A) Beginning Performances
B) Streaming
C) What's Happening This Week & More
A) Beginning Performance
american (tele)visions
A long, long time ago—the ‘90s—in a Walmart far, far away, Erica, our Hero of Ages Lost, pushes her shopping cart—that most sacred ancient vessel of capitalism—through the aisles of a memory play. american (tele)visions is an explosive collision between the American Dream and the American Nightmare—the story of an undocumented Mexican family. With singular wit and pathos, NYTW Tow Playwright-in-Residence Victor I. Cazares creates an epic multiverse where time is fluid and the characters are refracted through literal televisions, imagined video games, endless Walmart aisles, and a double-wide torn in two. NYTW Usual Suspect Rubén Polendo, founding artistic director of Theater Mitu, directs the multi-media production which includes live performance, live camera feeds and pre-recorded video.
New York Theater Workshop (79 E. 4th St.)
Peformances Beginning 9/9
Opening Night 9/29
Through 10/16
Burbank
It is 1941 and Walt Disney is out of his depth in their new Burbank studio; Pinocchio and Fantasia are losing money. An outside union is signing up employees and making personal threats against Walt and the studio. When Art Babbitt, the womanizing genius animator of Goofy, finds a female worker passed out on the lawn for lack of nutrition, he decides to join with the union and lead a strike against the studio. BURBANK presents a clash of egos, art, and commerce, as the Disney studio faces what could be the end of the golden age of animation.
The Wild Project (195 E. 3rd Street between Aves A & B)
Beginning performances 9/16
Through 9/18
No performances 9/12 & 9/13
Jasper
Trapped by the reality of their son’s illness, a couple struggles to keep their child and their marriage alive. A chance encounter changes everything and forces them to re-evaluate their circumstances and strive towards what is missing in their lives.
The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center
(480 W 42nd St)
Beginning Performances 9/8
Opening Night 9/14
Through 10/6
THIS SHOW IS NOW RUNNING FROM SEPTEMBER 21 - OCTOBER 1
Marie It's Time
Obie-winning downtown company Minor Theater (Pathetic, NY Times Critics' Pick, 2019) delivers a f*cked-up mixtape about love, motherhood, and violence. A fresh stab at Woyzeck that collides song and text, Marie It’s Time pumps hot blood through the veins of theater’s favorite murder-victim.
HERE’s Mainstage Theatre (145 Sixth Avenue)
Beginning Peformances 9/7
Opening Night 9/9
Through 9/24
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit HERE.ORG
On the Verge
Three intrepid Victorian women explorers travel through time in Retro Productions revival of Eric Overmyer’s play On the Verge (or the Geography of Yearning). Retro will put their own unique spin on the comedy that follows Mary, Alex and Fanny as they travel into the future and discover a world that is beyond anything they could imagine. The epic journey takes them through the jungle, over ice cliffs and right up to an Esso station in 1950’s America where their greatest adventures await - including their first encounter with Cool Whip.
On the Verge: or The Geography of Yearning is a whimsical and funny look at how mores, language, and technology changed over the first half of the 20th Century. It is the fantastical journey of three lady explorers from 1888 who, while traveling in Terra Incognita, find themselves traversing time, and end up in 1955 America. Along the way they meet strange and wondrous characters, learn slang, experience artifacts from the future, and debate the appropriateness of a lady wearing pants.
Gene Frankel Theatre (24 Bond Street (Between Lafayette & Bowery)
Beginning Performances 9/9
Through 9/24
Sesame Street the Musical
“Sesame Street’s” very own Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, Grover, Rosita, Bert, Ernie, Oscar the Grouch, Gabrielle, and a host of Honkers, Martians, and other favorites will appear onstage in their very own musical. Filled with live puppetry, iconic songs fans know and love, new compositions by Kitt, Park, and Edmondson, and special celebrity guest stars, this production is designed for both the young and the young-at-heart, including things for fans of all ages. The show is written, directed, and produced by Jonathan Rockefeller.
Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street
Beginning Performances 9/8
Opening Night 9/19
Through 11/27
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.sesamestreetmusical.com
Stranger Sings
Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical is a wild and irreverent send-up of the hit Netflix series “Stranger Things” and all its campy ‘80s glory. Take a trip back to Hawkins, Indiana, 1983: when times were simpler, hair was bigger, and unsupervised children were getting snatched by inter-dimensional creatures. Join Mike, Eleven, Lucas, Dustin, and the whole Hawkins gang for a night of adventure, thrills, pubescent angst, heavy synth, poor parenting, convoluted love triangles, cheap effects, dancing monsters, and maybe, just maybe… justice for everyone’s favorite missing ginger, Barb Holland.
