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Searched: Theater offerings on 5/12/2008.
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Theater and Play List for New York and Surrounding Areas
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There are currently 39 New York-area theatrical productions in our database related to the topic of Theater for this date and they are displayed below.
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A Dolphin Up a Tree Event ID: 21475
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Written by Kimberly Foster (and based on her award-winning book), A Dolphin Up a Tree is a hilarious and interactive combination of comedy, songs, slapstick and drama.
Sponsor: DR2 Theatre.
www.dolphinupatree.com
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Artfuckers Event ID: 24095
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The new play about the second generation artistic elite of Downtown Manhattan - the privileged children of the money-art scenesters of the 1980's - follows a group of hot, creative twentysomethings who are collaborating on their friend's debut showing at New York Fashion week.
Sponsor: DR2 Theatre.
www.artfuckersplay.com
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Blue Man Group Event ID: 21477
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Part performance art with audience participation, this show is unlike anything you've seen before. Three performers with bald, blue heads splatter paint and use every imaginable prop in this totally fun and totally unique production.
Sponsor: Astor Place Theatre.
www.blueman.com
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Event ID: 21445
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Hypocrisy, greed, and secret passions threaten to tear apart a wealthy but dysfunctional Mississippi family in Williams' stunning American masterpiece. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof searingly portrays the larger-than-life characters of Maggie "the Cat," her alcoholic husband, Brick.
Sponsor: Broadhurst Theatre.
www.cat2008onbroadway.com
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Fuerzabruta Event ID: 21531
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The show focuses on movement; it includes a man running full throttle through a series of moving walls, individuals racing to connect from opposite sides of a whirling sail, and performers frolicking and interacting in a watery world suspended just above the audience.
Sponsor: Daryl Roth Theatre.
www.fuerzabruta.net
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Funkey Monkeys Event ID: 21481
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FunkeyMonkeys, the acclaimed rock band for kids, begins an open-ended Off-Broadway engagement of their new live show. Created by Dora the Explorer composer Joshua Sitron, FunkeyMonkeys are a wild and funny band of musical monkeys who play their own instruments, twist their own balloons.
Sponsor: Daryl Roth Theatre.
www.funkeymonkeys.com
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Imagination Show Event ID: 21503
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The show explores imagination and engages the entire audience, both individually and collectively, to use their imagination while seated and also on stage.
Sponsor: 13th Street Repertory.
www.13thstreetrep.org
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Jump Event ID: 21482
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Jump, the high flying, internationally acclaimed new martial arts theater event, comes to New York following wildly successful engagements in Israel, Hong Kong, Macao, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Madrid, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2005 and 2006), Tokyo, Osaka and London!
Sponsor: Union Square Theatre.
www.jumpnewyorkcity.com
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Last Jew In Europe Event ID: 21483
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This modern love story in an old neighborhood is set in the Polish city of Lodz of present time. Lodz (pronounced "Wooj") has hardly any Jew living in it, yet the hate of the Jew surprisingly keeps growing.
Sponsor: Jewish Theater of New York.
www.jewishtheater.org
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Line Event ID: 21505
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Line is the longest running play in Off-Off Broadway history. Israel Horovitz's play centers on five people as they wait in a line with no apparent purpose. Join the tens of thousands who have laughed at this outrageous comedy. Edith O'Hara directs.
Sponsor: 13th Street Repertory.
www.13thstreetrep.org
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Magic Show: The Quantum Eye: Deceptions Event ID: 18865
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Sam Eaton's one man show, The Quantum Eye, takes audiences to the outer limits of human perception. In the tradition of Harry Houdini, Eaton demonstrates a remarkable evening of old-world parlor mentalism brought into the 21st century as he performs a succession of impossibilities.
Sponsor: Eaton Magic Creations.
www.thequantumeye.com
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My First Time Event ID: 21484
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My First Time, recently featured on CNN, Fox, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and in an iPhone commercial, is a brand new play in the style of The Vagina Monologues, featuring four actors in hysterical and heartbreaking stories about first sexual experiences written by real people . . just like you!
Sponsor: New World Stages.
www.myfirsttimetheplay.com
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My Heart Split In Two Event ID: 21506
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Merging live theater and the lastest technology craze, Lucid's podcasts will be available for free worldwide, bringing humanity's oldest art form into the 21st Century!! Listeners can visit lucidtheatre.com for directions on how to download and enjoy every unconventional performance.
