OMG! Madame, the puppet from Hollywood Squares, is back on stage. It’s not exactly network television, but come on, this is news, dammit. It’s a workshop production, not open for review, but if anyone sees it, let us know what you think. It was a looong time ago, but that pre-AVENUE Q puppet was pretty funny in her day.

Emmy Award Winner & Hollywood Squares Star Returns
MADAME: A COMEBACK FROM ABROAD
July 17 – 31 at The Cutting Room

After an 18 year hiatus, two time Emmy Award winner and Hollywood Squares star MADAME returns with her first full-length live show. Alongside her new partner JOE KOVACS, the legendary comedienne will present a limited engagement workshop of her new show A COMEBACK FROM ABROAD beginning July 17th at The Cutting Room. Please note: this workshop production is not open for review.

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Ewww… Well, I guess whatever gets you through the night. Still, that sounds like it would hurt.

WHAT:              Sex and Sealing Wax

performed by Romy Nordlinger

written by Romy Nordlinger and Adam Burns

directed by Hilary Adams

video design by Julian Rad

Part of the Seventh Annual Midtown International Theater Festival

SYNOPSIS:    A multi-media solo show performed by Romy Nordlinger about the search for sexual freedom under the ever-watchful eye of the media.  Darker questions about independence and individuality are also raised – such as just who sets the moral compass in society?  An updated and expanded version of the critically acclaimed show Nordlinger brought to the MITF last year.

WHERE:            Where Eagles Dare Theatre

347 West 36th Street (between 8th & 9th Avenues)

Ground Floor

WHEN:              July 22nd – August 6th

Saturday, July 22nd at 8:15pm

Tuesday, July 25th at 8:30pm

Sunday, August 6th at 1:45pm

TICKETS:       $18.00, $15.00 for students and seniors

RESERVATIONS:      212-868-4444 or www.smarttix.com

FESTIVAL INFORMATION: www.midtownfestival.org

SUBWAY INFO:        Take the A, C, E, 1, 2, 3 trains to 34th Street
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Well, by now they’ve already begun.

Not that we want to tell them how to do their marketing, but shouldn’t it be “BEER opens tonight” or “open a BEER tonight”? Okay, maybe not.

See this entry for more.

ROBERT SCOTT SULLIVAN’S

“BEER FOR BREAKFAST”

A WORLD PREMIERE OF A COMEDY ABOUT MEN
WRITTEN BY A MAN WHO KNOWS FROM WHENCE HE SPEAKS
DIRECTED BY A WOMAN WHO UNDERSTANDS HIM

BEGINS PREVIEWS TONIGHT
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21ST

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This has nothing to do with off-off Broadway, except that the title of the story sounds like it could be the title of a Fringe show.

Video: Is Superman gay?

Superman stuff on Amazon.com

Offiicial Movie Site

BlueTights.net

We’re tempted to say something like “their upcoming season sounds really nifty-keen!” but we won’t. Oh wait, we just did…

Next season, Keen Company moves uptown and Off Broadway!
First show of their 2006/07 Season is the NYC premiere of Theophilus
North, by Matthew Burnett, based on the novel by Thornton Wilder.

New York, New York June 21, 2006—The Drama Desk Award-winning Keen
Company (Carl Forsman, Artistic Director) is thrilled to announce
that beginning with their 2006/07 Season, they will be moving Off
Broadway (on an Actor’s Equity “A Contract”) and in residence at
Theater Row. Keen Company shows will perform at the Clurman Theater
(410 West 42nd Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues).

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There’s a dramatic title for you. Here’s more info:

THE CULTURE PROJECT
PRESENTS

A FARBER FOUNDRY PRODUCTION

“A M A J U B A:

L I K E D O V E S W E R I S E”

PREVIEWS BEGIN JULY 20, 2006

OPENING NIGHT SET FOR JULY 25^th

AT THE CULTURE PROJECT (45 BLEECKER)