Playhouse 46 at St. Luke’s (308 W. 46th Street)
Beginning Performances 9/12
Opening Night 2/22
B) Streaming
Disney Girls
Walt Disney Studios, 1937. The all-women ink and paint department known as "The Nunnery" is in a mad dash to finish Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in time for Christmas, with little sleep and no air conditioning. A talented young artist is given the task of painting hundreds of frames of the original Disney princess, but soon it takes a physical and psychological toll. DISNEY GIRLS tells a story of making art without ownership, and building a legacy without recognition. This streaming version of Cameron Darwin Bossert’s play THE FAIREST is presented in 6 streaming episodes.
DISNEY GIRLS can be viewed at www.thirdwing.info by purchase a membership to Thirdwing for $49 (or $4.99/month) which includes access to all streaming content on their platform and free reservations to all in-person shows.
Tenessee Rising
Based on the early life and career of Tennessee Williams and winner of the United Solo Award, this solo piece written and performed by Jacob Storms sheds light on the formative and largely unexplored six-year period from 1939-1945 in which an unknown writer named Tom metamorphosizes into the acclaimed playwright known to the world as Tennessee.
Tennessee Rising begins streaming on streaming in a limited release now through Wednesday, November 30. The price to stream on demand is $10 for a 72-hour watch window. To purchase, visit TheWildProject.org
What You Are Now
Pia is a passionate young researcher investigating cutting-edge new ideas about how to heal the mind from traumatic memories. But her interest is also personal, deeply intertwined with her family’s history. When a figure from the past unexpectedly shows up, urging Pia’s mother to testify about her experiences during the violence of 1970s Cambodia, unresolved histories are brought to the surface. Pia must navigate through a latticework of interconnected memories: her relationship, her brother Darany and, centrally, her mother Chantrea—making discoveries that will radically alter everyone’s lives in the present.
what you are now will be available for streaming from September 8 through September 25, 2022, on EST’s website. Access to the streaming version will be available for free, but registration is required at estnyc.org.
C) What's Happening This Week & More
1) All is Found, New Single by Caroline Bowman & F. Michael HaynieAvailable Now
2) Broadway Workshop Upcoming Classes
3) Frida the Musical, Selected Songs to Be Performed by Jaime Lozano & More
Lincoln Center 9/7
4) Into the Woods New Cast
5) Nai-Ni Chen Dance The Bridge Virtual Dance Class on Zoom
9/7
6) Out of the Box Theatrics Fall Reading Series
7) Phantom of the Opera Global Recording Released
8) Queens County Fair
9/9 - 9/11
9) South Street Seaport Monthly Sea Chantey Events
10) Tomato Patch Jr, Kids Acting Classes
at Kelsey Theater Open for Registration
1) Broadway’s Caroline Bowman and F Michael Haynie release single, All is Found, available to stream everywhere TODAY
Caroline Bowman (Wicked, Evita) and F Michael Haynie (Wicked, Dogfight), currently lead the First National Tour of Disney's Frozen the Musical. The two Broadway favorites have teamed up for an all-new arrangement of Frozen hits called “All is Found” available to stream and purchase on all listening and social platforms now.
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2) Broadway Workshop Upcoming Classes
Junior Musical Theater Performance
Broadway Workshop’s JR Musical Theater Performance Class allows students ages 9-12 to take the next step in building acting, singing and dance technique.
8 Week Workshop
Ages: 9-12
Dates: SUNDAYS – October 2-November 20, 2022
Times: 11AM-12:30PM ET
Location: Ripley Grier Studios – 520 8th Ave – 16th Floor
Cost: $625 (payment plans available)
Our Junior Musical Theater Performance class focuses on how to better approach material, sharpen audition & performance skills, understand direction and adjustments, make strong choices, relax, and most of all, have confidence on stage and off. This class is designed to help unlock imagination and overcome inhibitions. This is an amazing class for students who are ready for the next stage of their training.This class will be lead by a Broadway guest teacher-TBA
For more information or to register, visit www.broadwayworkshop.com/program/fall-2022
Advanced Music Theater Performance
Students will work with Broadway Workshop director and film/TV acting coach, Marc Tumminelli and a professional musical director on musical theater song material in this by audition only 4 week class.
