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George Hunka calls SUSAN AND GOD “a rare gem”, which is a good quote, unlike this one.

Susan and God – Review – Theater – New York Times

“Well-meaning but tedious!” – The New York Times

Shakespeare Is Dead – Review – Theater – New York Times

Ars Nova always has stuff that looks fun. Only two shows, tickets just $15. Here ya go:

Ars Nova

Presents

NATALIE JOY JOHNSON
With Our Lady J and
The Pink Champagne Orchestra

Featuring The Bubblies

Saturday, July 22 & Sunday, July 31 at 8 PM

New York, NY – New York, NY – Ars Nova (voted “Best of New York” by New York Magazine) presents NATALIE JOY JOHNSON with OUR LADY J, THE PINK CHAMPAGNE ORCHESTRA and THE BUBBLIES on Saturday, July 22 and Sunday, July 31 at 8:00 PM at Ars Nova (511 West 54th Street).  All tickets are $15.
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This is something that could be fun, or torture, depending on your point of view. It’s a good match of content and show, though. We doubt this would be such a good idea with Sweeney Todd, but for The Wedding Singer, what the hell. Nothing against The Wedding Singer, we just think it’ll be a lot less painful for folks to hear multiple non-professional versions of one of that show’s tunes than it would be to hear a non-singer try to croak their way through Sondheim.

And yes, we know this is a Broadway show and this is offoffBway.com. We can put something up about a Broadway show if we want to. Here’s a tie in: someone should do this for off-off shows. We’d love to sing along to tunes from Who is Wilford Brimley? The Musical.

HEY FANS OF THE NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL

“THE WEDDING SINGER”

RECORD YOUR OWN VERSION OF “GROW OLD WITH YOU”

ON KSOLO.COM

So you wanna be in a Broadway show? Think you got the vocal chops to be the star of the new Broadway musical, The Wedding Singer? Well now’s your chance to prove this by recording your own version of the show’s hit song “Grow Old With You” on ksolo.com, a new karaoke website that offers people the ability to record, play and email their own recordings of their favorite songs. The Wedding Singer is the first Broadway show to participate on ksolo.com, and is the proud sponsor of the site’s entire catalog of 80s tunes.

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Alan Cumming weighs in on his recently closed production of The Threepenny Opera:
“It’s sort of a weird thing that you’d normally find off- off-Broadway,” he says. “Broadway is now a code word for a certain type of experience — and we’re not giving that experience.”

Hey, anytime you can get people to pay $100 for an off-off Broadway show, we say good for you! (We didn’t see the show, so we can’t vouch for the shows’ level of off-off-ness.)
Also: make sure to note the name of Alan’s body lotion. Hint: it wouldn’t make it past your spam filter.

Alan Cumming Taking Over Show Business? (SF Chronicle)

What does Alan Cumming smell like? (Gawker.com)

Alan Cumming on Amazon.com

AlanCumming.com

Read more at this post. Once again, we must give props to the subtitle:

Absence of Magic (Quest for the Glove of Never Ending Awesomeness)

Venue:  Ensemble Studio Theatre

521 W. 52^nd Street

NY, NY 10019

West of 10^th Ave on 52^nd St.

 

Dates/Times

Wed, July 5^th  8 PM

Monday, July 10^th 8PM

Tuesday, July 11^th  8PM

Admission:  $7

 

Reservations:  212- 2471 4982

More info: www.redbastard.com

Does this mean it’s cleaner? There has to be a better joke than that in there somewhere…

“CLEAN” BY BOB EPSTEIN ADDS PERFORMANCES ON THURSDAY, JUNE 29 AT 4 PM

NEW OFFBEAT COMEDY DIRECTED BY

CHRISTOPHER MARING CONTINUES

AT URBAN STAGES THROUGH JULY 1

“CLEAN”, an offbeat new comedy by Bob Epstein which opened June 19 at Urban Stages, 259 West 30th Street, has added a special 4 PM performance on Thursday, June 29. The regular performance schedule is Monday, Wed, Thursday, Friday and Sat at 8 PM, Sunday at 7 PM. The limited Equity engagement continues through July 1st.

