #1 Nonfiction Book of 2020 So Far. Kelly Ripa said, "This is a book that makes you feel less crazy." The Boston Globe said it is "a surprising source of uplift for those feeling overlooked or overstretched."
Complimentary masks and gloves are available to all patrons. Hand sanitizing stations are set up at the entrance. All chairs are socially-distanced and face-coverings are required.
WHAT: DENIZEN Salon Series with Michael Riedel, hosted by Margi Conklin
Date: Sunday, December 6, 2020
Times: Noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm
Cost of admission: $20 (admission includes a signed hardcover of Singular Sensation)
WHAT: DENIZEN Salon Series with Ada Calhoun, hosted by Margi Conklin
Date: Sunday, February 7, 2021
Times: Noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm
Cost of admission: $20 (admission includes a signed copy of Why We Can’t Sleep)
Reserve ASAP as space is limited, with just 15 people allowed per salon. www.denizentheatre.com **************************************************************** ***** Lineup to Feature Panel Discussion with The United Nations and David Clark Cause, Continued Conversations Around Andres Serrano Infamous, Herbal Medicine Workshops, Book Talk on Iconic New York City Murals, Foto Walks with Fujifilm, and More Fotografiska New York, the destination for photography and culture in the Flatiron District of New York City, recently announced their December event programming schedule. The museum will host events around current exhibitions including Andres Serrano Infamous and Naima Green Brief & Drenching. On December 1st, Andres Serrano and Svetlana Mintcheva, Director of Programs at the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) will discuss what it means to show images of racist objects today. On December 14th, Suhaly Bautista-Carolina of Moon Mother Apothecary will host the second event in “The Medicine of the Moon,” series with special guest Frances Perez-Rodriguez. The Medicine of the Moon is a three-part hands-on, plant medicine workshop in homage to Naima Green’s exhibition Brief & Drenching. The museum will also host a panel discussion with David Clark Cause and The United Nations Human Rights office around the 2020 Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize Competition and the relationship between documentary photography and human rights. The Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize Winner and Top 10 will be on view on the 6th floor starting December 10th. The museum will also host a panel discussion with David Clark Cause and The United Nations Human Rights office around the 2020 Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize Competition and the relationship between documentary photography and human rights. The Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize Winner and Top 10 will be on view on the 6th floor starting December 10th. At a Glance: December Event Schedule On View through Sunday, December 6th, 2020 6th Floor Installation: Persist, Insist by Larry Fink Online and At The Museum Persist, Insist is an installation and online image gallery of photographs from the archive of Larry Fink (American, b. 1941). The installation includes 11 framed, black and white photographs taken by Fink in Harlem, New York and Washington DC during the 1960s. Both the installation and the online gallery are accompanied by an audio narration from Fink, who reflects on selected photographs to bring viewers into the historical moment Tuesday, December 1st - 7:00PM - 8:00 PM Return of the Repressed: How and Why We Need to Look at Historical Racist Images Today With Svetlana Mitcheva, Director of Programs at the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), and Artist Andres Serrano Online Tensions over race and racism are impacting every sphere of life in the United States. It is at this crucial moment that Andres Serrano is confronting us with some of the most shameful and painful racist images of the nation's past. What does it mean to show these images of banal products decorated with racist caricatures? And, specifically, to show them today? In conversation with the artist, Svetlana Mintcheva, Director of Programs at the National Coalition Against Censorship, suggests that the display of these images may function in much the same way as recent protests: as an eruption of long suppressed anger and anguish. Disturbing as it is, looking at these images may constitute part of a healing process where the American historical narrative comes to include, openly, its cruel violence alongside its proud achievements. Svetlana Mintcheva is Director of Programs at the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) and founding director of NCAC's arts advocacy project. An academic and an activist, Mintcheva has taught literature and critical theory at the University of Sofia, Bulgaria and at Duke University, from which she received her Ph.D. in critical theory in 1999. She currently teaches part-time at New York University. Her academic research and writing focus on postmodern literature and aesthetic provocations as well as issues in censorship and ethics. Friday, December 4th - 10:00AM, 11:00AM, and 12:00PM Mindfulness Friday At The Museum This weekly series of morning meditations and sound baths is held inside the restored chapel space at V, curated by Yael Shy. Two meditation sessions, each led by Marisa Viola, will be held at 10AM and 11AM. The sound bath will begin at 12PM, guided by Melani De Guzman. Yael is the author of the award-winning book, What Now? Meditation for Your Twenties and Beyond, and writes about topics involving meditation, religion, and spirituality for a variety of publications, from the Harvard Business Review to the Huffington Post. Monday, December 7th, 2020 - February 28, 2021 Scenes From an Island by Florence Montmare Online Launch Florence Montmare’s Scenes from an Island explores the human condition of displacement and transience through the elemental conditions of landscape where land meets water. Montmare’s takes us on an introspective journey set against Ingmar Bergman’s mise-en-scène remote island of FĂĄrö, Sweden. The