A) Beginning Performances
In New York
1) Colin Quinn: Small Talk
2) Covid Vortex Anxiety Opera Kitty Kaleidoscope Opera
3) Television
In Pennsylvania
4) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
B) What's Else is Happening This Week and More
5) Broadway Barbara Live! Off-Broadway to Play Special Limited Engagement at Soho Playhouse
6) Broadway The Friki Tiki Opens in the Heart of the Theater District
7) Garment District Walking Tours in April 2023
8) Gingold Theatrical Group 18th Season of Project Shaw
Begins With Special Benefit Performance Misalliance 4/10
9) Monets Garden Presents Lang Lang Foundation Piano Scholars Concert
4/3
10) NJPAC Upcoming Show: Freestyle Free for All
4/8
11) Queens County Farm Museum Barnyard Egg Hunt
4/2 - 4/8
12) State Theatre New Jersey Upcoming Shows & Events
13) TADA! Youth Theater Musical Theater Summer Camps
14) Two River Theater Spring & Summer Education Programs
for Ages 12 and Up
15) Vangeline TheaterNew York Butoh & Triskelion Arts Present:
Joan Laage/Kogut Butoh Rivers Running Red 4/6 - 48/8
16) York Theatre Company Presents One-Night-Only Benefit Concert
Julie Sings Jule 4/10
A) Beginning Performances
In New York
1) Colin Quinn: Small Talk
In his latest attempt at humor, Colin breaks down the one area he’s actually gifted in: Personality. Mr. Quinn has been chatting it up with friends, family, municipal employees and counter people for his whole life and now he can teach you how to stop sucking the energy out of the room.
Greenwich House Theater (27 Barrow St.)
Through May 6
2) Covid Vortex Anxiety Opera Kitty Kaleidoscope Opera
In COVID VORTEX ANXIETY OPERA KITTY KALEIDOSCOPE DISCO, performance artist, Karen Finley reflects on our pandemic era traumas, politics, and world events, as well as our coping strategies to deal with isolation, loss, and a culture overwhelmed by anxiety. Finley looks back at a time of Zoom discos, bingeing on animal videos, and pandemic hobbies like baking. This look back while trying to look forward to reimagine a new future creates the framework for this passionate, vulnerable, and often comical new work
The Laurie Beechman Theater (inside West Bank Cafe at 407 West 42nd St.)
4/8 - 5/6
3) Television
TELEVISION is about a small-town TV station in 1959 that loses its CBS affiliation and has to rely on one talented local family to fill the airwaves. It explores how mass media has always connected and separated us, sometimes in equal measure.
The Wild Project (195 E. 3rd Street between Aves A & B)
4/6 - 4/22
Opening Night 4/12
In Pennsylvania
4) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
Step back in time to a seedy Philadelphia bar in 1959 for the final performance of jazz icon Billie Holiday. Come celebrate the sights, the songs and the songstress that will bring the music and vibe to life in a one-of-a-kind immersive experience starting April 6th.
Philadelphia Theatre Company will bring you ON the stage itself for Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, written by Lanie Robertson with musical arrangements by Danny Holgate. Instead of seating in traditional seats inside the Suzanne Roberts Theatre, audiences will go ON the stage that has been completely transformed into Emerson's Bar. There will even be special-themed cocktails to add an extra layer of detail to the show.
Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 South Broad St., Philadelphia)
4/6 - 4/30
Opening Night 4/12
B) What's Else is Happening This Week and More
5) Broadway Barbara Live! Off-Broadway to Play Special Limited Engagement at Soho Playhouse
Broadway Legend Barbara Dixon announced, via an exclusive internet video message to her legions of fans and followers, that Broadway Barbara LIVE! Off-Broadway will play a special five-show limited engagement at SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street) on April 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17 at 7:00pm.
Broadway Barbara, the stage legend, social media sensation (@BroadwayBarbaraOfficial), and subtly understated international entertainment titan, makes her triumphant return to New York City with her biggest and boldest performance yet! This glittering theatrical event follows on the (Capezio) heels of an unprecedented string of sold-out performances in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and London. Don’t miss the most anticipated (and bound-to-be musically celebrated) homecoming since Dolly Levi returned to the Harmonia Gardens!
This definitive Broadway Barbara experience is packed to the gills with songs, stories, and even a Fosse dance move or two. You won’t believe your eyes (or ears) as Barbara over-shares her way through a whirlwind tour of her life and career, with ribald show biz tales and comedic interpretations of classic Broadway tunes. This is a rare opportunity to see one of our greatest stars levitate the roof of one of New York’s most intimate venues.
