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You can judge someone’s character by how they treat those who can do nothing for them. But what if that person could give you everything? How would you treat them?
When a mysterious plague throws society into chaos, it results in an unlikely alliance between the reserved Dr. Pennington and a strong-willed escort named Sugar, whose immune system may hold the key to saving the world.
Sugar and Dr. Pennington trade personal barbs and professional observations as they race to find a cure. But, according to the shadowy players backing the project, there’s something more important than human lives at stake – money. Can this dynamic duo of total class opposites get past their own biases to become humanity’s salvation, or will the mechanism of capitalism crush them in its greedy vise?
59E59 Theatres (59 E. 59 St.)
8/10 - 9/1
Opening Night 9/1
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.59e59.org
3) {IN}TANGIBLE
{IN}TANGIBLE is a dramatic circus-play using dialogue and narrative circus to tell the story of a woman and her family in the blurred timeline of dementia. While staying in a nursing home, ‘Q’ is visited by her family and memories. Overlapping, competing, and larger-than-life, her memories pull from her present reality into the magical world of life as she remembers it.
Theatre Row (410 West 42nd St.)
8/8 - 8/11
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit bfany.org/theatre-row/shows/intangible.
B) Run Extension
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4) Pre-Exisiting Condition
Edie Falco extends run as A through 8/23
Pre-Existing Condition is a play exploring the challenges, shared community, and everyday indignities of learning to move forward after a life-altering, harmful relationship.
For more information or to purchase tickets, preexistingconditionplay.com.
C) What Else is Happening This Week and More
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| Photo courtesy of Michelle Tabnick PR 5) Battery Dance presents The 43rd Annual Battery Dance Festival August 11-17, 2024 In-Person and Via Livestream |
Battery Dance celebrates the 43rd Anniversary of its free summer festival from August 11-17, 2024 with a rain date on Sunday August 18, in partnership with Battery Park City Authority. The 43rd Annual Battery Dance Festival will feature in-person and live-streamed performances staged each night at Rockefeller Park, Battery Park City, New York City at 7PM ET. Reaching both local and international audiences, the Festival promotes Battery Dance’s mission of connecting the world through dance. For more information, visit batterydance.org/battery-
Battery Dance Festival 2024 Performance Schedule:
(in chronological and alphabetical order; program subject to change)
Sunday, August 11: Battery Dance; Alexandra F. Light; Focus Dance Company; McKoy Dance Project || MDP; A’nó:wara Dance Theatre; wee dance company; Sun Kim Dance Theatre
Monday, August 12/Young Voices in Dance:
Carsyn Gekas; Andrea Agostini; Marshall Kahente Diabo; Zev Haworth; Hannah Howell; Malachi Kingston; Kailei Sin; Chen-Jung Yeh; Anna Lopez; Priscilla Tom
Tuesday, August 13: AU.THENTICITY DANCE CO.; wee dance company; SPAN Dance Company; Julie Crothers; Sibiu Ballet Theater & Gigi Căciuleanu Romania Dance Company; Lucas Crew; Focus Dance Company; A’nó:wara Dance Theatre
Wednesday, August 14: Rutkay Özpinar; Pori Dance Company; Lucas Crew; Battery Dance; SPAN Dance Company; Carolyn Dorfman Dance
Thursday, August 15/India Day: Rajesh Sai Babu Mayurbhanj Chhau Group; Radhika Jha
Friday, August 16/FUTURE 400: Marie Poncé; Ballet Nepantla; Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company; FANIKE! African Dance Troupe; Capoeira Luanda NYC; Rutkay Özpinar; Battery Dance
Saturday, August 17: T'Ana Selah; Sibiu Ballet Theater & Gigi Căciuleanu Romania Dance Company; Evelyn Tejeda; Buglisi Dance Theatre; Pony Box Dance Theatre; Pori Dance Company; Wyatt Sutter & Charles Pierson
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Ballet Hispánico, the nation’s largest Latine/x/Hispanic dance organization recognized as one of America’s Cultural Treasures, joins the 2024 season of Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, New York City’s iconic outdoor performing arts festival, on Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at 7pm at SummerStage, Central Park, Rumsey Playfield, Manhattan. This performance is free to attend. For more info, visit https://cityparksfoundation.
