Arts on Site (AOS) announces September performances, featuring dance, music, and film in the heart of the East Village at Studio 3R, 12 St. Mark’s Place, NYC. Tickets are $20-$30 and can be purchased online at
artsonsite.ticketleap.com/studio-3r.
Rebecca Margolick: Boy Friday
Saturday, September 11, 2021 at 6:30pm & 8:30pm
Tickets: $30
Voices of Diaspora
Friday, September 16, 2021 at 6:30pm & 8:30pm
Saturday, September 17, 2021 at 6:30pm & 8:30pm
Tickets: $20
Simona Smirnova Jazz Quartet: Bird Language
Saturday, September 18, 2021 at 6:30pm & 8:30pm
Tickets: $30
The Bang Group (dance)
Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 6:30pm & 8:30pm
Tickets: $30
BOiNK! Presents: Sizzle! Dance and Film Festival
Friday, September 24, 2021 at 6:30pm & 8:30pm
Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 6:30pm & 8:30pm
Tickets: $20
Amber Sloan (dance)
Thursday, September 30, 2021 at 6:30pm & 8:30pm
Tickets: $30
Covid-19 Protocols
Arts On Site is enforcing COVID-19 restrictions. Each performance is located in Arts on Site’s large space, Studio 3R, with an air filter. The stage is set up in a proscenium style with a clear division between the artist and the audience. Seating is limited and the front row of seating is set at least 10 feet from the stage. Additional safety measures include:
- Limited occupancy at each event, with only 34 audience members total at one time
- Hand hygiene stations provided on site
- Requirements that audience members are masked and performers be vaccinated
- Signage posted throughout the location to remind personnel and visitors to adhere to proper hygiene practices, use PPE appropriately, and follow disinfection protocols
- Designation of a site safety monitor whose responsibilities include continuous compliance with all aspects of the site safety plan
- Only selling tickets online only prior to the event, with no tickets sold at the door
All visitors are required to:
- Arrive at least 15 minutes before performance (6:15 & 8:15pm)
- Complete COVID-19 questionnaire (listed below)
- Complete safety waiver
- Wear appropriate face covering
- Sanitize hands upon arrival
Visitors are not allowed entry if they answer “yes” to any of the following questions:
- Have you had COVID-19 symptoms in the past 14 days?
- Have you had a positive COVID-19 test in the past 14 days?
- Have you been in close contact with a confirmed or suspected COVID-19 case in the past 14 days?
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7) I Squeezed Really Hard
Begins Performances 9/17
The Aviary invites you to the World Premiere of I SQUEEZED REALLY HARD. By Anthony Misiano. Directed by Jacob Titus (Spaceman by Leegrid Stevens), this one man comedy about one kid's tragedy runs September 17 - 26 at the wild project (195 E. 3rd Street between Aves A & B).
In I SQUEEZED REALLY HARD., Anthony Misiano serves up a series of painfully funny, progressively more shocking true stories about his turbulent childhood and the modern broken home. A Dickensian journey as raw as it is intangibly universal, Misiano’s fearless, high-energy storytelling takes us down an engrossing autobiographical road that makes us laugh at our darkest moments, and question what exactly we define as family. A bold, unapologetic comedy set in a simpler, more aggressive time known commonly as: The 90’s.
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8) Big Umbrella Festival
Returns to Lincoln Center
Big Umbrella Outdoors
Groundbreaking Initiative Dedicated to
Creation and Presentation of Arts Programs for
Audiences with Autism and Developmental Disabilities
September 17-19, 2021
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts welcomes audiences with autism and other developmental disabilities and their families to Big Umbrella Outdoors. The weekend of programming beginning September 17 is part of Restart Stages, the new outdoor performing arts center constructed on the Lincoln Center campus to champion the city’s cultural and economic revival.
Big Umbrella Outdoors is an extension of the 2018 Big Umbrella Festival, an international endeavor that offered performances across New York City for children on the autism spectrum. It also gathered arts professionals and thought leaders from across the globe in-person and virtually to share best practices on serving these unique audiences. Held during Autism Acceptance Month, the festival was the first of its kind dedicated to arts programs for young people on the spectrum and their families.
This year, Big Umbrella Outdoors kicks off with a special event at 6pm on Friday night welcoming teens and young adults for an evening of art, dance and music activities. The evening begins with an offering from neurodiverse theatre company E.P.I.C. Players in a performance that explores the autistic experience through authentically conceived and portrayed stories and concludes with an inclusive Silent Disco featuring Music: Not Impossible, wearable technology which translates sound onto the skin through vibration, allowing users to feel the music. The Silent Disco offers the unique experience for audience members to control sensory elements, by adjusting volume on personal devices and being within socially distanced circles.
Children and their families are invited to experience the festival on Saturday and Sunday in a two-hour ticketed window that begins at 11am or 2:30pm, each including the same offerings. Each visit begins and ends with a live performance, with time between for attendees to choose and explore additional interactive installations: Squonk’s Big Hands for a Big Umbrella immersive experience; a sonic soundscape from Swingset Drumkit, the sensory sculpture OrchidsPlayscape, as well as music and dance performances featuring artists with disabilities.
In addition, an at-home, action-packed experience for kids, Sun Runners, an intergalactic audio adventure by Audioplay & Windmill Theatre Company, will be available at LincolnCenter.org/BigUmbrella from September 13-26, 2021.
Friday, September 17 – Sunday, September 19, 2021
Friday:
Inclusive Silent Disco
(Josie Robertson Plaza)
A silent disco made accessible for all due to groundbreaking technology. Music: Not Impossible is an applied Vibrotextile™ technology that allows users to experience the rich nuances of music, using the skin as a canvas. Initially inspired by deaf music fans, the system goes beyond accessibility to create a radically inclusive experience. Music: Not Impossible not only provides a kind of accessibility that has never before been achieved but enhances the musical experience for all.
Songs and Stories from the Spectrum by E.P.I.C. Players
(Josie Robertson Plaza)
The E.P.I.C. Players are a nonprofit, neuro-diverse theatre company dedicated to creating professional performing arts opportunities and supportive social communities in the arts for persons with developmental disabilities. Join the company as they sing songs and share stories about resiliency, empowerment, and hope for the future.
Saturday and Sunday:
Big Hands for a Big Umbrella by Squonk
(performance at Damrosch Park)
Performance collective Squonk draws from their “Hand to Hand” project to create an immersive, open engagement just for Lincoln Center. This relaxed performance will allow all to express themselves and be comfortable: close or far, touch or not, quiet or loud. Drawing on Squonk’s command of multi-sensory performance and their nationally renowned work in participatory inclusiveness, they offer an intimate experience that invites free expression, where stimming, moving, and vocalizing are all welcome.
Swingset Drumkit
(interactive installation at The Deck at Damrosch Park)
Swingset Drumkit is a unique, interactive sonic sculpture encouraging people to build rhythmic sounds through their swinging. Swings are attached to large colorful wheels that trigger multiple drumsticks, striking percussive instruments. The speed and swinging height is translated into varying rhythms and sounds. Make your own music by swinging!
