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Sunday, May 1, 2022

Sunday Scoop post of 5/1/22 - Recent Openings, What's Coming Up This Week and More

Recent Openings



1) A Strange Loop - Meet Usher: a Black, queer writer writing a musical about a Black, queer writer writing a musical about a Black, queer writer... 

Lyceum Theater (149 W 45th St.)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit strangeloopmusical.com


2) Mr. Saturday Night

Mr. Saturday Night is the story of Buddy Young Jr., an outrageous and outspoken comedian who found fame, if not fortune, in the early days of television.  Now, some 40 years after his TV career flamed out, Buddy seeks one more shot at the spotlight, and while he’s at it, one last shot at fixing the family he fractured along the way.

Nederlander Theater  (201 W. 41 St.)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit MrSaturdayNightOnBroadway.com



2)  Macbeth - Strictly Limited Engagement 15 Weeks Only!

Longacre Theater - 220 West 48th Street

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.macbethbroadway.com 

Now Previewing

1) Exception to the Rule -

How do you make it through detention? In the worst high school in the city, six Black students are stuck in Room 111. They flirt. They fight. They tease. Should they follow the rules and stay put, or find an escape? Are the walls keeping them in, or are stronger forces at play? Dave Harris’s new work crackles with humor and suspense—confronting the tactics for surviving institutions that were not built for you.

Limited engagement through June 26, 2022

Official Opening May 18, 2022

Off-Broadway at the Black Box Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre

111 West 46th Street


For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.roundabouttheatre.org


What's Coming Up This Week and More

1) American Kennel Club's Bailey Book Club for K-12
2) Barnes & Noble Union Square to Host Assassins Album Release & Signing 5/6
3) Both Sides of Abortion Issue Open Plays in NYC on Same Night 5/5
4) Broadstream Launches Broadway En Spanglish - A New Digital Series
5) CUNY Dance Initiative & Gerald Lynch Theater Present Jon Lehrer Dance Co. 
6) Classic Stage Company Assassins Benefit Concert 5/9
7)  Fresh Fruit Festival Returns to wild project 5/2 - 5/14
8) Garment District & Flat Iron District Free Tours for May
9) How I Hell  Did I Get Here? At the McKittrick Hotel Extends Run Through 5/22
10) Ice Theatre of NY 2022 Home Season & Benefit Gala
11) Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance Returns to The Theater at 14 St. Y 5-5 - 5/7
12) New York City Opera Family-Friendly Performances of The Barber of Seville 5/8
13) New York City Opera Family-Friendly Performances of  Mozart's Magic Flute 5/5 - 3/5
14) Off-Broadway Alliance Presents 20at20 - Tix 20 Bucks 20 Minutes Before Show 
15) On Location Tours Launches What's Filming Now App
16) Oratorio Society of New York Presents Mendelssohn's Elijah 5/9
17) Prince Fellowship Applications For 2022 Open Now
18) Romeo & Bernadette Begins Performances Off-Broadway 5/3
19) Ry Armstrong Residence Show, THEY//SHE//HE at Green Room 42 5/9
20) The Tank Announces In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY
21) The Ten Commandments Musical Premiering This May Off-Broadway
22) Two River's A Little Shakespeare Presents Much Ado About Nothing 5/6 - 5/15

1) American Kennel Club Introduces Bailey's Book Club Program for K-12


The American Kennel Club (AKC®), the world's largest dog registry and leading industry authority and advocate for dogs, is proud to announce its newest Public Education program, Bailey’s Book Club. AKC’s Bailey’s Book Club program is designed to encourage children to read about and explore the deep bond between humans and canines. The Book Club program will collect and donate dog-related books and resources to children in need.

AKC’s Bailey’s Book Club program is designed to encourage children to read about and explore  the deep bond between humans and canines. The Book Club program will collect and donate  dog-related books and resources to children in need. 

AKC will be donating all new or gently used books to Title 1 K-12 schools nationwide. Title 1  schools have federally supported programs that offer assistance to educationally and economically challenged children to help them receive a well-rounded and high-quality education.  

Teachers and administrators in Title 1 schools can sign up to receive books here. Individuals can mail books directly to the American Kennel Club or purchase from our Amazon wishlist and  mail them to AKC. There will be additional donation centers at AKC Meet the Breeds events for  people to donate books. 

To learn more or get ideas regarding what kind of books we are looking for, visit https://www.akc.org/public-education/baileys-book-club/

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2) BARNES & NOBLE UNION SQUARE

 

TO HOST

CAST ALBUM RELEASE EVENT FOR

 

THE 2022 CAST RECORDING OF THE CLASSIC STAGE COMPANY PRODUCTION OF

 

ASSASSINS

 

MUSIC AND LYRICS BY STEPHEN SONDHEIM

BOOK BY JOHN WEIDMAN

from an idea by Charles Gilbert Jr.

DIRECTED BY JOHN DOYLE

 

FEATURING MEMBERS OF THE CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM

 

FRIDAY MAY 6 AT 7PM

AT BARNES & NOBLE – UNION SQUARE


Classic Stage Company (John Doyle, Artistic Director) and Barnes & Noble announced today a cast album release event for the new cast recording of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Assassins. Featuring members of the cast and creative team of CSC’s hit 2021 production, the event will take place on Friday May 6 at 7pm at the Union Square location of Barnes & Noble (33 East 17th Street).

