Beebo Brinker goes Off-Broadway!

The Hourglass Group's fantastic production of The Beebo Brinker Chronicles will re-open in 2008 at 37 ARTS.

Here are the details:

Previews begin February 19, 2008
Opening Night: March 5, 2008
Limited run - Tickets On Sale Now!

THE BEEBO BRINKER CHRONICLES
Written by KATE MOIRA RYAN & LINDA S. CHAPMAN
Directed by LEIGH SILVERMAN

With CAROLYN BAEUMLER, BILL DAWES, AUTUMN DORNFELD,
DAVID GREENSPAN & MARIN IRELAND

Set: RACHEL HAUCK Costumes: THERESA SQUIRE Lights: NICOLE PEARCE
Sound: JILL BC DuBOFF Casting: JACK DOULIN PSM: PAM EDINGTON
General Manager: ROY GABAY Press: SPIN CYCLE

Performs Tues @ 7pm; Wed-Fri @ 8pm; Sat @ 5pm & 9pm; Sun @ 3pm & 7pm

37 ARTS
450 West 37th Street (between 9th & 10th Aves) MAP
Box Office Phone: (212) 560-8912

For Tickets: Click Here

Foreman Production Blog

Once again this year we can take a peek at Richard Foreman's rehearsal process, with comments from Foreman & company in preparation for his newest piece, DEEP TRANCE BEHAVIOR IN POTATOLAND!

Check it out here: http://ontologicalhysteric.blogspot.com

Under The Radar 2008

Former Artistic/Executive Director of the fabulous PS122, Mark Russell now spearheads the annual Under The Radar festival and upcoming lineup is great.

My picks include:

POETICS: A BALLET BRUT
Conceived and Directed by Kelly Copper and Pavol Liska
Created and Performed by Nature Theater of Oklahoma
Nature Theater of Oklahoma returns to UTR with this awesome and awkward dance manifesto that grows exponentially through to the piece’s final takeover of the entire performance space.
January 10 – 20 (Running time: 65 minutes)
Thurs. Jan 10th 1pm and 8pm | Fri. Jan 11th 9:30pm | Sat. Jan.12th 7pm | Sun. Jan. 13th 9:30pm | Wed. Jan 16th 7pm | Thurs. Jan 17th 9:30pm | Sat. Jan 19th 9:30pm | Sun. Jan. 20th 4:30pm

THIS PLACE IS A DESERT
Conceived and directed by Jay Scheib
In collaboration with media artist Leah Gelpe
Produced by Shoshana Polanco
Partially seen and partially screened, this Antonioni inspired piece follows four lovers as they destroy each other in an attempt to defy their irreparable loneliness.
January 9– 20 (Running Time: 110 minutes)
Wed. Jan 9th 8pm | Thurs. Jan 10th 1pm | Fri. Jan. 11th 9:30pm | Sat. Jan 12th 2pm | Sun. Jan 13th 7pm |Wed. Jan 16th 7pm | Sat. Jan. 19th 4pm | Sun. Jan 20th 7pm

Etiquette
Presented by The Foundry Theatre and Rotozaza
Created by Anton Hampton and Silvia Mercuriali
Performed by You
A half-hour experience for two people sitting at a table in a public restaurant where headphones tell you what to say and do. Etiquette exposes human communication at its most delicate.
@ Veselka, 144 Second Ave
Tickets are $20 (for pair of two)
and can be purchased at the foundrytheatre.org or 1-866-811-4111
January 9 – 20 (Running time: 30 minutes)
PERFORMANCE TIMES: Noon to Midnight at 1/2 hour intervals at Veselka.

Saturday, January 19 at 11AM Artist Talk at The Public (Free Panel Discussion)
New Theater - Back to the Future: Young Jean Lee, Jay Scheib and Nature Theater of Oklahoma.

For a full schedule and more info: www.publictheater.org

CollaborationTown’s 4th Annual Winter Gala

With a fifth birthday in sight for CollaborationTown, this year’s wintry celebration will still put the ‘fun’ in fundraising while adhering to Rules of Etiquette so basic that even the proletariat can follow, such as wearing clothing suited to the occasion. (Translation: This year’s Annual party is in a crazy-beautiful space with a fireplace and a spiral staircase! Yup -- we're classin' it up...then breakin’ it down!) Come early for cocktail hour, hor d’oeuvres, live jazz, and REALLY amazing auction items (and by amazing they mean tickets to The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, Playwrights Horizons, Roundabout Theatre Company, HERE Arts Center, and Pearl Theater Company tickets, Film Forum and IFC memberships, Chelsea Piers Gold Passports, – and more!) Stay late for DJ Smirk and etiquette-be-damned dancing!
CollaborationTown’s 4th Annual Winter Gala