Broadway Barbara LIVE! Off-Broadway is conceived and performed by Leah Sprecher and is written and directed by Leah Sprecher and Brad Stevens.
Tickets are priced from $49 to $65. To purchase tickets and for more information, please visit www.sohoplayhouse.com.
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6) MANHATTAN’S MOST DISCRETE NEW HAUNT
THE FRIKI TIKI
OPENS IN THE HEART OF THE THEATER DISTRICT
LOCATED IN THE FORMER HOME OF RÉUNION SURF BAR
VIEW PHOTOS OF THE SUBTERRANEAN AND UNMARKED
TROPICAL-INSPIRED BAR HERE
Restaurateur Robert Guarino (Marseille, Nizza, Five Napkin Burger), designer Eamon Roche (The Kiosk, E&O) and Broadway producer Greg Nobile (Parade, Slave Play) have announced the opening of the new, unmarked, tropical-inspired bar in Hell’s Kitchen, The Friki Tiki, located at 357 West 44th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenue), formerly the home to Réunion Surf Bar.
Awaiting those who find the intimate and discrete watering hole are a range of expertly crafted, tropical-inspired cocktails, such as a signature frozen painkiller, and exotic bites including Hawaiian Sweet Bun Cubans. The Friki Tiki is also home to Hell's Kitchen best Happy Hour every day from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., featuring discounted cocktails and food right until the curtain goes up on Broadway and its close proximity makes it the perfect post-show meetup.
Committed to offering live music nightly, The Friki Tiki’s rotating line-up will include resident pianists performing all request piano show, Showtune Singalongs every Wednesday, and Broadway stars popping in to perform from past, current, and upcoming productions.
The Friki Tiki is open Tuesday through Saturday at 5:00 p.m., with live music beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and 9:00 p.m. Wednesdays – Saturdays. Happy hour begins nightly at 5:00 p.m.
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7) Garment District
Free Walking Tours
April 2023
The dates for the free tours in April are:
Wednesday 4/5/23
Thursday 4/13/23
Monday 4/24/23
As in the past, the tours will meet at 10:25am.
On the NE corner of 7th Av. and W. 39th St.
Look for a large yellow button!
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8) 
ANNOUNCES THE 18TH SEASON OF
PROJECT SHAW
BEGINNING WITH A SPECIAL BENEFIT
PERFORMANCE OF
SHAW’S
MISALLIANCE
MONDAY APRIL 10 AT 7PM
AT SYMPHONY SPACE’S
LEONARD NIMOY THALIA THEATRE
Gingold Theatrical Group (GTG) (David Staller, Artistic Director and Greg Santos, Managing Producer) announced today that Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw will kick off their 18th season of Project Shaw. Inspired by the works of George Bernard Shaw, Project Shaw is a special series of play readings that aim to provoke peaceful discussion and activism. Shaw’s Misalliance will be presented at Symphony Space’s Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre (2537 Broadway at 95th Street) on Monday April 10, 2023, at 7PM. To reserve tickets, please visit www.symphonyspace.org/events/vp-bernard-shaws-misalliance.
For more information about Project Shaw and all the programs at Gingold Theatrical Group, call 212-355-7823, email info@gingoldgroup.org, or visit gingoldgroup.org.
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9) MONET’S GARDEN
THE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
PRESENTS LANG LANG FOUNDATION
PIANO SCHOLARS CONCERT
MONDAY, APRIL 3
Monet’s Garden The Immersive Experience is delighted to present Lang Lang Foundation Piano Scholars Concert on Monday, April 3, 2023. Young Scholars of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation, Eden Chen and Joshua Mhoon will perform an evening of impressionist music. Featuring works by composers Debussy, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev and others, including Chinese composer Chen Yi, the presentation will explore the major themes that deeply influenced impressionist works of all genres, expressing music that is dreamy, inspired by nature and emotive in composition.
There will be two concerts at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Doors will open at 6:45 p.m. for the 7:00 p.m. performance and at 8:30 p.m. for the 9:00 p.m. performance.
Additionally, in April, Monet’s Garden The Immersive Experience will host a festive easter egg hunt in the garden beginning Thursday, April 6 from 11a.m-1 p.m. and 10 a.m.-12 p.m. on Saturday, April 8-Sunday, April 9.
LANG LANG FOUNDATION SCHOLARS PIANO CONCERT
April 3 at 7 p.m. & 9 p.m.
www.langlangfoundation.org
$25 per patron including admission to Monet’s Garden The Immersive Experience
EASTER EGG HUNTS
Monet’s Garden will host easter egg hunts in the garden.