Ballet Hispánico’s event in Central Park this summer promises to deliver an exciting Company performance of the ever-popular Sombrerísimo by internationally acclaimed choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa; Pas de O’Farrill, a duet by Pedro Ruiz; the Latin social dance extravaganza Club Havana by Ruiz; and House of Mad’moiselle, in which Ochoa takes us on a wild romp through a campy world that explores iconic female representations found in Latin American culture. As a bonus, audience members will have the chance to participate in a Meet & Greet opportunity with Ballet Hispánico’s Company Dancers.
“Everything about Ballet Hispánico is smashingly theatrical—from the stunning individuality and flamboyant, expressive style of its dancers to its use of sets, lighting, costumes and sound” - Chicago Sun-Times
SummerStage returns for its 38th year, bringing 85 free and benefit shows to 12 parks across NYC. The festival will once again showcase established and emerging artists from across the globe, highlighting forward-thinking women pushing boundaries and will feature a multitude of genres including jazz, hip-hop, indie rock, salsa, reggae, Afrobeats, soul, pop, global, and contemporary dance, to name just a few. For the full schedule of events, visit https://cityparksfoundation.
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| Courtesy of the LIHOF 7) The Bangles' Vicki Peterson & John Cowsill (The Beach Boys) to Perform at LIMEHOF Aug. 9th |
Vicki Peterson (The Bangles) and John Cowsill (The Cowsills, The Beach Boys) will be performing LIVE music at the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall Of Fame (97 Main Street, Stony Brook, NY) on Friday Aug. 9th at 8pm.
For tickets, visit: https://
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8) Chain One-Act Festival
Aug. 1 - Sept. 1
OSCAR, TONY, AND PULITZER PRIZE WINNER JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY
MAKES NEW YORK DEBUT OF BANSHEE
AT THE FESTIVAL
MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT CHAINTHEATRE.ORG
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| Courtesy of DKC/O&M 9) NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK’S JOEY McINTYRE DEBUTS NEW SINGLE “STRAIGHT MAN”
FROM “DRAG: THE MUSICAL”
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New Kids on the Block’s Joey McIntyre debuted a new single on the DRAG: The Musical soundtrack, “Straight Man.” This self-aware anthem humorously satirizes cisgender men and captures the essence of early 2000s icons like Weezer, Green Day, and Good Charlotte, with a playful, cheeky lyrical twist characteristic of the genre.
In DRAG: The Musical, McIntyre plays Tom Hutchinson, a straight-laced accountant who is called upon to help his drag queen brother, Alexis Gillmore, save his beloved drag club from financial ruin. “Straight Man” will be added to the show when it makes its NYC debut this fall, when Tom attempts to romance Dixie Coxworth, an AFAB (assigned female at birth) queen, and she rejects him, declaring herself a free-spirited diva and calling him "too straight.” Tom’s response is in the song, which allows him to embrace his love of Pearl Jam and never asking for directions.
DRAG: The Musical is Off-Broadway-bound, beginning performances on Monday, September 30, 2024, at New World Stages (340 W 50th St, New York, NY) with an official opening on Monday, October 21.
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10) NEW TRAILER RELEASED FOR FIRST EVER BROADWAY PRODUCTION OF
THE LAST FIVE YEARS
TICKETS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC NOW ON SALE!
A new trailer for the first-ever Broadway production of Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown’s THE LAST FIVE YEARS, starring Grammy and Golden Globe Award nominee Nick Jonas and Tony Award winner Adrienne Warren, directed by Tony Award nominee Whitney White, has been released. Click here to watch the new trailer on YouTube. Click here to download the trailer.
Tickets to THE LAST FIVE YEARS are on-sale NOW and available for purchase at www.TheLastFiveYearsBroadway.