OrchidsPlayscape by Sean Ahlquist
(interactive installation at Josie Robertson Plaza)
The term “orchid” in behavioral science refers to a unique ability to thrive when immersed within a desirable environment. Knowing what may be a motivating, preferred environment at any particular day and time for someone with autism is near impossible. Therefore, instead of trying to predict a single design solution, the effort is to hand over design authorship, to let function of environment play out within the hands of those immersed within it. The OrchidsPlayscape attempts to do this through richly textured knitted textiles and interaction with multi-sensory objects. Born of the artist, Sean Ahlquist, and his architectural research, and driven by ever-changing experiences with his autistic daughter, Ara, the project hopes to enable those with autism to communicate their creativity for space-making and unique sense of play.
Écoute pour voir by Danse Carpe Diem / Emmanuel Jouthe and Ballet For All Kids
(performance at Josie Robertson Plaza)
Écoute pour voir is eight solo artists, scattered in space and dancing simultaneously. Originally created and choreographed by Emmanuel Jouthe and Danse Carpe Diem, performances at Lincoln Center will feature dancers from Ballet For All Kids, which teaches classical ballet technique and other dance styles using TheSchlachte Method, a certified curriculum developed to accommodate all abilities, body types, and learning styles. In Écoute pour voir, one dancer and one audience member equipped with a pair of headphones attached to an iPod share a two-to-three-minute choreographic exchange. Audiences will engage in these artistic experiences in shared celebration of human beings and their abilities. (Cleaned headphones will be provided for this experience. If you prefer to bring your own, please note that they must have a traditional headphone jack of 3.5 mm. For example, iPhone headphones will not be compatible.)
Songs from the Spectrum by E.P.I.C. Players
(performance at Hearst Plaza/The Grove)
The E.P.I.C. Players are a nonprofit, neuro-diverse theatre company dedicated to creating professional performing arts opportunities and supportive social communities in the arts for persons with developmental disabilities. Join the company of E.P.I.C. Players as they sing songs about resiliency, empowerment, and hope for the future.
Sun Runners by Audioplay & Windmill Theatre Company
(virtual experience)
With a pair of headphones and a mobile device, your kids plunge headfirst into an immersive space adventure, hurtling across the farthest reaches of the galaxy in your own living room. Sun Runners infuses imaginative, physical play with a cinematic score to create a thrilling action-packed experience. It’s technology without the screens.
(This experience can be accessed at home via mobile device. Links and episodes will be available beginning September 13 at 10:00 a.m. at LincolnCenter.org/BigUmbrella.)
Accessibility
Big Umbrella Outdoors centers the experience of individuals with autism and other disabilities, with a focus not only on accessibility in terms of accommodations, but also with social accessibility. All activities and performances are designed with multiple ways to interact, as well as tools to support engagement, including quiet spaces, noise-reducing headphones and fidgets.
All participants will receive social narratives and visual schedules prior to the event.
Assistive listening devices with headphones and fidgets are available.
All performance spaces will have socially distanced viewing with flexible seating on accessible routes. Accessible restrooms are available on the Concourse level, just below Lincoln Center’s Josie Robertson Plaza.
Interactive installations, including headphones will be cleaned between participants. Masks are strongly encouraged. All elements of the festival are outdoors and capacity for this event is limited to provide ample space between participants.
For additional information about COVID safety protocols or accessibility, or to request additional accommodations, please contact access@lincolncenter.org or 212 875 5375. *********************************************************************
9) BROADWAY ON DEMAND
WILL HONOR FIRST RESPONDERS
AND
THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF SEPTEMBER 11TH
WITH EXCLUSIVE PANEL PRESENTATION OF
THE GUYS
Broadway On Demand, the industry-leading theater streaming platform, has announced an exclusive panel presentation to honor first responders everywhere and the heroes of September 11th. The Broadway on Demand event will bring together theatre artists from around the world to discuss the seminal play The Guys. The event includes a panel discussion hosted by Ruthie Fierberg and featuring author Anne Nelson, along with first responders who have appeared in productions of the play and clips from productions around the world. This will be available beginning at 5pm EST on September 11th through September 26th.
The Guys takes place less than two weeks after the September 11th attacks and New Yorkers are still in shock. One of them, an editor named Joan, receives an unexpected phone call on behalf of Nick, a fire captain who has lost most of his men in the attack. He’s looking for a writer to help him with the eulogies he must present at their memorial services. Nick and Joan spend a long afternoon together, recalling the fallen men through recounting their virtues and their foibles, and fashioning the stories into memorials of words. In the process, Nick and Joan discover the possibilities of friendship in each other and their shared love for the unconquerable spirit of the city. As they make their way through the emotional landscape of grief, they draw on humor, tango, the appreciation of craft in all its forms—and the enduring bonds of common humanity. The Guys is based on a true story.
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10) CURTAIN UP! FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES TWENTY-TWO STAR-STUDDED EVENTS INCLUDING:
The Jimmy Awards® Reunion Concert
Black to Broadway – It’s “Play” Time Artist Event
¡Viva! Broadway When We See Ourselves! Concert
PLUS
Curtain Up: This is Broadway!
Final weekend concert with performances & appearances from
18 Returning Broadway Musicals, 5 Broadway Plays and Special Guests
All Live and Free in Times Square Sept 17-19, 2021
Playbill, in partnership with The Broadway League, the Times Square Alliance, and title sponsor Prudential announces details and talent for Curtain Up!, a three-day outdoor experience in Times Square presented by title sponsor Prudential; sponsored in part by Lexus, Netflix, and United Airlines; with additional support from Audible and the NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment.
Curtain Up! will take place outdoors in Times Square, on Broadway stretching between 45th and 48th Streets. Twenty-two unique events will take place on stages in Duffy Square (7th Ave. & 47th St.) and between 45th & 46th Streets. For a schedule of events see below:
CURTAIN UP! FESTIVAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
The three-day celebration will include the following events below. For a full, detailed listing of the events taking place, please also visit Playbill.com/CurtainUp.
*Performers are subject to change.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
Event: Wake Up, Broadway!
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Playbill Piano Bar (Location in Times Square bet, 45th and 46th Streets)
Join co-hosts, Ayanna Prescod and Christian Lewis of What’s Up Broadway? a BPN original podcast delivering the latest news, interviews, and chatter from Broadway and beyond, as they welcome esteemed guests from BPN and the Broadway community. Prescod, our very own “Gossip Girl”, is omniscient on everything buzzworthy happening on the Great White Way, don’t miss this informative hour.
Event: Official Curtain Up! Kick-Off
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM
Location: Mainstage on Duffy Square
Playbill, The Broadway League and The Times Square Alliance will Kick-Off Curtain Up! featuring speakers and special guests Brian Stokes Mitchell and Jessica Vosk, with music director John McDaniel and additional participants to be announced. The event will ignite excitement on the mainstage and include a celebratory countdown to the official event start!
Event: Divas of Broadway Sing-Along
Time: 1:00-1:30 PM
Location: Playbill Piano Bar (Location in Times Square bet, 45th and 46th Streets)
Join 2021 Richard Rodger Awards Winner Brandon James Gwinn (pianist at the world-renowned Marie’s Crisis and producer of Trixie Mattel’s albums) as he plays some of the greatest hits from the divas of Broadway!
Panel: “Dear White People” Discussion
Time: 1:30-2:30 PM
Location: Mainstage on Duffy Square
Presented by Netflix, join celebrities as they speak in conversation with stars from the Netflix Series “Dear White People”, discussing the crossover of theatre to TV/Film and the remarkable steps towards diversifying the arts for BIPOC members of the community.