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13th
7:30 - 11:30 pm

The Great Room
South Oxford Space
138 South Oxford Street
Brooklyn, NY
Take the C Train to Lafayette Street and you're less than a block from the space!
or
Take the B, Q, 2, 3, 4, or 5 Trains to Atlantic Avenue

$25 = ALL NIGHT OPEN BAR!
Open bar courtesy of JOHNNY LOVE VODKA, BLUE POINT BREWING, and GUS SODA.

No Dice is Coming

Soho Rep.
presents
NO DICE
by
Nature Theater of Oklahoma

New York Premiere
Dec 6-31, 2007

Performance Calendar:

Dec 6, 7, 8, 9 (Thu-Sun)
Dec 14, 15, 16 (Fri-Sun)
Dec 21, 22, 23 (Fri-Sun)
Dec 28, 29, 30 (Fri-Sun)

Special location: 66 White Street (between Church & Broadway)

ALL SHOWS START AT 7PM. HOUSE OPENS AT 6:30PM. SANDWICHES AND SODA ARE SERVED BEFORE THE SHOW. RUNNING TIME IS APPROXIMATELY 4 HOURS.

Conceived and directed by Kelly Copper and Pavol Liska
Staring Anne Gridley, Robert M. Johanson, Zachary Oberzan, Kristin Worrall, and Thomas Hummel
Design by Peter Nigrini
Music by Kristin Worrall and Lumberob
Production Manager Kell Condon

Tickets $25 (includes soda and sandwich)
99¢ Sundays: Tickets 99¢ for all Sunday performances

Purchase tickets at smarttix.com or 212-868-4444

No Dice was commissioned in Soho Rep's Phase II program and developed in residency at Downtown Art.

To find out more about Nature Theater of Oklahoma, visit www.oktheater.org

Listen to Sarah Benson, Artistic Director of Soho Rep, talking to Pavol & Kelly - CLICK HERE

PECULIAR WORKS PROJECT presents

PECULIAR WORKS PROJECT
presents
a benefit staged reading at Greenwich House Music School of

WILLIAM M. HOFFMAN & ANTHONY HOLLAND’S

CORNBURY: THE QUEEN’S GOVERNOR
a mad romp through New York’s racy past

featuring DAVID GREENSPAN
as Lord Cornbury

with CAROLYN BAEUMLER, SUSAN BERNFIELD, LUCAS BURNS, DYLAN CARUSONA, TIM CUSACK, CATHERINE PORTER, REBECCA SERVON, NOMI TICHMAN

ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26
7:30 PM RECEPTION, 8PM PERFORMANCE

Greenwich House Music School
46 Barrow Street
Tickets: $25 in advance; $35 at the door

Cornbury: The Queens Govermor, written by William M. Hoffman (As Is, Ghosts of Versailles) and Anthony Holland in 1976 as a different kind of Bicentennial celebration, is the story of Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon—Lord Cornbury, Royal Governor of NY and NJ, 1701-1708. He is widely acknowledged to have been horribly corrupt, almost certainly the worst colonial governor in history, and quite possibly a transvestite. This is American history with a stylish twist!

For Tickets: TheaterMania or call 212-352-3101

Duran Duran - Red Carpet Massacre: 11/02/2007

It was weird to see the entire audience at a Broadway Theatre up and on their feet and dancing. No, it's not Mamma Mia! - it's Duran Duran: Red Carpet Massacre a very limited engagement by the British band probably best know as the first generation of MTV stars. Red Carpet Massacre is divided into three "acts" the first being the new album (called Red Carpet Massacre) in it's entirety. It's always awkward to hear new material from a popular band in a concert format but the new album sounds excellent. After an intermission was the ElectroSet, which was my favorite part of the evening. The band, scaled down, pushed all the way downstage performed an eclectic set that included their own songs like "All She Wants Is" as well as a cover of "Warm Leatherette" by The Normal. And finally, immediately following this was Act Three, entitled "Essential Duran Duran" and that's exactly what it was, but curiously sans some of their biggest, early hits such as "Hungry Like The Wolf" and "Rio". Overall it was a fun, unique evening complete with an actual red carpet and paparazzi out front and Donald Trump sitting in the first box, house-left.

For Tickets: www.telecharge.com