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2) CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED
NEW YORK CITY CENTER ENCORES!
PRODUCTION OF
JAMES LAPINE AND STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S
REVIVAL OF
INTO THE WOODS
TO RELEASE CAST RECORDING
Sean Patrick Flahaven, Chief Theatricals Executive for Concord, is thrilled to announce that Concord Theatricals/Craft Recordings will release the cast recording of the critically-acclaimed Broadway revival of the New York City Center Encores production of James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s Into The Woods in September on streaming and digital platforms worldwide. Physical release will be announced at a later time.
Into the Woods, the first Broadway show of the 2022/2023 season, opened to rave reviews on July 10 at the St. James Theatre. This production is produced by Jordan Roth, President of Jujamcyn Theaters, directed by Lear deBessonet (in her Broadway debut), music direction by Rob Berman with The Encores! Orchestra, and choreography by Lorin Latarro. Into the Woods is dedicated to the memory of Stephen Sondheim.
Tickets are available via SeatGeek.com/into-the-woods.
3) JURASSIC QUEST, NATION’S BIGGEST DINOSAUR EXPERIENCE
MIGRATES TO EDISON, NJ
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Walk among the dinosaurs as North America’s most popular, can’t-miss
dinosaur adventure stomps into the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center, July 29-31
TICKETS & LOGISTICS
Tickets are timed entry and start at $19 -- reserve online to ensure desired date and time at www.jurassicquest.com -- or are available on-site, and include a 100% ticket guarantee that in the event of a show cancellation or postponement for any reason, ticket purchases will be automatically refunded for the full purchase amount. Tickets are for a timed arrival window, and advance ticket purchase is strongly encouraged. Guests can walk through the dinosaur experience at their own pace, and strollers are permitted. Some venues may have wheelchairs for use, but please contact the venue in advance to make arrangements.
General admission tickets include access to the dinosaur and marine exhibits, arts and crafts activities, and dinosaur shows. There are rides and activities that require activity tickets available on site, or guests can upgrade to the Kids Unlimited Rides ticket (the best value for children ages 2-12). Entry is free for children under age 2. Socks required for inflatable attractions.
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Join Cast of New Web Series
THE LIP SYNC FABLES
** Where Kids Stories Come to Life **
New Episodes Premiering July 21 - August 25 on YouTube
July 29 & 30 at 8pm
July 31 at 2pm
Kelsey Theatre at MCCC
1200 Old Trenton Rd.
West Windsor, NJ
MTI's Broadway Junior Revue - Raise Your Voice is a brand-new revue featuring songs from across MTI's Broadway Junior® collection.
From Broadway Junior musicals based on classic titles like Guys and Dolls and Oliver! to beloved Disney shows like The Little Mermaid and Mary Poppins, this show offers a fun introduction to musical revues by young performers.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit kelsey.mccc.edu
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6) New Camerata Opera announces Boundary Breaking Seventh Season |
- A double bill of French one-act operas - Lili Boulanger’s Faust et Hélène and Maurice Ravel’s L’heure espagnole - from September 16 through September 24, 2022. Music Director Kamal Khan and Stage Director John de los Santos conjure a gorgeous world in which clockwork photography by NYC-based artist Atom Moore creates a striking backdrop to this timeless story.
- Il Trittico, a three-week-long opera festival of Puccini's three one-act operas: Gianni Schicchi, Suor Angelica, and Il Tabarro, featuring immersive stage direction by Chloe Treat.
- The Prince von Pappenschmear 3, the final chapter of the Prince von Pappenschmear trilogy. Set in Nazi-era Germany, the story follows an undercurrent of women’s liberation in an historic Jewish gynecologist’s office.
- Refractions, a visual anthology of works by BIPOC artists and composers directed by Kimille Howard with Music Direction from Mikael Darmanie.
- Operas in English designed especially to engage and educate children of all ages. Performances of Party at the Opera, Peter Rabbit, and Rumpelstiltskin will be held at schools, libraries, performance halls, and community gardens throughout New York City’s five boroughs.