Event: New Broadway Hits Sing-Along
Time: 2:30-3:00 PM
Location: Playbill Piano Bar (Location in Times Square bet, 45th and 46th Streets)
Join 2021 Richard Rodger Awards Winner Brandon James Gwinn (pianist at the world-renowned Marie’s Crisis and producer of Trixie Mattel’s albums) as he plays some of pop and contemporary hits from Broadway!
Event: Sing-Along with Joe Iconis
Time: 3:00-3:30 PM
Location: Playbill Piano Bar (Location in Times Square bet, 45th and 46th Streets)
Join Joe Iconis (Composer, Be More Chill) as he plays through some of his best known (and super fun) songs on the Sing For Hope Piano!
Event: The Playbill Variety Show
Time: 3:30-4:30 PM
Location: Mainstage on Duffy Square
Playbill is curating an hour of Broadway news updates, stories, interviews, and surprise performances in the middle of Times Square. Join Playbill’s Creative Director, Bryan Campione as he. invites stars and more to the stage for a fun celebration of theatre, Broadway and Curtain Up!. Guests include: Joshua Henry (Carousel, Shuffle Along, Violet, Porgy and Bess, American Idiot, The Scottsboro Boys, In The Heights); Tom Viola - Executive Director of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS; The Actors Fund; Frank DiLella - Emmy Award Winning Host of Spectrum News NY 1’s “On Stage”; Viral Sensation T.3 (America’s Got Talent) and more!
Event: WICKED Sing-Along
Time: 4:30-5:00 PM
Location: Playbill Piano Bar (Location in Times Square bet, 45th and 46th Streets)
We couldn’t be happier to have pianist Paul Loesel play thrillifying songs from the Broadway sensation, WICKED! Audiences can sing-along to their favorite songs in the heart of Times Square on the Sing For Hope Piano!
Concert: Jimmy Awards® Reunion Concert!
Time: 5:30-6:30 PM
Location: Mainstage on Duffy Square
Hosted by Broadway’s Jelani Alladin, this event brings together alumni of the famed Jimmy Awards®/National High School Musical Theatre Awards® program in a free, outdoor concert with live music. Join us for a chance to catch up with some of the Jimmy Awards alums who have graduated to roles on Broadway and National Tours. They’ll each have a moment in the spotlight with solo numbers from classic and contemporary Broadway shows, and they’ll join-together for a grand finale. The concert will feature the two top winners from the virtual 2021 Jimmy Awards making their New York performance debuts. For more information on The Jimmy Awards program, visit www.JimmyAwards.com.
Event: Curtain Up After Dark
Time: 6:30-7:30 PM
Location: Playbill Piano Bar (Location in Times Square bet, 45th and 46th Streets)
Join Broadway guest performers as they take to the stage and perform their favorite tunes under the setting sun and the lights of Times Square. Performers will be announced soon.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
Event: “The Broadway Morning Warm-Up”
Time: 10:30-11:15 AM
Location: Mainstage on Duffy Square
Join Broadway Arts Community, a performing arts training & James T. Lane, Jessica Lee Goldyn, Tyler Hanes mentorship company, as they “get the celebration started” Saturday morning! Together with BAC co-founders & mentors Chryssie Whitehead and Alexis Carra, special BAC guests, and BAC students will warm you up for an incredible day of all-things Broadway!
Event: Wake Up, Broadway!
Time: 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Location: Playbill Piano Bar (Location in Times Square bet, 45th and 46th Streets)
Join co-hosts, Ayanna Prescod and Christian Lewis of What’s Up Broadway? a BPN original podcast delivering the latest news, interviews, and chatter from Broadway and beyond, as they welcome esteemed guests from BPN and the Broadway community. Prescod, our very own “Gossip Girl”, is omniscient on everything buzzworthy happening on the Great White Way, don’t miss this informative hour.
Panel: Black to Broadway – It’s “Play” Time!
Time: 12:15-1:45 PM
Location: Mainstage on Duffy Square
As Broadway performances resume following the global pandemic and social reckoning that have taken place over the past 18 months, no less than seven new productions of plays by Black writers are slated to open this fall—including four by Black women. Join us for an entertaining and informative live conversation in the heart of the Broadway Theatre District that will give the theatergoing public a chance to get to know some of the writers, directors, and performers who are bringing these works to Broadway stages. These works represent a broad spectrum of production styles and voices, and the event will spotlight what makes each one uniquely relevant and entertaining. Harriette Cole, the nationally renowned lifestylist, and branding coach and DREAMLEAPERS founder, will introduce the speakers and lead the discussion.
The event is part of The Broadway League’s ongoing Black to Broadway initiative to inspire, engage and build awareness among the Black community with Broadway.
Event: Broadway Sing-Along’s
Time: 2:00-4:45 PM
Location: Playbill Piano Bar (Location in Times Square bet, 45th and 46th Streets)
Times Square Guests can spend an hour or two at the Sing For Hope Piano with special guests pianists and a Broadway star or two.
Event: The Golden Age of Broadway Sing-Along
Time: 2:00-2:30 PM
Location: Playbill Piano Bar (Location in Times Square bet, 45th and 46th Streets)
Join Playbill’s own Logan Culwell-Block as he plays songs of the past, that still have an imprint on Broadway fans and audiences on the Sing For Hope Piano!
Event: Sing-Along with Rob Rokicki
Time: 2:30-3:00 PM
Location: Playbill Piano Bar (Location in Times Square bet, 45th and 46th Streets)
Join Rob Rokicki (Composer, The Lighting Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical) on the Sing For Hope Piano, as he plays songs fans of his music can sing-along to!
Event: The Playbill Variety Show
Time: 3:00-3:45 PM
Location: Mainstage on Duffy Square
Playbill is curating an hour of Broadway news updates, stories, interviews, and surprise performances in the middle of Times Square! Join Playbill’s Creative Director, Bryan Campione as he invites stars and more to the stage for a fun celebration of theatre, Broadway and Curtain Up! A special AAPI conversation and performance will helm this event, hosted by JoAnn M. Hunter and produced by Valerie Lau-Kee with special Broadway surprise guests!
Concert: ¡Viva! Broadway When We See Ourselves
Time: 5:00-6:30 PM
Location: Mainstage on Duffy Square
A musical celebration of the joy, diversity, and extensive contributions of the Latin and Hispanic Broadway! We are celebrating the beginning of the 2021 National Hispanic Heritage Month and welcoming the return of live Broadway performances. The free concert will lift-up the incredible history Broadway Latinx artists have shared throughout the decades and invite audiences to join us in the continued work that lies ahead.
The event will celebrate some of the most familiar names of Latinx representation on Broadway such as Daphne Rubin-Vega, Robin de Jesús, Bianca MarroquÃn, Ana Villafañe, and more, and elevate the talented ensemble members who always lead the way. The creative team includes Luis Salgado (director and choreographer), Gabriela Garcia (associate director/choreographer), Eric Ulloa (writer), Jaime Lozano (musical direction) and Sergio Trujillo (creative consultant).
Viva Broadway is a national Broadway League audience development partnership with the Hispanic community that helps bridge the world of Broadway with Latinx audiences around the country. This long-term initiative aims to celebrate Latinx talent and increase awareness of and engagement with Broadway. More info at Viva.Broadway.org
Event: Curtain Up After Dark
Time: 6:30-7:30 PM
Location: Playbill Piano Bar (Location in Times Square bet, 45th and 46th Streets)
Join Broadway guest performers as they take to the stage and perform their favorite tunes under the setting sun and the lights of Times Square. Performers will be announced shortly.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
Event: Wake Up, Broadway!