Members of the cast and creative team, including director John Doyle, orchestrator Greg Jarrett and four-time Tony Award nominee Judy Kuhn, will appear at the event for a discussion about Assassins, an audience Q&A and to sign copies of the album. Additional cast members will be announced at a later date.

 

A journey through the dark side of the American dream, Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Tony-winning musical Assassins explores the lives of nine men and women who either killed (or tried to kill) one of the Presidents of the United States. From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald and beyond, the stories of our country’s most successful and would-be assassins intersect in unexpected ways, creating a powerful, yet unnervingly funny look at some of the most shocking moments in US history.

 

Admission to the event can be gained by purchasing a ticket at https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062149127-0. Tickets include a physical copy of the cast recording and admission to the signing line with cast and creatives. Due to health and safety and space limitations, those without a ticket will not be able to enter the event space. Masks will be required for all attendees.


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3) Both Sides of Abortion Issue 

Open Plays in NYC on Same Night


As the Supreme Court weighs overturning Roe v. Wade, New York theatergoers can soon hear both sides of the argument as two abortion plays by prominent writers and personalities on both sides of the issue are due to open on the same night: Thursday, May 5th. One show, Oh God, A Show About Abortion is a comedic solo show starring pro-choice comedian Ilana Glazer, produced by Hollywood mega-producer JJ Abramsand written by writer-comedian Alison Leiby, who is a writer for the Amazon Original The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. It is about a woman’s journey from a one-night stand to having an abortion. The other show is Oh Gosnell: The Truth about Abortion, a verbatim play written by controversial Irish playwright and producer Phelim McAleer. It is Verbatim Theater in that the script only uses court or Grand Jury transcripts to weave together a story about the investigation and conviction of Kermit Gosnell the Philadelphia abortion doctor who was convicted of multiple murders in 2013. The Oh Gosnell: The Truth About Abortion performances will be dramatized staged readings. Directed by Los Angeles-based director David Atkinson, the production will run Friday, April 29th through Sunday, May 15th  (official opening night on Thurday, May 5th) in the Studio Theater at the Theater Row, 410 West 42nd Street. www.GosnellPlay.com

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4) BROADSTREAM 

PROUDLY PRESENTS 

Broadway en Spanglish 

 

A NEW DIGITAL SERIES 

AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY ON  

THE STREAMING PLATFORM BROADSTREAM  


Broadstream is thrilled to announce Broadway en Spanglish, a new digital series featuring musical arrangements by Jaime Lozano (Tlatelolco) and vocal performances by Florencia Cuenca (Children of Salt). The first episode of the series is now available for streaming on the new, free-for-user streaming platform, Broadstream (https://broad.stream).  


From the prolific musical mind of Jaime Lozano comes Broadway en Spanglish, a Broadstream original series that rearranges and reimagines iconic show tunes using, you guessed it, Spanglish. Accompanied by a first-class mariachi band, Florencia Cuenca makes music magic with Lozano’s smart arrangements, and delivers powerful, authentic, fresh interpretations of some of musical theater’s finest. 


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5) CUNY Dance Initiative and the Gerald W. Lynch Theater 
at John Jay College
present 
Jon Lehrer Dance Company 
featuring the World Premiere of 
Through The Storm
with music by Composer Zeno Pittarelli
on Friday, May 6, 2022, at 7:00 pm
at The Gerald W. Lynch Theater, John Jay College

The CUNY Dance Initiative and the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College announce a performance by Jon Lehrer Dance Company featuring the world premiere of Through The Storm, a full company work set to an original score by composer Zeno Pittarelli. The program will include additional works, including four New York City premieres. The performance will take place on Friday, May 6, 2022 at 7pm at The Gerald W. Lynch Theater, John Jay College, 524 W 59th St, New York, NY. Tickets are $35 and are available at www.jonlehrerdance.com.

Program
 
“Through The Storm” (2022) – world premiere
A full company work set to an original score by Zeno Pittarelli.
 
"Sum of Us" (2021) – New York premiere
An upbeat showcase for the dancers as individuals and as a strong, cohesive group.
 
"Murmur" (2012) – New York premiere
A lyrically infused quartet based on the phenomenon of murmuration and quantum entanglement. 
 
"Pulp" (2016) – New York premiere
Inspired by the silent films of Buster Keaton and Scooby-Doo cartoons, this zany romp highlights the company's theatrical comedic side.
 
"Hearth" (2010) – New York premiere
Performed by JLDC Apprentices, this work was inspired by the many strong, caring, and remarkable women in Jon Lehrer’s life.
 
“Solstice"(2019)
A joyous, uplifting tribute to the first day of Summer, commissioned by Artpark in Lewiston, NY for their "Summer Solstice Celebration.”