Begnning Thursday, April 6 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m; 10 a.m – 12 p.m. on Saturday, April 8 and Sunday, April 9.
FREE
REVOLUTION YOGA BY ALESSIA AT MONET’S GARDEN IMMERSIVE
Saturday, April 8, 9-10am Class (Doors 8:45am), followed by Monet’s Garden The Immersisve Experience
Vinyasa Yoga + Monet’s Garden The Immersive Experience
$50
www.revolutionyoga.info
EXHIBITION HOURS
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Thursday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday & Saturday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets for the exhibition are on-sale now at www.monetsgarden.venuetix.com.
Tickets range in price from $25 for kids, $28 for students, $45 to $47 for VIP Flex tickets, which comes with priority access, flexible admission. Basic timed tickets begin at $35.00 weekdays, $39.00 weekends.
A VITO BRUNO PRESENTATION
FREESTYLE FREE FOR ALL
JUST ADDED! TAYLOR DANE!
BRENDA K. STARR, ROB BASE, GEORGE LAMOND,
LISETTE MELENDEZ, NOEL, FREEDOM WILLIAMS, SEDUCTION, JOHNNY O, ROCKELL, JOE ZANGIE, LIL SUZI
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 8 PM
Tickets: $51.50 - $131.50
NJPAC
Prudential Hall
Betty Wold Johnson Stage
One Center Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
www.njpac.org New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents a spectacular night of Freestyle, Freestyle for All – just added to the all-star line- up is Taylor Dane, she will join Brenda K. Starr, Rob Base, George Lamond, Lisette Melendez, Noel, Freedom Williams, Seduction, Johnny O, Rockell, Joe Zangie, Lil Suzi all are taking to the stage to perform their hits on Saturday, April 8th at 8PM.
Taylor Dane (“I’ll Always Love You + Tell it To My Heart)
George Lamond (“Bad of the Heart”)
Rob Base (“It Takes Two”)
Brenda K. Starr (“I Still Believe”)
Noel (“Silent Morning”)
Freedom Williams (C+C Music Factory’s “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)”)
Seduction (“Two to Make It Right”)
Johnny O (“Fantasy Girl,” “Runaway Love”)
Lisette Melendez (“Together Forever”)
Rockell (“In a Dream”)
Joe Zangie (“In My Dreams”)
Lil Suzi (“Take Me In Your Arms”)
Tickets to see Freestyle for All are available by visiting NJPAC.org or calling 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722) or by visiting in person at the NJPAC Box Office, 1 Center Street in Newark, N.J.
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11) Barnyard Egg Hunt At Queens County Farm
4/2 & 4/8
It’s never too early to start planning a visit to Queens County Farm Museum, celebrating over 325 years of continuous farming and showcasing New York’s rich agricultural history. Queens Farm has announced their robust schedule of fun and educational year-round public events that will bring together families and visitors from throughout the NYC community and beyond.
Kicking Off the season is the Barnyard Egg Hunt (April 2, 8) – Hop over to the most celebrated egg hunt in Queens! Whiskers the Bunny will be ready for family photo ops and children can enjoy Bunny Hop dancing and outdoor games. Enjoy a farm-wide scavenger hunt and egg-cellent local food vendors at this jam-packed springtime tradition. Tickets: $15
Queens Farm offers free admission 354 days out of the year and, in addition to the annual public events, also offers a wide variety of Public Education Programs with the support of their Health & Wellness Partner, Northwell Health. With Spring around the corner, don’t miss the return of the Farmstand May 10th, featuring fresh produce from Queens County Farm Museum’s fields.
For more information about Queens County Farm Museum, including more information about the events summarized here, please visit queensfarm.org.
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12) State Theatre New Jersey
Upcoming Shows & Events
Tuesday, April 4, 2023 7:30 PM
An Evening with David Sedaris
Beloved for his personal essays and short stories, David Sedaris is the author of Barrel Fever, Holidays on Ice, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, and Calypso, which was a Washington Post Best Book of the Year.
His pieces regularly appear in The New Yorker and have twice been included in “The Best American Essays.” The first volume of his diaries Theft By Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) was a New York Times best-selling book. His book, The Best of Me, is a collection of 42 previously published stories and essays, about which novelist Andrew Sean Greer wrote in the New York Times: “You must read The Best of Me. It will be a new experience, knowing that enough time has passed to find humor in the hardest parts of life. More than ever—we’re allowed to laugh.” The second volume of his diaries, A Carnival of Snackery, Diaries (2003-2020) was also a New York Times bestseller and the audiobook was selected as part of Apple’s Best Audiobooks of the Year for 2021. His new book, Happy-Go-Lucky, debuted at number one on the New York Times best-seller list.
