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58! A Comedy about Bike Messengessengering
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Players Theatre
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August 12-August 19
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Comedy
Musical
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Direct from Second City's Unhinged Series and Chicago's Annoyance Theatre, we follow Tony Mendoza's real-life bike messengering experiences as he dodges security guards, street weirdos and "the normal life". This outrageous comedy is performed at the pace of a hot, direct delivery, with music too! Tickets and info »
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Absolute Flight: A Reality Show With Wings
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Classic Stage Company
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August 20-August 25
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Don't Say Miami
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Comedy
Drama
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Absolute Flight is a hilarious romp through the backstabbing, make-'em-squirm world of reality TV. The six finalists battle over the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to leave the earth and their worries behind. One lucky winner will be fitted with wings and dropped from an airplane. Certain death or eternal celebrity? Watch the fireworks of someone else's life explode before your very eyes! Tickets and info »
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American Muscle
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The Center for Architecture
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August 12-August 27
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Play
Multimedia
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In American Muscle maverick John DeLorean creates the first Muscle Car, the 1964 Pontiac GTO, then later the stylish sports car bearing his name, featured as a time machine in Back To The Future, but makes headlines in 1982 for cocaine conspiracy charges. DeLorean's saga is paralleled by the observations and GTO hotrodding anecdotes of an auto mechanic. Vintage images. Pulsing rock & blues soundtrack. Tickets and info »
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Anima
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Gene Frankel Theatre
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August 11-August 17
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Wait Until May Productions
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Drama
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Anima shows us the devastating consequences of living one's life for someone else. Ella struggles to free herself from an abusive relationship with Vlad, a parasite reliant on her for his emotional survival. When James, a shaken Iraq war veteran arrives at Ella and Vlad's apartment needing a place to stay, a bloody power struggle explodes on the stage. Tickets and info »
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Anna and The Annadroids: The Robots' Dream Tour
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Dance New Amsterdam
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August 13-August 20
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Dance
Multimedia
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It's a multimedia whirlwind of sharp, fierce dancing, ever-changing color schemes, sassy costume design, diverse musical soundscapes, and provocative video projections. Anna is an interactive "living" mannequin; the Annadroids are built upon the original Anna-droid matrix symbolic of today's consumer society, its' over indulgences and superficialities. Each piece or "Droidset" serves to illustrate different phases of psychological and behavioral development transitioning from creation to consciousness. Tickets and info »
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The Armageddon Dance Party
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The Robert Moss Theater @ 440 Studios
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August 13-August 26
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W & W Productions
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Play
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The Baby Boomers championed a world of unlimited potential, peace, drugs, and free love. Their children found debt, war, STD's and "just say no," and their parents telling them there's nothing that hasn't already been done better by the Boomers. A dark comedy for the Get-Lost Generation, who see the end of the world coming and think, maybe this won't be so bad... Tickets and info »
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The Bicycle Men
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Village Theater
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August 12-August 25
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Comedy
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The Bicycle Men is written and performed by
Dave Lewman, Joe Liss, Mark Nutter, and John Rubano.