barren cinematic landscape of the island’s natural elements are stripped down and laid bare allowing a contemplation of the rocks and water to function as a mirror, and in reflection, you are able to see an essence of yourself. At this moment, we find ourselves on our own islands filled with isolation and surrounded by unrest and uncertainty. The enchanted landscape captured through Montmare’s lens combined with her narrative guide us on a journey of self-discovery. Wednesday, December 9th - 7:00PM Scenes From An Island: Stillness, Performativity, and the Imaginary Artist Florence Montmare in conversation with Critical Theorist Natasha Chuk Online Join us for an evening with artist Florence Montmare and critical theorist and writer Natasha Chuk, who will discuss the artist’s journey to the faraway island of FĂĄrö, and toward stillness and self-discovery, culminating in her body of work Scenes from an Island - on view as part of The Foto Sessions starting December 7, 2020. Each week, a new chapter will be released in the online gallery and further explored through work-specific Mindfulness Fridays Meditations. This talk coincides with the launch of Montmare’s first chapter titled exteriors. Natasha Chuk is a New York City and Catskills-based Latinx critical theorist and independent curator focused on media studies, film, experimental art, and creative technologies in a global context. Her research concerns the relations between interfaces and structures of perception in and through media objects as systems of language, with particular attention to their affordances and limitations Thursday, December 10th, 2020 - January 24th, 2021 Photography 4 Humanity Photography 4 Humanity is an international initiative that calls on photographers to bring the power of human rights to life through their images, and submit their work for an annual competition. Fotografiska New York will exhibit the 2020 Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize Recipient’s winning image, as well as the work of the top ten finalists, which will be open to the public starting on December 10th until January 24th. The United Nations Human Rights will display the winning works virtually following the competition’s presentation at Fotografiska New York. Fotografiska New York is proud to participate in Photography 4 Humanity as the Presenting Partner alongside Creator David Clark Cause and Global Partner United Nations Human Rights. Thursday, December 10th - 7:00PM - 8:00PM The 2020 Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize competition is an international initiative that calls on photographers to bring the power of human rights to life through their images, and submit their work for an annual competition. Images of the winner and top 10 finalists will be on view at the museum from December 10th - January 24th, 2021 Thursday, December 10th - 1:00PM - 3:00PM Friday, December 11th - 10:00AM, 11:00AM, and 12:00PM Friday, December 11th - 12:00PM, weekly through February 26th, 2021 Melani De Guzman is a multidisciplinary fillipinx artist, dancer, actor, healer, and educator. Monday, December 14th - 7:00pm - 8:00PM Suhaly Bautista-Carolina is an Afro-Dominican herbalist, artist, and community organizer. She has hosted plant medicine-making workshops with organizations including The Museum of the City of New York, The Highline and many more. Frances A. PĂ©rez-RodrĂguez was born in Puerto Rico and raised in New York City. A Farm School NYC graduate, Frances prides herself on being Woke Foods' Food & Land Education Coordinator, Rise & Root Farm's market manager, and a member of La Finca Del Sur Community Farm where she grows produce and herbs (both for herself and the South Bronx Farmers Market/community), and assists with culturally-relevant programming. Friday, December 11th - 10:00AM, 11:00AM, and 12:00PM Mindfulness Friday Friday, December 18th - 12:00PM - 1:00PM A Visual Tour and Conversation between Joshua McHugh, Glenn Palmer-Smith, Graydon Carter and artist Edward Sorel on Murals of New York City: The Best of New York's Public Paintings from Bemelmans to ParrishOnline Join author, painter and muralist Glenn Palmer-Smith, photographer Joshua McHugh, co-founder of Air Mail and former editor of Vanity Fair Graydon Carter and artist Edward Sorel for a lively discussion about the iconic murals inside New York City landmarks such as the Monkey Bar and The Waverly Inn and Garden. Viewers will be transported from their living rooms into the majestic atmospheres of these interior spaces. Joshua McHugh is a New York-based photographer who specializes in interior, architecture, and design related projects. He is a Contributing Photographer at Architectural Digest, and his images are regularly published in other national shelter magazines including Elle DĂ©cor, Interior Design, and House Beautiful. Glenn Palmer-Smith’s career has spanned from being a Paris fashion photographer to photographer’s representative to muralist, having restored the famed Bemelmans Bar and CafĂ© Carlyle murals at the Hotel Carlyle. His work has been written about in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Forbes. Most recently he has finished the first in a series of murals for the Christopher Newport University in Virginia. Graydon Carter is co-founder of Air Mail and served as the editor of Vanity Fair from 1992-2017. During his 25 years as editor, the magazine won dozens of national and international awards, and Graydon himself was nominated to the Magazine Editors’ Hall of Fame. He stepped down from Vanity Fair in 2017, and recently launched Air Mail, a digital weekly concentrating on covering lifestyle stories with “sophistication, authority and wit”. Edward Sorel is an American illustrator, caricaturist, cartoonist, graphic designer and author. His work is known for its storytelling, its left-liberal social commentary, and its criticism of reactionary right-wing politics and organized religion. For more information on each event, please visit https://www.fotografiska.com/ **************************************************************** ****
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