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After Anne Frank Artistic New Directions Writer: (and Performer) Carol Lempert Director: Janice L. Goldberg "...though Anne Frank died before I was born, she keeps re-appearing in my life teaching me new things about being Jewish and being part of the human family." A funny and touching memoir from the creator/performer of THAT DOROTHY PARKER. 1h 30m Local Manhattan, New York Solo Show Drama "Writer-Performer Carol Lempert has crafted an absorbing one woman show...Lempert melds (all this) with her own lively and expressive presence making AFTER ANNE FRANK an entertaining, touching and provocative 90 minutes of solo theater"- Backstage (Critc's Pick.) "Carol Lempert's one woman show AFTER ANNE FRANK is a stunning, moving and unforgettable experience. Seeing this show has left an indelible mark on me and I am truly blessed to have been at the first performance of this masterpiece of theatre."- nytheatre.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v Sun 9/11 @ 2 Sat 9/17 @ 4:30 Wed 9/21 @ 8 Fri 9/23@ 9:30 |
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facebook me The Arts Effect Writer: Created by The Arts Effect All-Girl Theater Company, Script by Katie Cappiello Director: Katie Cappiello & Meg McInerney 6 MILLION teenage girls are on Facebook. Get ready for a shockingly real look into our lives as we navigate our adolescence online...where status is more than an update. It's 10pm. Do you know who your daughter is? 1h 30m Local New York, New York Drama FringeHIGH "facebook me, an insightful look at the impact of media saturation on a loosely connected network of female tweens, delivers a funny yet painfully moving mosaic of coming of age in the digital era. As both writers and actors, the company members display powers of observation and emoting beyond their years. Kudos to Katie Cappiello and Meg McInerney for their precise direction." --Backstage (critics pick) "You should go and see the play, as it offers a real insight into the pressures these girls are under in the Facebook Age that in some way mirror the usual horrors of junior high and high school...but are exacerbated by the fact that all of this now happens in public and online for everyone to see. The girls’ seesawing between attempts at sophisticated sexuality and then hugging their stuffed animals is heartbreaking to see. It is this balance between the two that makes the piece so affecting and seem so real. To hear and see such authentic girls’ voices is a real treat, even if—or should I say especially because—their message is not saccharine or even sugar-coated." -- NYTheatre.com www.TheArtsEffectNYC.com Sat 9/17 @ 2 Sun 9/18 @ 2 Sat 9/24 @ 2 Sat 9/24 @ 9:30 Sun 9/25 @ 2 |
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The More Loving One Unincorporated Theater Writer: Cory Conley Director: Craig Baldwin An underage sex trial shakes up the lives of two couples--- one gay, one straight--- on a summer weekend in a steamy college town. A sharp and provocative new comedy about the uncertainties of lust and commitment. 1h 15m Local Manhattan, New York Drama Comedy “Acutely observed, inventively structured, and acted impeccably under the nuanced direction of Craig Baldwin, the show is, in a word, terrific.” - Erik Haagensen, Backstage (Critic's Pick) “The More Loving One doesn't want to be charming; it's fast and ferociously funny. And it distinguishes Conley as a new, important voice of the Millenial Generation.”-Jack Hanley, nytheatre.com www.themorelovingone.com WINNER! FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award - Production / Play Sun 9/11 @ 7:30 Wed 9/14 @ 9 Tue 9/20 @ 8 Thu 9/22 @ 9:30 Mon 9/26 @ 8 |
