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Inside the group room of a long-term psychiatric facility, current and former patients gather to share personal stories, give mutual support, and provide a safety net for life’s difficulties. All works well until a corporation takes over the hospital and threatens its very existence. Behind the scenes, Liz, the group’s therapist, decides to fight the business mentality. But can a highly trained clinician match skills against an entity of acute intelligence and little heart?
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The story of a traveling preacher’s wife who beamed into homes with a message of hope… and stole the country’s heart.
It's the 1970s, and for the very first time, satellites are bringing cable television into American homes. As families gather in their living rooms, young preacher Jim Bakker and his wife Tammy Faye hit the airwaves to build a nationwide congregation and put the fun back in faith.
But while Tammy dazzles on screen, rivals plot behind the scenes, jealous of her popularity and threatened by her determination to lead with love.
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In this rousing true story, stage and screen veteran James Hindman is a man of a certain age who finds himself paralyzed by self-doubt, when a serious health scare upends his life. Luckily he isn’t the type to let a life-threatening heart attack dampen his spirits… or his obsession with Cher.
59E59 Theatres (59 E. 59 St.)
Now closing 11/3
Post Performances Talk Backs Added
Friday, October 18 - Using real life experiences to structure a play.
Ever wondered how to turn the ups and downs of life into compelling theater? Join James as he shares his process of transforming real-life moments into the backbone of What Doesn't Kill You, showing how truth can fuel creativity.
Friday, October 25 - The influence of a teacher.
For many of us, a teacher has had a profound impact on our journey. James will explore how a mentor’s guidance can leave an indelible mark, not just on our lives but also on the stories we tell.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit website
19) THE 24 HOUR PLAYS ON BROADWAY
FEATURING
Larry Owens, RACHEL DRATCH,
DAVID BURTKA, Elizabeth Marvel,
Catherine Cohen, JEN TULLOCK, CONSTANCE ZIMMER, JOSH HAMILTON, DAVID KRUMHOLTZ, MEREDITH SCARDINO, ATO BLANKSON-WOOD
and More
MONDAY OCTOBER 21, 2024
THE 24 HOUR PLAYS (Mark Armstrong, Artistic Director; Madelyn Paquette, Managing Director) announced today the first round of artists scheduled to appear in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway on Monday October 21, 2024 at 7pm at The Town Hall (123 W 43rd St, New York NY, 10036). The annual gala features distinguished artists from the New York entertainment community coming together for one night only to create, rehearse, and perform six new plays.
Artists scheduled to appear include actors Brett Azur (“Young Rock”), Ato Blankson-Wood (Slave Play), Devon Bostick (Diary of a Wimpy Kid), David Burtka (“How I Met Your Mother”), Catherine Cohen (“Only Murders in the Building”), Rachel Dratch (“SNL”), Dylan Gelula (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”), Morgan Siobhan Green (Hadestown), Josh Hamilton (Eighth Grade), Rachel Hilson (Love, Victor), David Krumholtz (Oppenheimer), Elizabeth Marvel (“House of Cards”), Jamie Neumann (“The Deuce”), Larry Owens (“Abbott Elementary”), Jen Tullock (“Severance”), and Constance Zimmer (“Entourage”); directors include Sherri Eden Barber (Hamilton), Will Frears (Misery), Victor Malana Maog (Her Portmanteau), Pippin Parker (Betrayed), and Gaye Taylor Upchurch (The Last Match); and writers include Mario Correa (N/A), Josh Koenigsberg (“High Fidelity”), Meredith Scardino (“Girls5eva”) and Steve Yockey (“The Flight Attendant”).
This year, The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway will honor the inaugural 2007 class of The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals with The 24 Hour Plays Creative Community Award. The event co-chairs are 2007 alumni Sherri Eden Barber and Josh Koenigsberg. The full inaugural class and honorees is available here.
20) ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER’S
THE REALLY USEFUL GROUP
LAUNCHES
“THE BOX FIVE CLUB”
THE NEW DEDICATED HOME FOR FANS TO
IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN THE WORLD OF
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER’S MUSICALS
The launch of The Box Five Club comes on the same day as Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals launches a new online presence at www.andrewlloydwebber.com. Today’s launch coincides with the 38th anniversary of the opening of The Phantom of the Opera in London in 1986. This kicks off a new global fan celebration of the show around the world over the coming weeks and months. To mark the anniversary of Phantom, The Box Five Club launches with a program of content celebrating the much-loved show, including never-before seen photography, news articles, and video content.