4 Week Workshop
Ages: 13-19
Dates: FRIDAYS- October 7-October 28
Times: 6PM-7:30PM
Location: Ripley Grier Studios – 520 8th Ave – 16th Floor
Cost: $425
This program is by audition only. Students will focus on how to approach material and help sharpen audition/performance skills, understand direction and adjustments, make strong choices, relax and most of all have confidence in their performances.
For more information ro to purchase tickets, visit www.broadwayworkshop.com/program/advanced-musical-theater-performance/
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3) Jaime Lozano Returns to Lincoln Center with All Star Cast to perform ¡Viva La Vida!
Selected songs from Frida, The Musical
Heralded by no less than Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda as “the next big thing,” the Mexican composer-director Jaime Lozano returns to the David Rubenstein Atrium for special peek into the upcoming Broadway musical Frida, The Musical, about the life of famed artist Frida Kahlo. Lozano will be joined on stage by a cast of Latinx/e musicians and singers on this special night.
On September 7th at 8:00pm, audiences are invited to enjoy a preview of select songs that fuse Mexican folk music with a lush, contemporary sound. With music by Jaime Lozano and lyrics by playwright Neena Beber, the Broadway-bound show—currently scheduled for 2024—portrays the artist in a new light.
Based on the book Intimate Frida by Isolda Pinedo Kahlo, Frida, The Musical celebrates the very real person behind her iconographic imagery, an original disruptor and influencer who redefined beauty, sexuality, and humanity in her time, and continues to inspire generations of new fans. The musical is produced by Valentina Berger, the Kahlo Family, BTF Media & Rick Miramontez.
To Purchase Tickets, click HERE.
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4) NEW CAST TO JOIN
CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED
NEW YORK CITY CENTER ENCORES!
PRODUCTION OF
JAMES LAPINE AND STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S
REVIVAL OF
INTO THE WOODS
STEPHANIE J. BLOCK AS THE BAKER’S WIFE
SEBASTIAN ARCELUS AS THE BAKER
KRYSTA RODRIGUEZ AS CINDERELLA
ANDY KARL AS THE WOLF/CINDERELLA’S PRINCE
(SEPT. 6 – 15)
MONTEGO GLOVER TO SHARE THE ROLE OF THE
WITCH WITH PATINA MILLER
JOIN
GAVIN CREEL AS THE WOLF/CINDERELLA’S PRINCE
AND JOSHUA HENRY AS RAPUNZEL’S PRINCE
Into the Woods has now extended, by popular demand, through October 16.
Joining the company on September 6 are Stephanie J. Block as the Baker’s Wife, Sebastian Arcelus as the Baker, Krysta Rodriguez as Cinderella, Katy Geraghty as Little Red Ridinghood, Jim Stanek as the Steward, and Montego Glover will share the role of The Witch with Patina Miller. Gavin Creel and Joshua Henry extend as the Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince and Rapunzel’s Prince, respectively.
Andy Karl will play the role of the Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince from September 6 through September 15, as Gavin Creel fulfills a prior commitment. Creel returns to the production on September 16.
Beginning on September 27, Ann Harada will reprise her role of Jack’s Mother from the City Center Encores! production. Aymee Garcia will continue as Jack’s Mother through September 25.
Patina Miller will be The Witch for performances on Fridays through Sundays, and Montego Glover will take over the role Tuesdays through Thursdays. Please visit https://intothewoodsbway.com/ to view a performance schedule.
Ta’Nika Gibson, Annie Golden, Albert Guerzon, Brooke Ishibashi, Kennedy Kanagawa, David Patrick Kelly, Nancy Opel, Cole Thompson, Alysia Velez, Delphi Borich, Felicia Curry, Jason Forbach, Alex Joseph Grayson, Cameron Johnson, Paul Kreppel, Mary Kate Moore, Diane Phelan, and Lucia Spina will continue with the production.
Tickets are available via SeatGeek.com/into-the-woods.
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5) Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Announces
The Bridge
Virtual Dance Institute
of boundary-breaking dance experiences
Free One-Hour Company Classes on Zoom
Open to All Dancers at an Intermediate to Advanced Level
September 7, 2022
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 here.
