Coming Soon: William Burke's FURRY

FURRY!

by William Burke

featuring
Marty Brown
Samuel T West
Regina Rocke

Costumes
Asta Hostetter

Lights and Projections
Jeannette Yew
Chris Kuhl

When Elmo close Elmo appear far
The army Gathers

Written while the writer was working serious hours in Times Square FURRY! follows one man in his Elmo suit while he navigates turf wars, knife wounds, the health issues of his only son, and his own lingering sanity. Armed only with his lone copies of The Art of War and Good Night Moon he gathers his army of Cookie Monsters and otherwise as he slowly expands his turf from 42nd st to 45th and beyond. Is the audience full of Elmos? Will he have to take violent action? When Elmo is close will he appear far? Will this end badly? We'll see.

 
April 18 - 20 and April 24 - 27 @ 8pm

Tickets $10
Reserve Tickets by email (old school!): williamburketheatre@gmail.com 

JACK
505 1/2 Waverly Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238 
Between Fulton and Atlantic in Clinton Hill 
(C or G train to Clinton-Washington)

Flashback Friday: SCRAMBLED FEET

Before there was Forbidden Broadway...there was Scrambled Feet.

Scrambled Feet  was an Off-Broadway musical parody of Broadway and the theater business.  Opening in June of 1979 (thanks Lortel Archive!) at the Top of the Gate on Bleecker Street, this hilarious musical revue ran for almost two years for a total of 831 performances.  It was written by John Driver and Jeffery Haddow, who also stared in the show along with Roger Neil and Evalyn Baron (and a duck named Hermione) who made up the original cast.  Baron was replaced during the run by a then unknown Faith Prince!

Unlike Forbidden Broadway, Scramble Feet wasn't parodies of then-running shows, but more general parodies of theatrical conventions like matinee ladies ("Theatre-party Ladies"), falling in love with cast mates ("Love in the Wings"), London imports ("British") and performing with animals ("Have You Ever Been On Stage?" - this is where the duck came in).  "Advice to the Producers" was the big, knock 'em dead number towards the end that really took the show to another level.

Scrambled Feet was the kind of sweet, small show that we don't really see any longer.

There are some tracks on You Tube:
 

Catch This: CATCH 56

CATCH is a multi-faceted, multi-disciplinary,
rough and ready performance series-event that
blows through Brooklyn every couple of months.

CATCH is curated by Jeff Larson,
Andrew Dinwiddie and Caleb Hammons.

CATCH 56 will will feature:

Daniel Fish
Cynthia Hopkins
Kim Katzberg
David Neumann
Deke Weaver

CATCH 56

Saturday, April 6th  

Bushwick Starr
207 Starr Street
Brooklyn, NY 11237

Tickets $10, cash @ door

2013 Lortel Award Nominations Announced

Outstanding Play  
Bethany by Laura Marks, produced by Women's Project Theater
Cock by Mike Bartlett, produced by Stuart Thompson, Jean Doumanian, Royal Court Theatre, William Berlind, Scott Delman, Dena Hammerstein, Jon B. Platt, Scott Rudin, Ted Snowdon, True Love Productions
Detroit by Lisa D'Amour, produced by Playwrights Horizons
The Flick by Annie Baker, produced by Playwrights Horizons
The Whale by Samuel D. Hunter, produced by Playwrights Horizons

Outstanding Musical  
Dogfight by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Peter Duchan, produced by Second Stage Theatre
Giant by Michael John LaChiusa and Sybille Pearson, based on the novel by Edna Ferber, produced by The Public Theater in association with The Dallas Theater Center
Murder Ballad by Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash, produced by Manhattan Theatre Club
The Other Josh Cohen by David Rossmer and Steve Rosen, produced by Amas Musical Theatre in association with Scandobean Productions, LLC
Skippyjon Jones by Eli Bolin and Kevin Del Aguila, produced by TheatreworksUSA

Outstanding Revival  
All In The Timing by David Ives, produced by Primary Stages in association with Jamie deRoy
My Children! My Africa! by Athol Fugard, produced by Signature Theatre
Passion by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, produced by Classic Stage Company
The Piano Lesson by August Wilson, produced by Signature Theatre
Talley's Folly by Lanford Wilson, produced by Roundabout Theatre Company

Outstanding Solo Show  
All the Rage, written and performed by Martin Moran, produced by piece by piece productions, Rising Phoenix Repertory in association with The Barrow Group
Jackie by Elfriede Jelinek, performed by Tina Benko, produced by Women's Project Theater
Title and Deed by Will Eno, performed by Conor Lovett, produced by Signature Theatre

Outstanding Director
Sam Gold, The Flick
Anne Kauffman, Belleville
Tina Landau, A Civil War Christmas
James Macdonald, Cock
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, The Piano Lesson

Outstanding Choreographer
George De La Peña, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Christopher Gattelli, Dogfight
Kyle Mullins, TRIASSIC PARQ: The Musical
Alex Sanchez, Giant
Doug Varone, Murder Ballad

Outstanding Lead Actor
Danny Burstein, Talley's Folly
Brandon J. Dirden, The Piano Lesson
Daniel Everidge, Falling
Shuler Hensley, The Whale
Aasif Mandvi, Disgraced