Available today, only for The Box Five Club members, is an exclusive pre-sale of three limited edition art prints, inspired by moments from The Phantom of the Opera, designed in collaboration with leading design house, Studio MinaLima.
Fans will also get sneak peeks of other exciting news and features, including exclusive content from two soon-to-be-released albums: SUNSET BLVD (Friday, October 25), recorded at the Savoy Theatre London and soon to open on Broadway, and Starlight Express (Friday, November 8), recorded with the cast of the critically-acclaimed revival of this much loved show, currently playing in London.
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Breaking the Binary Theatre (George Strus, they/them) announced today the programming for the third annual Breaking the Binary Theatre Festival. The festival, which will continue the groundbreaking theater company’s mission of producing work created and developed by transgender, non-binary, and Two-Spirit+ (TNB2S+) theatre artists, will take place October 21, 2024 – October 27, 2024.
The festival will open with TRUTH //: An Interdisciplinary Variety Show at Littlefield (625 Sackett St, Brooklyn NY) before continuing on at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Playwrights Horizons.
"After celebrating BTB's second birthday in July, we are thrilled to announce the works we'll be developing and showcasing in our third annual Breaking the Binary Theatre Festival,” stated Strus. “After receiving over 200 full-length works by TNB2S+ writers to consider through our open call and submissions processes, we could not be more thrilled by how the dynamic line-up has come together. We are so honored to welcome, or in some cases welcome back, these illustrious artists to the Festival and simply cannot wait to welcome audiences to witness these works-in-progress next month at Littlefield and Playwrights Horizons."
All tickets for the festival are complimentary and are available at www.btb-nyc.com/24festival.
For more information, please visit http://www.btb-nyc.com or @BreakingtheBinaryTheatre on Instagram.
REDISCOVERY READINGS
AMPLIFYING VOICES OF THE WOMEN
WHO SHAPED AMERICAN THEATER
AN EVENING OF SHORT PLAYS
FEATURING TRIFLES BY SUSAN GLASPELL AND MORE
MONDAY OCTOBER 21 AT 7PM
Classic Stage Company The Rediscovery Readings series, featuring plays by female playwrights who shaped American theater presents an evening of short plays on Monday October 21 at 7pm. All readings will be held in CSC’s Lynn F. Angelson Theater (136 East 13th Street). Tickets are available at classicstage.org.
In honor of its 2024-25 season, CSC will shine a light on American women who were writing the classics of the early 20th century but whose legacies have been muted by time. Join us for four play readings that will take you from 1900 through the 1950s, all leading up to CSC’s much-anticipated production of Wine in the Wilderness by Alice Childress, in which the women of the 1960s have their say! Two more readings will be announced shortly.
AN EVENING OF SHORT PLAYS
Featuring a variety of plays including Trifles by Susan Glaspell
Monday October 21 at 7pm
Trifles is a thrillingly taut mystery from the mind of Susan Glaspell (The Verge). First performed in 1916, the play brings us behind the scenes of a murder investigation, when the women waiting patiently in the kitchen may have better view of the truth than the men in charge. The short play form was particularly popular among writers and audiences in the early decades of the 20th century, and this evening will explore several titles from great female writers of the genre.
Tickets begin at $20 and are on sale now at https://www.classicstage.org/
Two-time Tony Award-nominee Denis Jones (choreography Tootsie and Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn) directs a workshop presentation of the new musical-comedy DANGEROUS, with book and music by John C. Introcaso and lyrics by Michael Colby on Thursday, October 17th and Friday, October 18th at 2:00 pm at Open Jar Studios (1601 Broadway, New York, NY, 10019).
A historical fiction told in the style of film noir, Dangerous is a love letter to the Golden Age of Hollywood set against the smoky backdrop of the late 1930s – where jazz clubs sizzle and danger lurks around every corner. Interested parties can RSVP here.
Saloon owner "Broadway" Rose McSweeney and her lover, top gangster Jake "the Dancer" Kinberg, find themselves entangled in a deadly game when involved in the murder of a sinister mobster on the opening night of Rose's nightclub in New York City's Shubert Alley. This swirls them into the dangerous world of a spy known only as the Courier, international detectives, and foreign agents worldwide. Inspired by Hitchcock spy thrillers and classic gangster films, Dangerous is a suspenseful tale of deception, romance, and a double surprise whodunit ending set to a smokin' hot jazz score.