An American tourist crashes his bicycle and encounters the twisted inhabitants of a sinister French village in this comedy with music. Winner: Excellence in Overall Production, FringeNYC 2004. "Nothing could possibly lift your spirits as quickly... gleefully funny." New York Times. "Don't miss!" Time Out New York. Tickets and info »
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Big Doolie
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Connelly Theater
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August 12-August 25
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Underlinen Productions
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Comedy
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Miami. Florida. Struggling sports agent Marty Futch dreams of the big time. When an encounter with a young basketball sensation propels Marty into the "pitch of his life" it seems his dream is just a signature away. But in a world of lies and smack-talking egos he'll have to battle cutthroat competitors, desperate clients and paralyzing visions of cannibalism that haunt his sleep. Tickets and info »
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The Big Picture
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Gene Frankel Theatre
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August 12-August 26
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The TROUPE Theatre
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Comedy
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Ever wonder if you're crazy??? In an absurd and outrageous coming of age story, an only child, Junior, strives to make sense of the world around him as he learns what really matters in life. The Big Picture is a ridiculous story about some of the most important things in life: family, art, love, death, sex, therapy, and puppetry. Tickets and info »
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Blue Balls: The Story the NYPD Hoped Wouldn't Be Told
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The Flea Theater
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August 11-August 25
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Play
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Based on his own true story, actor/playwright Michael 'Fletcher' Tester ran away from the circus of show business to join the force, only to discover more drama and intrigue behind precinct doors than he'd witnessed backstage. His adventure climaxed in a civil suit, which led to a small settlement in exchange for a no-gag order, so that he might one day share this story, in a four-person play that kicks where it hurts. Tickets and info »
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Breeze off the River
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Classic Stage Company
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August 12-August 21
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The Collective Objective
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Play
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Sean is a happy and content, single gay man. Eric is straight, a father, he comes home one night to find his wife is leaving him - and their young son, E.J. After meeting at the gym Eric and Sean become fast friends and Eric and his son move in with Sean. Their new family is upended when Eric's wife returns demanding custody of E.J. Tickets and info »
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...categories (a simple play)
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The Center for Architecture
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August 12-August 19
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Play
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...categories (a simple play) is the story of a college frat-boy and a bookworm who find each other in New York City years after graduation. When they act on their unspoken love for one another, they must both question who they are and where they're going. A play for anyone who's finally taken the leap -- and then wondered what to do on the way down. Tickets and info »
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The Chrysalis Stage
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Gene Frankel Theatre
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August 12-August 23
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Different Light Theatre
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Drama
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Chained captive by the seemingly tender Frank, hellcat teenager Shawna will do anything to escape. But as three years die away and a playfully twisted love emerges, Shawna must decide whether this new life is a dream or a nightmare. A Different Light Theatre production. Devoted to bringing emerging artists together to expose new, uninhibited works that have the power to transform an audience. Tickets and info »
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A Collapse
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The Robert Moss Theater @ 440 Studios
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August 13-August 25
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Teatro Oscuro
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Play
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A young girl is trapped in a wall after a disaster. While the community struggles to recover, her mother searches frantically for help. A Collapse looks at the current state of humanity and the limits of compassion.
When disaster strikes, will we be heroes, victims or something else? Written and directed by Vincent Marano,
A Collapse was inspired by a true story. Tickets and info »
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Confessions
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The Studio at Cherry Lane Theatre
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August 12-August 25
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X-plormentals
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Play
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Confessions, a new adaptation of Phaedra, explores how we deal with our uncontrollable, oftentimes not accepted desires and the consequences after we decide to confront them. Set in ancient Greece, the family and national crises and the struggles the characters go through -- lies, betrayals, impulsive actions and their consequences -- are still relevant in our day-to-day existence. Multi-cultural casting, minimalist stage setup and Chinese performing styles. Tickets and info »
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contra-tiempo
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Dance New Amsterdam
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August 11-August 15
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Dance
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contra-tiempo fuses Salsa, Afro-Cuban, West African, Hip-Hop, and abstract dance-theater, to create a blend of physically intense and politically astute performance. Their performances are consistently electrifying! It's members are immigrants, teachers, activists, artists living and working in Los Angeles. In the this show and in their work, each member lives and struggles within the varied and infinitely complex political and personal landscapes which Alvarez seeks to address in her work. Tickets and info »
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Corleone: The Shakespearean Godfather
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Players Theatre
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August 13-August 25
