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4thU Artivists, a NYC benefit performance group invites you to Lillian Isabella’s “How We Love/F*ck” on March 19-21. Fresh from a Fall 2019 world premiere at the Cherry Lane theatre, the play celebrates women’s sexuality, in a sex-positive response to the #MeToo movement, presented in the style of The Vagina Monologues. Net proceeds support Sakhi for South Asian Women. Doors open at 6:30 for a pre-show party with food, drink, crafts, and a raffle; show begins at 7.

This evening of powerful theater takes place in the sanctuary of the Fourth Universalist Society, a landmarked Gothic church at 160 Central Park West. 

A Sign of the Times   is an epic theatrical exploration of life, loss, hope and time.  At a personal and professional crossroads, a man becomes a Stop/Slow traffic controller outside a construction site in an effort to catch his breath and simplify his life.  With his wit and vivid imagination, he invokes Shakespeare, Einstein and more visionaries on his emotional odyssey.   Though he tries valiantly to distract himself from the pains in his present from his recent past, it’s through the saving grace of time that he reclaims his future.  Join him for his entertaining and soulful investigation of life’s meaning in an uncertain world.  Part joyous comedy, part thoughtful tragedy… it is the entirety of life in 95 minutes.

Based on true events, A Southern Fairytale artfully illuminates the challenges facing a young, gay Christian growing up in the Deep South, written and performed by Ty Autry and directed by David L. Carson.  As we accompany the protagonist through multiple journeys into and out of the closet, the audience emotionally connects with the very real impacts of conversion therapy, excommunication, and a father who believes that a demon has possessed his son.

“A Southern Fairytale is my personal journey which happens to reflect that of so many gay youth finding their truth in a society that is against them,” stated playwright and performer Ty Autry. “Through our previous workshop productions, we discovered a deep story that showcases the trauma created from the lack of acceptance, while having the

Baruch Performing Arts Center and Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre present the World Premiere of Hindsight 20th Anniversary Performance Season    March 5-7, 2020 at Baruch Performing Arts Center Baruch Performing Arts Center and Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre present the World Premiere of Hindsight, in celebration of the company's 20th Anniversary, from March 5-7, 2020 at 7:30pm at Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue (25th Street between Third and Lexington Avenues), NYC. Tickets are $11-$26 ($125 for Opening Night Gala tickets) and can be purchased by phone at 646-312-1000 or online at http://bit.ly/AmandaSelwyn2020.   Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre celebrates 20 years with a World Premiere evening-length dance theatre work, Hindsight.

You're a weary traveler in need of a cup of coffee, a hot meal, and a friendly smile. This place looks fine and there's nothing else around for miles...
Ask about the blue plate special, but beware: you've stumbled into IRTE's Diner on the Edge!
Join our diner denizens and the unlucky stiffs who serve them as they teeter on the edge of a catastrophe determined by you, the audience, in this improvised story of workaday life and adventures into oblivion.

 

Developed by and Starring IRTE, the Improvisational Repertory Theatre Ensemble LLC with: Robert Baumgardner Glorianne Cody, Nannette Deasy, Curt Dixon, Natalie Hunter, Sam Katz Esther Lu, Jamie Maloney, and Lars Montanaro
Featuring music

Following the journey of three young black men, ESAI'S TABLE takes place on a mythical night-sea where destiny meets eternity atop an ancient magical table. It is an epic tale of black lives, friendship, family and love.

Parallel Exit presents the World Premiere of THE ARTIST WILL BE WITH YOU IN A MOMENT from March 7-29, 2019 at the Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre at the A.R.T./New York Theatres, 502 W. 53rd Street, NYC. Performances: Tue-Sat at 8pm, Sat and Sun at 2pm, with additional shows on Sun 3/8 and Mon 3/9 at 8pm (opening night). No matinee on Sat 3/8. Tickets are $30 and are available at https://theartist.brownpapertickets.com/. For ages 10+.

 

Three-time Drama Desk nominee Parallel Exit returns to New York City with THE ARTIST WILL BE WITH YOU IN A MOMENT - an immersive audience experience featuring Joel Jeske in a solo comic performance as an artist, performer, and clown.

Accidentally kissing a cousin, being the only kid in middle school who urinated through a cathater and getting expelled from Sunday school are just some of the embarrassing stories Joey Rinaldi will be sharing at the FRIGID Festival this year. 

After recording his storytelling album "Picture Everybody Naked", comedian Joey Rinaldi is back for the FRIGID Festival at Under St. Marks Theater, 94 St. Marks Pl. NYC, from February 28-March 8 at various times. His new solo show, Story Time with Joey Rinaldi is a painfully honest look at Joeys middle school tragedies in all its meaningless glory which pairs well with his endearing humor, resulting in an absolute winner. However crazy you may feel, we guarantee after a night of hearing Joeys deepest darkest secrets, you will feel a lot better about yourself. 

In honor of Women's History Month, WHAM Festival co-presents the critically, internationally acclaimed comedic solo show written, performed and produced by three-time cancer survivor Valerie David. The Pink Hulk has been invited back to WHAM for a third year in a row, performing a surprise new ending each time!

Now battling breast cancer after fighting off lymphoma, Valerie does something most people facing cancer in their life probably wouldn't think of doing. With a fear that she might lose “the girls”, she takes them out for one last hurrah.

The 11th Annual New York Musical Improv Festival is a four-day festival celebrating the art of long-form musical improv comedy hosted by the Magnet Theater. This year's festival will feature over 300 musical comedy performers from across the US, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, and United Kingdom improvising everything from the traditional musical theater fare to adrenaline-pumping rap battles and from rock concerts to bluegrass with a dash of sci-fi thrown in for good measure! 

Now in its 11th year, NYMIF has featured Tony Award-winning performers, improvised cabarets, Sondheim to hip-hop, college teams, duo and solo shows, improvised musical versions of TV genres from Law & Order to Star Trek — plus the cast and band from

Cherry Lane Theatre (Angelina Fiordellisi, Executive Director;  Seri Lawrence, Artistic Director) is proud to announce a workshop presentation of a new work, The Making Of) How to Save the World in 90 Minutes by writer/composer Shawn Randall, directed by Alfredo Narciso and mentored by Diana Oh ({my lingerie play}). Performances will run March 4 – 14, 2020, at the Cherry Lane Studio Theatre (38 Commerce Street). For tickets, schedule and more information, please visit More Information »

La MaMa, in association with Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre and NODA・MAP, presents the U.S. Premiere of One Green Bottle from February 29 through March 8, 2020 at The Ellen Stewart Theatre, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, 66 E. 4th Street, NYC. Performances: Mon and Wed-Sat at 7pm, Sun at 5pm. Tickets are $35 ($30 for students and seniors) plus a $1 facility fee, and are available online at www.lamama.org, by phone at 212-352-3101.