Running Time: 2 hours 20 minutes (with an intermission)
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DODGE POETRY FAMILY FUN DAY!
FOR THE FIRST TIME,
DODGE POETRY FESTIVAL PRESENTS A FREE FAMILY FUN DAY!
The 20th annual Dodge Poetry Festival taking place in Newark, N.J. is the nation’s largest poetry festival!
Saturday, October 19th
11am – 4pm
Military Park
51 Park Place
Newark, N.J.
(directly across the street from NJPAC)
This year, the festival introduces the inaugural DODGE POETRY FAMILY DAY, set to unfold at Military Park (just across from NJPAC) on Saturday, October 19th, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The festivities will encompass continuous poetry readings, pulsating music by Hot 97's DJ Wallah, captivating face painting, vibrant graffiti art, invigorating yoga sessions, rhythmic drumming, engaging drag storytelling, and a delightful array of food truck vendors.
The country's largest poetry festival has attracted over 150,000 attendees to enjoy readings, performances, and various events. This year's Festival promises an electrifying fusion of spoken word poetry, jazz, hip hop, and R&B at readings, performances, outdoor gatherings, and more, all crafted to ignite a sense of unity for racial and social justice, restoration, and rejuvenation.
Express yourself at Dodge Poetry Festival’s Family Fun Day! Bring the kids to Military Park for free, family-friendly poetry performances. Experiment with writing your own poems and explore the joyful, liberating power of language. Sing and dance along with DJ Wallah. Enjoy drag storytelling, face painting and all-ages activities. All are welcome at this festive
community celebration of self-expression.
Festival highlights include:
- Opening Day of the Festival — Thursday, October 17 — will be devoted in part to programs on artistic and professional development for poets and writers. Simultaneously, the Academy of American Poets (curators of Poem-a-Day) will present three panels on poetry’s ability to invite reflection and creative reawakening, featuring the Academy Chancellors, an honorary group of esteemed poets who advise the organization on artistic matters and serve as ambassadors of poetry at large.
- That evening, the Newark-based spoken word poetry organization EvoluCulture will host a free open mic and mixer in NICO Kitchen + Bar, the restaurant on NJPAC’s campus.
- Friday, October 18 is Young Artist Day, which attracts thousands of teens and chaperones from all over the United States for in-person encounters with acclaimed poets. Events on this day are also open to the public.
- A community-driven celebration of poetry continues on Friday, October 18 and Saturday, October 19 featuring appearances by headlining writers including: poet, curator, educator, and organizer Mahogany L. Browne, the first-ever Lincoln Center poet-in-residence; National Book Critics Circle finalist Aracelis Girmay; Pulitzer Prize winner Tyehimba Jess; poet, essayist, and playwright Claudia Rankine, whose book Citizen was named one of the 100 best books of the 21st century by the New York Times; poet, activist, author, and influential Black Arts Movement figure Sonia Sanchez; acclaimed poet, playwright, and translator Afaa Michael Weaver, and more.
- A conversation with iconic musician and activist Joan Baez about her first book of poetry,When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance;
- A musical performance from esteemed poet Nikki Giovanni with acclaimed tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson and eight-time Grammy Award winner and NJPAC and Newport Jazz Festival artistic advisor Christian McBride.
- Saturday will also feature an afternoon-long free Family Fun Day @ Dodge Poetry in Newark’sMilitary Park, a first for the festival. The event will fill various corners of the park with poetry, music, face painting, drag performances, food trucks and more. Exceptional area poets will perform.