Sponsor: The Red Room.
www.lucidtheatre.com
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New Orleans Event ID: 21507
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New Orleans revisits the City of Dreams of the 1950s as a young woman recreates a life-changing event from her past in an attempt to take control of her future.
Sponsor: ETC Productions and The Supporting Characters.
www.thesupportingcharacters.com
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November Event ID: 21459
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Set just days before a major presidential election, November involves civil marriages, gambling casinos, lesbians, American Indians, presidential libraries, questionable pardons and campaign contributions.
Sponsor: Ethel Barrymore Theater.
www.theatermania.com
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Penetrator Event ID: 21508
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Working Man's Clothes Productions (Winner of 6 2006 NY Innovative Theater Awards for To Nineveh: A Modern Miracle Play) presents the NY Premiere of Anthony Neilson's Penetrator. Jeremy Torres directs, and the production features an original score by Adam Smith.
Sponsor: Working Man's Clothes Productions.
www.inyerface-theatre.com
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Project Shaw Event ID: 21509
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For the first time ever, every play George Bernard Shaw ever wrote for the stage will be presented to New York audiences. Every sketch, full-length and one-act play will be performed as a concert reading. Eager Shavians will be gathering for this unique event, one Monday a month.
Sponsor: The Players Club.
www.projectshaw.com
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Repertorio Español Event ID: 21488
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Repertorio Español presents a rotating repertory of plays in Spanish from the most recognized contemporary & classic playwrights. In addition, Play presents the best in Spanish & Flamenco dance. All plays are presented in Spanish with live simultaneous translation to English via wireless headsets.
Sponsor: Repertorio Español.
www.repertorio.org
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Rumple Who? Event ID: 21510
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Will Bartlett's Rumple Who? is a musical adaptation of the famous fairytale Rumplestiltskin. Robert Kreis provides direction and musical direction.
Sponsor: 13th Street Repertory.
www.13thstreetrep.org
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Runt Of The Litter Event ID: 21511
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The play looks at what happens to two brothers in a family of over-achievers: when their parents assure their oldest son he is destined for football superstardom, and tell their youngest son he is too small to compete, a line in the family sand is drawn that colors the rest of their lives.
Sponsor: 37 Arts Theatre.
www.37arts.net
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Spring 2007 Evening B Event ID: 21512
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Brief Acts Company, a division of Love Creek Productions Network, presents Spring 2007 Evening B.
Sponsor: Brief Acts Company.
www.producersclubtheaters.com
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Stomp Event ID: 21489
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Stomp has been an answer on Jeopardy!, nominated for an Academy Award, won two Emmy Awards for the HBO special Stomp Out Loud, and jammed with everyone from Quincy Jones to Big Bird. Rather than using conventional instruments, the ensemble uses everyday objects to create amazing sounds and rhythm.
Sponsor: Orpheum Theatre.
www.stomponline.com
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Straight Up With A Twist Event ID: 22896
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This award-winning comedy takes a look at one family, as they try to figure out who this straight guy is who says: "Don't call my house during the football game...that's when I vacuum!"
Sponsor: Players Theatre.
www.straight-up.com
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The American Dream and The Sandbox Event ID: 21490
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The story of one of America's most dysfunctional families, it is a ferocious, uproarious attack on the substitution of artificial values for real values -- a startling tale of murder and morality that rocks middle-class ethics to its complacent foundations.
Sponsor: The Cherry Lane Theatre.
www.cherrylanetheatre.com
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The Best Party Ever Event ID: 21513
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You're invited to The Best Party Ever, a satirical two act play about a Keg Party followed by an Office Party consisting of vignettes, sketches, and monologues. This show ignites onstage with a Congo Line in the first act and a Bunny Hop in the second act.
Sponsor: Richmond Shepard Theatre.
www.richmondshepard.com
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The Bishop And The Boys Event ID: 21514
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In Frank Cossa's new play, an Irish priest and a sexy television journalist investigate a Bishop accused of sexual misconduct. Directed by Diane Cossa-Platt.
Sponsor: American Theatre of Actors.
www.theatermania.com
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The Farnsworth Invention Event ID: 21469
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The answer comes to compelling life in The Farnsworth Invention, the new play from Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing. Tony nominee Hank Azaria and newcomer Jimmi Simpson head the cast of this electrifying new drama, directed by Des McAnuff (Jersey Boys).