THE LAST FIVE YEARS follows two New Yorkers, rising author Jamie and aspiring actress Cathy, as they fall in and out of love over the course of five years. With an “extraordinary and jubilant” (Chicago Tribune) score, the musical explores whether a couple, once united by their dreams, can remain connected as their paths diverge.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
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BROADWAY INCLUSION PROJECT
Increasing Accessibility Of Professional Resources for Projects
Created by BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ & Special Needs artists
Awarding Up To 500 Hours of Free Studio Space and Resources
To BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ & Special Needs artists
Applications now open for Fourth Quarter of 2024
Deadline: September 30th, 2024
Open Jar Studios announced that applications are now being accepted for the next quarter of the BROADWAY INCLUSION PROJECT, offering free studio space and resources to projects created by BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ & Special Needs artists. Applications are being accepted until September 30th, 2024 at www.openjarstudios.com/
In January 2021, Open Jar Studios launched the BROADWAY INCLUSION PROJECT to increase accessibility to professional resources to Black, Indigenous and other marginalized artists. Each year, Open Jar Studios grants up to 500 hours of studio space and resources to assist BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ & Special Needs artists through the BROADWAY INCLUSION PROJECT. The project's mission is to assist individual artists and small organizations with developing and/or presenting their work or even starting a new business.
The selected project’s complimentary studio time may be used for rehearsals, writing sessions, readings, developmental workshops, etc. Awardees receive an account credit for the amount of the awarded studio space, which can be used to book space for development during the awarded quarter.
Applications for the fourth quarter of 2024 are now being accepted until September 30th, 2024 at www.openjarstudios.com/
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| Courtesy of Prana PR THIS SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED 12) RUSSELL CROWE’S “INDOOR GARDEN PARTY” FEATURING HIS BAND THE GENTLEMEN BARBERS + LORRAINE O’REILLY MAKES A STOP AT NJPAC IN NEWARK, N.J. Sunday, August 11 at 7PM NJPAC Prudential Hall One Center Street Newark, New Jersey 07102 www.njpac.org WATCH VIDEO FOR “LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE” FT. MARCIA HINES |
The concept started in 2009 in a pub outside London owned by the chat show legend Michael Parkinson, and it has kept going in a haphazard, ad-lib way ever since. With this configuration, Crowe brings to the foreground The Gentlemen Barbers, whom he has been quietly tinkering with for the last four years.
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| Courtesy of Michelle Tabnick PR 13) Satellite Collective presents Works by Satellite Rogue Film Unit, at CANADA Summer Blockbusterz Aug 7, 2024 60 Lispenard, New York, NY 10013 |
14) THE YORK THEATRE COMPANY
PROUDLY ANNOUNCES ITS 2024 FALL SEASON
AN EXCITING “NEW2NY” SERIES
AND A NEW YORK PREMIERE MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
AT THE THEATER AT SAINT JEAN’S
THE FALL 2024 SERIES OF “NEW2NY” MUSICALS INCLUDE
NOW COMES THE FUN PART (The How-the-f*#k- did-I-get-this-old Musical)
TWIST OF FATE
MONTE CRISTO
InunDATEd
AND A WORLD PREMIERE MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
WELCOME TO THE BIG DIPPER
(NOVEMBER 19-DECEMBER 29)
TICKETS NOW ON SALE
The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Marie Grace LaFerrara, Executive Director) “Where Musicals Come to Life”, is excited to announce the company’s 2024 Fall Season. To begin, a “New2NY” series will feature: Now Comes the Fun Part (The How-the-f*#k-did-I-get-this-
Opening the Fall 2024 New2NY Series is Now Comes the Fun Part (The How-the-f*#k- did-I-get-this-old Musical), with book by James Hindman and Lynne Halliday, lyrics by Mark Waldrop, and music by Jeffrey Lodin. Now Comes the Fun Part is a hilarious look at the appalling indignities and rude awakenings that await anyone lucky enough to make it past that dreaded AARP birthday. From the first colonoscopy to early retirement (the pros and the cons!), from empty nesting to wading back into the dating scene, it’s a musical celebration of life’s third trimester. You’ll laugh…You’ll cry…You’ll throw out your back laughing and crying! And rest assured: if you can’t relate to any of this now, you will soon! Now Comes the Fun Part will be directed by Mark Waldrop with music direction by Jeffrey Lodin. Casting will be announced at a later date. Performances begin Wednesday evening, August 28, 2023 and continue for 7 performances only through September 1, 2023. Opening Night will be Thursday evening, August 29, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.