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What if Shakespeare had written The Godfather? Will Prince Michael assume the throne of Don Vito Corleone? Performed in iambic pentameter, Corleone: The Shakespearean Godfather parodies the classic mob tale. With swordfights, conspirators, and Fredo the fool, it's a poetic bloodbath of Shakespearean proportions. This Top Five smash hit from the 2005 Minnesota Fringe makes its New York debut featuring a local cast. Tickets and info »
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Faded
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Players Theatre
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August 15-August 26
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Slowriter Productions
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Play
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Hard-boiled reporter Lolita Lacey used to be a well-respected broadcast journalist - until too much drinking, drugging and dating married men ruined her career. Now toiling for a sensationalistic tabloid, Lolita stumbles on the story of a lifetime: the discovery of an old photograph that seemingly depicts a U.S. president and a Hollywood legend in a compromising position. A new play by Daily News writer Robert Dominguez. Tickets and info »
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Fallen Angel
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Village Theater
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August 12-August 23
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Musical
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There's Trouble in Paradise... At the dawn of time there is perfect harmony in the heavens, and of all the angels Lucifer is the most beloved. But everything will change with the coming of a new creation... Man. Told entirely through music, and with a driving rock score, Fallen Angel is a new rock opera in the tradition of Tommy and Jesus Christ Superstar. Tickets and info »
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Fantasy, Girl
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Connelly Theater
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August 12-August 24
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Two Little People Productions
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Comedy
Drama
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Fantasy, Girl is a realistic love story about a young woman struggling over her love for a man who may not be right for her. It's a musically charged ride down the Tunnel of Love, and a curious look at the kinds of choices we make for ourselves despite our better judgment. Tickets and info »
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Fatboy Romeo
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The Studio at Cherry Lane Theatre
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August 15-August 23
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Engine 37
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Experimental
Puppet Theater
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Fatboy Romeo re-imagines Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet using puppets, projections, and actors to create a comic satire of America's culture of gluttony in all its flashing, dripping, hollering forms. Romeo becomes a pudgy, silent boy who eats everything in sight, Tybalt a ferocious battle-cat, and Juliet a vain, breast-enhanced mall rat. A classic love affair between a boy and his chips. Tickets and info »
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Faust
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Actors' Playhouse Theatre
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August 13-August 26
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Drama
Multimedia
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Step into a downward spiral with our tragic hero, Doctor Faustus, as he squanders his soul for the riches of otherworldly knowledge and power. Cast against a cinematic expose, this timeless tale takes place in the gritty surroundings of an unforgiving metropolis, where every need is justly met at the corner of hubris and hamartia. Tickets and info »
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Fear Up: Stories from Guantanamo and Baghdad
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Dance New Amsterdam
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August 11-August 23
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The Democracy Cell Project
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Play
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Fear Up: Stories from Guantanamo and Baghdad, is a docu-drama theater piece that unpacks the true stories of the past five years: the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, Guantanamo, torture, compassion, humor and horror. Culled from a variety of journalistic sources, Fear Up presents over twenty different characters, who portray how we have all experienced the issue of global fear. Tickets and info »
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Fitz & Walloughs Get It In the End
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Mo Pitkins
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August 14-August 26
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Y theatre?
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Musical
Multimedia
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From the FringeNYC EXCELLENCE AWARD-winning team that scandalized this festival with The Only Thing Straight Is My Jacket comes a new Homo-Musical-Spectacular. Fagulous songwriting duo Fitz & Walloughs unveil the secrets of making murder into macabre cabaret! Tickets and info »
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Flying on the Wing
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The Players Theatre Loft
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August 11-August 26
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GypsySoup
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Solo Performance
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A vertically-challenged arthritic hearing-impaired homosexual young man and his world of musicals, Playmobils, divine intervention and Play-Doh. Laugh at, curse at, and ultimately appreciate the ways we cope with life. See the show performance artist Kate Bornstein calls "the kind of theatre you *hope* you'll get when you go see a solo show: completely transformative!" Tickets and info »
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Grace
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The Studio at Cherry Lane Theatre
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August 12-August 26
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Sweet Tea Creek
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Play
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GRACE. Those who give it. Those who need it. Those who can and can't accept it. This new play by Sweet Tea Creek tells the story of GRACE. Not the person, per se. But sort of. Grace is in all of us and is shared or exchanged or rejected by each character in this series of vignettes. GRACE. Get yours. Tickets and info »
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Grace Falls
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Village Theater
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August 13-August 20
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Mighty Myth Productions
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Musical