Afaa Michael Weaver; Alexis Green; Ameerah Shabazz-Bilal; Aracelis Girmay; Ariana Benson; attorious renee; Beatriz Martinez; Blas Falconer; Carlos Gomez; Carmen Calatyud; Charif Shanahan; Ching-In Chen; Cito Blank; Claudia Rankine; Cortney Lamar Charleston; Dante Micheaux; Diana Goetsch; Dianeley Antigua; Dimitri Reyes; Douglas Kearney; Dr. Craig Santos Perez; Dr. Helena D. Lewis; Eduardo Martinez-Leyva; Elliott Fant “P.O.M.E.”; Emanuel Xavier; Erin Marie Lynch; Esther Lin; Haydil Henriquez “Jaíi”; Imani Cezanne; Isabel Cruz; Issam Zineh; Italy Ja’rae Lee; J Rose; Janine Joseph; Jeri Rae; Jessica Nirvana Ram; John Murillo; Joshua Bennett; JP Howard; Kai Coggin; K. Desireé Milwood; Kathy Kremins; Kay Ulunday Barrett; Kazim Ali; Keisha-Gaye Anderson; Kween Moore; Mahogany L Browne; “King” Mariah Ayscue; Marwa Helal; Megha Sood; Myles Taylor; Nancy Mercado; Naomi Ortiz; Nicole Sealey; Niki Herd; Omotara James; Paul Con Queso; paulA neves; Positive Gunter; Purvi Shah; Raina Leon; Remica Bingham-Risher; Roque Raquel Salas Rivera; Scarlet Gomez; Sean Battle; Sonia Sanchez; Rescue Poetix; Talena Lachelle Queen; Taylor Johnson; Tehsaun Glover “Starski”; Todd Davis; torrin a greathouse; Tyehimba Jess and Vincent Toro.
For the first time this season, Dodge Poetry developed an external selection committee, which reviewed more than 350 applications and selected both emerging and mid-career poets to appear at the festival. The selection committee included:
- Jubi Arriola-Headley, author of two collections of poetry and a 2024 Dodge Poetry Festival poet whose work has received support from Yaddo, Millay Arts, Lambda Literary, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Atlantic Center for the Arts;
- Kyle Dargan, who was long-listed for the Pulitzer Prize and is a professor of Creative Communication at American University and the head of the stories division for Janelle Monáe’s creative company, Wondaland, as well as a Dodge Poetry Festival poet in 2010 and again in 2020;
- Iain Haley Pollock, author of three poetry collections, Director of the MFA Program at Manhattanville College, and a 2024 Dodge Poetry Festival poet;
- Sakina Hofler, lecturer at the Princeton Writing Program at Princeton University and a 2024 Dodge Poetry Festival poet;
- Yesenia Montilla, the author of two collections and a NAACP Image Award nominee, and a 2016 Dodge Poetry Festival poet.
20th Dodge Poetry Festival Ticketing
1-day festival pass = $25
3-day festival pass = $50
Festival passes do not include special ticketed events, which must be purchased separately.
Programming Schedule and Descriptions
Nikki Giovanni, Javon Jackson and Christian McBride
Saturday, October 19
2pm
Victoria Theater
Lizzie & Jonathan Tisch Stage
Tickets: $25-35
In this performance, the poems of Nikki Giovanni are paired with new takes on traditional spirituals. Tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson, one of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, is joined by his excellent combo alongside NJPAC Jazz Advisor and bassist Christian McBride, a 16-time Grammy nominee and eight-time winner. The esteemed writer and civil rights activist sews her poetry into this musical quilt.
Joan Baez: An Evening of Poetry and Conversation
Saturday, October 19
8pm
Victoria Theater
Lizzie & Jonathan Tisch Stage
Tickets: $25-35
Singer, songwriter, and activist comes to NJPAC’s stage in a new role: published poet. Though she’s written poetry for many years, she hasn’t shared it publicly until the release of her 2024 collection, When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance. In this intimate conversation, Baez will share personal poems about childhood, family, and musical contemporaries like Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, and Jimi Hendrix, and their link to social change beginning in the 1960s. It’s a glimpse into the deep inner life of a cultural icon.
Family Fun Day @ Dodge Poetry
Saturday, October 19, 2024
11AM – 4PM
Military Park
Free
Express yourself at Dodge Poetry Festival’s Family Fun Day! Bring the kids to Military
Park for free, family-friendly poetry performances. Experiment with writing your own
poems and explore the joyful, liberating power of language. Sing and dance along with
our DJ. Enjoy drag storytelling, face painting and all-ages activities. (If you work up an
appetite, grab a bite at the nearby food trucks.) All are welcome at this festive
community celebration of self-expression.
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| Courtesy of DKC/O&M 26) TONY AWARD-WINNING BEST MUSICAL TO RELEASE “T A L K I N G H A D E S T O W N” A L B U M FEATURING COMMENTARY AND NARRATION FROM TONY AND GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING COMPOSER ANAÏS MITCHELL
IN CELEBRATION OF THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RELEASE OF THE GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING |
Warner Music Group’s Arts Music and Sing it Again Records announced today the release of "Talking Hadestown," a sixteen-part, digital words-and-music experience where Tony and Grammy-Award winning composer Anaïs Mitchell takes listeners through the inspirations, concepts and creative processes that lie behind the key songs from the Tony Award best musical.
