Controversy never runs out of style...

"ONE OF THE MOST PUBLICIZED AND CONTROVERSIAL
EVENTS OF ITS TIME”
--The New York Times (1988)

BOO-Arts Productions
Proudly Presents

Mrs. Warren’s Profession
“There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.”

Written by
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

Starring
JOY FRANZ*
DAVID PALMER BROWN* ASHTON CROSBY
JAMES DUTTON JOSEPH FRANCHINI*
CARRIE KOZOLOWSKI*
*Appearing Courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association. AEA approved showcase.

Directed by

KATHLEEN O'NEILL

THREE-WEEK LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
APRIL 1 – APRIL 18, 2009
AT MANHATTAN THEATRE SOURCE

OPENING NIGHT IS THURSDAY, APRIL 2nd AT 7 P.M.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT WWW.THEATRESOURCE.ORG

BOO-Arts Productions is pleased to announce their production of George Bernard Shaw’s MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION, directed by Kathleen O’Neill. MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION will play a three-week limited engagement at Manhattan Theatre Source (177 MacDougal Street, New York, NY 10011). Performances begin Wednesday, April 1st and continue through Saturday, April 18th. Opening Night is Thursday, April 2nd (7 p.m.).

*Press are cordially invited: Thursday, April 2nd at 7pm; Friday, April 3rd at 8pm and Saturday, April 4th at 8pm. (Non-official press dates may be accommodated upon request.)

Mrs. Warren is the proprietress of a string of highly successful brothels. Her daughter, Vivie, is a modern young woman, but not so modern that she can ignore the source of her mother's wealth. The clash of these two strong-willed and culturally constrained Victorian women is the spark that ignites the ironic wit of one of George Bernard Shaw's greatest plays. Initially banned after its 1893 publication for its startling frankness, Mrs. Warren's Profession, a withering critique of male domination, sexual hypocrisy, and societal convention, remains a provocative and powerful work of progressive theater.

The production stars Joy Franz (Original Broadway productions of Pippin, Musical Chairs, Open Admissions and Into The Woods; Broadway revivals of Guys & Dolls and Into The Woods) in the role of Mrs. Warren.

Costume design is by David Withrow (IT Award recipient for Bug Boy Blues).

MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION plays the following regular schedule through Saturday, April 18th:

Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
Thursdays at 7 p.m.
Fridays at 8 p.m.
Saturdays at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $18 and are now available online at www.TheatreSource.org or by calling 212-501-4751. Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the Manhattan Theatre Source, 177 MacDougal Street.

For more information about Mrs. Warren’s Profession visit www.BOO-Arts.com.

Rooftops-A dystopic look at economic incongruence

Richard Foreman, avant-garde theatre icon, has said about Wreckio Ensemble, "I believe these young artists show immense promise, and I believe they can make an important contribution to American theater."

Helen Shaw from The New York Sun agreed, "with abundant physical humor and a generous social idea at its core, the Wreckio Ensemble proves itself more than a flash in the pan" on Wreckio Ensemble's production of Wrestling Porcelain.

In the midst of this country's financial crisis, Rooftops confronts the economic divide present in American society, while also challenging important women-centric issues such as reproductive rights and violence against women.

Wreckio Ensemble has been analogous with current events previously, "as Gravediggers spirals out its often absurd, frequently dark, sometimes slapstick, always biting tale, one comes to see frightening parallels to recent events in this country." - Andy Propst, American Theater Web

I would like to invite you to see the Wreckio Ensemble perform Rooftops with "solid ensemble work...Their individual strengths maintain the integrity of the whole." - Gregg Bellon, nytheater.com

ROOFTOPS will play a four-week limited engagement at The Milagro at Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center (107 Suffolk Street, New York, NY 10002). Performances begin Thursday, March 5 and continue through to Saturday, March 28. Opening Night is Saturday, March 7 (8 p.m.).