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ANNOUNCES

 

6) ASSASSINS IN CONCERT

ONE NIGHT ONLY

TO BENEFIT CLASSIC STAGE COMPANY

 

MONDAY MAY 9 AT 7PM

AT THE STEPHEN SONDHEIM THEATER



Classic Stage Company (John Doyle, Artistic Director) announced today a one-night-only concert performance of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Assassins on Broadway to benefit CSC. Featuring the complete cast of CSC’s hit 2021 production, the performance of Assassins will take place on Monday, May 9 at 7pm at The Stephen Sondheim Theatre (124 West 43rd Street). Tickets go on sale on Thursday, April 7 at 1pm.


A journey through the dark side of the American dream, Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Tony-winning musical Assassins explores the lives of nine men and women who either killed (or tried to kill) one of the Presidents of the United States. From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald and beyond, the stories of our country’s most successful and would-be assassins intersect in unexpected ways, creating a powerful, yet unnervingly funny look at some of the most shocking moments in US history.


This concert performance will feature the entire cast of the 2021 CSC production, which was directed by CSC Artistic Director John Doyle and played 12 sold-out weeks at their home on East 13th Street. The cast includes Adam Chanler-Berat as John Hinckley, Jr; Eddie Cooper as The Proprietor; Tavi Gevinson as Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme; Tony nominee Andy Grotelueschen as Samuel Byck; Bianca Horn as Emma Goldman; four-time Tony Award nominee Judy Kuhn as Sara Jane Moore; Steven Pasquale as John Wilkes Booth; Tony nominee Ethan Slater as Lee Harvey Oswald/The Balladeer; Tony nominee Will Swenson as Charles Guiteau; Wesley Taylor as Giuseppe Zangara; three-time Tony nominee Brandon Uranowitz as Leon Czolgosz; and Brad GiovanineWhit K. LeeRob Morrison, and Katrina Yaukey as members of the ensemble. Greg Jarrett will serve as Orchestrator and Musical Director with Sound Design by Matt Stine and Sam Kusnetz.

 

Tickets for the benefit concert will go on sale on Thursday, April 7 at 1pm ET at classicstage.org. Tickets will be priced at $50, $100, $250, $500 and $1,000.


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7) FRESH FRUIT FESTIVAL returns to wild project in May


The long-running LGBTQ+ theater festival celebrating the Queer experience features 10 premiere productions


wild project welcomes the return of producer All Out Arts with NYC’s long-running LGBTQ+ theater festival FRESH FRUITFRESH FRUIT begins performances on Monday, May 2 for a limited engagement through Saturday, May 14. The performance schedule varies. Performances are at wild project (195 E. 3rd Street, between Avenues A & B). Tickets are $23 and are available by visiting TheWildProject.org.
 
FRESH FRUIT features bold new works by LGBTQ+ artists that celebrate the Queer experience and confront homophobia through the humanizing influence of the arts.
 
This year’s FRESH FRUIT line-up:
 
“Accidental Intimacies” by Megan Kemple
Tuesday 5/3 at 6:30 pm / Sunday 5/8 at 7:45 pm / Monday 5/9 at 6 pm / est. 80′
 
Megan Kemple’s choreo-poem centers on the experiences of a disabled, bisexual, polyamorous sex worker.


 
“Deny We Were” by Joe Moe
Wednesday 5/11 at 6:00 pm / Friday 5/13 at 8 pm / Saturday 5/14 at 5 pm / est. 90′
 
It’s all LA sunshine and fun until a handsome teenage inquisitor shows up with a chip on his shoulder.

When precocious 17-year-old Jonah McCabe bunks with adopted “Guncle” Dean Vela, raging hormones take a backseat to burning resentment of his controlling, ex-model dad, Jimmy (and a sneaking suspicion Uncle Dean and dad have been “more than just friends”). Jonah’s mom supports Jimmy financially and he, in turn, enjoys it. Who IS this gorgeous villain that has everyone eating off of his abs? When Jimmy finally appears in the charismatic flesh, thirsty secrets unravel in the narcissistic centrifuge that spins around an unsqueezable love-sponge. Desire and deceit – all suspended in a soap bubble of wicked humor.


 
“Eternal Flamer!” by Tommy Jamerson
Wednesday 5/4 at 6 pm / Saturday 5/7 at 8:30 pm / Sunday 5/8 at 3:15 pm / est. 90′
 
In this neon-coded, campy tribute to the 80s, pretty-boy Jessie Blade leaves his small Minnesota home for the bright lights of the city that never sleeps (…with the same person twice) only to get mixed-up in a labyrinth of plot twists, drag queens, sex, drugs, and open dance calls!


“Mad Little Reefers” by Michael Valladares
Monday 5/2 7:30 pm / Thursday 5/5 8:15 pm / Saturday 5/7 5:45 pm / est. 110′
 
Love. Loss. Betrayal? You are not alone.
How do young queer people find their place in a world that seems at first not to have a place for them? What happens when Queer Kids take their rebellion against a straight-dominated world a bit too far? Queerness is simply a fact of the story, a story told with all the passion and suspense the young are prone to, rejecting the notion that queer people are defined by their orientation.