In addition to Mitchell’s commentary, the album includes excerpts from the Original Broadway Cast Recording. The first four tracks are now available for streaming and download from all major music services. There will be three additional weekly releases, with the album completing on November 1st – the 5th anniversary of the release of the original Broadway cast recording.
Stream or download “Talking Hadestown at https://hadestown.lnk.to/
The Hadestown Original Broadway Cast Recording is currently available, with full libretto, in a three lp opera-style box set and also in a two-disc deluxe compact disc edition accompanied by a 64 page book. The cast album has generated more than half a billion streams worldwide since its release alongside physical sales in excess of 50,000 units.
The complete track list for “Talking Hadestown” is as follows:
- Talking Road to Hell
- Talking Any Way The Wind Blows
- Talking Wedding Son
- Talking Livin’ It Up On Top
- Talking All I’ve Ever Known
- Talking Wait For Me
- Talking Why We Build The Wall
- Talking Our Lady Of The Underground
- Talking Flowers
- Talking If It’s True
- Talking Epic III
- Talking Promises
- Talking Wait For Me (Reprise)
- Talking Doubt Comes In
- Talking Road To Hell (Reprise)
- Talking We Raise Our Cups
A Benefit for the Queer Youth of the Ali Forney Center on Monday, October 21 at 8 pm I Put a Spell on You: AliiVE at Webster Hall A Benefit for the Queer Youth of the Ali Forney Center Monday, October 21, at 8 PM Webster Hall in NYC |
In the search to find beauty, youth, and immortality, the bewitching and beloved Sanderson Sisters return from the dead and gather their most famous friends to help them lure the children of New York.
The show is on Monday, October 21, 2024, at 8 pm (doors open at 7:00 pm) and is followed by a blowout dance party and costume contest–dress to impress in your most creative Halloween attire. Space is limited, and this event is expected to sell out quickly. Reserve your spot now and secure your place in the biggest Broadway Halloween celebration of the year! Tickets start at $45 tax-deductible plus additional service fees (with an increase to $65 in October and $100 at the door)
DREAM BABY PRESS POST-SHOW READING
FEATURING VERONIKA SLOWIKOWSKA, BRIGETTE LUNDY-PAINE,
AND CHRIS MURPHY
TONIGHT, OCTOBER 8
NEXT GEN NIGHT
FEATURING ZHAILON LEVINGSTON AND SAMMI CANNOLD
ON WEDNEDSAY EVENING, OCTOBER 9
TALKBACK
HOSTED BY HAIR NEF
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15
TALKBACK
HOSTED BY THE VERGE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17
SENSORY-ADAPTED PERFORMANCE
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TDF
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 19
CONVERSATION WITH THANE ROSENBAUM
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FORUM ON LIFE, CULTURE & SOCIETY
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22
Hannah Getts, Alex Levy, Craig Balsam, and P3 Productions announced additional hosts for the ongoing post-performance conversation series and post-performance events for JOB, the critically acclaimed psychological thriller now playing an extended engagement at the Hayes Theater (240 West 44th Street) through Sunday, October 27.
Tonight, Dream Baby Press will host a post-show reading with actress and comedian Veronika Slowikowska, actor Brigette Lundy-Paine, and Vanity Fair writer Chris Murphy, and the following night, October 9, theatre directors Zhailon Levingston and Sammi Cannold take part in a Next Gen night. On Tuesday, October 15, actress and model Hari Nef will moderate a discussion with JOB stars Peter Friedman and Sydney Lemmon and on Thursday, October 17, there will be a post-show talkback hosted by The Verge. And to round out the shows post-show conversation series, founder and creative director of the Forum on Life, Culture & Society Thane Rosenbaum will host a talkback on Tuesday, October 22 with stars Friedman and Lemmon as well as the writer Max Wolf Friedlich.
Additionally, there will be a sensory-adapted performance of JOB in partnership with TDF on Saturday, October 19 for the matinee performance. There will be a break area staffed by clinically trained volunteers as well as flexibility with audience entrances and exits.