Tickets are $20 and are now available online at www.wreckio.com or by calling 917-626-1369. Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the theater’s box office ½ hour prior to the performance.

The Production Company Returns, right on the heels of "The Most Damaging Wound" success!

The Production Company
Proudly Presents the US Premiere of

2004 Wal Cherry Award Play of the Year
2006 Australian Writers’ Guild Award (AWGIE) Best Play

LOVE
Too much is not enough…

Written by
PATRICIA CORNELIUS

Starring
BRONWEN COLEMAN ERIN MAYA DARKE KEN MATTHEWS

Directed by MARK ARMSTRONG

LIMITED ENGAGEMENT!
MARCH 20 – APRIL 12, 2009 AT CENTER STAGE, NY

OPENING NIGHT IS FRIDAY, MARCH 20 AT 8 P.M.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT THEATERMANIA.COM

Tanya, Annie and Lorenzo, are young, but already with their youth wrung out of them. They've been abused, they're abusive and they're difficult to like, let alone love. But it is LOVE, in all its distorted and mutated forms, that holds them together,.

The production stars Bronwen Coleman (The Beebo Brinker Chronicles) as Tanya, Erin Maya Darke (The Sublet Experiment) as Annie and Ken Matthews (The Most Damaging Wound) as Lorenzo.

The production features scenic design by April Bartlett, costume design by Deanna Frieman, and lighting design by Dan Henry. Sara Bader is the sound designer and Jeff Meyers is the stage manager.

LOVE plays the following regular schedule through Sunday, April 12:

Wednesdays at 8 p.m.
Thursdays at 8 p.m.
Fridays at 8 p.m.
Saturdays at 8 p.m.
Sundays at 3 p.m.

Tickets are $20 and are now available online at www.theatermania.com or by calling 212-352-3101. Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the Center Stage, NY Box Office, ½ hour prior to the performance.

*85 minutes*

www.productioncompany.org

An impressive pedigree of talent in Dog Run Rep's Tartuffe

Jeff Cohen, in addition to being a masterful director, has a keen eye for talent. He is known for unearthing unknown people, as he did with Laura Linney when she had her New York Stage debut in the 1990 production of his adaption of The Seagull. Additionally, he has helped launch the careers of such highly touted young playwrights as Christopher Shinn (Four), Hilary Bettis (American Girls) and Tristine Skyler (The Moonlight Room), and actors Michael Ealy (Barbershop), Ella Joyce (Roc) and Kathryn Hahn (“Crossing Jordan”).

In Cohen's upcoming Tartuffe he is doing it again: Christina DeCicco, playing sexy, flapper-wife Elmire, was Glinda in the National Tour of Wicked and has won a Barrymore Award and a “Philly” Award, is making her NY stage debut. Cohen has called DeCicco the "prize of the production". She has an impressive pedigree but is yet unknown by NY critics.

Keith Buterbaugh as Orgon, the rich man who gets swindled, was in the hit Broadway revival of Company and was also in Broadway’s Phantom of the Opera. And, finally, playing the swindler Tartuffe is the hilarious Tom Ford (not the fashion designer) whose credits include the Broadway and National Tour production of By Jeeves.

In the intimate setting of @Seaport, see these actors' raw talent first hand.

Buy your tickets now! Dog Run Rep has offered a money back guarantee for comedy!

The musical Ambien to Zanax of mental illness

Photo credit: Trevor Oswalt

ABRAXIS STAGE COMPANY is pleased to announce, as part of the South Street Seaport Winter Theatre Season, the premiere of a new musical CRAZY HEAD SPACE, directed by Errickson Wilcox. CRAZY HEAD SPACE will play a five-week limited engagement @Seaport (210 Front Street), presented, in part, through the generous support of General Growth Properties. Performances begin Thursday, March 12 and continue Saturday, April 5.