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A musical of culture and social justice, Grace Falls follows three refugees who must escape a tyrant while finding themselves. Written in a universal and timeless style, Grace Falls illustrates the importance of a culture when people search for a better life. Played live by a 13 -piece orchestra, the music will feature jazz and the choreography will mix African, House, and contemporary modern dance. Tickets and info »
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Griot: He Who Speaks the Sweet Word
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DR2 Theatre
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August 11-August 19
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Poetry
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Griot: He Who Speaks the Sweet Word follows the tradition of storytelling from the ancient Mali Empire to Hip-Hop America. Poetry, drama, dance, and music combine to create a theatrical experience. This hip-hop choreopoematic play starts in pre-colonial West Africa and follows the word in its many manifestations, compressing over three centuries of culture into 90 minutes. Tickets and info »
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I Come in Peace
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The Flea Theater
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August 11-August 23
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Comedy
Solo Performance
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"On September 10, 2001, I went to bed a white guy. On September 11, I woke up an Arab. How could this happen?" Find out in this one man show by Arab-American comedian Dean Obeidallah as he shares his funny, often painful, and truly surprising journey from a typical white guy to "Super Arab." Tickets and info »
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i want to be MUSASHI: a clown samurai fantasy
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Manhattan Children's Theatre
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August 15-August 26
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Noontime Theatre Productions
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Clown Show
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A solo clown show inspired by the legend of Japan's greatest samurai warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, and one clown's fantasy to be him. Tickets and info »
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I, Marlena
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The Robert Moss Theater @ 440 Studios
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August 11-August 17
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Luminous Work
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Musical
Poetry
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Marlena's erotic ruminations about a stranger fuel imaginative office-destruction. Witty, lyrical storytelling, office supplies, and power-point slides are framed in an edgy, bitter-sweet score composed & played live by Athens, GA based Kenosha Kid. Tickets and info »
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In Transit
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The Robert Moss Theater @ 440 Studios
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August 11-August 18
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Thisbe Productions
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Play
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12 New Yorkers -- and 1 Red State Mom -- collide in NYC's post-9/11 transit system. The themes of terrorism, spirituality and the perils of disconnection boil in the subconscious of every New Yorker. In Transit gives an edgy, humorous vent to these nightmares -- and triumphs -- in seven funny tales about the vexations and global implications of your daily commute. Tickets and info »
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The Inconstant Infection
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13th Street Repertory
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August 11-August 27
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Temerity Theatre
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Play
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The lost Restoration play The Inconstant Infection is discovered in 1985 and is bound for Broadway with the financial backing of Sexy Kitten Adult Magazine. When the union protests, the EMPLOYEES of Sexy Kitten take the stage to mount this naughty play within a play. Where else can you find lust, amazons, cross-dressing, girdles and maybe herpes? In The Inconstant Infection, the play that straddles two worlds. Tickets and info »
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It's a Hit!
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Village Theater
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August 11-August 20
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Musical
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A killer new musical about a conniving producer, aging diva,
blackmailed soap star, mafioso investor, and despised critic - all "dying" for a hit. Produced by Jeb K. Rand, directed by Julie Kramer, and written by David Weinstein, Melissa Levis, and Beth Saulnier, authors of The Joy of Sex, a 2002 Fringe/NYC award winner. Starring Donald Corren, Joanna Glushak, Rob Barns, Kenny Morris, Alicia Sable and Billy Wheelan. Tickets and info »
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Lizardskin
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Access Theater
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August 18-August 27
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Altamont Productions
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Play
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A brother and sister invent private games until a seductive stranger enters their lives and the games become real. Struggling to end the game, they discover that no matter how you re-tell a story, it always ends the same way. A darkly comic tale about how we remember those we love, how we attempt to narrate our pasts, and who we become through the retelling. Tickets and info »
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A Man's a Man
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Mo Pitkins
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August 11-August 23
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Comedy
Musical
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A Man's a Man tells the story a porter who is meticulously transformed into a Human Fighting Machine. The audience will enter into a punk-rock vaudevillian circus where they will be encouraged to leave their identity at the door! Live music, bright lights and a less-than-perfect elephant will fill the theater as we show you how easy it is to change one man into another. Tickets and info »
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Mary Berry Presents: The Life of Mary Berry
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Players Theatre
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August 12-August 25
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Montague & Clark
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Play
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Mary Berry Presents: The Life of Mary Berry introduces audiences to an oddly dysfunctional family. When Mary discovers her father's Playboy magazine, she becomes enthralled by the world of glamour and adoration. She sets out for Hollywood to be the next centerfold, leaving the Berry house in a chaos of homophobes, haikus, lobsters, bran cereal and a new son/lover fresh from Brazil. Tickets and info »
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Minimum Wage: Blue Code Ringo