Sponsor: Music Box Theater.
www.farnsworthonbroadway.com
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The Fifth Column Event ID: 21492
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Mint Theater Company presents the long-delayed world premiere production of The Fifth Column, by Ernest Hemingway. Jonathan Bank directs.
Sponsor: Mint Theater.
www.minttheater.org
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The House Of Bernarda Alba (La Casa De Bernarda Alba) Event ID: 21515
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Federico Garcia Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba is the story of a tyrannical mother who dominates her five unmarried daughters - all of whom harbor a secret passion for one man. This repressed environment leads to an explosion of hatred, jealousy, despair and passion - and tragic consequences.
Sponsor: Gramercy Arts Theatre.
www.repertorio.org
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The New Century Event ID: 21493
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The New Century is a series of four short plays, which feature everyone from a concerned Long Island mother of at least three gay children (Lavin), to an accomplished Midwestern craftswoman (Houdyshell), to one of Mr. Rudnick's favorites, Mr. Charles, a flamboyant resident of Palm Beach (Barlett).
Sponsor: Lincoln Center Theater.
www.lct.org
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The Only Tribe Event ID: 18108
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The stage performance of The Only Tribe is an abstract interpretation of the short story by Rebecca Bannor-Addae about social interaction. Masks designed by Roland Gebhardt are used as the feature characters while the performance utilizes dance, music/sound.
Sponsor: Roland Gebhardt & 3-Legged Dog.
www.theonlytribe.com
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The Phsychic? Event ID: 21516
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After wowing and amazing audiences around the world for the past decade, phenom psychic entertainer Paul Carpenter has brought his newest project, The Psychic?, to New York City. Join him as he takes audiences through the worlds of metaphysics and the paranormal.
Sponsor: Eaton Magic Creation, Inc.
www.eatonmagiccreations.com
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The Quantum Eye: Magic Deceptions Event ID: 21494
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Sam Eaton's spectacle The Quantum Eye -- Magic Deceptions is an amazing evening of intimate magic and mind-reading brought into the 21st century as he performs the impossible. Fresh off a sold-out run, The Quantum Eye has moved to its new home at Times Square's Snapple Theater Center.
Sponsor: Snapple Theater Center.
www.thequantumeye.com
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The Seafarer Event ID: 18059
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The Seafarer is a chilling new play about the sea, Ireland, and the power of myth. It's Christmas Eve and Sharky has returned to Dublin to look after his irascible, aging brother who's recently gone blind. Old drinking buddies Ivan and Nicky are holed up at the house too, hoping to play some cards.
Sponsor: Booth Theatre.
www.theatermania.com
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TheaterVision Playtime Series Event ID: 21517
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The TheaterVision Playtime Series presents an average of 250 new one-act plays, adaptations and excerpts from full-length classics, Mini-Musicals, screen-plays, mini-indie film and video screenings.
Sponsor: 78th Street Theatre Lab.
www.theatervision-playtime.com
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This Is Your Ridiculous Life Event ID: 21518
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Who but Castillo would dare to perform your life! It's improv comedy with a psychological twist, as volunteers from the audience come up on stage, chat with a therapist, and then watch as Castillo's fearless improvisers turn their lives into scenes, sketches and songs - right on the spot!
Sponsor: Joe Franklin's The Comedy Club.
www.castillo.org
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Thurgood Event ID: 21527
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The one-man show tells the remarkable and triumphant story of Thurgood Marshall, who rose from a childhood in the backstreets of Baltimore to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Sponsor: Booth Theatre.
www.booth-theatre.com
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Two Thousand Years Event ID: 21498
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Scott Elliott directs the American premiere of Mike Leigh's latest play Two Thousand Years. An assimilated Jewish family's quiet life in suburban London gets turned upside down when their son becomes seriously devout.
Sponsor: The New Group.
www.theatermania.com
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Wiseacre Farm Event ID: 21519
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It's Cliffie the Pig's 4th birthday & the whole farm is throwing him a party. But! Watch out! The fox loves to steal birthday cakes. Kids come on stage & help save the cake! Brian Cooley directs Wiseacre Farm, a long-running childrens' show by a collaboration of directors & actors over the years.
Sponsor: 13th Street Repertory.
www.13thstreetrep.org
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