Time: 8:30-10:00 AM
Location: Playbill Piano Bar (Location in Times Square bet, 45th and 46th Streets)
Join co-hosts, Ayanna Prescod and Christian Lewis of What’s Up Broadway? a BPN original podcast delivering the latest news, interviews, and chatter from Broadway and beyond, as they welcome esteemed guests from BPN and the Broadway community. Prescod, our very own “Gossip Girl”, is omniscient on everything buzzworthy happening on the Great White Way, don’t miss this informative hour.
Concert: Curtain Up: This is Broadway!
Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: Mainstage on Duffy Square
A grand, outdoor event that marks the culmination of the Curtain Up! Festival, this concert will spotlight marquee talent from returning and new Broadway productions, showcasing Broadway to the world, trumpeting the message that BROADWAY IS BACK! This concert will celebrate all of Broadway and the re-opening of New York City. Current shows and performers participating include: Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations, Aladdin, Caroline, or Change, Chicago, Come From Away, Company, Dear Evan Hansen, Diana the Musical, Girl from the North County, Hadestown, Jagged Little Pill, The Lion King, Mrs Doubtfire, The Phantom of the Opera, Six, Tina- The Tina Turner Musical, Waitress, Wicked and the following plays: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Lackawanna Blues, Pass Over, Thoughts of a Colored Man, and To Kill A Mockingbird. Additional special guests will be announced soon.
*Shows and performers are subject to change.
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11) THE BROADWAY CAST OF
COMPANY
PRESENTS A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR
DARKNESS RISING
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 AT 7 PM
AT BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW
AT WWW.BIRDLANDJAZZ.COM
ALL PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT
DARKNESS RISING’S MISSION
TO HELP PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES
TO MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES
The cast of the new Broadway production of Company is proud to present a benefit concert for Darkness RISING on Monday, September 20 at 7 PM ET at Birdland Jazz Club (315 West 44th Street). Tickets are available now at www.birdlandjazz.com.
Company cast members scheduled to perform at the concert include Kathryn Allison, Terence Archie, Nikki Renée Daniels, Matt Doyle, Claybourne Elder, Javier Ignacio, Christopher Sieber, Jennifer Simard, and Bobby Conte Thornton, with Company’s associate music director Paul Staroba on piano.
Darkness RISING is a non-profit organization composed of singers and musicians from the Black Broadway community and Black mental health providers whose purpose is to help those in both the Black community, as well as for Broadway show company members begin conversations about mental health, provide direct resources, and erase the negative stigma of mental health issues.
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12) FAULT LINE THEATRE
PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
HINDSIGHT
SEPTEMBER 18 - OCTOBER 23, 2021
AT THE PARADISE FACTORY
Fault Line Theatre is proud to present the world premiere of Alix Sobler’s play Hindsight directed by Founding Artistic Director Aaron Rossini this September 18 - October 23, 2021 at the Paradise Factory (64 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003).
In the theater, there has always been a grey area between what is fact and what is fiction. Grey areas can lead to confusion, disaster, and violence - especially when it comes to the news and our politics. Where did it all begin? In Hindsight, an intrepid playwright traces the problem back to 1987 and the abolishment of the Fairness Doctrine. But as she builds her case, the facts, historical characters, and her own memories refuse to cooperate. Is it possible to trace our problems as a nation back to one decision made in the 80s? And if so, is a play really the right place to unpack this conversation? Like an episode of "John Oliver" crashing headfirst into a production of Our Town, Hindsight is a comedy that asks questions about how we communicate when we can't even get our facts straight.
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13) JoAnna Mendl Shaw
Artistic Director of
The Equus Projects
announces the virtual book launch of
Physical Listening:
A Dancer’s Interspecies Journey
September 17, 2021
Join author JoAnna Mendl Shaw and other special guests for the virtual book launch of Physical Listening: A Dancer’s Interspecies Journey on September 17, 2021 at 8pm ET via Zoom. The evening will feature an introduction from Patricia Norcia, a longtime collaborator who helped found The Equus Projects in 1998; notes on bringing dancing into academia from Robin Collen, Faculty & Associate Dean, SUNY Potsdam; and a testimonial from Linda Parelli, co-founder of Parelli Natural Horsemanship. Guests will hear the story of how the Equus Projects began, watch excerpts from Interspecies Encounter, and hear essays from the book read by the author. For more information and to RSVP, email https://www.equus-onsite.org/book-launch-september-17th.
In Physical Listening: A Dancer’s Interspecies Journey, JoAnna Mendl Shaw invites audiences to explore her unusual dance career, a path that took her on a deep dive into the world of horses and equine training. Physical Listening is the deeply personal journey of an artist who at age 74 is still pursuing her passions, bringing an interspecies perspective into the dance world and the sensibility of an artist into the horse world.
In Physical Listening: A Dancer’s Interspecies Journey, author JoAnna Mendl Shaw takes readers into an inter-species creative process that has revealed far more about life, love and leadership than she ever expected. Follow The Equus Projects as the company devises interspecies performances with local equestrians and their horses throughout the States and in Sweden. Learn how dancers train to work with equine partners and translate that training into a studio practice. Explore guided embodied exercises that will deepen your Physical Listening. Discover over 450 full-color photographs, choreographic maps, and illustrations in an 8 1/2” x 11” format.
A visual expression of Shaw’s story can be found in the film Imprinted, Dancing with Foals (2021). The film captures an extraordinary occurrence: the co-creation of a choreographic language between three dancers, two mares, and their newborn foals. Learn more at imprintedthefilm.com. *********************************************************************
14) Amsterdam Eco/Arts Festival
Saturday, September 18 from noon-6:30pm
Amsterdam Avenue between West 109-110th Streets
Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance and The Columbus-Amsterdam BID join forces to present the Amsterdam Eco/Arts Festival on the Open Boulevards at Amsterdam Avenue between 109-110th Streets on Saturday, September 18th, from noon-6:30pm.
The afternoon kicks off at noon with Melissa Elstein of “Love Your Street Tree Day” and Peter Arndtsen and Michael Gonzelez of The Columbus-Amsterdam BID leading a tree bed educational walking tour from 106-110 Streets, followed by a planting demonstration. Volunteers can sign up to help beautify and plant along the neglected stretch the Minerva Bernadino Greenstreet with native flowers.
At 3pm Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance (TLD) presents new ecologically-centered work. “Plastic Harvest,” a collaboration between choreographer Jody Sperling and composer Matthew Burtner, investigates plastic pollution. Radically transformed by costuming fashioned from hundreds of plastic bags, the dancers (Anika Hunter, Maki Kitahara, and Andrea Trager) appear as plastic creatures foraging and frolicking in their street habitat. The dance creates a surreal spectacle while provoking contemplation about the beauty of that—and who—our society throws away. Following, TLD presents excerpts of other works including “Arboreal Entanglement,” exploring the relationship between people and trees, performed by Sperling with music by Burtner and “Bunhead’s Back,” about what it’s like to feel different.
TLD’s performance is bookended by excerpts from “Treaty Between Earth and Self,” an interdisciplinary poetry-music-theater-dance project composed by N. Scott Johnson in development by Rattlestick Theater. This piece is an introspective journey into an Amazonian-inspired world and explores the sounds of Brazilian Forró. (Directed by Danilo Gambini with poetry by Colin Greer, percussion by Victor Caccese, vocals by Alice Reys, and choreography by Sperling.)
