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Who says theater’s not cool? (Okay, lots of people, but they’re not always right.) The Hip Hop Theater Festival is back with more theater that doesn’t look like the stuff your Gramma likes (unless she’s a rappin’ Granny). Read on:

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The guy won a Tony, but apparently he is a veteran of downtown theater. Anyone who’s appeared in a show at Expanded Arts deserves props for (a) surviving the experience and (b) getting out and making some money. Nothing personal, EA, it’s just… well, things could get a little scary down there sometimes. Good for John, though. This isn’t quite as cool as Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis winning the Tony for Urinetown, but it’s still good. Nice work, John.

offoffonline interview with John Lloyd Young

JohnLloydYoung.com (featuring his blog)

SECURITY
Nine new short plays examining “security”; specifically, who’s in charge of it, who needs it the most, and what will they do to get it.  With themes ranging from dramatic to wildly satirical.
Presented by TheDrillingCompaNY.
78th Street Theatre Lab
236 West 78th Street (between Broadway & Amsterdam Avenues)
(please note: the theatre is not wheelchair accessible)
June 6th-June 25th
Wednesday-Saturday at 7:30pm, Sunday at 3pm

TICKETS: $18.00

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

INFORMATION: www.drillingcompany.org

More info about the show:

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Even if you don’t usually like this kind of show, how can you not love Tina Turner? Full disclosure: we haven’t seen it, but it sounds fun. Read on:

Announcement of Limited Off-Broadway Return Engagement:

“A delightful abundance of shimmying, strutting hips; one would be hard pressed to find a more compelling argument for the pleasures of freedom, especially freedom as hard-won as Ms. Turner’s.”
– The New York Times

“A fresh look on a well-known subject where the ultimate message is about the resiliency of the human spirit.”
– The New York Sun

RIVER DEEP, A TRIBUTE TO TINA TURNER

Photo: © Stephanie Berger

Directed and Choreographed By Gabrielle Lansner

Original Score By Philip Hamilton

Book Adapted By Gabrielle Lansner

From Tina Turner’s Best-Selling Autobiography I, Tina

The Acclaimed Musical Returns to

The Peter Jay Sharp Theater

For a Strictly-Limited Off-Broadway Engagement

Wednesday, July 5 (Opening) Through Saturday, July 29, 2006
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Only 8 performances left!

Meet at the entrance to Central Park @ West 103rd Street and Central Park West.

No tickets or reservations are required—just show up!  And it’s FREE (really!)

Take the subway (B or C to 103rd Street) or bus (M10) right to the park gates.

With: Elena Araoz*, Bob Armstrong, Michael Carlsen, Stewart Carrico*, Janis Dardaris*, Torsten Hillhouse*, Ingrid Kullberg-Bendz,

Michael E. Lopez*, Vince Nappo*, Taylore Mahogany Scott* & Jeffrey Woodard*

(*courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association/Equity Approved Showcase)

Jay Paul Skelton (Director), Victoria Tzykun (Production Designer),

Stephanie Klapper (Casting Director), Barbara Adrian (Voice/Speech Coach),

Jeremy Wilcox* (Stage Manager) & Stephen Burdman (Artistic Director)

Questions? (212) 252-4531 or newyorkclassical.org

Coming up!

Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller – at Castle Clinton in Battery Park  (July 2-3 previews and July 5 & July 7-12 at 7:00 pm)

And

The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare – in Central Park (August 3-27 at 7:00 pm)

This isn’t off-off Broadway, but the title is funny and some of the artists involved started there (Charles Busch, for example). And Jenn Harris was in Silence! The Musical, as in Silence of the Lambs, but a musical. That’s about as off-off as it gets. And it’s a benefit for The Actor’s Fund, who offer services and support for entertainment industry folks (click here to learn more). Expensive of course, but you can write most of it off.
DIE MOMMIE DIE! – One Night Only! — The Actors’ Fund of America

ONE NIGHT ONLY!
Monday, June 19th at 7:30pm
The Hudson Theatre – Millennium Broadway Hotel, NYC

starring
Charles Busch
Jenn Harris (Silence! The Musical)
Jayne Houdyshell (Tony nominated star of Well)
Tom Mardirosian (Law and Order/Oz/Wonderful Town)
Christopher Meloni (Law and Order:SVU/Oz)
and many more!
Directed by
Carl Andress

The Most Wonderful Love from the Blue Coyote Theater Group. Click here for more info, and click on the image below to see the e-flyer.

The subtitle is actually the best. Read on:

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Absence of Magic (Quest for the Glove of Never Ending Awesomeness)
Venue:  Ensemble Studio Theatre
521 W. 52nd Street
West of 10th Ave on 52nd St.

Dates/Times:
Wed, July 5th  8 PM
Monday, July 10th 8PM
Tuesday, July 11th  8PM
Admission:  $7

Reservations:  212- 2471 4982

http://www.redbastard.com/

Critically acclaimed clown,  Eric Davis, stars in

Absence of Magic (The Quest for Never Ending Awesomeness)
Performed by Eric Davis
Created by Eric Davis and Sue Morrison
Directed by Sue Morrison

Eric Davis is…
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The Brick Theater, Inc.
presents
a Gemini CollisionWorks production

That’s What We’re Here For (an american pageant)

written, designed, and directed by Ian W. Hill

as part of The $ellout Festival

With That’s What We’re Here For (an american pageant), noted NYC
independent theatre creator and artsy curmudgeon Ian W. Hill joins the
spirit of the $ellout Festival by creating a peppy original (and
sincere, really!) patrotic revue focusing on the history of America
from 1945 to now. A celebration of freedom. A 1970s TV variety show.
A collision of art, industry, irony, and wide-eyed musical numbers.
Robert Wilson meets Up With People. An original play about America,
Money, and God is in there underneath it all, but that’s not important
if you just want to listen to the pretty songs and look at the pretty
pictures . . .
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A summer New York institution, Shakespeare in the Park(ing) Lot, where performers present works by the Bard free of charge, while competing with the various sounds of the city (including a passing garbage truck), will return this July with two of Bard’s most popular works, THE TEMPEST and AS YOU LIKE IT.
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