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PigPen Presents: The Mountain Song PigPen Theatre Co. Writer: Alex Falberg, Arya Shahi, Ben Ferguson, Curtis Gillen, Dan Weschler, Matt Nuernberger, Ryan Melia 2010 FringeNYC Overall Excellence winners and runaway hit PigPen Theatre Co. return with "The Mountain Song". A carpenter must travel over mountains, rivers, and deserts to attend his daughter’s wedding… without a clue as to where it's taking place. 1h 0m National Pittsburgh, PA Puppetry FringeHIGH “There’s a lot to like in ‘The Mountain Song.’ And quite often, there’s a little something to love.”-The New York Times “Don’t be fooled: Despite their youth, these guys are masterful musicians and theater performers… The Mountain Song will move anyone who’s ever experienced regret, loss or love. In other words, everyone.” -Time Out New York www.PigPenTheatre.com WINNER! FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award - Production / Play Wed 9/14 @ 7 Sat 9/17 @ 9:30 Mon 9/19 @ 8 Sat 9/24 @ 5 Sun 9/25 @ 7:30 |
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Paper Cut Yael Rasooly Writer: Yael Rasooly and Lior Lerman Director: Yael Rasooly A lonely secretary escapes her bleak reality by bringing to life black&white photos from old film magazines. But as the story unravels, her romantic tale becomes a Hitchcock nightmare! An award winning performance of paper and object theater. 0h 50m International Tel Aviv, Israel Puppetry Solo Show www.yaelrasooly.com WINNER! FringeNYC Excellence Award - Solo Performance Fri 9/9 @ 7 Sat 9/10 @ 5 Sun 9/11 @ 7:30 Mon 9/12 @ 8 Tue 9/13 @ 8 |
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You Only Shoot the Ones You Love Artistic New Directions Writer: Jeffrey Sweet Director: Patricia Birch How I found a second family in improvisational comedy, including a crazy uncle named Del Close, and inadvertently became the illegitimate grandfather of the Upright Citizens Brigade. With special regards to the Cossacks for not quite killing my grandmother. 1h 15m Local NYC, Manhattan Comedy Solo Show “Mr. Sweet, a playwright and author, has stories to tell and an amiable, laid-back style of delivering them. Entertaining, compelling.”- New York Times, Anita Gates “[T]ransport[s] us from Chicago to New York to Toronto to Russia to London and back again. Much like long-form improv, the structure follows several threads and certain remarks are recalled to let us in on the care taken in the storytelling. Nothing is wasted or without a point in this piece. I hope everyone who takes classes or performs at the Peoples Improv Theater, Upright Citizens Brigade and Magnet Theater will see this to hear first hand where what they do started.” -NewYorkTheatre.com, Chris Harcum: www.artisticnewdirections.org Fri 9/9 @ 9:30 Wed 9/14 @ 7 Thu 9/15 @ 7 Fri 9/16 @ 10 |
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Bongani Artistic New Directions Writer: Gabrielle Maisels Director: Kate Holland In post-apartheid South Africa, Bongani hurtles toward destruction. Corinne, from an activist Jewish family, thinks she can rescue him, and her struggling country. Bongani thinks she should rescue herself. The mesmerizing tale of a love that could never be. 1h 15m Local Brooklyn, New York Solo Show Drama “On a virtually bare stage...writer/performer Gabrielle Maisels delivered the best one-person show of the festival. [T]he story will hit you like a hammer to the heart. [O]ne of the finest solo performers I’ve ever been lucky enough to experience.” – HyReviews.com “It is to Maisels's great credit that this piercingly political play never sacrifices the characters’ complexity or agency in exposing the rottenness of the apartheid system...This lovingly detailed yet epic story somehow fits in Maisels’ single body.” –NYTheatre.com gabriellemaisels.blogspot.com/ Sat 9/17 @ 4:30 Sun 9/18 @ 5 Mon 9/19 @ 8 Wed 9/21 @ 8 |
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Who Loves You, Baby? Sun 9/18 @ 7:30pm Thu 9/22 @ 8pm Fri 9/23 @ 10:30pm Sun 9/25 @ 7:30pm |
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I Will Be Good I Will Be Good Productions Writer: Tricia Rose Burt Director: Judith Stone A southern girl raised to conform dares to be different. Surviving scandal and depression, stalked by God, this ex-belle makes a witty, poignant journey from successful executive to struggling artist that resonates with all. A good story about bad behavior. 1h 25m National Hancock, New Hampshire Solo Show Comedy Tricia Rose Burt was featured on the Peabody Award-winning The Moth Radio Hour and most recently The Moth podcast "How to Draw a Nekkid Man." “Burt chronicles her life with humor and grace. In a group of strangers, Burt had the power to generate a sense of belonging, which is especially powerful…”—Nico Rosairo, Woman Around Town “I Will Be Good evokes the importance of accepting who we are and where we came from, while encouraging us not to be afraid of embracing change.” - nytheater.com www.triciaroseburt.com Fri 9/9 @ 7pm Sun 9/11 @ 5pm Sat 9/24 @ 5pm Sun 9/25 @ 6pm |