- One Train, a unique viewing experience that celebrates the power of music to bring people together. This animated opera is a crossover project with CamerataWorks and will bring high-quality operatic performances from the pen of composer Hilary Purrington and librettist Hannah McDermott to children worldwide.
- Writing and Performing Your Own Solo Show
- Scene Study and Audition Technique
- On-Camera Audition Technique
- Performing Artist’s Lab
- The Elements of Directing
- Play Reading and Script Analysis: The Work of August Wilson
- Improvisation
Science + Literature: Investigating Disease and Access
Wednesday, July 27, at 7pm ET in the Kaufmann Theater
Join Daisy Hernández, author of The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease, and Curator Jessica L. Ware of the Museum’s Division of Invertebrate Zoology for a conversation about the personal and political aspects of scientific research and access.
Part investigative science journalism, part memoir, The Kissing Bug follows Hernández’s journey to better understand Chagas, an infectious disease that disproportionately affects the Latinx community. The Kissing Bug is an inaugural selected title of the National Book Foundation’s new Science + Literature program, which celebrates work that deepens readers’ understanding of science and technology, and the diversity of voices in scientific writing. RSVP for this free onsite event here.
LAST CHANCE
Okavango Blue Diamond
Open Through Sunday, July 31
The dazzling and nearly flawless Okavango Blue Diamond is on public exhibition through July 31, in the Melissa and Keith Meister Gallery within the Museum’s new Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals. This “fancy deep blue” diamond in an oval brilliant-cut weighs 20.46 carats and is the centerpiece of a presentation featuring natural diamonds from Botswana.
10) SOME LIKE IT HOT
A NEW MUSICAL COMEDY BASED ON THE CLASSIC MGM FILM
New music video for the title track number featuring the Broadway cast with Christian Borle, J. Harrison Ghee, Adrianna Hicks, Kevin del Aguila, and NaTasha Yvette Williams
Previews Begin Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Opening Night is Sunday, December 11, 2022
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D'yan has been performing professionally since the 1960’s. She started in Boston and then made her way to New York where she sang and played the piano at popular venues and legendary hotels across the city, she also played the resort circuit in the Catskills during its heyday. D’yan then went on to perform in Paris which eventually led her to performing all over the world with notable appearances in Israel, Greece, Scotland, and even Ethiopia. After 9/11, D’yan started doing stand-up comedy along with her ukulele because, “The world needed more laughter, and I needed it too!” You can often see her performing at Gotham Comedy Club in New York City. In June 2022, the Guinness World Records recognized D’yan as the oldest working female stand-up comic in the world. She has lived in the West Village for over 50 years.
D'yan is celebrating her 88th birthday by performing, Swinging on the Seine at the iconic Joe’s Pub on Sunday on July 31st, at 7pm (doors open at 6pm). The audacious D’yan officially turns eighty-eight in the middle of the show. Through stand-up comedy and song, accompanied by her trusty ukulele, D'yan takes you back to her first years in the City of Love. She also shares stories of her current life as an octogenarian, and returning to Paris to live (in her early 80’s), and making it big once again.
Joes Pub is located at 25 Lafayette Street (at Astor Place), New York, NY 10003. Subway: R/W to 8th Street, 6 to Astor Place. Tickets are $15 plus a two-drink or $12 food minimum, available at www.publictheater.org/
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ANNOUNCES PROGRAMMING FOR
ECO-FORWARD FESTIVALS
TRASHFEST & DARKFEST
JULY 30 – AUGUST 7, 2022
AT THE TANK
The Tank (Meghan Finn, Artistic Director; Johnny G. Lloyd, Director of Artistic Development) announced programming for their eco-forward festivals, TrashFest and DarkFest, from Saturday July 30 – Sunday August 7, 2022. Both festivals will take place in-person at The Tank NYC (312 West 36th St New York, NY 10018).