At 2pm, Oleana Whispering Dove, a Tsalagi-Algonquian Native American and Indigenous historian, will offer a Native New York Orientation providing information about the Native history of the festival site. Following, Oleana will read her Dream Catcher poetry about the legend of the Tsalogi Water Spider, an iconic female animal spirit.
jill sigman/thinkdance shares “To Mend” is an iterative durational process of organizing and dancing with ceramics—a meditation on brokenness and how we will put the pieces together anew. In this part-performance part-installation, Jill will carefully and caringly arrange a set of handmade ceramic shards into a structure that can be played like an instrument. There will be building and unbuilding, sounding and silence, movement and stillness, in this reflection on slowness, loss, and repair, both personal and structural.
In parallel throughout the afternoon, artist Capucine Bourcart performs her installation “Plastic Blanket,” in which she continually knits plastic “thank you” bags together, a project begun in 2003..
The program concludes with the local rhythms of Sonny Daze, a Latin jazz trio with performers Salvador Merced, JojoSoul, and Armando Duchesne.
Throughout the day, All Street Journal provides participatory socially-conscious muralling for children. Harmony by Karate offers a family workshop (1:30pm) and Marianel Marquez of BeFitNYC offers a free Zumba class (4pm). The festival will also have civic and community engagements, including a presence by Stop-the-Chop a NYC-based grassroots organization advocating for the cessation of non-essential helicopter flights to reduce noise and pollution and promote public health.
SCHEDULE
12-12:30 - Walking tour of tree beds. Meet at NW corner 110/Amsterdam.
12:30-2pm - Community Planting, Love Your Street Tree Day & Col-Amst BID
12:30-1:30 - jill Sigman/thinkdance, installation build for To Mend
12:30-5pm - Capucine Bourcart, “Plastic Blanket” installation
1-1:30pm - Harmony by Karate family lesson
2-2:15pm - Native New York Orientation/Poetry, Oleana Whispering Dove
2:15-2:45pm - jill sigman/thinkdance, performance “To Mend”
3pm - Treaty Between Self and Earth (open)
3:05pm - Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance (TLD)
3:45pm - Treaty Between Self and Earth (close)
4-4:30pm - Zumba by BeFITNYC
4:30-6:30pm - Sonny Daze jazz trio
Audiences are advised to protect themselves and the community by observing social- distancing and mask-wearing when appropriate.
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15) Kinesis Project dance theatre
Presents
Search(Light)
Summer on the Hudson
September 19, 2021 at 6:30pm
Locomotive Lawn
Kinesis Project dance theatre presents a performance of Search(Light) as part of Riverside Park’s Summer on the Hudson on September 19, 2021 at 6:30pm on the Locomotive Lawn, Hudson River Greenway & W 62nd St, New York, NY. For more information and to reserve a free ticket, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/170038723399.
Kinesis Project dance theatre—the large-scale, outdoor dance company known for creating beautifully expansive yet surprisingly intimate dances—returns to Riverside Park South with Search(Light), their newest evening-length work. Combining high-energy dancing, gorgeous light-refracting costumes, and live music, this mesmerizing performance traverses from bridges to hilltops to the shores of the Hudson River, prompting viewers to contemplate the potency of human connections across great distances.
The dancers’ connections are enhanced by reflective costumes designed by Rebecca Kanach. These eye-catching elements replicate lines of light through the movement as the 45-minute dance progresses through the park. Please be prepared to be mobile. Verbal description will be available. x
Know Before You Go
For everyone's safety, they are asking all participants to observe the following guidelines:
- Please wear a mask if you are unvaccinated, or if it makes you feel more comfortable
- All individuals should maintain social distancing of six feet during programming, regardless of vaccination status
- Please wear a mask if social distancing cannot be maintained
- Wash your hands before attending a program
- Stay home if you are sick
Additionally, they encourage participants to bring their own hand sanitizer to our programs.
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16) HONEY BUN RECORDS
ANNOUNCES
THE RELEASE OF
WHAT WOULD PETULA DO?
A TRIBUTE TO PETULA CLARK
STARRING
MAXINE LINEHAN
ALL NEW ALBUM RECORDED LIVE
BEFORE A SOLD-OUT CROWD
AT PARIS’S FAMED THÉÂTRE DU CHÂTELET
AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE BEGINNING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
Honey Bun Records is proud to announce the release of international concert and recording artist Maxine Linehan’s new album, What Would Petula Do? A Tribute to Petula Clark. The album was recorded live at legendary Paris performance venue Théâtre Du Châtelet in front of a sold-out crowd of 2500 transfixed fans, capturing for all of eternity what became a legendary evening of song. What Would Petula Do? will be released on Friday, September 10, 2021.
In her wildly acclaimed solo concert, What Would Petula Do? A Tribute to Petula Clark, Linehan takes her audience on a musical journey exuberantly charting the course of Clark’s extraordinary career from her early, popular recordings in the 1940s, through her mega-stardom in the 1960s, to her award- winning performances in film and on Broadway right up to the 1990s. Backed by a world-class twelve-piece band with stunning orchestrations, this show has consistently moved audiences to tears and gotten them dancing in the aisles. During the incredible evening captured on this recording, the sold-out crowd gave Ms. Linehan three standing ovations, unwilling to let her leave the stage.
In the tradition set forth by Ms. Clark, Ms. Linehan performs the set in both French and English. She continues to tour the stage version of What Would Petula Do? across North America, Europe, and Australia.
Set List for What Would Petula Do? A Tribute to Petula Clark:
1 – “I Know a Place”
2 – “I Couldn’t Live Without Your Love” / “You’re the One Don’t Sleep”
3 – “In the Subway”
4 – “Call Me”
5 – “Ceux Qui Ont Un Coeur” (“Anyone Who Had a Heart”)
6 – “You’re My Destiny”
7 – “What Would Petula Do?”
8 – “La Nuit N’En Finit Plus” (“Needles and Pins”)
9 – “Color My World”
10 – Musical Interlude / Optional Intermission
11 – “Old Devil Moon”
12 – “Walk Through the World”
13 – “The Sound of Music”
14 – “Tell Me It’s Not True”
15 – “With One Look”
16 – “Chanson d’Evita” (“Don’t Cry for Me Argentina”)
17 – “This Is My Song”
18 – “I Love Paris”
19 – Encore: “Downtown”
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17) NAI-NI CHEN DANCE COMPANY
Announces
The Bridge
Virtual Dance Institute
of boundary-breaking dance experiences
Free One-Hour Company Class on Zoom
Open to All Dancers at an Intermediate to Advanced Level
September 13-16, 2021
In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company has established a new dance institute through Zoom, The Bridge. The Institute’s aim is to bring together dancers, choreographers and directors around the world to experience the master teachers of color whose practices are embedded in the community and are focused on advancing the art of dance that transform the personal, environmental and metaphysical spaces. Interested dancers can join the class by registering on Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company’s website: https://www.nainichen.org/thebridge.
As a virtual dance institute, The Bridge will invite world renowned as well as up and coming dancers and choreographer to come to guest teach the class. Advanced/Intermediate level professional or pre-professional dancers who are looking to explore beyond their own boundaries and looking for new dance experiences are encouraged to participate. The core program is based on Nai-Ni Chen’s Kinetic Spiral, which is a cross-cultural dance vocabulary that integrates the Chinese martial arts philosophy in TaiChi with contemporary dance practices she studied in America. Guest artists will cover a wide range of folk and classical dance styles.