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Players Theatre
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August 12-August 23
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Musical
Revue
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A SOLD-OUT HIT of the 2002 Festival & Producer's Award winner!! A hilarious, witty, and delightfully goony musical revue in which employees of a Big Brother-type fast food chain must initiate the audience into the wonders of hamburgerology. Learn the art of spatulary, discuss the finer points of Post-Mustardism, and be on your way to Employee of the Month in this infectiously uplifting acappella musical! Tickets and info »
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Modern Missionary
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Classic Stage Company
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August 16-August 22
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Barney Productions
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Play
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Africa in the 1990s was a land plagued with corruption, death and abandonment. A young woman from Middle America goes on a mission to "help the children" and unexpectedly discovers a powerful love. Take a unique journey of hope with Modern Missionary, a play based on the real life and travels of African Children's Choir International Operations Director, Julia Barnett. Tickets and info »
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Moral Values
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Village Theater
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August 13-August 25
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Sue Us Directly Productions
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Play
Farce
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In the near future, the American government faces the difficult task of promoting the legalization of gay marriage. What better way than to draft homosexuals and embed them into average households? Meet John Smith, one American father who'd rather set his house on fire then let a flamer into it. Tickets and info »
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MUSCLE-MAN vs. SKELETONMAN: A Love Story... the musical
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Lucille Lortel Theatre
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August 21-August 25
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Musical
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MUSCLE-MAN vs. SKELETONMAN: A Love Story... the musical follows the story of Muscle-Man and Skeletonman as they battle to rule Queerternia, a land of glitter and dreams. Witness these star-sworded lovers learn how hate can sometimes turn to love in this gay comic book musical. The electronic score, accompanied by live musicians, features something for everyone! Tickets and info »
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Naughty Prep School Stories
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Classic Stage Company
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August 12-August 27
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Black Henna Productions
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Play
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When elitist prep-school cliché JD concocts a play exposing his famously dysfunctional family, sex, drugs, and entitlement truly usurp talent. As Al Pacino takes the role of JD's father, the big shot producer of his son's Broadway smash, suicide and incest become just a few of the perks. This dark satire raises the concept of scandalous exposé as art to the nth degree. Tickets and info »
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Oblivious To Everyone
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Manhattan Children's Theatre
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August 12-August 19
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Solo Performance
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Botox Beauty (click) Elimidate Pervert (click) Springer Trailer Trash (click). Carrie's personality surfing begins, and the media's hogging the remote. Flipping personalities like TV stations, will this Paris Hilton wannabe tune in to reality or remain Oblivious To Everyone? Be sure to watch Jessica Lynn Johnson in this schizophrenic comedy about total media obsession. Tickets and info »
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Ophelia
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Connelly Theater
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August 11-August 26
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Get Thee to a Nunnery Productions
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Play
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Did Ophelia really go mad and drown herself as Shakespeare would have us believe? Ophelia casts some light on the other troubled, lonely semi-orphan of Elsinore and questions our assumptions regarding the characters of Hamlet. This play is for anyone who ever wanted a tragic heroine to prevail and not perish. The icon for damaged girlhood grows up at last. Tickets and info »
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Pack Light
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Manhattan Children's Theatre
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August 18-August 26
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Solo Performance
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Full of infectious, off-beat humor, Pack Light combines character sketches, autobiography, multi-media, and Afro-Caribbean music and dance to tell the tales of navigating U.S. life and airport security as a (legal!) alien; wrangling Caribbean and British parentage; and being a multiracial and bi-national potpourri in a world of far too many check-boxes, where everyone keeps asking: "So...what are you, anyway?" Tickets and info »
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Park-n-Ride
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The Flea Theater
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August 12-August 27
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Solo Performance
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An adventurous Wisconsin fry cook takes you on an outrageous road trip via the twists and turns of her own mind. Who or what will you meet around the bend? Tickets and info »
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Perfect
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Gene Frankel Theatre
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August 12-August 19
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Creative Artists Laboratory
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Farce
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Passion, Panic, Pandemonium. A mother's neurosis explodes when her genetically engineered off-spring shatters her expectations. When teenager Sarah discovers her individuality, her mother resorts to desperate measures to keep her daughter perfectly compliant. This satirical collision of a bewildered mom with a punk rocker, a narcoleptic niece, a sex-obsessed doctor and an overwrought artist drives everyone to the brink. As lifestyles clash, utter mayhem ensues. Tickets and info »
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Permanent Whole Life
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Classic Stage Company
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August 11-August 26
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Alchemy Theatre Company of Manhattan, Inc.