For years, The Tank has hosted DarkFest - a week of shows that do not use conventional theatrical lighting in an effort to reexamine how we can make theater more sustainable. With the pandemic forcing their physical theater to close, they challenged that idea further with the first annual TrashFest in 2020. It is often difficult to wrestle with the environmental impact our daily lives and our work can have - especially in theater, where so many resources are needed to develop sets, props, and costumes that are only used for a short amount of time. TrashFest centers work that not only produces no waste, but reuses materials discarded as garbage while DarkFest celebrates innovative performance that utilizes self-sufficient and alternative energy sources.
More information about the programming is below. Tickets begin at $10 with free offerings and are available by visiting https://thetanknyc.org/
GHOSTS
Written and directed by Emma Gometz
July 30 at 3PM
Nenny is an agoraphobic violinist with two weeks left before graduating from her MFA program. Before she can graduate, she has to perform a solo concert in a remote location and accepts an offer from her ex-boyfriend Rob to stay with him and his eccentric parents (who happen to live nearby the venue) and rehearse. Leading up to the big day, she is visited by fluffy, musty, homey entities, threatening to swallow her alive. Who is everyone, and what do they want from her?
Ghosts features sound design by Nicolas Recalde and Akvinder Kaur is the Stage Manager.
10 YEARS
Written and directed by Katelynn Kenney
August 3 at 7PM
A climate-conscious Etsy store owner raises her child in her studio apartment over these next 10 years—through them, we experience Earth’s rearing of humanity and our rebellion against the planet that birthed us. Through vastness and intimacy, 10 YEARS questions and wrestles with our agency in the waves of the climate crisis already crashing around and against us. As the child's imaginary friends, you, the audience, may or may not affect the course of their life, and our future.
The cast of 10 YEARS features Dani Martineck and Teresa Attridge.
THE PRESIDENT OF OHIO
By Philip J. Kaplan
July 31 at 7PM
The President of Ohio is a post-apocalyptic farce about family life in the year 2070. Everything depends on tonight’s dinner, where the President of Ohio will be the guest. But the cook just died, war with Kentucky is imminent, the homeowners association wants more barbed wire, and a Girl Scout assassin is waiting. Can Brenda’s family survive the night?
The cast of The President of Ohio features Belle Caplis, John Dimino, Jamahl Garrison-Lowe, Meghan Jones, and Amy Stiller.
37 INSTANCES BETWEEN VICTORIA AND HER BRAIN
By Libby Heily
July 31 at 9:30PM
37 Incidents Between Victoria and Her Brain examines the complex relationship between our minds and ourselves. Like most of us, Victoria often feels disconnected from her brain. As she matures, Victoria learns and adapts. She creates both good and bad coping mechanisms that she must confront and shift as she reaches different stages of her life. Through familiar and a few not-so-familiar rites of passage, we see Victoria deal with love, life, death, and trauma and how her brain supports or undermines her, seemingly without her knowledge.
Ali Kresch Levine serves as the Dramaturg.
KING OF NOTHING
Written and performed by Rachel Weekley
Directed and designed by Robert Malbrough
August 2 at 7PM
King of Nothing is an experiential solo performance piece inspired by the environmental collapse of modern society in a post-Amazon age and the text of King Lear that asks the question: what is the point of a fool at the end of the world?
Tyler Riley provides voice over and Zeynep Akca is the Stage Manager.
SPLIT BILL: RUDY & CAMILLE; SKIN EXAM
August 2 at 9:30PM
Rudy & Camille
Written by Dean Haspiel and Whitney Matheson
Performed by Sharief Johnson, Morgan Lennon and Adam Files
Rudy & Camille is a psychedelic rom-com that chronicles two office mates who spend most of their time pontificating and pawing at each other -- instead of preventing the impending apocalypse.
Skin Exam
by Ezequiel González Camaño and Cornelia Smith
A young man must have his skin checked every year for signs of melanoma. His body is unwaveringly surveilled and documented by a rotating cast of witnesses: a chiromancer, who discovers a shortened sun line on the young man’s hand; a nurse, who examines the body for signs of abnormalities; and a companion, under interrogation, who must recount identifiable markings on the young man’s skin.