As a virtual dance institute, The Bridge will invite world renowned as well as up and coming dancers and choreographers 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:
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 | Rio Kikuchi (Kinetic Spiral) at 10am
Tapping into the creative energy of the universe through Kinetic Spiral. Nai-Ni Chen's signature technique is based on the principle of ever-changing universal forces of Yin and Yang to cultivate the dancer’s vital energy Chi (Qi) allowing the dancer to achieve higher performance with less effort. By focusing on breathing and images, Kinetic Spiral also balances the spiritual, mental and physical energy of the dancer. The Kinetic Spiral Technique forms the foundation of Nai-Ni Chen’s style of cross-cultural movement and embodies her efforts to work in the intersection of culture and race, advocating for equity with grace and power.
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6) OUT OF THE BOX THEATRICS
ANNOUNCES NEW PLAY READINGS
** In Person and Livestreaming Options for All Productions **
This fall, Out of the Box Theatrics (2022 Drama Desk nominee for Baby) and Jennifer Campos Productions in association with Weathervane Theatre will present staged readings of three new plays by three exciting new emerging playwrights. Each reading will be available to watch live or streaming. The schedule is as follows:
September 11 at 6 PM:
SECRETOS by Alex Carrera.
In SECRETOS, Beatrice has a deadbeat husband, a dead-end janitorial job, a disabled son, an angsty teenage daughter... and a secret that binds this Mexican-American family together.
Presented at Weathervane Theatre in Whitefield, NH (389 Lancaster Road, Whitefield, NH 03598). Tickets are $10 for in person seating or $12 for livestream access at www.weathervanenh.org.
October 17 at 7:15 PM:
CALL ME ABIGAIL by Shelli Pentimall Bookler.
CALL ME ABIGAIL is a comedic drama about a father and daughter conflict based in politics and the adult entertainment industry. Though focusing on family conflict, obscenity is challenged in light of other scandals highlighted, giving a unique perspective of art and censorship.
Venue TBA. Tickets are $10 (or $17 for both CALL ME ABIGAIL and LET'S TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE) for in person seating or $12.50 (or $20 for both readings) for live-streaming access at www.ootbtheatrics.com.
December 12 at 7:15 PM:
LET'S TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE by Anthony Anello.
LET’S TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE is a horror-comedy about a group of queer twenty-something-year old women that escape to the Berkshires together for the first time since their friend’s passing, where they are haunted by their grief. Anthony states, “I wrote this play a few months after the unexpected death of my father, using it not only to mourn, but to purge the feelings I was harboring of guilt, isolation, and confusion as I tried to comprehend the incomprehensible. Through this outpour, this first draft came into the world as suddenly and abruptly as my father left it.”
Presented at Theatre 71 (152 West 71st Street). Tickets are $10 (or $17 for both CALL ME ABIGAIL and LET'S TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE) for in person seating or $12.50 (or $20 for both readings) for live-streaming access at www.ootbtheatrics.com.
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7) THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
GLOBAL EDITION
TO BE RELEASED ON UNIVERSAL RECORDS
ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
SPECIAL GLOBAL EDITION ALBUM
8 DISC ALBUM FEATURING COMPLETE SOUNDTRACKS IN 7 GLOBAL LANGUAGES
AND NEW LONDON CAST RECORDING
CELEBRATES THE INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON OF
“THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA”
A new special Global Edition Album of The Phantom of the Opera has been released by Universal Records.
The Phantom of the Opera Global Edition is a streaming release made up of eight discs including complete cast recordings in seven languages: Korean (2009), Polish (2008), Hungarian (2003), Mexican Spanish (2000), German (1990), Swedish (1989) and Japanese (1988). Each of these albums were released at the time of recording, but are now presented together on one album, digitally for the first time.
In addition to the complete soundtracks, Disc One of the Special Edition is a 15-track highlights compilation, which includes the new 2022 West End cast recording of The Phantom of the Opera title track performed by Killian Donnelly and Lucy St. Louis at The Platinum Party in the Palace to honor Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
This album represents over 30 years of The Phantom of the Opera’s iconic history - from the Japanese recording made in 1988, to the new London track released in 2022.
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8) ‘A Fair-y Tale of Fall Fun at NYC’s Only Farm, Queens County Farm, as the
Queens County Fair Celebrates Autumn & Agriculture September 9-11
A taste of autumn and agriculture return to New York City as the 39th annual Queens County Fair kicks off a fun season of harvest happenings at the Queens County Farm Museum (Queens County Farm), the largest tract of farmland in New York City, from Friday, September 9, through Sunday, September 11 from 3:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (Friday) and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Saturday & Sunday). Tickets for the Queens County Fair are now on sale here.