“Motherf**king Girl Scouts” by Emmy W
Wednesday 5/11 at 8:45 pm / Friday 5/13 at 6:00 pm / Saturday 5/14 at 3:00 pm / est. 70′
 
Camp counselors Jazmyn and Jia take an impulsive and unhinged group of young Girl Scouts on a camping trip they will never forget. On their journey, the Girl Scouts begrudgingly learn how to navigate the great joys and intense traumas of being a teenager, complete with motivational creatures popping out of the forest, accidental molly consumption, and most crucially, each other.


 
“Once on Rumspringa” by Ellis Stump
Tuesday 5/3 at 8:30 pm / Wednesday 5/4 at 8:15 pm / Saturday 5/7 at 3:15 pm / est. 100′
 
Amish childhood gal pals, Sadie Smucker and ex-Preacher’s daughter Willa Stoltzfus, now 19, share a trailer, meth addiction, and sexual tension thick as a milkshake. They’ve spent their Rumspringa together higher than Heaven, but the analog clock is ticking on when they can revisit their Community, before being forced to surrender their love or leave town forever. With 24 hours until Communion, six intricately interrelated sinners, ranging from Church-possessed to dying in Purgatory, must come Clean. BYOBonnet.


 
“Roommates” by Kia Barbee, directed by Deborah Goodwin
Saturday 5/7 at 1:00 pm / Tuesday 5/10 at 6 pm / Thursday 5/12 at 8:30 pm / est. 90′
 
How do you get the courage to love openly and without regret? How long does it take?
It’s 1991. Celia and Jocelyn, college freshman roommates meet and fall in love. They embark on a long term, sporadic and complicated private love affair until the women are forced to make a decision about their romance… commit or stay apart?


“Sassafras and the Captain” by Sarah Elisabeth Brown
Thursday 5/5 at 6:00 pm / Friday 5/6 at 8:45 pm / Sunday 5/8 at 1:00 pm / est. 90′
 
When Sassafras, a role-playing submissive femme dyke, decides she wants to become a top, she upends her steady relationship with teddy-bear butch Captain Lou, and brings an old flame, the roguishly handsome boundary-pushing masochist Micky Penny, into the mix for an experiment in non-monogamy. Chaos ensues as Sassafras practices new skills of dominance, faces competition from the unassuming southern belle 50’s housewife next door, and gets schooled by the supreme Goddess of been-there-done-that, Mistress Chelsea.
Can this young couple grow their love big enough to include these new elements? Or will they be shipwrecked on the sea of dyke drama? It remains – to be seen!


 
“Somewhere Between Mars and Venus” by Otto Sanchez
Tuesday 5/10 at 8:15 pm / Thursday 5/12 at 6 pm / Saturday 5/14 at 12:30 pm / est. 100′
 
It’s only when people say you’re not normal that you feel that way. It’s Gay Pride weekend, 2015. Juana, a jaded, middle aged, former drag queen, meets and falls in love with Anika, the quintessential trans woman. The encounter sparks Juana to travel back in time to 1982 New York City, at the start of the AIDS epidemic. Juana recalls the underworld Drag Ball culture, including Miss Guided, house mother to transgenders, and her protégé Linda, a young trans woman who teaches Juana what beauty and “normal” really means.


 
“You’re a Weirdo, Annie Best” by Erin Shea Brady
Friday 5/6 at 6:30 pm / Sunday 5/8 at 5:30 pm / Monday 5/9 at 8:15 pm / est.100′ 
 
Annie Best is queer, polyamorous, recently estranged from her family and her writing is at a creative standstill. When one of Annie’s partners convinces her to dive into the world of Nora Ephron’s great romantic comedies, she begins to see her life through the Ephron lens. She imagines scenes and conversations, paying homage to When Harry Met SallySleepless in SeattleJulie & Julia, and others. As seasons pass romantic relationships develop and change, with faith and family coming into question. Will reconnecting with her father help her find the courage to stand on her own?


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8) Garment District & Flat Iron District

Free Tours in May



Garment District NYC

Virtual tour- (1)

Monday, May 09 at 11:am
Zoom Link

In Person- Walking tours- (2)

1.Saturday, May 07th at 11:am, In conjunction with Janes Walk
2. Wednesday, May 18th at 10:30am.

Meet at Garment Worker Statue, SE corner of 7th Ave and W39th St. 
Five minutes before tour time. Please.

 (2) - Flatiron District in Person Walking tours.

Sunday, May 1 and May 29th
We begin at 11:am at the point of the Flatiron Building, 23rd street and 5th Ave.

For more information, visit www.Mikesnyctours.com


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9) THE MCKITTRICK HOTEL, HOME OF 


“SLEEP NO MORE”


ANNOUNCES

 

HOW THE HELL DID I GET HERE?

STARRING


“DOWNTON ABBEY’S”


LESLEY NICOL

 

EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND


NOW THROUGH MAY 22


The McKittrick Hotel (530 West 27th Street, NYC), home of Sleep No More, announced today that the New York premiere of How the Hell Did I Get Here?, a new musical story starring “Downton Abbey’s” Mrs. Patmore, Lesley Nicol, has now been extended and will play performances through Sunday, May 22 when it must close to continue its national tour.