CRAZY HEAD SPACE is a theatrical tribute to people living with mental illness, a musical tour of psychological disorders. Experience insanity at its most heightened, raw, and naked state. Based on the Diagnostic Statistical Manual by the American Psychiatric Association (the DSM IV), it runs the gamut A- Z; each letter of the alphabet tackling a different disorder. Celebrate mental disorder and in turn, the parts of ourselves that are often closeted, edited, or marginalized.

The production features choreography my Matthew Neff, scenic design by TBAand lighting design by Jason Scott. Michelangelo Sosnowitz is the sound engineer and Nick Meo is the stage manager.

CRAZY HEAD SPACE plays the following schedule through Sunday, April 5th:

Thursday, March 12 at 8 p.m. (previews)
Friday, March 13 at 10 p.m. (previews)
Saturday, March 14 at 2 p.m.
Sunday, March 15 at 3 p.m.
Monday, March 16 at 8 p.m.
Thursday, March 19 at 8pm.
Saturday, March 21 at 8pm.
Sunday, March 22 at 4pm.
Tuesday, March 24 at 8pm.
Thursday, March 26 at 8pm.
Saturday, March 28 at 2pm.
Sunday, March 29 at 4pm.
Thursday, April 2 at 8pm.
Friday, April 3 at 8pm.
Saturday, April 4 at 8pm.
Sunday, April 5 at 7pm.

Tickets for all performances are $18. There is also a “Seaport Season Pass” for $40, which is good for admission to every performance at the South Street Seaport Winter Theatre Season.

For tickets, call Smarttix at 212-868-4444 or on the web at www.smarttix.com.

For information and a complete performance schedule, go to the Dog Run Rep website at www.dogrunrep.org.

www.abraxasstagecompany.com

*90 minutes*

The Palaver of POUND & BISHOP

Inspired by “Visits to St. Elizabeths” by Elizabeth Bishop

ManyTracks
Proudly Presents

The Man In The Newspaper Hat
Elizabeth Bishop: “How can you say such things”
Ezra Pound: “How can I: I am at war!”

Written by
HAYLEY HEATON

Directed by
KATRIN HILBE

Starring
ANNE FIZZARD* ANGUS HEPBURN*
*Performing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association.

THREE-WEEK LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
MARCH 5TH – APRIL 1ST, 2009
THE 45TH STREET THEATRE

WWW.THEATERMANIA.COM

MANYTRACKS is pleased to announce the world premiere of THE MAN IN THE NEWSPAPER HAT by Hayley Heaton, directed by Katrin Hilbe. THE MAN IN THE NEWSPAPER HAT plays a three-week limited engagement at the 45th Street Theatre (345 W 45th St). Performances begin Thursday, March 5th and continue through Wednesday, April 1st.

The Man in the Newspaper Hat is a fictionalized portrayal of what went into the creation of Elizabeth Bishop's poem, "Visits to St. Elizabeths." Bishop wrote this poem during her visits with the controversial poet, Ezra Pound who was remanded to St. Elizabeths in 1946 after having stood trial for treason where a special jury found him incompetent. Each scene is built upon aspects of Bishop's poem and follows both characters as they come together, "poet to poet”.

The production features scenic design by Elisha Schaefer, costume design by Meredith Neal and lighting design by Joan Racho-Jansen. Andy Cohen is the sound designer and Arienne Pelletier is the stage manager.

The Man In The Newspaper Hat plays the following schedule through Wednesday, April 1st:

Thursday, March 5 at 8pm
Friday, March 6 at 8pm
Saturday, March 7 at 8pm
Wednesday, March 11 at 8pm
Thursday, March 12 at 8pm
Friday, March 13 at 8pm
Saturday, March 14 at 8pm
Sunday, March 22 at 2pm
Monday, March 23 at 8pm
Tuesday, March 24 at 8pm
Wednesday, March 25 at 8pm
Sunday, March 29 at 2pm
Monday, March 30 at 8pm
Tuesday, March 31 at 8pm
Wednesday, April 1 at 8pm

Tickets are $18.00. Advance tickets can be purchased online at www.Theatermania.com, or by calling 212-352-3101. Tickets may also be purchased in person at the theater’s box office, half hour before Showtime.