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Felony Friday 2h 15m Local Manhattan, New York Drama Comedy BY POPULAR DEMAND NEW PERFORMANCE ADDED |
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Pearl's Gone Blue Eben Music Productions Writer: Leslie Kramer, Music by Gabriel Gordon Director: Julie Kramer The 1940's South. Even the Gospel church is hot. But that's nothing compared to the temperature rise when bluesman Beau comes to town. Sellulah Pearl's got her sights on more than his guitar. But who will sing the last note? 2h 15m Local New York City , NY Drama Musical "Leslie Kramer's dialogue is poetic and not of today—it belongs in the 1940s and is hypnotic and irresistible to listen to. There is something shocking about how close it is to the language we speak today, but how distinctly different it is for the world of this play. This combined with Gabriel Gordon's emotional and earthy score creates a play that really transforms the theatre into the world of the 1940s South." NY Theatre.com "The actors in Pearl's Gone Blue are the most talented and evenly cast I have seen in a fringe theatre show. Billy Eugene Jones starts the show off with a blues number expertly sung into an old fashioned microphone. His portrayal of Beau is sufficiently pompous and masterfully tortured by his own success and lack thereof." -- NY Theatre.com www.pearlsgoneblue.com WINNER! FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award - Production / Musical Fri 9/9 @ 9:30 Wed 9/14 @ 9:30 Mon 9/19 @ 9 Tue 9/20 @ 9 |
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THE LEGEND OF JULIE TAYMOR, or The Musical That Killed Everybody! Wed 9/14 @ 7 Thu 9/15 @ 7 Fri 9/16 @ 7 Sat 9/17 @ 7 Sat 9/17 @ 10:30 |
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PARKER & DIZZY'S FABULOUS JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE RAINBOW |
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COBU - Dance like Drumming,Drum like Dancing. "..a thrilling 45-minute set of nonstop physicality. Their enthusiasm—and talent—are infectious." Tom Penketh - Backstage - Editor's Pick " ... you’ve got a rousing 45 minutes which will excite and delight even the most jaded fringe-goer. A guaranteed crowd pleaser, and the first show of 2011 to earn a NYCFringeGuide Critic’s Pick." NYCFringeGuide Critic’s Pick "If there was a performance that combines Memoirs of A Geisha, Spice Girls, and Stomp on a Can, COBU would be it. COBU is a great performance to enjoy a technically complex performance but to also have a rocking good time...a thrilling and impressive show." Angelica Olstad - Woman Around Town Magazine "..The choreography is simply amazing, with nonstop action fused with humor...Every artist is given a chance to shine, and all dazzle." Judith Jarosz - NYTheatre.com www.facebook.com/COBUNY BY POPULAR DEMAND NEW PERFORMANCE ADDED |
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Jersey Shoresical: A Frickin' Rock Opera GymTanLibretto Writer: Book, Music & Lyrics by Daniel Franzese and Hanna LoPatin Director: Drew Droege MTV's reality phenomenon "Jersey Shore" gets the rock opera treatment in this brand new musical parody. Behind all the fist pumping and fighting, it turns out all these guidos and guidettes really care about is love, family, and gettin' it in. 1h 0m National Los Angeles, California Comedy Musical "The raucous audience response suggests that fans of the TV series will risk S.T.D.’s to smush with this homage."- New York Times "A FRICKIN MUSICAL?! Haven't you always wanted to see Snooki bust her ass while busting a move?! We dare say that you won't be disappointed!"!-Perez Hilton www.jerseyshoresical.com WINNER! FringeNYC Excellence Award - Ensemble Wed 9/21 @ 3 Wed 9/21 @ 7 Thu 9/22 @ 9 Fri 9/23 @ 10:30 Sat 9/24 @ 8 Sun 9/25 @ 4 |
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