 

Added performances will include Wednesday, May 11th at 7:30pm, Friday, May 13th at 7:00pm, Saturday, May 14th at 3:00pm and 6:00pm, Wednesday, May 18th at 7:30pm, Friday, May 20th at 7:00pm, Saturday, May 21st at 3:00pm, Sunday, May 22nd at 3:00pm. Tickets are priced from $79.

 

Tickets and information are available at https://mckittrickhotel.com/the-club-car/how-the-hell/#/.

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10) Ice Theatre of New York, Inc ®
presents
2022 Home Season Performances 
and 35th Anniversary Benefit Gala and Performance
May 6, 7 & 9, 2022


Ice Theatre of New York (ITNY) presents its 2022 Home Season Performances on May 6 & May 7 at 7PM, and May 9 at 6:30PM at the Sky Rink, Chelsea Piers. The annual Benefit Gala and Performance will celebrate the 35th Anniversary of ITNY on the third night of the Home Season, May 9, 2022. The event will be held at The Lighthouse, Chelsea Piers, following a performance at Sky Rink. The gala performance is part of the three-night Home Season, which will feature the ITNY Ensemble, Junior Ensemble, and guest artists. Home Season tickets and Benefit Gala tickets are available on the ITNY website

The gala, following the performance, will also feature cocktails, dinner and an award ceremony. This year’s gala will honor Olympic ice dance champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean

2022 HOME SEASON PERFORMANCES
Sky Rink, Chelsea Piers, New York, NY
Friday, May 6, 2022 at 7PM
Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 7PM
Monday, May 9, 2022 at 6:30PM

ITNY’s 2022 Home Season will feature the ITNY Ensemble in new works alongside pieces from the repertory. Jody Sperling, the first and only choreographer on a Coast Guard Icebreaker observing the melting of Arctic sea ice in 2018 has once again received a NYSCA grant through ITNY to create her second socially significant commissioned work for Ice Theatre of New York with a soundtrack by Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky). 

Six ladies from the Ensemble will perform the piece Pivoting choreographed for broadcast during the pandemic by Joel Dear. The work will receive its premier live performance. 

Ice Dance choreographer Lorna Brown has created a new duet Sacrosanct to Philip Glass’ piano composition The Poet Acts. 

Mauro Bruni will skate his own Afternoon of A Faun. Other performance feature the Junior Ensemble and guest 
artists.

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11) Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance
Returns to the Stage 
With Four Shows in NYC
The Theater at the 14th Street Y
May 5-7, 2022


Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance (TLD) announces four onstage shows in New York City on May 5 & 6, 2022 at 7pm and May 7 at 2pm & 7pm at The Theater at the 14th Street Y, 344 East 14th St., in a continuation of their acclaimed climate change-themed collaboration with Matthew Burtner. The series of shows features live music by Burtner, Sperling as a soloist, and TLD’s brilliant all-women ensemble. For more information and the purchase tickets, visit timelapsedance.com/events/tldonstage

The performance series will feature Wind RoseAmerican Elm, and the stage premiere of Plastic Harvest, which explores the proliferation of plastic pollution. The dancers wear costumes fashioned from hundreds of plastic bags, creating a surreal spectacle with their actions and provoking contemplation about the beauty of what—and who—our society throws away. Dance Enthusiast called the street iteration “a folk dance for the 21st Century.” The opening night gala on May 5 will include a full performance followed by a special benefit reception and conversation with the artists.

Thursday, May 5 at 7pm
Gala, featuring performance, artist talk, and a special benefit reception 
Tickets: $50 (artists), $100+ (patron)
 
Friday, May 6 at 7pm
Performed in-person and livestreamed 
Tickets: $10 (livestream), $20 (student & senior), $30 (adult) 

Saturday, May 7 at 2pm 
In-person family program 
Tickets: $20 (student & senior), $30 (adult), $35 (family rate of 1 adult + 1 child + $10 per additional child)

Saturday, May 7 at 7pm
In-person finale performance 
Tickets: $20 (student & senior), $30 (adult)



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12) New York City Opera 
presents
Family-Friendly Performances of
The Barber of Seville
May 8, 2022
Theater at St. Jean's

New York City Opera presents a family-friendly version of The Barber of Seville at the Theater at St. Jean’s, 150 E. 76th Street, NYC on Sunday, May 8, 2022 at 10am & 2pm. Gioachino Rossini’s sparkling music animates the hijinks of Figaro, opera’s most famous barber. Tickets start at $5 and are available at newyorkcityopera.yapsody.com/event/index/725815/il-barbiere-di-siviglia. The performance is 75 minutes, sung in Italian, and is appropriate for all ages.

New York City Opera's Opera for Kids! program is a popular series of hour-long, family-friendly adaptations of classic operas narrated by General Director Michael Capasso. These performances, followed by a Q&A with the cast, have given thousands of elementary and preschool-aged children their first taste of live opera. 


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13) New York City Opera 
presents
UCSB’s Family-Friendly Production of
Mozart’s The Magic Flute
May 3-5, 2022

New York City Opera presents a family-friendly version of Mozart’s The Magic Flute at schools in Great Neck and New York, NY from May 3-5, 2022. This whimsical puppet production features singers from University of California, Santa Barbara’s Opera Theatre Program, dancers and actors from the UCSB Department of Theater and Dance, and puppets of all shapes and sizes. The performance is 75 minutes, sung in English, and is appropriate for all ages. For more information, visit www.nycopera.com.