In the second show of the series, Twist of Fate, with book and lyrics by Kleban Award-winner Lissa Levin and music by Ron Abel (Hazel, York’s me and ella) a fortuneteller is arrested in 1970’s Los Angeles, and to win the respect of her teenage daughter, fights the law instead of running from it. But first, she needs the respect of her court-appointed attorney. Based on an actual first amendment case, Twist of Fate will be directed by Bill Castellino (Cagney, Desperate Measures at the York), with musical direction by Ron Abel. Casting will be announced at a later date. Performances are set to begin Saturday afternoon, September 7, 2024, and continue for 11 performances only through September 15, 2024. Opening Night will be Sunday evening, September 8, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.
The next offering in the series is Monte Cristo, from the writers behind The York’s Penelope, or How the Odyssey Was Really Written : bookwriter and lyricist Peter Kellogg (Desperate Measures) and composer Stephen Weiner (The Rivals). 1815 France. Hours before his wedding, the first mate of the ship Pharaon, Edmund Dantes, is falsely accused of conspiring to help Napoleon return to power. Unknown to his fiancé, Mercedes, Edmund is arrested and consigned to the dungeons of the Chateau d'If. When he finally escapes 18 years later, Edmund learns that Mercedes has long ago married one of the very men responsible for his imprisonment. Based on the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas, Monte Cristo transforms the greatest revenge story of all time into a thrilling new musical for our time. Monte Cristo will be directed by Peter Flynn (Smart Blonde) with choreography by Marcos Santana (In the Heights - Helen Hayes Award nominee) and music direction and orchestrations by David Hancock Turner (Desperate Measures). Casting will be announced at a later date. Performances are set to begin Saturday afternoon, September 21, 2024, and continue for 11 performances only through September 29, 2024. Opening Night will be Sunday evening, September 22, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
Closing the series will be InunDATEd, a new musical with book by Alice Scovell (The Rewards of Being Frank, Kindred Spirits) and music and lyrics by Christine Lavin (Winner of 5 ASCAP Composer Awards). They say “it only takes one,” but it’s tough to find him among New York City's 8.8 million. Just ask Lucy, a singer-songwriter whose new mission is to date every guy with a shred of potential. It seems she has to slog through 999,999 guys to get to her one-in-a-million. At least she has material for her songs. InunDATEd will be directed by Christine Pedi (Jerry’s Girls at the York, Forbidden Broadway) with music direction by Beth Falcone (Wanda’s World, Unexpected Joy at the York). Casting will be announced at a later date. Performances are set to begin Friday evening, October 4, 2024, and continue for 11 performances only through October 13, 2024. Opening Night will be Sunday Matinee, October 6, 2024 at 2:30 p.m.
New2NY will play the following schedule: Now Comes the Fun Part will play 7 performances only: Wednesday-Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The other three shows will have an 11-performance schedule—First Week: Saturday at 2:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 & 7:00 p.m.; Second Week: Wednesday-Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Note: InunDATEd has a special schedule, previews begin on Friday, October 4 at 7:30p.m. and it opens on Sunday, October 6 at 2:30p.m.
The Fall season concludes with the World Premiere of Welcome to the Big Dipper, a new musical based on a true event (inspired by the play All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go by Catherine Filloux), with music and lyrics by Jimmy Roberts (I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change), book by Catherine Filloux and John Daggett and additional lyrics by Mr. Daggett. The Big Dipper, an historic inn nestled in Bigelow, New York, near Niagara Falls, has been in Joan Wilkes’s family for decades and is on the brink of closure when a monster blizzard forces two wildly disparate groups of travelers to shelter in place. For three days and nights, within the walls of this sprawling house, secrets are revealed, young love ignites, and lives are changed forever in this brand-new musical. Cast and creative team will be announced at a later date.
Performances are set to begin Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. for a 6-week engagement through Sunday afternoon, December 29, 2024. Opening Night is Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
Welcome to the Big Dipper will play the following performance schedule: Tuesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., with 2:30pm performances Saturday & Sunday. PLEASE NOTE: There are no performances on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 28 and Christmas Day, Wednesday, December 25.
Tickets are priced at $50 - $80 (plus $4 convenience fee). York Members receive Priority Seating and a 30% discount.
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York Memberships can be purchased online here or by calling the Box Office at (212) 935-5820 or emailing Emily Drossell at boxoffice@yorktheatre.orgdurin
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