OFF-BROADWAY LISTINGS, WINTER 2012
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AVENUE Q
This hilarious comedy and
its innovative puppets won a Tony Award for Best Musical when it
originally played on Broadway after transferring from Off-Broadway. Now
in its sixth year, the show has moved back to Off-Broadway and is still
going strong. Open run.
New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street.
(212-239-6200)
www.avenueq.com
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| THE ACCIDENTAL PERVERT
The Accidental Pervert is the story of one boy's odyssey to manhood via a childhood dominated by pornography, an addiction accumulated after the boy happens upon his father's collection of XXX-rated video tapes in a bedroom closet. Andrew Goffman takes his audience on a hilarious and self-deprecating journey into a world of video vixens, X-rated fantasies, and really dirty movies with no redeeming value whatsoever. Open run. See Web site for show times and ticket information.
The Thirteenth Street Theatre, (212-352-3101).
www.theaccidentalpervert.com
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THE AWESOME 80S PROM
The Awesome 80s Prom is the acclaimed interactive experience in the style of Tony n' Tina's Wedding and The Donkey Show set at the Wanaget High's Senior Prom...in 1989! All your favorite characters from your favorite '80s movies are at The Prom, from the Captain of the Football Team to the Asian Exchange Student, from the Geek to the Hottie Head Cheerleader, and they're all competing for Prom King and Queen. And just like on "American Idol," the audience decides who wins, all while moonwalkin' to great retro hits. Come "Back in Time," and join the break-dance circle or just sit back and watch the '80s drama unfold. If you’re lucky, you’ll even get to dance with The Captain of the Football Team. Open run.
Webster Hall,125 East 11th Street, (212-732-7766).
www.awesome80sprom.com
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| BLUE MAN GROUP
Blue-skinned men give one of the longest-running performance art shows Off-Broadway. Very popular with tourists. Please visit the show's Web site for more information. Open run.
Astor Place Theatre, 434 Lafayette Street, between Astor Place and East 4th Street, (800-258-3626).
www.blueman.com
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CHANNELING KEVIN SPACEY
A man's life resembles actor Kevin Spacey's in this new comedy by Elan Wolf Farbiarz and Cory Terry. Saturdays at 5pm; Sundays at 3pm. Open run.
St. Luke's Theatre, 308 West 46th Street (212-239-6200).
www.CKStheshow.com
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| THE DEVIL'S MUSIC: THE LIFE AND BLUES OF BESSIE SMITH
Sexy and racy, blues singer Bessie Smith was the definition of a Red Hot Mamma and the most successful entertainer of her time. On the eve of her tragic death in 1937, Bessie takes center stage in a Memphis "buffet flat." Now, among friends, she tells the story of her amazing life, career, her loves and losses. Put your troubles aside, and soak up the blues as Bessie Smith comes to life and sings the songs that made her so unforgettable, "St. Louis Blues," " Need a Little Sugar in my Bowl" and
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out." Open run.
St. Luke's Theatre, 308 West 46th Street, (212-239-6200).
stlukestheatre.com
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FREUD’S LAST SESSION
Centers on legendary psychoanalyst Dr. Sigmund Freud, who invites the young, rising academic star C.S. Lewis to his home in London . Lewis, expecting to be called on the carpet for satirizing Freud in a recent book, soon realizes Freud has a much more significant agenda. On the day England enters World War II, Freud and Lewis clash on the existence of God, love, sex, and the meaning of life– just two weeks before Freud chooses to take his own. Not just a powerful debate, this is a profound and deeply touching play about two men who boldly addressed the greatest questions of all time. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 8pm. Saturdays at 2pm and 8pm; Sundays at 3pm and 7pm. Open run; just moved to New World Stages.
New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street, 212-239-6200.
www.FreudsLastSession.com
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| THE FANTASTICKS
The classic, long-running Off-Broadway musical, featuring the timeless song "Try to Remember." Now in Midtown at the Snapple Theatre Center. Open run.