The production will make the following stops: 

May 3, 2022
Saddle Rock School
10 Hawthorne Lane, Great Neck, NY

May 4, 2022
John F. Kennedy SchoolTHE OFF BROADWAY ALLIANCE
PRESENTS 
1A Grassfield Rd. Great Neck, NY

May 5, 2022
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
100 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY

This new abridged version of The Magic Flute is arranged by Peter Tiefenbach for piano and seven singers, all of whom are double cast. The English-language translation of this non-traditional and family friendly opera is by Brent Krysa. 


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14) THE OFF BROADWAY ALLIANCE
PRESENTS 

 
Tickets to Off Broadways Hottest Shows will be steeply discounted to just $20, 20-minutes before curtain, making theater across the city accessible at one incredibly low price

 

May 9-29th, 2022

The Off Broadway Alliance today announced that it will again sponsor 20at20, the bi-annual celebration of Off Broadway.  The popular promotion, which begins May 9th and continues through May 29th, makes $20 tickets for participating Off Broadway plays and musicals available to theatregoers twenty minutes prior to curtain.  For more than a decade, 20at20 has become one of New York’s most eagerly anticipated promotions for budget-conscious theatregoers.

During 20at20, you can see six or seven of these shows for less than the price of one Broadway ticket. 20at20 gives everyone a chance to check out what’s going on Off Broadway, the place where exciting and innovative theatre begins.  For further information and a complete list of participating shows and venues see below or visit www.20at20.com. 

Off Broadway shows currently participating in 20at20:
 
After Happily Ever After
André & Dorine
Drunk Shakespeare
FRIENDS! The Musical Parody
H*tler's Tasters
The Importance of Being Earnestly LGBTQ+
Pinkalicious The Musical
The Office A Musical Parody
Perfect Crime
Sistas The Musical
Shake Rattle & Roll Dueling Pianos
Vital's Wizard of Oz
About Love
Three Sisters
Gazillion Bubble Show
Romeo & Bernadette
Colorblind
The Play That Goes Wrong
Islander
¡Americano!
Katsura Sunshine's Rakugo
That Golden Girls Show! A Puppet Parody


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15)


Are you a fan of movie production, entertainment, and celebrities? If so, then welcome to your new favorite app, the only of its kind! The What's Filming Now live-feed social media app by On Location Tours will give you the inside peak on where movies and TV shows are being filmed, in real-time!

How does it work?

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16) ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK PRESENTS 
MENDELSSOHN’S ELIJAH
ON MAY 9 AT CARNEGIE HALL

Featuring Soprano Susanna Phillips, Mezzo-soprano Lucia Bradford,
Tenor Isaiah Bell, Baritone Justin Austin, and Treble Zachary Whalen

The Oratorio Society of New York (OSNY), led by Music Director Kent Tritle, presents Mendelssohn’s iconic Elijah on Monday, May 9, 2022 at 8:00pm at Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. Featured artists include soprano Susanna Phillips, mezzo-soprano Lucia Bradford, tenor Isaiah Bell, baritone Justin Austin, treble Zachary Whalen, and the Orchestra of the Society, with Kent Tritle conducting.

Elijah is the dramatic biblical tale of the unyielding prophet and his struggle against the wicked king Ahab who, with his duplicitous wife Jezebel, led the ancient Israelites astray from their true God. Mendelssohn’s setting of this righteous man’s defense of the Hebrew God over the Canaanite Baal includes frenzied pagan rituals, ecstatic hymns of praise, stirring choruses, and operatic arias which are masterfully woven into an emotional depiction of this ancient epic. The Oratorio Society of New York first performed Elijah in 1876. This 2022 concert marks the Society’s 39th performance of the piece.

Concert Information
Mendelssohn’s Elijah
Monday, May 9, 2022 at 8:00pm
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall
Tickets:
 $25-$90
Link: https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2022/05/09/Oratorio-Society-of-New-York-0800PM

Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Lucia Bradford, mezzo-soprano
Isaiah Bell, tenor
Justin Austin, baritone
Zachary Whalen, treble
Orchestra of the Society

MENDELSSOHN: Elijah

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17) APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN

FOR THE PRINCE FELLOWSHIP

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

 

Fellowship Is Designed To Empower New Creative Producers

Thanks to the Generous Support of The Broadway League

and The John Gore Organization


Applications Being Accepted for Two Fellowship Tracks

Second Fellowship will be fundeed through new partnership with

The Theatre Leadership Project


The Prince Fellowship, in association with Columbia University School of the Arts, announces that applications are now open for the 2022 Fellowship program. The Prince Fellowship, formerly known as The T. Fellowship, was renamed last year to honor the extraordinary work of producer, director and T. Fellowship founder Harold Prince. Prince created the program to usher in the next generation of creative producers. Selected fellows receive a stipend of $10,000, a $20,000 budget for the development of a new theatrical production, access to courses in Columbia’s MFA Theatre Management & Producing Program, and mentorship from prominent producers and industry specialists.