For more information about The Man In The Newspaper Hat, visit www.ManyTracks.org.

Check Out Zack Calhoon's review of MUCH ADO

"[Mac] Brydon's utter physical ease and verbal dexterity made the audience instantly enamored of him. Brydon is matched by Ms. [Elizabeth] Zins's stirring performance as Beatrice."

"Ms. [Cotton] Wright plays Hero with vigour, making her a full bodied character that radiates youth and innocence which was a welcome change of pace from the wallflower portrayals of the part I've seen in past productions."

"Walter Brandes turns in one of the finest performances of his career as Don Pedro."

Read the full review at: http://zackcalhoon.blogspot.com/2009/02/much-ado-about-nothing-oberon-theatre.html

Much Ado About Nothing is playing at The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row through February 28, 2009 in conjunction with American Rapture. For more information visit: www.oberontheatre.org

Much Ado Opens Tonight!

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

Written by
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Directed by
MARK KARAFIN

Starring
GABE BETTIO* WALTER BRANDES* JORDAN BROWN* MAC BRYDON* DON CASTRO* JOHN DEWEY* BRAD FRYMAN* JENNIFER GAWLINK* BILL GREEN DERRIC HARRIS* JAKE LACY ADAM PETHERBRIDGE* LORENZO SCOTT* PHILIP WATT* COTTON WRIGHT* ELIZABETH ZINS*
*Performing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association.

THREE-WEEK LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
FEBRUARY 12TH – FEBRUARY 28TH, 2009
THE BECKETT THEATER AT THEATRE ROW

WWW.TICKETCENTRAL.COM

OBERON THEATRE ENSEMBLE is pleased to announce their production of William Shakespeare’s MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, directed by Mark Karafin. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING plays a three-week limited engagement at the Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row (410 W 42nd St). Performances begin Thursday, February 12th and continue through Saturday, February, 28th.

Benedick and Beatrice have vowed to remain single and appear to enjoy their battle of wits too much to ever call a truce. Young lovers Hero and Claudio conspire to change their minds. A romantic comedy about winning the one you didn’t know you wanted most.

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING will be presented in conjunction with American Rapture, a series that includes Hello Out There by William Saroyan & World Premiere plays by Alex Dinelaris (nominated Lucile Lortel/Drama Desks) as part of Oberon Theatre Ensemble’s Winter Rep 09.

The production features scenic design by Kathryn Veillette and lighting design by Jessica Hinkle. Dee Dee Katchen is the stage manager.

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING plays the following schedule through Saturday, February 28th:

Thursday, Feb 12 at 8pm
Friday Feb 13 at 8pm
Monday, Feb 16 at 7pm
Tuesday, Feb 17 at 8pm
Wednesday, Feb 18 at 2pm
Saturday, Feb 21 at 8pm
Sunday, Feb 22 at 3pm
Wednesday, Feb 25 at 8pm
Thursday, Feb 26 at 8pm
Friday, Feb 27 at 8pm
Saturday, Feb 28 at 2pm

Tickets are $20.00 and $13.75 students/seniors. Advance tickets can be purchased online at www.TicketCentral.com, or by calling 212-279-4200. Tickets may also be purchased in person at Theater Row’s box office, open daily from 12pm-8pm.

For more information about Much Ado About Nothing and Oberon Theatre Ensemble’s Winter Rep 09, visit www.OberonTheatre.org.

"Incongruity is the heart of the comic."-Moliere

IN DEPRESSION-ERA NEW YORK CITY – SOCIALITES GET DUPED BY CON MAN!