The Snapple Theatre Center, 210 West 50th Street, (212-307-4100).
www.thefantasticks.com
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| FUERZA BUERTA: LOOK UP
Is a non-stop collision of dynamic
music, visceral emotion, and kinetic aerial imagery. Featuring
mind-blowing visual effects that must be seen to be believed - a man
running full throttle through a series of moving walls, women frolicking
in a watery world suspended just inches above the audience - Fuerza
Buerta is a theatrical experience that floods the senses. Open
run.
Daryl Roth Theatre,101 East 15th Street at Union Square,
(212-.239-6200).
www.fuerzabuertanyc.com
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THE GAZILLION BUBBLE SHOW
The Gazillion Bubble Show will amaze your whole family with mind blowing bubble magic. Step into an interactive bubble world and be dazzled by spellbinding lasers, spectacular lighting effects, and jaw-dropping masterpieces of bubble artistry. It will make you smile, laugh, and feel like a kid all over again. Through February 26, 2012.
New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street, (212-239-6200).
http://gazillionbubbleshow.com/nyc/
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| GIRL TALK THE MUSICAL
Following the Off-Broadway smash Girls Night: The Musical, comes a new show that continues the party. And now, the party’s gotten even better! Bound to get the ladies on their feet and dancing in the aisles, the show features hit songs from some of today’s leading female recording artists including Beyoncé, Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Carrie Underwood, and Gretchen Wilson, to name a few. Performances: Wednesday through Friday at 8 PM, Saturday at 5 & 8 PM, and Sunday at 3 PM. Tickets are $55.
The Midtown Theatre at HA! Comedy Club, 163 W. 43rd Street.
www.entertainmentevents.com.
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| LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE
Love,
Loss And What I Wore, an intimate collection of stories by Nora
Ephron and Delia Ephron, is based on the bestseller by Ilene Beckerman,
as well as the recollections of the Ephrons' friends. Featuring a
rotating cast of stars. Open run.
Westside Downtstairs, 407 West
43rd Street, (212-239-6200).
www.lovelossonstage.com
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MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
The hit Broadway show has now settled in for a long off-Broadway run. Million Dollar Quartet is the electrifying jukebox musical inspired by the famed recording session that brought together rock-and-roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis for the first and only time. Open run.
New World Stages, 340 West 50th St., (212-239-6200)
www.milliondollarquartetlive.com
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| MISS ABIGAIL'S GUIDE TO DATING, MATING, AND MARRIAGE
Is the story of Miss Abigail, the most sought-after relationship expert to the stars (think Dr. Ruth meets Emily Post), and her sexy sidekick Paco, as they travel the world teaching Miss Abigail’s outrageously funny "how-to's" on dating, mating and marriage. Open run.
Sofia's Restaurant Downstairs, 221 West 46th Street, (877-964-7722).
www.missabigailsguide.com
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MY SINATRA: A MUSICAL COMEDY ABOUT OBSESSION
One man's dream through another man's music. Cary Hoffman turns his celebrated PBS Special into a biographical, often hilarious, and poignant one-man musical play about his love and idolization for this hero Frank Sinatra and the perils of wanting to become somebody else. Hoffman captivates the audience with his intimate journey of what it was like growing up fatherless with three musician uncles, who played on some of Sinatra's greatest recordings, turning Sinatra into a fantasy father. Moves to Sofia's Downstairs Theater on January 19, 2012.
Sofia's Downstairs Theater, 221 West 46th Street, (866-811-4111).
http://www.mysinatra.com/tickets.html
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| NEWSICAL: FULL SPIN AHEAD
Rick Crom's long-running spoof of current events and pop culture, stabbing the satirical needle into the people in the news. Now starring Christine Pedi, Christina Bianco, and Michael West. See Web site for performance dates, times, and ticket information. Open run.
Kirk Theatre at Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street, (212-279-4200).
http://newsicalthemusical.net/
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RUSSIAN TRANSPORT
Janeane Garofolo and Daniel Oreskes as a Russian Jewish couple in Brooklyn. Problems arise when an uncle arrives in this play by Erika Sheffer. See Web site for performance dates, tickets, and show times. Through March 10, 2012.
Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street, (212-239-6200).
http://www.thenewgroup.org/
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RENT
Returning to New York after its groundbreaking 12-year Broadway run, Rent, set in the East Village, is a modern take on the classic Puccini opera, La Boheme. It tells the unforgettable story of a group of young artists learning to survive, falling in love, finding their voices and living for today. See Web site for performance times and ticket prices.
New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street, (212-947-8844)
www.newworldstages.com
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SLEEP NO MORE
Numerous unusual sights await visitors in this installation by British company Punchdrunk. Look for more than 90 spaces, from a chapel to a ballroom. Check Web site for ticket information and show times.
McKitrick Hotel, 530 West 27th Street, 866-811-4111
www.sleepnomorenyc.com
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SILENCE! THE MUSICAL!
The unauthorized parody of The Silence of the Lambs, with book by Hunter Bell [title of show], music & lyrics by Jon and Al Kaplan, and direction & choreography by Christopher Gattelli (South Pacific, Newsies). After two sold-out extensions, rave reviews, and unprecedented audience demand, SILENCE! The Musical!, is playing an open run at The 9th Space Theatre at PS122. Shows on Monday at 8pm; Tuesday at 8pm; Thursday at 8pm; Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm and 10:30pm and Sunday at 5:00pm. See Web site for ticket information ($25 to 79).
The 9th Space Theatre at Performance Space 122, 150 First Avenue, (212-352-3101).
www.SilenceTheMusical.com.
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| SISTAS: THE MUSICAL
After a matriarch's death, the women in the family clean Grandma's attic and find love and old memories packed away, and in the process, hit tunes that trace the history of black women, from the trials of the 1930s through the Girl Groups of the 60s to the empowerment of the 90s. Songs include "Oh, Happy Day," "Mama Said," "I Will Survive," and many more. Sistas: the Musical, the story of African-American women through Top-40 music, is produced by three-time Tony winner Hinton Battle, written by Dorothy Marcic (writer of RESPECT: The Musical, which has played in 20 cities), and directed by Kenneth Ferrone.
St. Luke's Theater, 308 West 46th Street, (212-239-6200).
http://www.sistasthemusical.com/show.htm
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STOMP
One of the longest-running Off-Broadway shows in New York's East Village. Percussion, clog dancing, garbage cans, and vaudeville done with a retro British punk twist. A tourist institution since the 1990s. No intermission. Open run.
Orpheum Theater, 126 Second Avenue, (212-477-2477).
www.stomponline.com
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| TRACES
In Traces, the human body is pushed to its limits as a group of friends leave their mark in a run-down warehouse through acrobatics, music, and dance. Fusing the traditions of circus with the energy of street performance, Traces is an explosive display of raw emotion and physicality in an intimate urban setting. When it counts, will you leave it all on the stage? Open run.
Union Square Theatre, 100 East 17trh Street, between Union Square East & Irving Pl (800-928-2787).
http://tracesusa.com/
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YOSEMITE
Yosemite tells the story of three siblings who are sent out into the snow-silent woods in the Sierra Nevada foothills to dig a hole that will be deep enough to bury a family secret. As they dig, they search for a way to escape or be rescued from their lives as the snow continues to fall and the world sinks around them. Through February 26, 2012.
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, 224 Waverly Place, (212-279-4200).
http://www.rattlestick.org/content/buyTicketsCurrentShow/
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| VOCA PEOPLE
Performed by eight snow-white, ruby-lipped aliens with perfect harmony, there are no musical instruments, only vocals. Voca People believe
music is the source of life that brings harmony, joy and refueling. A
performance bursts with over 70 well-known songs that create vocal
"fireworks" and leave audiences clapping along and snapping their
fingers. This is the musical theater event that bridges languages,
cultures, and planets. Re-opens February 16, 2012.
New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street, (212-239-6200).
www.vocapeoplenyc.com
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