Sedaris and his sister, Amy Sedaris, have collaborated under the name “The Talent Family” and have written half-a-dozen plays which have been produced at La Mama, Lincoln Center, and The Drama Department in New York City. These plays include Stump the Host, Stitches, One Woman Shoe, which received an Obie Award, Incident at Cobbler’s Knob, and The Book of Liz, which was published in book form by Dramatists Play Service.
Sedaris has been nominated for five Grammy® Awards for Best Spoken Word and Best Comedy Album. His audio recordings include David Sedaris: Live for Your Listening Pleasure and David Sedaris Live at Carnegie Hall. A feature film adaptation of his story C.O.G. was released after a premiere at the Sundance Film Festival (2013). Since 2011, he can be heard annually on a series of live recordings on BBC Radio 4 entitled Meet David Sedaris. In 2019 David Sedaris became a regular contributor to CBS Sunday Morning, and his Masterclass, David Sedaris Teaches Storytelling and Humor, was released.
There are over 16 million copies of his books in print and they have been translated into 32 languages. He has been awarded the Terry Southern Prize for Humor, Thurber Prize for American Humor, Jonathan Swift International Literature Prize for Satire and Humor, Time 2001 Humorist of the Year Award, as well as the Medal for Spoken Language from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In March 2019 he was elected as a member into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2020 the New York Public Library voted Me Talk Pretty One Day one of the 125 most important books of the last 125 years.
Friday, April 7, 2023 8:00 PM
The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA
21st Century Artists, Inc. has been presenting its ABBA tribute show throughout North America for well over a decade, known as ABBA The Music, and ABBA The Hits, and ABBA The Concert. The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA brings one of the greatest pop phenomena back to life…
Saturday April 8, 2023 8:00 PM
The Rascals
Featuring Felix Cavaliere & Gene Cornish: Time Peace Tour
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees, Grammy® Hall of Fame, Vocal Group Hall of Fame, and Songwriter Hall of Fame members, The Rascals are widely considered the best ‘blue-eyed soul’ group to come out of the 1960s and their music is the soundtrack of a generation. The Rascals have 17 Top 20 hits, seven Top 10 hits, and three No.1 hits that include “Groovin’," “People Got To Be Free,” and “Good Lovin’.”
For more information about these or other upcoming shows at State Theatre New Jersey or to purchase tickets, visit https://www.stnj.org/events-tickets
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13) TADA! YOUTH THEATER PRESENTS IN-PERSON WEEK-LONG
MUSICAL THEATER SUMMER CAMPS
FROM JULY 10TH THROUGH AUGUST 25TH
Register now for a summer camp experience that your child will never forget!
Center stage and in the spotlight!
TADA! Youth Theater presents in-person week-long musical theater summer camps where children create and perform a brand new musical every week, all summer long! Summer camps take place from July 10th through August 25th at TADA! Youth Theater, 15 West 28th Street in Manhattan. Campers will be divided into groups by their ages. Children, ages 4-5, attend 9AM to 1:30PM, and children ages 5-8 and 8-12 attend 9AM – 5PM.
TADA! Summer Camp brings young people together to enjoy the magic of musical theater. Children create, rehearse and perform an original mini-musical each week; engage in musical theater training; explore their interests and identity; share their voices and be heard and receive individualized attention and solo opportunities. Children make connections with new friends, laugh, dance and sing! On the last day of class, friends and family are invited to attend the premiere of the campers’ original mini-musical.
Let the storytelling begin and imaginations soar! Musical Theater Minis for ages 4-5; Rising Stars for ages 5-8 and Broadway Bound for ages 8-12. Campers are given a show title as a jumping off point to co-create their own mini-musical as an ensemble. Show titles include Pirates & Princesses!; Troll Hair, Don’t Care; I Wish My Life Was A Musical; The City That Never Sleeps and No Autographs, Please.
No child will be turned away because of their inability to pay. Financial assistance and full-tuition sponsorships are available. For more information, please visit Financial Assistance.
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14) TWO RIVER THEATER ANNOUNCES
SPRING AND SUMMER EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS 12 AND UP
Two River Theater continues its mission of promoting arts education as a means to both support the artist within each student and to build future audiences. Coming up, Two River will continue to inspire empathy, risk-taking and a sense of adventure, supporting academic achievement and life-long learning through the Howard Aronson Metro Scholars program, Summer Intensives, and their newest endeavor, The ART of Social Justice: Summer Studio. This new program will be a collaboration with Project Write Now and the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center.