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Comedy
Play
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Permanent Whole Life concerns an unprincipled life insurance investigator in Palm Beach who seduces a young widow fresh from the funeral home. Florida is no place for the living in this savage comedy about sex, death, and the relationships that outlast us. IRNE Award-Winner for Best New Play, 2005. Tickets and info »
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Picking Up the Baby
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The Flea Theater
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August 13-August 26
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Play
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Gretchen is white. The baby waiting for her? Black.
She's read the books, she's bought the wipes, she's ready -- right? Nick is white. His lover? Black.
If race were an issue, he'd know it by now -- right?
Part manic road trip, part riff on race relations, Picking Up the Baby finds four intimately connected Americans confronting their own fears for the possibility of love. Tickets and info »
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Pith!
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Village Theater
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August 21-August 27
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Play
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Set in 1931, Pith! is an epic tale of travel and adventure told with the most economical means. An itinerant sailor leads a grieving society widow
and her stoic housekeeper on an exhilarating and treacherous journey from Providence, Rhode Island to the heart of the South American jungle... and they never leave the living room. It's a hilarious and ultimately moving
tribute to the power of imagination. Tickets and info »
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Planet Samovar
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Gene Frankel Theatre
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August 11-August 19
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The BoomChet Theatre Company
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Play
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An ostracized alien from the distant "Planet Samovar" goes on a mission to retrieve a shiny coffee urn (samovar) from a catering event on Earth to regain his citizenship and the hand of his true love. Watch it all unfold! Tickets and info »
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The Pool with Five Porches
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The Players Theatre Loft
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August 13-August 26
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Good Intentions Productions
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Play
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Two men in desperate need wait, along with an untold number of unseen others, by a pool that roils with waters that have a miraculous power to heal...only one. This competition is fraught with such dramatic possibilities that any reality show would seem trivial by comparison; for these characters, like each of us, must decide the ultimate question: What miracles matter? Tickets and info »
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The Prostitute of Reverie Valley
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The Players Theatre Loft
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August 11-August 26
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One Armed Man
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Drama
Play
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A prostitute decides to leave her life behind, and one of her most faithful johns tries to stop her. But before the night is over, she'll find out shocking secrets about the mysterious town and herself. Who were her parents? How did she get there? Why are certain urges forbidden for her? Why is everyone so secretive? And most importantly, how does she get out? Tickets and info »
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Puppet Government
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The Players Theatre Loft
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August 20-August 27
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Small Appliance Puppet Theater
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Comedy
Musical
Puppet Theater
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If President George W. Bush were an appliance, what would he be? In this political satire, the Appliance-in-Chief and his friends sing and dance in musical numbers, deliver press conferences, and start a war. When the President needs help, the WrongCo Appliance Salesman is always there. But some gadgets, such as the Amazing 12-in-1 War 'n Iraq, don't quite live up to WrongCo's promises. Tickets and info »
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The Revenants
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The Studio at Cherry Lane Theatre
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August 22-August 26
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Roundelay Theatre Company
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Play
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In the fallout of a pandemic, Karen and Gary live on with a pair of zombies--once their spouses--chained up in the cellar. Unable to let go, Karen and Gary find themselves with two kinds of revenants: their spouses who have re-animated from death; and the versions of themselves they used to be--before they were married, before they denied each other. A play about what happens when love won't die. Tickets and info »
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Revenge of a King
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DR2 Theatre
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August 12-August 26
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The Loaves and Fish Repertory Theater Company
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Musical
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Revenge of a King is a multicultural hip-hop musical featuring freestyle rhymes, an MC battle, dance and live DJ. This retelling of Hamlet follows the story of Hamilton King, an aspiring hip-hop artist, as he deals with overcoming his father's mysterious death while simultaneously learning to accept his mother's untimely marriage. Confusion, doubt, and thoughts of retribution take over leading him down a path of self-destruction. Tickets and info »
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rum & coke
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The Center for Architecture