Directed by Christopher Maring, this fantastical comedy finds Digby, the spoiled daughter of a wealthy industrialist, on an enlightening LIRR journey to the chic Hamptons. When her daddy is busted for shady business dealings, Digby turns to a quirky entertainment lawyer and an undercover FBI agent (who may be just plain crazy) to prove his innocence and preserve her privileged way of life. Sometimes it’s dirty work keeping clean.
Bob Epstein produced and wrote the feature film “The Gauguin Museum” which has been seen at Slamdance and SXSW Film Festivals. Christopher Maring has directed at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Prospect Theater Company and Emerging Artists Theater.
The cast includes Albert Insinnia, Karl Jacob, John Kudan, Nancy Rodriguez, Cherene Snow, Bjorn Thorstad and introducing Sarah Viccellio as the industrialist’s daughter.

Seats at $18 are available through Smarttix at (212) 868-4444 or via www.smarttix.com.

For more information about “CLEAN” go to www.cleantheplay.com.

OFF-OFF BROADWAY THEATRE LISTINGS

“CLEAN” an offbeat new comedy by Bob Epstein, directed by Christopher Maring at Urban Stages, 259 West 30th Street through July 1st. Performances Mon, Wed, Thurs, Friday & Sat at 8 PM, Sunday at 7 PM WITH SPECIAL ADDED 4 PM PERFORMANCE ON THURSDAY, JUNE 29. Tickets at $18 available through Smarttix (212) 868-4444 or www.smarttix.com.

Get $20 advance tickets for this prideful event here.

SOUVENIRS – PRIDE A DEEPER LOVE

Sunday June 25th at 9PM

Get more info here.

Always important to have a good title. As long as nobody unfreezes Walt Disney, this production should be safe.

MICKEY MOUSE IS DEAD stops at 59E59 Theaters before heading to the
Edinburgh Fringe, as part of EAST TO EDINBURGH 2006

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New York, New York June 23, 2006—59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans,
Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) is proud to
welcome the exciting new company Spankin’ Yanks and their NYC
premiere of MICKEY MOUSE IS DEAD by Justin Sherin and directed by
Gordon Carver. Part of EAST TO EDINBURGH at 59E59 Theaters, MICKEY
MOUSE IS DEAD begins performances on Tuesday, July 11 for a limited
engagement through Sunday, July 23. Opening Night is Wednesday, July
12 at 7 PM. The performance schedule is Tuesday – Sunday at 7 PM.
Tickets are $18 ($12.60 for 59E59 members) and can be purchased by
calling Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or online at
www.ticketcentral.com. 59E59 Theaters is located at 59 East 59th
Street, between Park and Madison Avenues.
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Some high-class cartoon fun at BAM.

BAMcinématek Presents Animation Around the World, July 17-31

Highlights from several prestigious animation festivals include the best of Animateka, Ottawa 2005, and the Clermont-Ferrand festival.

Brooklyn, June 23, 2006-BAMcinématek, the repertory film program at BAM Rose Cinemas, presents Animation Around the World, July 17-31. For the first time we are presenting highlights from animation festivals the world over, including hand-drawn, stop-motion, CG works from an international set of filmmakers.

BAM Rose Cinemas “offers one of the most civilized movie-going experiences in the city,” according to The New York Times. General admission tickets to BAM Rose Cinemas are $10. Tickets are $7 for students 25 and under (with valid I.D. Monday-Thursday, except holidays) seniors, children under twelve, and BAM Cinema Club members. Tickets are available at the BAM Rose Cinemas box office, by phone at 718.777.FILM (order by “name of movie” option), or online at www.bam.org. For more information, call the BAMcinématek hotline at 718.636.4100 or visit www.bam.org.
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