HOWARD ARONSON METRO SCHOLARS
Two River is accepting applications for their 2023/2024 Howard Aronson Metro Scholars program from now until March 31, 2023. This year-long program offers a unique opportunity for rising high school juniors from across New Jersey to learn about professional theater and contribute to the work at Two River. Participants take workshops with professional artists, assist staff in a variety of departments throughout the organization AND see every show in our season for free. Whether you are interested in pursuing a career in the performing arts, want to attend a university program focused on theater, or enjoy theater and want to learn more about how it really works, this year-long program is for you.
For more dates, deadlines, application and information visit https://tworivertheater.org/metro-scholars
SUMMER INTENSIVES
Two River Theater Summer Intensives attracts young people who want to make theater – to be in the rehearsal room or the scene shop to brainstorm ideas. They learn tangible theater skills from top-notch teaching artists who challenge and bring out the best in them. Add in the fun of meeting new creative friends who are accepting, brave, serious, as well as incredibly silly, and together they create new stories to share with audiences. Each week’s performance is unique as it features the specific talents of the people in the room. You won’t find another program like it! The weekly program runs July 10-28, Monday through Friday from 9AM to 4PM, with that week’s performance on Fridays at 7PM. Join us for one, two, or all three weeks in the Onstage or Backstage Tracks. Full and partial scholarships are available.
For more information and to register or apply for a scholarship visit www.tworivertheater.org/intensives
THE ART OF SOCIAL JUSTICE: SUMMER STUDIO
July 31-August 3, 2023
The ART of Social Justice is a dynamic educator-focused collaboration that meets the moment—with social justice at the forefront. It is the perfect one-stop-shop for lesson plans and resources, with pre-show discussions and discounted tickets at Two River Theater, featured exhibits at the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center, and a menu of writing workshops from Project Write Now designed specifically for educators.
The yearlong program kicks off this summer with AoSJ: Summer Studio, providing educators with transformative experiences fusing writing, history, performance, and cultural awareness. We explore the intersectionality of race, gender, and class, and how educators can be agents of change not only in their own classrooms but also in the wider educational landscape. During this four-day experience, you are immersed in interactive, hands-on workshops that:·
· Allow you to engage in meaningful dialogue on social justice ideas
· Reignite the writer/artist within
· Help you discover and strengthen your voice for advocacy
· Build a supportive collaborative community
The cost for this program is $350. Financial assistance is available, and payment plans and purchase orders are accepted. Spots are limited and applications are accepted on a first come, first served basis. Deadline is May 15,2023. Participants will earn 20 hours of Professional Development during AoSJ: Summer Studio.
For more information and to apply visit www.tworivertheater.org/the-art-of-social-justice.
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15) Vangeline Theater/ New York Butoh Institute
in association with
Triskelion Arts
presents
Joan Laage/Kogut Butoh
Rivers Running Red
Vangeline Theater/ New York Butoh Institute, in association with Triskelion Arts, presents Rivers Running Red, an iconic work by American Butoh pioneer Joan Laage/Kogut Butoh. Performances are April 6-8, 2023 at 8pm at Triskelion Arts. Tickets are $20 in advance ($25 at the door) and can be purchased at triskelionarts.org/joan-laage-kogut-butoh-2023.
Rivers Running Red is a homage to the female body and menstruation. The piece is inspired by an article exposing the practice in certain traditional societies of sending women off to the mountains to remain in huts and, all too often not surviving the harsh conditions. This practice is fueled by the belief that women are unclean while menstruating. It is also a reflection on this monthly cycle being celebrated as a sacred passage in other cultures. With a commissioned score by Joan Laage/Kogut Butoh’s frequent Seattle collaborators Michael Shannon and Joey Largent and costume by Seattle artist Shoko Zama, it was first performed as a duet with Italian Butoh artist Kea Tonetti in Milan, then as a solo in Pontedera, Italy at Spazio NU during Atsushi Takenouchi’s intensive workshop event and in Antagon theaterAKTion’s Winterwerft Festival in Frankfurt, Germany in 2020, and more recently, in DAIPANbutoh Collective’s Seattle Butoh Festival 2021.
Vangeline Theater will open the show with an excerpt of The Slowest Wave. The Slowest Wave investigates through the use of scalp EEG how brain waves during Butoh dancing compare to those emitted during other conscious or unconscious motor behaviors, such as speaking or meditating. Moreover, the study will elucidate the functional neural networks of the dancers and the neural synchrony within and between them. This project is meant to foster connections and understanding between dancers, artists, scientists, engineers, and audiences from around the world.
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