Previous editions of the conversation series have been hosted by actress, model, and “Library Science” co-founder Kaia Gerber, journalist and host of The New York Times’ “The Daily” Michael Barbaro, co-host of “Lemme Say This” podcast Peyton Dix, and The New York Times best-selling author Holly Peterson.
JOB was extended at the Hayes Theater with the acclaimed production now on sale through Sunday, October 27. Tickets are available at www.jobtheplay.com, www.telecharge.com, by calling 800 447 7400, or at the Hayes Theater box office.
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| Courtesy of G. Four Productions, LLC 29) MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL 2: CRUISING THROUGH 'THE CHANGE' 2024-25 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR |
The show's sequel, Menopause The Musical 2: Cruising Through ‘The Change’®, is now on a new nationwide tour beginning on the East Coast of the U.S. and traveling to over 50 cities in the United States and Canada. In addition to the sequel's U.S. tour, the original production is also performing internationally this summer in Paris, South Korea, Hungary, Australia, and Canada.
30) NATIONAL ASIAN ARTISTS PROJECT (NAAP)
(BAAYORK LEE, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR)
TO PRESENT
“NAAP DISCOVER: NEW MUSICALS 2024”
THEATRE 315 (315 WEST 47th STREET – BETWEEN 8th & 9th AVES.)
MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2024 AT 7:30PM
National Asian Artists Project - NAAP (Baayork Lee, Artistic Director) will present NAAP Discover: New Musicals, a one night only showcase of short musicals by new and emerging artists featuring AAPI artists on Monday, October 14 at 7:30PM at Theatre 315 (315 West 47th Street – between 8th & 9th Avenues). Tickets are availabe for purchase here.
The evening will be comprised of the following three musicals:
Youngmee
Michelle Rocqet (Book, Lyrics, Music)
Direction by Lainie Sakakura, Musical Direction by Dan Pardo
Featuring: MinJi Kim✶, Avery Meier, Sarah Pesek✶, Hazel Anne Raymundo✶, Alex Sanchez,✶ Tommy Scrivens, and Kevin Shiu.✶
Youngmee, by Michelle Rocqet is about a Korean-American family who, after a tragic family incident, uproots their lives from Los Angeles and relocates to a tiny tourist trap in Southwest Colorado. A show about grief, joy, and honoring our past.
Everest
Momo Akashi (Book, Lyrics), Julio Vaquero Ramos (Music)
Direction by Austin Ku, Musical Direction by Luka Marinkovic
Featuring: Bebe Browning✶, Ethan Yaheen-Moy Chan, and Andrew Cristi✶.
Everest, by the writing team Momo Akashi & Julio Vaquero Ramos, is a musical about ambition and sacrifice. As the story unfolds, Kaytee learns more about her father's ambitions and the costs associated with them.
The Tale of the Bronze Bowl
Lezlie Wade (Book, Lyrics) and Daniel Green (Music)
Direction by Darren Lee, Musical Direction by Daniel Green
Featuring: Christine Toy Johnson✶, Whit K. Lee✶, Kelvin Moon Loh✶, Rommel Pierre O'Choa✶, Yuki Ozeki✶, James Seol✶, and Viet Vo✶.
A musical by the team Lezlie Wade/Daniel Green begins when the honourable magistrate, Fat Choy, takes a bronze bowl from a beggar. Little does he realize that it will become his greatest prize and his worst nightmare.
This is an Actor’s Equity Association Approved Showcase. ✶Member of Actors Equity Association.
Tickets are $23.18 (including fees) and are available at https://Discover2024.
ANNOUNCES
2024/25 SEASON
A WOMAN AMONG WOMEN
CO-PRODUCED WITH THE BUSHWICK STARR
BY JULIA MAY JONAS
MUSIC BY BRIAN CAVANAGH-STRONG
DIRECTED BY SARAH HUGHES
OCTOBER 15-NOVEMBER 3, 2024
AT THE BUSHWICK STARR
TWO SISTERS FIND A BOX OF LESBIAN EROTICA IN THE WOODS
CO-PRODUCED WITH RATTLESTICK THEATER
WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY
EMMA HORWITZ AND BAILEY WILLIAMS
DIRECTED BY TARA ELLIOTT
MARCH 28-APRIL 26, 2025
AT HERE
AND
A THIRD PRODUCTION
TO BE ANNOUNCED
MORE INFORMATION AT NEWGEORGES.ORG
New Georges (Susan Bernfield, Artistic Director/Producer; Jaynie Saunders Tiller, Executive Director/Producer) is proud to announce its 2024/2025 Season.