SPLIT BILL: INTENTIONS; BANANA MAN IN A BOX; THE TRIAL OF THE WORM MAN; IN THE DARK
August 3 at 9:30PM
Intentions
By Joe Quattro
Two characters are bumbling through a cemetery, literally and figuratively, in search of a plot. Meanwhile, other characters appear from behind tombstones recounting tails of the intentional and unintentional deaths.
Banana Man in a Box
Performed by Michael Galligan
Directed by Bailey Nassetta
Music by Robert Fernandez
Ever wonder where your bananas go when they're bruised and forgotten? Banana Man in a Box follows the tragicomic story of a Dole banana lost in the wasteful world of capitalism. The show combines clown, magic, karaoke, stand-up and more to put you right in your peelings.
The Trial of the Worm Man
Created, written, and performed by Veronika Gribanova
Created and performed by Kevin Mejia
Directed and script and comedy consulted by Carol Lee Sirugo
It's the trial of the century and we're down to the final witnesses. Two children* are tasked with clearing the name of the infamous Worm Man. The judge admitted it was a "strange choice" made by the defense. The press have called it "downright disturbing." Stay tuned for when Lady Guga and her "best friend/nemesis" Buckle take the stand for the first and probably last time.
*They insisted I call them children, though I'm almost certain they are fully grown adults.
In the Dark
by Martin Murray
In The Dark explores “remote viewing,” a mysterious method of clairvoyance, where practitioners claim to be able to explore objects and locations at a distance from not only their physical position but their physical body as well. Two petty criminals decide to use this practice to plan a string of heists and robberies, but they soon learn that there are larger forces at work.
RIGHTFUL/SWORD & STAFF
By Amanda DeLalla
Directed and designed by Robert Malbrough
August 4 at 3PM
Rightful/Sword & Staff is a cautionary tale that becomes a psychological case study. Refined Marian Frey is in jail for a crime we don't yet know about. As she- and later her daughter- tell their stories, we inch closer to the truth and are forced to consider how far we'd go to remedy a perceived injustice.
The original production was directed by Diane Zerega. Tech operation is by Shira Harris.
SPLIT BILL: SITTING BY A BODY OF WATER IN THE DARK; SURREALIST
August 4 at 7PM
Sitting by a body of water in the Dark
Choreographed by Mia Martelli
Performed by Maya Gonzalez, Nina Guevara, and Noa Rui-Piin Weiss
Sitting by a body of water in the Dark is a group work, in-progress, choreographed by Mia Martelli. This work stacks invisible experiences, namely, breath, cerebrospinal fluid, and spiritual ascension. Situated on a backdrop of rave and ambient music, we explore diffraction spikes from light sources, imagined climates/geography, and polyrhythms in the body and among bodies, as a form of spacetime travel.
Surrealist
Choreographed, in collaboration with the below dancers, by Stephen Shynes
Performed by Gabrielle Loren, Kyneijee Wubah, and Jayden Williams.
These theories of dreams and the unconscious believed insanity was the breaking of the chains of logic. Our subconscious mind is variably used to define the state of mind in psychology which is what we use to function through our daily lives.
FANTASMA DE NOCHE (NIGHT GHOST)
By Emma Isabel
Directed by Matthew Pezzulich
August 4 at 9:30PM
Fantasma De Noche features two sisters who have learned to both raise each other and tease each other. The oldest of the two, Adelita, has a secret. A secret about someone living under their same roof. Will they both be able to handle the weight of this secret? Will they be able to unfold cyclical patterns in their family? Will this secret finally die? Or will it not?
The cast of Fantasma De Noche will feature Belgys Felix, Yesenia Morales, and Gaby Villeda. Maggie Lally is the Dramaturg and Fernando Mercado is the Fight Choreographer and Board Operator.