 

Applications are now open through May 31. Prospective applicants are encouraged to join for an informational Webinar at 6PM EST on Wednesday, May 11. 


The 2022 Prince Fellowship year will run from September 2022 through August 2023. Prospective applicants can visit https://princefellowship.com/apply/ for more information about the program and the upcoming Webinar. For more information about TTLP, visit www.theatreleadershipproject.org.


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18) ERIC KREBS
IN ASSOCIATION WITH AMAS MUSICAL THEATRE
ANNOUNCE

ROMEO & BERNADETTE
A MUSICAL TALE OF VERONA AND BROOKLYN
BOOK AND LYRICS BY MARK SALTZMAN
MUSIC ADAPTED FROM CLASSIC ITALIAN MELODIES
DIRECTED & CHOREOGRAPHED BY JUSTIN ROSS COHEN

THEATER 555
555 WEST 42ND STREET (BETWEEN 10TH & 11TH AVENUES)

PREVIEWS BEGIN TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2022
OPENING NIGHT IS MONDAY, MAY 16, 2022
A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT THROUGH JUNE 26, 2022

TICKETS ON SALE TODAY! Love is in the air for the critically-acclaimed hit Off-Broadway production of Romeo & Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn, with book and lyrics by Mark Saltzman, music adapted from classic Italian melodies, directed and choreographed by Justin Ross CohenAll tickets for the first week of previews (May 3-8) are priced at $25 and at $49 for the second week (May 10-15) and may be purchased at www.romeoandbernadette.com.

Previews are now set to begin on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, with an official opening on Monday, May 16, 2022. Tickets on sale today and available through June 26, 2022, at www.romeoandbernadette.com.

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19) Ry Armstrong Announces Residence Show THEY // SHE // HE at Green Room 42 starting May 9th at 7pm

Ry Armstrong is debuting their show ‘THEY // SHE // HE’ at The Green Room 42. The concert will be at 7:00 PM on Monday, May 9th, 2022, at The Green Room 42 at 570 Tenth Avenue, 4th Floor inside YOTEL in New York City, New York. The show's purpose is to break the norm and to take the beautiful and imperfect world we live in and turn it on its head. Led by Ry Armstrong, they and their friends come together to gender-bend and recreate songs from Broadway and beyond through arrangements never heard before. Armstrong says “It is clear that mainstream society can feel like a binary place filled with boxes, labels, and expectations of which we are supposed to conform. At this show, we abandon that belief and choose to live with the spectrum in-between where anyone and everyone is welcome to come and celebrate.”   The show invites guests to join them  in giving up the pressures and anxieties of today and come as your true authentic self. Tickets can be purchased online at the link below.

The concert will be at 7:00 PM on Monday, May 9th, 2022, at The Green Room 42 at 570 Tenth Avenue, 4th Floor inside YOTEL in New York City, New York (https://thegreenroom42.venuetix.com/). The concerts will continue on every second Monday of the month at 7 PM (June 13, July 11, August 8, September 12).

Tickets are available at  www.theyshehe.xyz  for $15. Each ticket includes a $10 food and beverage voucher. To purchase tickets, please visit the link below:

www.theyshehe.xyz

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20)The Tank

 

PRESENTS THE MARIO FRATTI AWARD WINNING PLAYS

 

THE LAND OF SWOLLEN FACES

BY PAOLO BIGNAMI

TRANSLATED BY CARLOTTA BRENTAN
DIRECTED BY 
LAURA CAPARROTTI AND JAY STERN
STARRING 
JOSEPH FRANCHINI

MAY 5-14, 2022

  

&

 

HIDE AND SEEK

BY TOBIA ROSSI

TRANSLATED & DIRECTED BY CARLOTTA BRENTAN
STARRING 
JOSEPH MONSEUR AND MICHAEL LUSZCZAK

MAY 5-15, 2022

  

PRESENTED BY KAIROS ITALY THEATER IN COLLABORATION WITH THE TANK AS PART OF

PLAY IT AGAIN IN SCENA!

A VERY SPECIAL COMING BACK EDITION OF THE ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL NY 2022

 

 

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THETANKNYC.ORG


The Tank (Meghan Finn, Artistic Director; Johnny G. Lloyd, Director of Artistic Development) presents two Mario Fratti Award-winning plays, The Land of the Swollen Faces by Paolo Bignami, translated by Carlotta Brentan, and directed by Laura Caparrotti and Jay Stern and Hide and Seek by Tobia Rossi, translated and directed by Carlotta Brentan. Presented by Kairos Italy Theater in collaboration with The Tank as part of Play It Again In Scena! A Very Special Coming Back Edition of the Italian Theater Festival, performances will take place May 5-15, 2022 at The Tank’s Proscenium Theater (312 W 36th St, New York, NY, 10018).