The Bridge Class schedule are as follows:
Week of 9/13/2021
Monday Yuka Notsuka (Kinetic Spiral) at 11am
Tuesday Andrij Cybyk (Ukrainian Dance)
Wednesday Greta Campo (Kinetic Spiral) at 11am
Thursday Edroma Undag (Yoga) at 11am
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18) PLAY-PERVIEW
ANNOUNCES SEPTEMBER STREAMING
PROGRAMMING
A PLAY-PERVIEW REPLAY - PLAYDATE: “A PLAYING HOUSE” REUNION
WITH USA COMEDY SERIES STARS, CO-CREATORS & CAST MEMBERS
STREAMING TWO-WEEKS AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 14
TO BENEFIT FEEDING AMERICA
“THE MEDIEVALISTS
BY BILL CORBETT
DIRECTED BY CASEY STANGL
FEATURING: PAGET BREWSTER, JASON RITTER, RHEA SEEHORN & JAMES URBANIAK
STREAMING SEPTEMBER 18 @ 8PM
(ON-DEMAND UNTIL SEPTEMBER 22)
TO BENEFIT VIDIOTS FOUNDATION
“THE HOUSE IN SCARSDALE: A MEMOIR FOR THE STAGE”
BY DAN O'BRIEN
DIRECTED BY CHRISTIAN PARKER
SEPTEMBER 29 @ 8PM
(ON-DEMAND UNTIL OCTOBER 3)
TO BENEFIT BOSTON COURT PASADENA
Play-PerView (Jeremy Wein/Jennifer Campos, Producers) have announced its streaming programming for September. The exciting offerings are:
On-Demand August 31st - September 14th
Play-PerView Replay: “Playing House” Reunion
Play-PerView presents a replay of their March 2021 Zoom reunion of the USA comedy series “Playing House” with series stars and co-creators Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair in Playdate: “A Playing House” Reunion. Joined by cast members Brad Morris (“Great News”) Lindsay Sloane (“The Odd Couple”) and Zach Woods (“Silicon Valley”), with additional guests Sandy Martin ("It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"), Brianne Howey ("Ginny and Georgia") and Marissa Jaret Winokur (TONY Winner, Hairspray) and additional surprise guests. This Play-PerView exclusive event featured a live-streamed reading of the Season One fan favorite episode "Bosephus and the Catfish," followed by a moderated discussion and Q&A for the audience led by Vulture comedy contributor and host of the podcast “Good One,” Jesse David Fox.
Tickets available here. Net proceeds will benefit Feeding America.
September 18th @8pm (On-Demand until September 22nd)
The Medievalists
By Bill Corbett ("Mystery Science Theater 3000")
Directed by Casey Stangl (Award-winning director of theater, opera, and film)
A once-respected history scholar crashes and burns on the set of the cheesy TV series adapted from his work. His family rides in on a quest to save the day!
Featuring: Paget Brewster ("Criminal Minds"), Jason Ritter ("Gravity Falls"), Rhea Seehorn ("Better Call Saul"), James Urbaniak ("Thom Pain (based on nothing)").
Tickets available here. Net proceeds will benefit the Vidiots Foundation.
September 29 @ 8pm (On-Demand Until October 3)
“The House in Scarsdale: A Memoir for the Stage”
By Dan O'Brien
Directed by Christian Parker
Playwright Dan O'Brien's parents and siblings cut him off years ago. Leading him to investigate his own family's particular unhappiness in search of why. But is his pathological pursuit of the truth worth the risk to his sense of self and of the past? Featuring: Alex Draper ("Chicago Med") and Dan O'Brien.
Tickets are available here. Net proceeds will benefit Boston Court Pasadena.
For additional information on these and future events, visit www.Play-PerView.com or follow @Play_PerView on Twitter and @Play_PerView on Instagram for updates, trivia, contests, and more! *********************************************************************
19) Third Rail Projects presents
RETURN THE MOON
Opens September 8, 2021
Third Rail Projects (Then She Fell, Ghostlight, The Grand Paradise) will present the World Premiere of RETURN THE MOON, conceived and directed by Zach Morris and created by Alberto Denis, Kristin Dwyer, Joshua Gonzales, Sean Hagerty, Justin Lynch, Zach Morris, Marissa Nielsen-Pincus, Tara O’Con, and Edward Rice. Previews began August 11, live via Zoom. Opening is set for September 8.
RETURN THE MOON is a live performance created specifically for the Zoom platform which invites audience members to collectively construct a shared experience that is one part toast, one part ritual, and one part retelling of a very old story of how the Moon was lost and found again. Matching decidedly analog tools of performance with the unique opportunities that the Zoom platform affords, RETURN THE MOON combines text, movement, cinematic visuals, and music. It also enfolds offerings from audience members to create a rumination on remembrance and recurrence, the interplay of shadow and light, and how a shared experience might linger and reverberate over the passage of time. The work also features an epistolary component; after the performance, every audience member is mailed a package that contains content and interactive artifacts from their shared event.
RETURN THE MOON runs one hour fifteen minutes for 60 audience members per performance. During the show, audience members are invited, but not obligated, to contribute guided input that shapes how the work unfolds. This experience is designed with audience comfort in mind and affords a range of opportunities where guests can choose if and when they wish to contribute.
RETURN THE MOON runs August 11- September 30, performance dates vary. Three ticket tiers are available: General admission at $42, Pay-it-Forward at $67, Subsidized at $15. The Pay-it-Forward tickets support Subsidized tickets. Preview tickets go on sale July 15, 2021 and the full run goes on sale August 6, 2021. For tickets and info visit, www.thirdrailprojects.com/return-the-moon. *********************************************************************
20)
The Town Hall (www.thetownhall.org) has announced a special Evening Concert Event on Monday, September 20 at 7PM to celebrate the venue's 100th Anniversary as part of Bryant Park's picnic performances.
Featuring Grammy-winning musician Chris Thile and special guests Cécile McLorin Salvant and Sullivan Fortner, Zakir Hussain and Ganesh Rajagopalan, Damon Daunno, and Timo Andres, the concert will commemorate the remarkable history of The Town Hall.
The Town Hall's centennial concert in Bryant Park commences the storied hall's centennial season. The evening, hosted mandolinist singer-songwriter Chris Thile, will pay tribute to the great artists and art forms that the hall nurtured and introduced to New York City. Known for being at the vanguard, the Town Hall held the concert hall debuts of many great artists like Marian Anderson, Isaac Stern, Billie Holiday, Glenn Gould, Leontyne Price, Nina Simone, Bob Dylan, Coretta Scott King and João Gilberto, among others. From 1935 - 1956, The Town Hall hosted America's Town Meeting of the Air, one of the first of the radio "talk shows," a program which featured guests, scholars, and experts who discussed important issues of the day. Over its two decade run, the program's guests included Eleanor Roosevelt, Langston Hughes, Earl Browder, Senator Joseph McCarthy, Carl Sandburg, Pearl Buck and Mary McLeod Bethune.
For anyone unable to attend in person, a free livestream broadcast of the performance will be available nationwide via Bryant Park's website and social media platforms, thanks to the generous support of Bank of America. Additional support for on-site events is provided by Amazon.