New York, NY – Allan Buchman (Artistic Director) announces that the Culture Project will present the New York premiere of the international hit AMAJUBA: Like Doves We Rise, a searing new drama of monologue, mime, song and dance from South Africa. Created and directed by the internationally acclaimed Yael Farber, AMAJUBA: Like Doves We Rise paints a very personal portrait of survival in the South African townships, with narratives based on the real lives of the five performers who make up the cast: Tshallo Chokwe, Roelf Matlala, Bongeka Mpongwana, Phillip ‘Tipo’ Tindisa and Jabulile Tshabalala. The production, a major force in post-apartheid South African theater, was a runaway sensation of the 2004 Edinburgh Festival and in London’s West End, where critics called the show “Powerful” (The Guardian), “Remarkable” (The Independent) and “Irresistible” (London Times). It also played in Ireland and Australia where the Sydney Morning Herald raved, “The most poetic, stirring and memorable theater…a passionate celebration.” AMAJUBA: Like Doves We Rise begins preview performances on Thursday, July 20, 2006 at 8:00PM. Opening Night is Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 7:00PM at The Culture Project (45 Bleecker Street at Lafayette). This limited engagement will play through August 27, 2006.

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If it isn’t the moon, then what the hell is it? That’s what we want to know. Someone check it out and let us know. If you send us a review, we’ll post it.

IT ISN’T THE MOON

A NEW AMERICAN PLAY

THIS DEATH-DEFYING ROLLER-COASTER RIDE

THINLY DISGUISED AS A WELL-MADE PLAY

WILL RUN THROUGH JUNE 29^th

WORLD PREMIERE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14^th

LIMITED RUN THROUGH: Thursday, June 29^th

PRODUCED BY: Craig T. Williams
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Come on, who hasn’t had a few brews with their Cheerios? Mmmmm… Beer….

BEER FOR BREAKFAST

A WORLD PREMIERE OF A TWO-ACT PLAY

WRITTEN BY A MAN

WHO KNOWS FROM WHENCE HE SPEAKS

DIRECTED BY A WOMAN

WHO UNDERSTANDS HIM

THIS COMEDY ABOUT MEN

WILL RUN THROUGH JULY 23^rd

WORLD PREMIERE: Sunday, July 2^nd

PREVIEWS: Wednesday, June 21^st – Saturday, July 1^st

LIMITED RUN THROUGH: Sunday, July 23^rd

PRODUCED BY: Talegate Productions, LLC.
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See a show, get some exercise. Usually these sorts of things are Shakespearean in nature, but this is different: MARY STUART by Friedrich Schiller.

New York Classical Theatre Runs Downtown to Lower Manhattan to perform a heart-stopping thrill of a run of Friedrich Schiller’s

“Mary Stuart”.

Produced in association with Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, this work is also part of LMCC’s Sitelines and an official production of the River to River Festival.

Mary Stuart

by Friedrich Schiller

Directed by Stephen Burdman

Meet in front of Castle Clinton in Battery Park

Previews: July 2-3 @ 7pm

Opening: July 5 & July 7- 12 **(no show July 6)**

7pm Sharp

(running time approx. 1 hour & 45 min.)
Great for all ages!
Subways: #1 to South Ferry, #4 or #5 to Bowling Green

and the R & W to Whitehall Street

(Please check weekend subway construction schedule)
FREE!

No Tickets or Reservations Needed, Just Show Up!
Hotline: 212-252-4531

www.newyorkclassical.org

Filled with court-intrigue, this cloak-and-dagger production of

“Mary Stuart” is staged in historic Castle Clinton and the majestic surrounding gardens changing location from scene to scene

every 10-15 minutes.

Set in 16th century England, Mary Queen of Scots awaits her execution by Elizabeth I. Both decendents of the famous Henry VIII, these cousins never exchanged more than letters in real life, but Schiller helps us imagine a confrontation between two of Europe’s mightiest female monarchs while overlooking the Statue of Liberty!

Cast includes: William Connell, Sean Hagerty, Patricia Marie Kelley, James Knight, Michael Marion, Bryant Mason, Don Mayo, Mary Jo McConnell, Alex Pappas, Tyler Pierce & Kim Stauffer.

There are no lines to wait on, no reservations to make,
and no tickets to buy! Just show up in front of Castle Clinton!

New York Classical provides a great night of FREE theatre for the family, a date, friends, or even those who are flying solo!

www.newyorkclassical.org