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The Brick Theater is excited to present its Spring 2013 Improv Tournement, Improv Madness, beginning March 15th 2013. Every other Friday come see two bouts; each bout consists of two teams performing for twenty (20) minutes in the style of their choice. The winner of each bout, elected by popular vote of that night's audience, moves on to the next round. Teams compete in the single-elimination tournament for the glory and the pot—50% of each night's ticket sales, winner takes all!

Four chairs, no bench warmers, no home court advantage.

A searing portrait of the insidious attractions of corporate life, "The John Wayne Principle" tells the story a cynical, anti-establishment trust-fund kid who is picked to succeed his father as CEO of a multinational corporation. Instead of turning down the post, as his ambitious, business-minded sister had expected, he decides to sign on for a year, sending the company's stock into a tailspin. His sister's attempts to undermine his tenure only serve to fuel his enthusiasm for the job, and, as their sibling rivalry takes on sexual-political overtones, one is left to wonder if this rebel riding rough-shod on the company wants to break or break in the system.

A searing portrait of the insidious attractions of corporate life, "The John Wayne Principle" tells the story a cynical, anti-establishment trust-fund kid who is picked to succeed his father as CEO of a multinational corporation. Instead of turning down the post, as his ambitious, business-minded sister had expected, he decides to sign on for a year, sending the company's stock into a tailspin. His sister's attempts to undermine his tenure only serve to fuel his enthusiasm for the job, and, as their sibling rivalry takes on sexual-political overtones, one is left to wonder if this rebel riding rough-shod on the company wants to break or break in the system.

Horse Trade Theater Group in association with Cause Dyke Drama and Wreckio Ensemble will present LESBIAN LOVE OCTAGON, written and directed by Kimberlea Kressal (Bail Out: The Musical with Wreckio Ensemble) with music and additional lyrics by Will Larche (We Put The Spring In Springfield: The Music of The Simpsons), June 5-29 at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery). The production will feature Jenny Atwood (European tour of SHOUT!), Taneisha Duggan* (Get to Nomi at La Mama), Kristian Espiritu (Funny Girl in Los Angeles), Jax Jackson (Teddy Ferrara at The Goodman in Chicago), Kelly Lockwood-Larson

Wendy Beckett’snew play, LOVE THERAPY will open at the DR2 Theatre (101 East 15^th Street) on Monday, April 29^th. Directed by Evan Bergman, LOVE THERAPY is the fourth in a series of ten of Ms. Beckett’s plays that will be broughtacross the pacific from Australia by Pascal Productions.  Previews begin on Saturday, April 20^th at 8PM.  For tickets, please visit Telecharge.com or call (212) 239-6200.

LOVE THERAPY is a play about a young therapist who finds herself out of her depth when intimacy, attraction and passion collide with the healing process.

Featured in the cast are: David Bishins, Christopher Burns, Alison Fraser, Margot White and Janet Zarish. 

Passajj Productions will present Madame Bovary - a musical, based on the novel by Gustave Flaubert, at Roy Arias Stage IV, beginning May 17, 2013. Marlene Thorn Taber will direct this musical adaptation by renowned composer and lyricist Paul Dick. Hayley Hoffmeister will portray Emma Bovary and Roger Rathburn is cast in the role of Charles Bovary. Madame Bovary - a musical brings to life Flaubert's characters as they transition from youthful romanticism to mature reality except for Emma Bovary. This is the story of her passion.

 

 The fabulous talents of Ethan Paulini, Christopher Sidoli and Wendy Watson come together in this funny and poignant musical revue that explores the dynamic relationship between mothers, sons and families. Featuring an eclectic mix of 25 songs. From Broadway to Pop, Motown to Country, even disco. Don't miss this exciting new show that's got a little something for everyone.

Each week features a special Broadway Guest Star including Christina Sajous, Eric Riley, Ellyn Marie Marsh, Nicole Lewis and more!!

http://www.ethanpaulini.com/mama-and-her-boys.html  

MONEY tells the story of an extremely wealthy young man, Harry Clay, who has never worked a day in his life. He has just met a woman named Cynthia Burgess, whom he instantly wants to marry, though he doesn’t yet know her name. While clearly flattered, she refuses to accept his proposal until he seeks a more meaningful path in life. Harry tries, he really does; he even goes so far as a prolonged attempt to land a job – any job! With Cynthia’s friend Bernie Bartok wary and jealous of Harry’s intrusions, and a fourth character, Mr. Mann, bounding in and out of over 20 different roles -- from waiter to corporation executive, from doctor to beggar, from nudist to grey-haired old lady -- MONEY is a fast-paced and funny commentary on the early 1960s, and the show remains fresh to this day.

Song interpreters, Portz + King, have returned with a new monthly show for the after-hours crowd, “Moon Pools,” at The Peoples Improv Theater. After witnessing their sold-out, critically-acclaimed shows (Backlash and In a Polynesian Mood), fans can attest that the tales they tell can be equal parts horrific and hilarious, their interactions with the audience are both intrusive and illuminating, and their song stylings “always loud...way too loud,” according to one critic.

Naked Girls Reading NYC is the perfect intimate live event: a monthly nude literary salon featuring in-the-buff readings by local burlesque luminaries, professional librarians, authors and other Naked Girls. Past themes have included Banned Books, Science Fiction and Tween Lit, as well as their annual holiday presentation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Guests to the salon are invited to sip a drink and listen with their eyes wide open as full-frontal literature meets fine art in this intimate theatrical setting. 

About the Company: Horse Trade Theater Group

HORSE TRADE THEATER GROUP is a self-sustaining theater development group; with a focus on new work that has produced a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater.

Looking for fun that is exciting, yet natural? Well here’s your chance! Bedlam Ensemble’s Naturally Delicious improv troupe is here to provide you with a barrel of laughs! Like the whole foods of comedy, this troupe will allow you to have a great time without any of the preservatives or controls of a normal comedy group. 

About the Company: Horse Trade Theater Group

HORSE TRADE THEATER GROUP is a self-sustaining theater development group; with a focus on new work that has produced a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater. Horse Trade’s Resident Artist Program offers a home to a select group of Independent theater artists, pooling together a great deal of talent and energy.

 Spoken word artists, musicians, comedians, and other creative folks are invited to put their two cents in at this weekly gathering hosted by Penny Pollak. 

About the Company: Horse Trade Theater Group

HORSE TRADE THEATER GROUP is a self-sustaining theater development group; with a focus on new work that has produced a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater. Horse Trade’s Resident Artist Program offers a home to a select group of Independent theater artists, pooling together a great deal of talent and energy. It is also the home of FRIGID New York – the first and only festival of its kind in New York City. In 2011 Horse Trade received the New York Innovative Theatre Ellen Stewart Stewardship Award for demonstrating a significant contribution to the Off-Off-Broadway

Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one
within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover
there is always one more....

Conceived and directed by Jeremy Bloom, the plight of Peter takes
on new life in an anxiety-ridden,
deadly adventurous world of love, fairy dust and twilight. Featuring Bloom’s
signature low-tech, inventive image staging, Peter/Wendy reveals the
nuances of Neverland.  

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Producers Club Theatres : 358 W 44th Street

Recently featured as performers on MSNBC, Political Subversitiesreturns to the People’s Improv Theater to lampoon this election season on February 4th at 9:30PM.    

Political Subversities is a darkly funny cabaret presenting new material every week that mocks the humorous, the stupid and the downright absurd in today's social and political landscape in the form of side-splitting sketches, fast and funny monologues and Broadway-worthy songs.  Political Subversities seamlessly presents more than 40 sketches and songs in under an hour.