The event is free and open to the public. Advance ticket registration is no longer required and the Park opens at 5:30pm for in person attendance.
Sections for Seating
- Vaccinated and Tested Section
- Attendees wishing to sit on the west side of the lawn must provide on-site digital or physical proof of full vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test along with a government issued photo ID.
- We encourage attendees to wear masks during the check-in process. Masks are not required once vaccinated or tested attendees are seated.
- Attendees are welcome to enjoy food and drink from one of our many park vendors, or bring their own, for a picnic on the lawn.
- Attendees can bring a blanket or use a park chair
2. Distanced Section
- Unvaccinated or untested attendees may sit in our socially distanced section. Masks are strongly encouraged until patrons are seated and properly socially distanced (six feet from other parties at all times).
- Once seated and properly socially distanced, tested attendees are welcome to enjoy food and drink.
- Attendees will sit in park chairs; no outside blankets or chairs allowed.
- Please do not attend if you are unwell.
3. Open Seating Section
Additional non-distanced seating is available off the Bryant Park Lawn on park grounds at attendees' discretion.
As New York State and City safety guidelines for public gatherings quickly change in response to the ongoing success of NYC's COVID-19 vaccination program, Bryant Park continues to reassess its on-site protocols for upcoming shows with the intention of safely accommodating as many attendees as possible. For the most current guidelines, program updates and additional venue information and restrictions, please visit
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21) TWO RIVER THEATER ANNOUNCES ITS 10th ANNUAL CROSSING BORDERS (CRUZANDO FRONTERAS) FESTIVAL
A VIRTUAL FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS BY LATINX PLAYWRIGHTS
RESERVE ONLINE ACCESS TO 4 FREE READINGS NOW AT TWORIVERTHEATER.ORG
Since 2011, Two River Theater has introduced new voices from across the country to their annual Crossing Borders (Cruzano Fronteras) Festival of new plays by Latinx playwrights. This year’s playwrights explore stories about family history, computer science, teens navigating the “new normal”, and a makeshift family arriving at the cusp of the 22nd century. The festival is curated by the theater’s long-term collaborator and award-winning director, José Zayas (Two River’s El Coquà Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom, Pinkolandia). The Video Editor is Jaime Vallés with AJV Media and the Line Producer/Asst. Video Editor is Kat West.
For the first time in the festival’s history, readings will be presented virtually, allowing free access to all nationwide and around the globe—allowing the art to cross borders and time zones in a very literal sense.
Access to the free online festival will begin on September 13 and run through October 10 and will include four new play readings. All readings will be available with captioning.
SCHEDULE OF READINGS
CIERTAS ASTILLAS/CERTAIN SHARDS
By Paz Pardo
Directed by José Zayas
Run Time: 1 hour 27 minutes
A splintered playwright tries to find a way to tell her story; two wanderers walk away from their memories—or lack thereof; two private investigators search for a missing person in a warehouse of boxes slowly filling with chinchillas.
Cast: Olivia Jampol, Irene Sofia Lucio, Jacqueline Guillén and Socorro Santiago
Stage Directions: Karina Curet
Stage Manager: Elis Cesar Arroyo Jaime
MACHINE LEARNING
By Francisco Mendoza
Directed by José Zayas
Run Time: 1 hour 55 minutes
When his estranged, alcoholic father is diagnosed with liver cancer, computer scientist Jorge dreams up a nursing app to manage the disease in his stead. As the machine's capabilities grow, however, the possibility of leaving it in charge of the treatment becomes more real, forcing Jorge to reckon with his responsibilities as a son—and as a creator.
Cast: Jake Ryan Lozano, Reynaldo Piniella, Aadya Bedi, Gerardo Rodriguez and Donovan Monzón-Sanders
Stage Directions: Matthew Cubillos
Stage Manager: Elis Cesar Arroyo Jaime
SYZYGY OR, THE CEASING OF THE SUN
By juliany f. taveras
Directed by Dominique Rider
Run Time: 39 minutes
On the cusp of the 22nd century, in a city (or whatever it is that's left), a star-crossed, makeshift family of five is born. A meditation on how love & chaos behave when it feels like the world is falling apart—what does it mean for us if, in fact, the world has always been ending? how do we love? how do we fight?
Cast: Jackie Torres, Francesca Fernandez McKenzie, Esco Jouléy, Imani Russell and Socorro Santiago
Stage Directions: Andrea Negrete
Stage Manager: Elizabeth Yvette Ramirez
OPTIONAL BOSS BATTLE
By Nick Malakhow
Directed by Rebecca MartÃnez
Run Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Like teens all over the world, Alonso and Ruben are forced into remote learning in March of 2020 due to the COVID pandemic. Icy acquaintances at their bougie prep school, they forge an unlikely friendship when new-in-town, grieving Ruben realizes he lives just around the corner from agoraphobic Alonso in Hackensack, NJ. A story about processing grief, forging connection, coming to terms with identity, and caring for one’s mental health in tumultuous times.
Cast: Reynaldo Piniella, Jake Ryan Lozano, Ana Grosse, Zuleyma Guevara, Jorge Cordova and Peter Ruiz
Stage Directions: Peter Ruiz
Stage Manager: Elizabeth Yvette Ramirez
FREE TICKETS/ACCESS
To reserve access to the free online festival visit: tworivertheater.org/whats-on/crossing-borders-2021/
An email with the access link will be sent to all who register in advance on Monday, September 13 at 12PM and will be sent in real time for all who register after the festival launch. All four readings will be available from September 13 through October 10.
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22) Immersive
WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING?
runs Sept. 15 - Oct. 2 at the cell
HOLDTIGHT invites you to the World Premiere of WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING? Performances of this new immersive dance theater piece run September 15 – October 2 at Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre in Chelsea (at 338 W. 23rd Street, New York, NY. 10011).
Through an organic blend of dance, storytelling, live music, structural and mental disruptions, and video design, WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING? is an intimate and participatory experience that invites audiences to immerse themselves in performances on three levels of the cell’s historic townhouse. The artists of HOLDTIGHT explore the liminal space between past, present, and future and what it would mean to exist in all three at once. How do we look back in order to move forward?
Audience members must be able to climb two flights of stairs and remain on their feet for the duration of the event. It is performed for an audience of 30 per performance. Proof of vaccination and masking required to attend.
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23) What's on at the wild project
Coming Soon:
September 17- September 26
I SQUEEZED REALLY HARD.
Written and performed by Anthony Misiano
Schedule: Thursday – Saturday at 7 p.m.; Sunday at 3 p.m.
Tickets: $25
In I Squeezed Really Hard., Anthony Misiano serves up a series of painfully funny, progressively more shocking stories about a turbulent childhood and the modern broken home. A journey as raw as it is intangibly universal, Misiano’s fearless, fast-paced storytelling takes us down an engrossing, hilarious, and honest autobiographical road that makes us laugh at our darkest moments, and question what exactly we define as family. An unafraid comedy set in a simpler, more aggressive time known commonly as, the ’90s.
September 29 - September 30
HOT FLASH: THE SHIT-KICKING ADVENTURES OF CHICKLETTE AND CONCETTA
By Justin Elizabeth Sayre
Directed by Justin Elizabeth Sayre & Tom Detrinis
With Natalie Joy Johnson, Bradford Louryk, Jeff Hiller, Josh Sharp, Shane O’Neill, and more
Produced by the wild project
Schedule: Wednesday and Thursday at 7 p.m.