The season will kick off this fall with A Woman Among Women by Julia May Jonas, featuring music by Brian Cavanagh-Strong and direction by Sarah Hughes. Co-produced with The Bushwick Starr, performances begin October 15, 2024, for a run through November 3, 2024, at The Bushwick Starr (419 Eldert Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237). The season will continue in 2025 with Two Sisters Find A Box of Lesbian Erotica in the Woods, written and performed by Emma Horwitz & Bailey Williams, and directed by Tara Elliott. Co-produced with Rattlestick Theater, performances begin March 28, 2025, for a run through April 26, 2025, at HERE (145 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013). A third production will be announced at a later date.
A Woman Among Women
Co-produced with The Bushwick Starr
By Julia May Jonas
Music by Brian Cavanagh-Strong
Directed by Sarah Hughes
October 15 to November 3, 2024
At The Bushwick Starr
It’s Cleo’s backyard, Roy’s back in town, and Christine’s brought information. I mean, basil. A riff off Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, A Woman Among Women interrogates catharsis, tragic heroes, and what we expect from our mothers.
A Woman Among Women is part of Julia May Jonas’ 5-play cycle ALL LONG TRUE AMERICAN STORIES, in which she reimagines canonical 20th-century American male-experience plays as they’d be experienced by other people, mostly women.
A Woman Among Women is the third collaboration between New Georges and The Bushwick Starr. Plans for this production began in fall 2017, interrupted by the pandemic and further postponed by the Starr’s move to a new space. A Woman Among Women will be the opening production in the new theater.
The cast for A Woman Among Women will include Brittany K. Allen (Redwood), Gabriel Brown (“The Good Fight”), Annie Fang (Usus), Zoë Geltman (Kara & Emma & Barbara & Miranda), Hannah Heller (Strange Window), Lucy Kaminsky (Family Happiness), Drew Lewis (Redwood), Maria-Christina Oliveras (Between Riverside and Crazy), and Dee Pelletier (Twelfth Night).
Tickets to A Woman Among Women begin at $20 and will go on sale September 17 at thebushwickstarr.org.
Two Sisters Find A Box of Lesbian Erotica in the Woods
Co-produced with Rattlestick Theater
Written and Performed by Emma Horwitz & Bailey Williams
Directed by Tara Elliott
Production Design by Normandy Sherwood
Part of Rattlestick Theater’s “On the Road” season
March 28 to April 26, 2025
At HERE
In every woods, there is a box. The box is full of lesbian erotica. Emma and Bailey are going to read some for you. Set inside an intimate archive of towering bankers boxes, Two Sisters… teases a literary reading, a dialogue, an interview, a magazine. A researcher collides with a librarian, paranormal investigators are abducted by aliens, and a pet shop owner receives a late-night visitor. As these narratives weave and connect, the private becomes public. Two Sisters… asks how we become visible to ourselves.
Two Sisters Find a Box of Lesbian Erotica in the Woods was originally developed in New Georges’ Audrey Residency program. A workshop production was presented in January 2024 by The Exponential Festival at the Loading Dock Theatre.
The remainder of the creative team for Two Sisters… will be announced at a later date.
32) New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players
Celebrates 50th Anniversary Season!
Honoring 150 Years of Gilbert and Sullivan
“Golden Jubilee 50th Anniversary”: FREE TO THE PUBLIC Events
Date: Saturday, October 19th
3:00 pm – Music & Multi-Media historical comparison of the 19th Century original G&S creations and NYGASP’s initial production of each show since 1974.
7:30 pm – Concert with the NYGASP Company and Full Orchestra featuring “Founder’s Favorites” and the NYGASP tour-de-force challenge: G&S audience requests - performed impromptu on demand!
Location: Sym
2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York NY
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| Courtesy of Michelle Tabnick PR 33) RPI and Opera Saratoga collaborate: THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE A New Opera for Synthetic and Acoustic Voices Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 7 pm |
In a uniquely beautiful collaboration, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Opera Saratoga, and the Bergamot Quartet join forces this to present a free workshop performance of THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE by librettists Mark Steidl and Katherine Skovira and composer Robert Whalen. THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE is a new opera for synthetic and acoustic voices written by and for people who use Alternative Assistive Communication.