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August 12-August 25
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Vibora Productions
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Solo Performance
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Pain is funny. Separation, death, humiliation…It's all fodder for the characters Camila encounters on her trip to Havana via Miami in this ferociously comic and moving tale of life seen through the Cuban lens. Written & performed by Carmen Peláez, directed by Carl Andress, and sponsored by the Law firm of Gunster Yoakley, The Athena Group LLC & Galavisión. Tickets and info »
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The Secret Ruths of Island House
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Dance New Amsterdam
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August 11-August 19
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Nebunele Theatre
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Play
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Ruth, Ruth, and Ruth inhabit the quiet, in-between spaces of the Island House. Mask, drama, song, and movement peer into candid revelations of the ancient. This highly physical play is based on interviews conducted with seven women named Ruth in the Island House retirement home. Nebunele Theatre, dubbed "daring and original" by the Seattle Weekly, arrives with a visually stunning reflection on rarely-told stories. Tickets and info »
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Shelf Life
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The Flea Theater
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August 12-August 25
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Solo Performance
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Camille Brown stars in Shelf Life. Based on material written after a cryptic gynecological visit and months of sitting between two pregnant women at work. These things force her to confront waning fertility, aging and her envy of "breeders." It is a strikingly candid look at the "fantasy of motherhood" through the eyes of a woman who isn't quite comfortable with babies. Tickets and info »
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A Show of Force
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Dance New Amsterdam
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August 12-August 26
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Solo Performance
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Should the few die for the greater good? Do we learn from the past? This one man show is beset with these enduring questions. Based on existing texts from Twain, Whitman, Mr. Rogers, Howard Zinn, the Andrews Sisters, and Shakespeare as well as interviews with various points of view. This Everyman is a lot like America: young, passionate, and full of contradictions. Tickets and info »
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Site-Seeing
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The Robert Moss Theater @ 440 Studios
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August 12-August 21
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Infinite Stage
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Play
Clown Show
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Site-Seeing follows nine immigrants as they arrive in a new land, stake their claims, and follow their dreams. Part Beckett, part Fellini, Site-Seeing's immigrants commune with vegetables, climb the corporate ladder, tangle with yarn, and raise kids on Astroturf. It's a living installation of people and suitcases. A collage of American culture from Whitman, to Rumsfeld, to West Side Story. Tickets and info »
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Something More Pleasant: An Anti Fairy Tale
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Players Theatre
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August 12-August 27
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Play
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Something More Pleasant is set in a world where Grimm's Fairytales meet the dysfunction of modern day. This is the story of a brother and sister who go into the woods to escape the abuse of an evil stepmother. But when a series of misfortunes threaten to disrupt their storybook ending, their happily ever after soon turns into a blood bath. Tickets and info »
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The Tell-Tale Heart - a musicabre
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The Studio at Cherry Lane Theatre
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August 11-August 26
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Musical
Mystery/Thriller
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The Tell-Tale Heart - a musicabre is a musical staging of Edgar Allan Poe's chilling story of madness and murder incited by the "vulture eye" and avenged by the "hideous heart." Three cellos surround the protagonist as he recounts his tale of 8 nights stalking his victim in utter darkness. When the "hideous" heart starts beating, it is the cellos that evoke its sound. Tickets and info »
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This Won't Take Long
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13th Street Repertory
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August 13-August 26
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Play
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A missing young girl. Two seasoned detectives. A mentally challenged neighbor... John Henry Taylor may know something about the crime, but his low IQ makes his information unreliable. The cops may even be inadvertently feeding him key facts during questioning. As in "Doubt," the issue of guilt or innocence is left up to the audience in this intense, timely drama. Tickets and info »
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A Time to be Born: A 1940's New York Musical
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Lucille Lortel Theatre
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August 21-August 27
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Lemon Tree Productions
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Musical
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Bursting with song, dance and more than a few martinis, A Time to be Born celebrates love and ambition in glamorous 1940's Manhattan -- a city ruled by media moguls and scheming socialites. Brutally ambitious Amanda welcomes hapless Vicky to NYC to conceal an illicit affair -- never dreaming that her naïve friend might become her rival. Based on the novel by Dawn Powell. Tickets and info »
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t.l.c.