Tickets: $20
In this unauthorized sequel to John Waters’ classic Female Trouble, Chicklette and Concetta find their footing in a world without crime and their best friend Dawn Davenport. Things get complicated when Chicklette’s parole officer, the evil Merv Skankowski, seeks to frame the girls and send them both to the slammer or worse, the chair. A wild cross-country chase begins where the girls meet friends and foes along the long journey to a new home and a new life. It’s a vile Valentine to the works of Waters and the Dreamlanders with all the disgusting hilarity you can handle!
All performances are at the Wild Project (195 E. 3rd Street, between Avenues A & B).
Tickets can be purchased online at www.thewildproject.org.
The Box Office opens one hour prior to curtain.
COVID Safety protocols at the wild project
Upon entry, all audience members must show proof of full COVID-19 vaccination & Photo ID.
They welcome the NYC Covid Safe App and the New York State Excelsior Pass, which provides secure, digital proof of COVID-19 vaccination & Photo ID. For more information on Excelsior Pass, visit https://epass.ny.gov.
To help ensure a fast and efficient entry, they ask that guests using the Excelsior Pass Wallet app download the app in advance and log in prior to your visit so you have access to your documentation before arriving at the venue.
Audience members are required to wear masks at all times within the theater. There is no food or drink permitted within the theater. *********************************************************************
24) Works & Process at the Guggenheim
Kicks Off Fall 2021 Season
with the Metropolitan Opera,
New York City Ballet,
and Santa Fe Opera
September – October 2021
Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim, begins its fall 2021 Season with a return to evening performances in the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Peter B. Lewis Theater this September and October at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128. Following a spring season featuring robust in-person rotunda performances at a time when theaters remained dark, this fall Works & Process will resume its signature behind the scenes Artist-driven programs, uniquely blending performance highlights with insightful artists discussions all prior to premiere. Tickets on sale now for September and October programs at www.worksandprocess.org. Additional programs will be announced later in the fall.
Works & Process programs will be 60 minutes, ticketed at full capacity, and require everyone to be fully vaccinated. All individuals will be required to wear a face mask at all times. At this time, children under the age of 12, for whom there is currently no available vaccination, will not be permitted to attend.
The Metropolitan Opera: Fire Shut Up in My Bones by Terence Blanchard, libretto by Kasi Lemmons
Monday, September 20, 7:30 pm
Ahead of the Metropolitan Opera’s 2021–22 season, learn more about the opening night production Fire Shut Up in My Bones—the Met's first performance of an opera by a Black composer. Written by Grammy Award–winning jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard, this adaptation of Charles M. Blow’s moving memoir features a libretto by filmmaker Kasi Lemmons. The opera tells a poignant and profound story about a young man’s journey to overcome a life of trauma and hardship. James Robinson and Camille A. Brown co-direct this new staging; Brown, who is also the production’s choreographer, becomes the first Black director to create a mainstage Met production. Prior to its premiere, General Manager Peter Gelb moderates a discussion with members of the creative team and cast members present highlights.
New York City Ballet: Sidra Bell and Andrea Miller
Sunday, September 26, 7:30 pm
Just days ahead of New York City Ballet’s Fall Fashion Gala, choreographers Sidra Bell’s and Andrea Miller’s illuminate their first-ever works for the stage at NYCB. Bell’s collaboration features costumes by Brooklyn-based designer Christopher John Rogers, and Miller’s collaboration with Indigenous Colombian singer Lido Pimienta featurescostumes by Paris-based Colombian-American designer Esteban Cortázar. Both will premiere on September 30. NYCB company members will perform excerpts ahead of the premiere, and Associate Artistic Director Wendy Whelan will moderate a discussion with Bell and Miller.
The Santa Fe Opera: M. Butterfly by Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang
Monday, October 18, 7:30 pm
Joincomposer Huang Ruo and writer David Henry Hwang as they discuss their newest collaboration, M. Butterfly. Inspired by the true story of a French diplomat who carried on a twenty-year love affair with a star of the Peking Opera, M. Butterfly is based on Hwang’s 1988 Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony Award–winning Broadway play of the same name. Hear excerpts ahead of the production’s world premiere as part of Santa Fe Opera’s 2022 season.
TICKETS & VENUE
$25, $15 partial view, available for purchase online only
House seats may be available for $1,000+ Friends of Works & Process. To purchase house seats, email friends@worksandprocess.org. House seats may be released to the public before performances.
Peter B. Lewis Theater
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue at 89th Street
Subway: 4, 5, 6, or Q train to 86th Street
Bus: M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus on Madison or Fifth Avenue
Heath and Safety Information
Your health and safety are important to us.
- Every audience member must be fully vaccinated and will be required to show proof in person of vaccination authorized by the FDA or WHO, against COVID-19 before entering the theater. Proof of vaccination may include a CDC Vaccination Card (or photo), NYC COVID Safe app, New York State Excelsior Pass, NYC Vaccination Record, or an official immunization record from outside New York City or the United States. Full vaccination is defined as being two weeks or more after receipt of the second dose in a two-dose series, or two weeks or more after receipt of one dose of a single-dose vaccine.Visitors over the age of 18 will also be asked to show a photo ID. Full vaccination is defined as being 2 weeks or more after receipt of the second dose in a 2-dose series, or 2 weeks or more after receipt of one dose of a single-dose vaccine.
- At this time, children under the age of 12, for whom there is currently no available vaccination, will not be permitted to attend this performance regardless of the vaccination status of their guardian.
- Bring your three-ply face mask, N-95, or equivalent to keep yourself and one another safe. All individuals will be required to wear a face mask at all times.
- There is no coat check; please do not bring bags.
- Do not attend if in the ten days leading up to the performance, you have tested positive or experienced COVID-19 symptoms or come into close or proximate contact with a confirmed or suspected COVID-19 case. If you are unable to attend due to COVID-19 exposure, please contact boxoffice@guggenheim.org in advance of the performance.
- An inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public environment where people are present. Those visiting the museum do so at their own risk of exposure.
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25) THE YORK THEATRE COMPANY
PRESENTS
BROADWAY’S LEE ROY REAMS
IN HIS NEW SOLO CABARET SHOW
REMEMBERING JERRY HERMAN
CELEBRATING THE LEGENDARY
COMPOSER
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 AT 7:00PM
AT YORK’S NEW TEMPORARY HOME
THE THEATRE AT ST. JEAN’S, 76TH & LEXINGTON
Well, Well…Hello, Lee Roy! The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Evans Haile, Executive Director) presents Broadway’s Lee Roy Reams in his new solo show _Remembering Jerry Herman*, celebrating his collaboration with the late great musical theater legend. Audiences will hear glorious songs and outrageous stories from shows that include La Cage aux Folles, Hello, Dolly!, and more. Music Director is Alex Rybeck. ONE NIGHT ONLY, Monday, September 20, 2021 at The York’s new temporary home at The Theatre at St. Jean’s (150 East 76th Street, between Lexington and Third Avenues). Remembering Jerry Herman has replaced the previously announced York 50th Anniversary Concert_, which has been postponed to a later date.
York Member tickets are now on sale and are priced at $40. General Admission tickets go on sale beginning Wednesday, August 25 and are priced at $45. Tickets may be purchased by visiting Ovation tickets at https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/1076496, or by calling the Box Office at (212) 935-5820, Monday – Sunday 12:00PM – 6:00PM.
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