The New York City-based Kairos Italy Theater along with the Italy-based KIT Italia and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU have announced that Play It Again In Scena! A Very Special Coming Back Edition of the Italian Theater Festival will take place in all five boroughs of NYC, running May 3-18, 2022. Participating venues include Italian Cultural Institute in NY (686 Park Ave, New York, NY 10021), BAAD! - Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (2474 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461), St. John’s Lutheran Church (81 Christopher Street, New York, NY 10014), Bernie Wohl Center at Goddard Riverside (647 Columbus Avenue, NY 10024), Greek Cultural Center (2680 30th Street b2, Astoria, NY 11102), Culture Lab NYC (5-25 46th Ave, Queens, NY 11101), The Tank (312 W 36th St, New York, NY 10018), and I Am Books (124 Salem St, Boston, MA 02113). All shows will be presented in Italian with English supertitles, unless otherwise noted. For more information, please visit www.inscenany.com.


Each year In Scena! presents a survey of the best Italian theater from Italy, in New York City. The festival features full productions that have already toured in Italy as well as readings of Italian plays in translation, lectures and exchanges between Italian and International artists. The goal is to promote greater awareness of Italian theater and Italian artists among New York theatergoers, and to build a bridge between the artistic scenes in Italy and New York.


THE LAND OF SWOLLEN FACES
By Paolo Bignami

Translated by Carlotta Brentan
Directed by Laura Caparrotti and Jay Stern
Starring Joseph Franchini
Set Design by Sarah Edkins

Based on an industrial workplace accident in Italy, The Land of Swollen Faces features one rising voice, alone and essential, that denounces it. A one-voice live narration of tragic events portrayed with heartbreaking lyricism to highlight a vulnerable underdog’s love for life, in the face of powerful people and their reckless arrogance.

 

The performance schedule for The Land of Swollen Faces is as follows: Thursday May 5 at 9:30pm; Friday May 6-Sunday May 8 at 7pm; Wednesday May 11 at 7pm; Thursday May 12 at 9:30pm; Friday May 13 at 7pm; and Saturday May 14 at 9:30pm.

 

HIDE AND SEEK
By Tobia Rossi

Translated and directed by Carlotta Brentan
Starring Joseph Monseur and Michael Luszczak
Set Design by Sarah Edkins

Fifteen-year-old Gio is firmly convinced that nobody in his small Italian town will ever understand him. Not his parents or his teachers, let alone his classmates, who mock him relentlessly and bully him for his sexual orientation. Gio decides to run away and live out his days in a secluded cave. When a classmate, Mirko, stumbles upon his hiding place by accident, Gio begs him to preserve his secret, making him an accomplice to his plan, with unexpected and dark consequences. 

 

The performance schedule for Hide and Seek is as follows: Thursday May 5 at 7pm; Saturday May 7 – Sunday May 8 at 3pm & 9:30pm; Wednesday May 11 at 9:30pm; Thursday May 12 at 7pm; and Sunday May 15 at 3pm.

 

Tickets for both plays begin at $25 and are available at thetanknyc.org.


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21) David Serero stars as Moses in the U.S. Premiere of" The Ten Commandments, 

The Musical,” in the upcoming 

Off-Broadway Musical in May 2022.


The Ten Commandments' Off-Broadway Cast is now announced and brings new diverse talents from musical theater and operatic backgrounds. Twelve talented artists will bring to life the story of Moses and the Jewish people. Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/_p4TfQs-txo

David Serero, starring as Moses, will lead and direct the cast composed of DaShaun Williams (Ramses), Aria Critchley (Nefertari), Stephanie Craven (Sephora), Melissa Lubars (Jochebed), Lisa Monde (Bithia), Cale Rausch (Joshua), Zachary Harris Martin (Aaron), Kristyn Vario (Myriam), Shane Patrick Watson and Julia Anne Cohen (Various roles and U/S).
All these performers will sing the beautiful music of Pascal Obispo, one of France's most notorious composers, with original lyrics by Lionel Florence and Patrice Guirao. The Musical was originally created by Elie Chouraqui, who wrote the Book. David Serero is bringing this Musical to America, directing and adapting it in the English language. "The Ten Commandments" dramatizes the biblical story of the life of Moses, an adopted Egyptian prince who becomes the deliverer of his real brethren, the enslaved Hebrews, and after that leads the Exodus to Mount Sinai, where he receives, from God, the Ten Commandments.
This limited engagement will be performed at the Center for Jewish History (15 West 16th Street, New York NY 10011) on May 5th (3pm), 8th (6pm - Premiere), 10th and 12th (8pm), and the 15th (6pm). Tickets are available on thetencommandmentsthemusical.com or 1.800.838.3006 for $26 and $36. 

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22) A Little Shakespeare: 
Much Ado About Nothing

Now in its ninth season as one of Two River’s most popular programs, A Little Shakespeare introduces the works of Shakespeare to hureds of youth and adults each year. Through this program, Two River produces a 75-minute abridged version of a Shakespeare play, performed and supported backstage by high school students, and directed and designed by theater professionals.


In Much Ado About Nothing, journey to a modernized Messina for a comedic tale of hidden identities, honor and deceit, friendship and marriage. Adapted and directed by Rakesh Palisetty, audiences can experience the classic work of the Bard with a modern twist.


For more information or to purchase tickets, go to https://tworivertheater.org/whats-on/a-little-shakespeare-much-ado-about-nothing


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