The Queens County Fair is also the opening weekend for the world famous three-acre Amazing Maize Maze that will run on weekends Fridays through Sundays through the end of October. The theme for this year’s corn maze will have visitors trying to ‘ram their way’ through every ‘corn’er to find their way out. This year’s inspiration is legendary Artist Georgia O’Keeffe’s work Rams Head Blue Morning Glory, which symbolizes her respect for land and culture, core values of what the Queens County Farm Museum represents.
Dating all the way back to 1693, Queens County Fair activities and family favorites include:
· Traditional carnival rides and games, including sack races, spoon relays, along with kids’ crafts.
· Experiencing life on the farm with historic farmhouse tours, cooking demonstrations with locally grown produce, tractor-drawn hayrides and visiting the farm’s goats, sheep, alpacas, pigs, hens, and steer.
· Vying for the first-place ribbon with pie eating contests, corn husking contests and blue-ribbon competitions for produce and arts & crafts. Those interested in participating can register here.
· Live music, theatrical performances and entertainment featuring local homegrown talent, along with roaming musicians, acrobats, and a unicycle clown. The Queens-based marching and samba band FogoAzul NYC also makes its county fair debut. View the complete list of entertainment here.
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9) South Street Seaport Museum
Announces Monthly Chantey Events
In-Person Aboard Tall Ship Wavertree
Sea Chanteys and Maritime Music Live Sing-Along
Sunday, September 4, 2022 at 2pm
Chanteys at Work
Sunday, September 11, 2022 at 12-4pm
South Street Seaport Museum’s monthly sea-music events continue in September. Sea Chanteys and Maritime Music – the original NYC chantey sing, now made popular on TikTok – will be held on Sunday, September 4, 2022 at 2pm, in-person aboard 1885 tall ship Wavertree. Join a round-robin of shared songs featuring members of The New York Packet and friends. Singers of all levels, as well as listeners, are welcome to lead or request a song, join in the choruses, or just listen as we present traditional maritime work songs and ballads on the first Sunday of every month. The event is FREE. For more information and to sign up, visit seaportmuseum.org/chanteysing.
Chanteys at Work, a workshop and performance by chantey singer and educator Chris Koldewey, takes place on the second Sunday of every month. On September 11, 2022, Chanteys at Work workshops will run at 12pm, 1pm, and 3pm, showing how chanteys were used to help with the work on halyards, capstan, pumps, and more. Stop in for a single session or spend the afternoon learning as part of general admission onboard Wavertree. No registration needed. For more information, visit seaportmuseum.org/chanteys-at-work.
Both in-person events will take place on the main deck of the 1885 tall ship Wavertree. Guests must walk up a few stairs and along an angled gangway to board the ship. Before or after each event, participants are invited to tour the Seaport Museum gallery exhibitions at 12 Fulton Street, as well as visit Wavertrand the 1908 lightship Ambrose on Pier 16, all free of charge.
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10) Tomato Patch Jr. at Kelsey Theater
Registration Open
Tomato Patch Jr. is back this year! Fall and Winter Session registration is NOW OPEN. |
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FUN SATURDAY MORNING CREATIVE THEATER CLASSES for Pre-K through 6th grade |
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BEGINNER PATCH
Children explore movement and storytelling as they dramatize stories. Through creative drama, children develop expression and self-confidence by playing with language and pantomime.
INTERMEDIATE PATCH10:00am to 11:00am || Grades 1 to 3
This class is an introduction to theater and public speaking that will include learning stage directions and public speaking techniques, participating in improvisational games, and doing theater exercises and activities to develop confidence on stage and speaking in public. Each week there is a featured activity with guest teacher that will include things such as working with costumes, props, stage make-up, and musical theater choreography.
MASTER PATCH11:00am to 12:00pm || Grades 4 to 6
For advanced participants who are interested in developing their skills as an actor and their public speaking competency. In addition to improv work and further developing their skills as actors. This class will include audition preparation, scene studies, and monologue work that will require some practice and line learning outside of class time. Each week there is a featured activity with a guest teacher that will include things such as working with costumes, props, stage make-up and musical theater choreography.
TOMATO PATCH PROGRAM Mercer County Community College Kelsey Theatre 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor NJ 08550
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