Proudly Presents

TARTUFFE
Adapted and Directed by
JEFF COHEN

Featuring
KEITH BUTERBAUGH*, CHRISTINA DECICCO*, &
TOM FORD*

With
KATIA ASCHE* AARON COSTA GANIS* MARK DEFRANCIS
DEANNA HENSON* SUSAN JEFFRIES* BRIAN LINDEN*
ROB MAITNER* JASPER SOFFER

*Performing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association. AEA approved showcase.

FOUR-WEEK LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
MARCH 6 – APRIL 5, 2009 @SEAPORT! (210 Front Street)

OPENING NIGHT IS MONDAY, MARCH 9 AT 7 P.M.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT SMARTTIX.COM

Tartuffe is one of Moliere’s funniest and most controversial comedies. Although it was banned by the Church and led to the playwright’s imprisonment, Moliere, as he did in many of his comedies, wrote the play as an indictment of the bourgeoisie, not religion.

According to director and adapter Jeff Cohen, Tartuffe is a swindler who could have donned the mantle of any role to dupe his victims. That he picked religion in this instance is due to how easily his bourgeois victim – Orgon – is duped by his pious charade. It is Orgon who Moliere is bent on skewering, not the Church.

Jeff Cohen’s new American adaptation, written in verse and rhyming couplets, sets the play in New York City in an earlier depression-era - the 1930s. His adaptation seeks to employ a particularly American idiom - transposing Moliere's social satire to its American equivalent. In our own present time of outlandish wealth, dashed fortunes, and George Madoff-like swindlers, what better era to look back on than the Great Depression of the 1930s. Moliere spun his comedy from the stock characters of Commedia, and Mr. Cohen spins his from the golden era of American comedians and films.

TARTUFFE plays the following schedule through Saturday, April 5:

Friday, March 6 @ 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 7 @ 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Sunday, March 8 @ 7 p.m.
Monday, March 9 @ 7 p.m.
Friday, March 13 @ 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 14 @ 8 p.m.
Sunday, March 15 @ 7 p.m.
Wednesday, March 18 @ 8 p.m.
Friday, March 20 @ 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 21 @ 2 p.m.
Sunday, March 22 @ 7 p.m.
Wednesday, March 25 @ 8 p.m.
Friday, March 27 @ 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 28 @ 8 p.m.
Sunday, March 29 @ 7 p.m.

Tickets for all performances are $18. There is also a “Seaport Season Pass” for $40, which is good for admission to every performance at the South Street Seaport Winter Theatre Season and can be purchased at www.dogrunrep.org.

For tickets, call Smarttix at 212-868-4444 or on the web at www.smarttix.com.

For information and a complete performance schedule, go to the Dog Run Rep website at www.dogrunrep.org.

Thanks to the generous support of General Growth Properties.

The "Wheels of a Dream" are rolling for RAGTIME!

Change, it seems, whether we believe in it or not, is always rumbling beneath the surface, and this Ragtime doesn't just encourage us to look for it. It compels us to see it. – Curtain Up

Ingenious...wonderfully intimate... a triumph...streamlined and fascinating set design...Listen closer, you'll hear Ragtime reborn. - Back Stage

I strongly suggest you get to see it any way you can - by car or by subway. Even if you have to walk, it would be worth it. What an incredible achievement. It’s a triumph on every level...To be moved and entertained by a troupe of so many creative and talented people. The Astoria Performing Arts Center has created something magical and memorable. Go. – Talk Entertainment

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RAGTIME plays the following regular schedule through Sunday, February 22:

Thursdays at 8 p.m. | Fridays at 8 p.m. | Saturdays at 8 p.m. |
Sundays at 6 p.m.

Tickets are $15 in advanced and $18 at the door. Available online at www.apacny.org or by calling 866-811-4111. Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the Theatre Box Office, 30 minutes prior to showtime. TDF vouchers accepted.

Directions to the theatre: Take the N or W Subway to 30th Avenue. Walk down 30th Ave. to Cresent St. (Mount Sinai Hospital is on the corner.) Walk one block South to 30th Road.