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The Robert Moss Theater @ 440 Studios
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August 11-August 26
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Twenty Feet Productions
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Drama
Mystery/Thriller
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Evelyn is terrified for her son. She grew him strong. Kept him safe. Let him go. Now their lives are spiraling out of control in this searing new psychological thriller. One phone call. And then... Tickets and info »
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Tradition!
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Players Theatre
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August 11-August 24
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Cardinal Theatricals
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Comedy
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In order to convince "Mama" and "Papa" Finkelstein his marriage will work, Irving persuades his shiksa fiancé to perform in his parents' favorite musical, Fiddler on the Roof, in the most unlikely place: the "Good Shepherd Dinner Theater" in Missouri. Under the influence of a Bible-belting director who's cast a six-foot "Tevye," a Vegas showgirl, and a cross-dressing revolutionary, Irving's perfectly concocted plans are doomed... Tickets and info »
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The Transformation of Dr. Jekyll
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The Studio at Cherry Lane Theatre
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August 11-August 25
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Rabbit Hole Ensemble
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Comedy
Drama
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The Transformation of Dr. Jekyll combines a variety of theatrical styles to chart the course of Jekyll's shifting identity, the public and private consequences he suffers as a result of his own self-discovery, and his ultimate demise. Burlesque, pantomime, puppets, vaudeville, and film noir provide the springboard for the storytelling, and a trio of actors create all that is required for Jekyll's ultimate transformation. Tickets and info »
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Trouble in Shameland
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Actors' Playhouse Theatre
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August 11-August 27
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Musical
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Three worlds collide as Michael Carson attempts to draw his life into perspective. The wickedly whimsical inhabitants of graphic novel Shameland burst into life through puppetry, black-light, video and more! An emotionally shocking, intelligent musical you'll be ashamed to miss! Starring Evita's Florence Lacey. Tickets and info »
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Understand To Be Understood
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Actors' Playhouse Theatre
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August 12-August 26
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Play
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Written by nine teenagers living in NYC's shelters, Understand To Be Understood (U2BU) is a day-in-the-life of twelve characters attending/working at notoriously violent high schools in NYC. Meet the "thug" and find a new beat to this stereotype through his profound lyrics. Hang out in the cafeteria and watch a brutal beat down. Are metal detectors at these high schools protecting or damaging NYC's youth? Tickets and info »
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Whiz Kid
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Connelly Theater
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August 13-August 24
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Play
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Jason, a young genius, tired of being protected from the normal world, and thinking he's ready to explore beyond the boundaries of his intellect, finds himself ensnared in an unlikely triangle: attracted to his babysitter, stuck under the sheets with the school sociopath, and knee deep in a project that may give him the explosive answers he has been searching for. Tickets and info »
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Women and the Trojan Horse
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The Center for Architecture
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August 22-August 27
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Praxis Theatre Laboratory
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Play
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The Queen of Troy is experiencing regime change. Loosely adapted from the Greek tragedy, The Trojan Women, this play deals with women in extremity: surviving war, prison, family feuds, racism, love and hate. This story is told in daring Praxis style with wit and keen insight into how four women cope with personal and national crises when their city falls to the invading army. Tickets and info »
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The XXXotika Review
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DR2 Theatre
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August 19-August 26
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Musical
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The XXXotika Review is about ex-poet turned heartless, self-absorbed journalist Sigmund Freud Hall who, after meeting dying, ex-exotic dancer and Hurricane Katrina "refugee" XXXotika during one of her sexy, street Burlesque performances, commences to xxxploit her for
his economic and coital gain. He doesn't realize his true feelings about her until it's too late. Musical. Tickets and info »
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YourPlace...or Mine?
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Players Theatre
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August 11-August 19
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Comedy
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YourPlace...or Mine? explores the online social networks such as MySpace.com. A team of writers created characters and posted their "profiles" on MySpace to interact with real (and unsuspecting) users -- and YourPlace... is the result. A dominatrix librarian, her teenybopper sister, a cowboy, a stoner, a douchebag, a Jesus-freak, a Romanian rock band, and Spanish gynecologists mingle and tiff in a virtual hang-out zone called "YourPlace.com." Tickets and info »
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