The story draws direct inspiration from the life of Mark Steidl, a gender non-binary person who uses an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) device to talk with the world. The cast also includes Opera Saratoga favorites Meghan Kasanders (The Consul, 2017) and Jennifer Zetlan (Ellen West), as well as newcomers Theo Hayes and Isaiah Musik-Ayala.
This workshop performance is presented as part of the 2024 International Symposium On Assistive Technology For Music And Art (ISATMA).
Synopsis:
Zari, who struggles with seizures and, who was born with disabilities and unable to speak through traditional means, finds comfort from struggle in their home from the "Lichttanz" or the magical play of light and shadow through a window.
In an effort to gain more autonomy, Zari seeks help from a new technology designed by Olympus Realities. Despite opposition from their closest friends and family, Zari pursues this technology, hoping for a positive outcome. The technology called Chimera, or Kim, earns Zari's trust over time.
A medical emergency prompts an intervention where it is discovered that Olympus Realities has, without Zari’s express permission, installed an implant in Zari to help build communication between their brain and Kim. Zari fights back against this control and eventually disrupts the connection between the implant and Kim, though unfortunately after many of Zari's memories have already been edited and manipulated. The one memory, however, that Kim is unable to alter, is that of the “Lichttanz”, representing the infinitude of human capacity and self-knowledge, their inner strength that withstands the intervention of artificial intelligence.
THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE examines the intersection of art, advocacy, and technology in our lives, memories, and identities, and the role that art plays in promoting equity and agency of those who use alternative means of communication to speak to the world.
Artistic Team:
Mary Birnbaum, director
Katherine Skovira, co-librettist
Mark Steidl, co-librettist
Robert Whalen, composer
Sara Pyszka, consultant
When:
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 - 7 pm
The performance is free and open to the public.
Where:
Concert Hall at the
Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC)
50 8th Street
Troy, NY 12180
More information will be sent to registrants as the date approaches.
For more information and to reserve tickets, please visit https://lp.
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| Courtesy of DKC/O&M 35) SONY MASTERWORKS BROADWAY ANNOUNCES LIMITED EDITION VINYL RELEASE OF “STEREOPHONIC” THE ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING FEATURING THE TONY-NOMINATED ORIGINAL SCORE BY ARCADE FIRE’S WILL BUTLER AVAILABLE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 – PREORDER NOW THE FIVE-TIME TONY AWARD-WINNING PLAY IS NOW PERFORMING ON BROADWAY AT THE GOLDEN THEATRE – TICKETS HERE |
Sony Masterworks Broadway today announces a special, limited-edition vinyl release for Stereophonic (Original Cast Recording), an album of music from the 2024 Tony Award-winning Best play. Available to preorder now, the release features the Tony-nominated score written by Will Butler, formerly of Arcade Fire, as performed by the original cast of the play including Will Brill, Andrew R. Butler, Juliana Canfield, Eli Gelb, Tom Pecinka, Sarah Pidgeon, and Chris Stack. A limited-edition run of only 750 copies, the album’s vinyl edition arrives newly pressed on crystal clear, 180-gram vinyl housed alongside a special insert featuring images from the play. Produced by Playwrights Horizons, the album is available digitally and on CD now – listen here.
The album’s vinyl edition arrives on the heels of a historic opening season for Stereophonic, which became the most Tony®-nominated play in history, garnering an incredible 13 nominations and taking home five including Best New Play. Set in the 1970s, Stereophonic explores the dynamics of a rock band on the brink of success or collapse. Composer Will Butler’s score authentically captures the era, using period-specific instruments and recording techniques to evoke the raw energy of 1970s rock. His compositions range from high-energy anthems to introspective pieces, enhancing the emotional depth of the narrative. Critics have praised Butler’s work for its authenticity and emotional impact, noting how it drives the story and deepens audience connection.
STEREOPHONIC (ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING)
ORIGINAL CAST OF STEREOPHONIC, WILL BUTLER
VINYL TRACKLISTING –
SIDE A: 1. Seven Roads 2. Bright (V1) 3. Masquerade 4. Bright (Fast) 5. Drive 6. Champagne | SIDE B: 1. East Of Eden 2. Domino 3. “It’s Made Of Teak” 4. In Your Arms 5. BVs 6. Exorcist II 7. Campfire Masquerade 8. Bright (Take 22) |
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