NATURE WE & I
Created, performed, and produced by Greg Kamilaw
August 5 at 7PM; August 7 at 3PM
Nature We & I, a solo performance work for voice and guitars, is a love letter to a New York City most don’t see. A city as a part of nature. Manhattan, New York City, one of the worlds capitals of business, finance and the arts. Busy people, from all walks of life, and every corner of the world, with ambitions and dreams big and small are drawn to this city. The City confronts these busy people with the reality of their talents and the opportunities of the moment. People must make choices; what are they willing to endure? What will they compromise? How will they adapt? Will they evolve, grow, change so they can reach their goal, fulfill their dreams? Will they persevere? Will they outgrow their dreams, and settle for a way to make a living? And what are the Cost of their life's pursuits? The cost of an individual’s busy way of living. What is the cumulative cost of humankind’s way, humankind’s busy way of living? The cost on others, on our future generations, and on nature. Are we individuals aware of the effects we are having on the rest of nature? The nature that surrounds us, the nature we are all a part of. How much do we care and what will we do when confronted by the consequences of our busy way of living? Nature We & I, asks, explores, and answers these questions.
Guillermo Laporta is the audio-visual lighting artist.
SHIFTERS
Written by Katelynn Kenney
August 6 at 3PM
*FREE PERFORMANCE
50 years in the future, a theatre troupe tells us the tale of the shape-shifting rebels who took down the wall of a wealthy, "green" metropolis and relit the flame of revolution and justice in a climate- and capitalism-ravaged world.
PROJECT SANKOFA
By Karl O’Brian Williams
Directed by Jermaine Rowe
August 6 at 7PM
A young man reluctantly accepts a challenge from a class project that asks students to create a performance art piece about their family history. This prompts him to question his purpose in the world, releasing a flurry of internal conflicts. His story is shaped by music, spoken word, movement and through the guidance of the ancestors who test and prod accordingly. Project Sankofa looks at family, community, love and the endless questioning about oneself.
The cast of Project Sankofa will feature Antonyio Artis, Cailin Chang, Zeinebou Dia, Frida Fritter, Natalya Gammon, Anthony Goss, Christian Pacheco, Luca Rodrigues, and Jack Vine. Andy Evan Cohen is the tech manager and Joel Edwards is the sound designer.
SLEEPOVER CLUB
Written and directed by Sara Rahman
Music by Uma Paranjpe
August 6 at 9:30PM
When zombie virus Pep-C-Koli ravages the world, four girls band together (literally) to fight Zombos, form friendships, and make kickass music. When one of the girls is threatened by the virus, the girls must confront their grief, anxiety, and complex female friendships to come out the other side alive. Sleepover Club is a horror coming-of-age, zombie apocalypse, girl band play (you read that right) with a whole lot of heart.
SPLIT BILL: UNFINISH-; 5’5; TALKBACK
August 7 at 7PM
Unfinish-
Created, directed, and produced by Eddie Datz
Performed by Datz and Michael Ortiz
Two characters are suffering through a horribly-written play when they decide to break off and say whatever dialogue they want to say. As they talk, they begin to get philosophical about the who/what/where/when/why of their creation and purpose in their world! Having premiered at the Florida Players New Works Festival in 2019, witness the Off-Off Broadway playwriting premier by NYC's hottest young multi-hyphenated artist, Eddie Datz!
5’5
By Anthony Jadus
This is a theatrical character study and an attempt to bridge different people and challenge them on their ways of thinking politically.
Talkback
Written by Derek Davidson
Directed by Rachel Sabo-Hedges
The play’s done—but don’t go yet: time for the best part, the Talkback! The dramaturg’s moment... btw, what do dramaturgs actually do? Well, sometimes, they can predict the future.
MANNEQUIN PLAY
Created by Charlie Wo, Darius Lamont, Jupiter Genesis, Ray Johnson, Stephanie Orta Vázquez, YaYa Harrison, and Tank.
August 7 at 9:30PM
The Mannequin Play is a folk-rap musical devised by NYC drag performers and members of the performance art collective “I Don’t Wanna See That?!!?!” The play follows a family of three mannequins, Sale, Glossy, and Liver, working at a Rainbow Shops in Bushwick as their store closes and ultimately separates them. The three are thrust into unfamiliar worlds and are forced to create new families while they try to reunite with each other.
Orchestrations are by Derek Walsh and Projection Design by Lisa Marie Montgomery.
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- self-producing playwright Phil Olson, a national award-winner with 18 published plays performed in over 400 cities in seven countries around the world.
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