Outstanding Lead Actress
Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Neva
America Ferrera, Bethany
Vanessa Redgrave, The Revisionist
Roslyn Ruff, The Piano Lesson
Sharon Washington, Wild With Happy

Outstanding Featured Actor
David Wilson Barnes, Don't Go Gentle
Chuck Cooper, The Piano Lesson
Zach Grenier, Storefront Church
Jake Gyllenhaal, If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet
Mark Nelson, My Name Is Asher Lev

Outstanding Featured Actress
Eisa Davis, Luck of the Irish
Annie Funke, If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet
Rebecca Naomi Jones, Murder Ballad
Amanda Quaid, Luck of the Irish
Da'Vine Joy Randolph, What Rhymes with America

Outstanding Scenic Design
Beowulf Boritt, If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet
Miriam Buether, Cock
Clint Ramos, Wild With Happy
Louisa Thompson, Detroit
Mark Wendland, Murder Ballad

Outstanding Costume Design
Toni-Leslie James, A Civil War Christmas
Jessica Pabst, The Whale
Clint Ramos, Wild With Happy
Emily Rebholz, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Anita Yavich, Golden Child

Outstanding Lighting Design
Jane Cox, The Flick
Rui Rita, The Piano Lesson
Ben Stanton, Belleville
Ben Stanton, Murder Ballad
Scott Zielinski, A Civil War Christmas

Outstanding Sound Design
Leah Gelpe, Slowgirl
Bray Poor, The Flick
Shane Rettig, Detroit '67
Jane Shaw, Jackie
Matt Tierney, Detroit

SPECIAL AWARDS
Lifetime Achievement Award - Todd Haimes
Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee - Neil LaBute
Outstanding Body of Work Award - Theatre Development Fund
Outstanding Alternative Theatrical Experience - Old Hats, created and performed by Bill Irwin and David Shiner, with music by and featuring Nellie McKay, produced by Signature Theatre

AVANT-GARDE-A-RAMA 2013 Line-up Announced

Avant-Garde-A-Rama celebrates its 27th year!  

Curated by Salley May in collaboration with The Full Moon Crew, Avant-Garde-Arama: New Moon is a tribute to the late downtown mentor and luminary performance artist Tom Murrin.

The full two-day line-up has just been announced:

Friday, April 12
Hosts: Dynasty Handbag and Jonathan Ames
Elevator Repair Service (excerpt from play by Sibyl Kempson)
David Leslie
Syd Straw (video appearance)
James Godwin
Alice Klugherz
Cornelius Loy
Julie Atlas Muz

Saturday April 13
Hosts: The Factress (Lucy Sexton) and Nurse Baby Asparagus (Mike Iveson)
Dr. Schüler & the Operating Theater Company
Chris Tanner
Unitard
The Naked Lady (Annie Iobst, video appearance)
Andrew Schneider
Tigger!
Laurie Berg
Mimi Goese 

PS122 presents
AVANT-GARDE-A-RAMA: FULL MOON

Abrons Arts Center
466 Grand Street (at Pitt Street)
New York, NY 10002

Friday April 12th and Saturday April 13th, 2013

For Tickets and Info: Click Here

Soho Playhouse Will Bring Back THE DRAWER BOY

Soho Playhouse announced that it will transfer Oberon Theatre Ensemble's production of THE DRAWER BOY by Michael Healey. THE DRAWER BOY will reopen at the Vandam Street theater on April 19th. 

THE DRAWER BOY looks in on the lives of two aging bachelor farmers in 1972 rural Ontario. World War II veterans and lifelong friends, the farmers share a quiet and uneventful life based on stories and routine. Their lives are comically disrupted when a young, energetic actor from the big city shows up on their doorstep wanting to live and work with them as research for a play about farming. As the actor immerses himself, the farmers' darkest secrets become part of the actor's play and the lines between theatre and life, and memory and reality, become blurred. Heartbreak and levity mix in this extraordinary play about storytelling and how it transforms our lives. 

You can read the excellent NY Times review: HERE
 
Soho Playhouse presents
The Oberon Theatre Ensemble production of
THE DRAWER BOY
By Michael Healey
Directed by Alexander Dinelaris

April 19th - June 16th, 2013

Tickets: $35 - $79

For Tickets and Info:Click Here  

Discount Tix: CORE VALUES @ Ars Nova

With the world around him changing at a dizzying pace, the owner of a small travel agency clings to the values he holds most dear: teamwork, loyalty and the incalculable importance of a good trust fall. It takes a weekend staff retreat for him to realize his team-building exercises won’t put off the realities of a rapidly evolving marketplace.

Ars Nova presents
CORE VALUES
by Steven Levenson
Directed by (the fabulous) Carolyn Cantor


With (the awesome) Reed Birney and Paul Thureen, Susan Kelechi Watson, Erin Wilhelmi 

Scenic Design - Lauren Helpern
Costume Design - Emily Rebholz
Lighting Design - Traci Klainer Polimeni
Sound Design - M.L. Dogg

April 23rd - May 18th, 2013


ARS NOVA
511 West 54th Street
New York, NY 10019

Discount Tickets Available:

April 23rd - 27th: $10 (reg. $30)
Use Code: Values10

April 29th -  May 11th: $20 (reg. $30)
Use Code: Values20

May 13th - May 18th: $25 (reg. $30)
Use Code: Values25

For Tickets and Info: Click Here