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U B LAUGHING COMEDY COMPETITION

tickets: 212-352-3101
Info: 917-716-6635 (groups)
U B Laughing Ticket Prices
$6.00-$15.00
Schedule:
June 14 and June 15th at 9pm
Young peoples Showcase June 17 at 2pm and 4pm
Running Time: 1 hr. 30 min.

U B Laughing
Beverly Bonner and Emmitt Thrower
presents
U B Laughing,
the first annual comedy competition. Some of the cities funniest stand-up Comedians and comedy groups go at it “Laugh for Laugh” and try to become one of the last comics standing. Best 3 performances at every show receives prizes. Top winner at every show will also get an appearance in a Bonner/Thrower Stage Production. Judged by Industry Professionals and Audience.
NO DRINK MINIMUM!!!
Reasonable priced Donation Bar. Come out and have a blast of a good time. Saturday will be 2 children showcases of some of the best talent from our young people will be spotlighted. Special Guest appearance by “Jade Elecktra” and celebrity Judges. Guaranteed a lot of surprises and a Great time. Also on same nights there will be a SPECIAL showing of “WHEN SHE WAS KING” Starring International Gender Illussionist “DRED”. a 7pm show time. Tickets $15-$30. We also have a SPECIAL Cabaret show June 14-15 at 10:30pm called “Cabaret De La Soul” with “Kitt Holiday” , “Luscious” and “Miss Onassis”.Tickets $15- Look up both show titles at theatermania for ticket info…
http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/120787

More info: http://www.wabisabiproductions.com

“Residents” about 2 seniors in a seniors home and their relationship.They come from different social,cultural and economic backgrounds but are brought together by circumstances that put them in a seniors residence. The Play opens June 8-10 @ 6pm and June 11 @ 3PM at the Payan Theater Room 506 in The Times Square Arts Center located at 300 W 43 street @ 8th ave. The show runs Thurs-Sat at 6PM and Sunday at 3pm. 4 Shows ONLY. Tickets are $25 General and $15 Students and Seniors. Get tickets At http://www.theatermania.com or call Box 24 hours a day 212 352-3101.
Groups and info call Emmitt 917 716-6635
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PIG FARM is a play by Greg Kotis of URINETOWN fame. It’s at the Roundabout, which is not an off-off Broadway theatre in any sense of the word. We were thrilled for Greg that he made it to Broadway with URINETOWN (and won multiple Tonys, no less), and we’re even more thrilled that the theatre establishment didn’t throw him back after they saw what else he had.

Hint: you can get discount tickets for PIG FARM here.

The Seventh Annual Midtown International Theatre Festival Starts July 17!

As the 2005-2006 theatre season enters the home stretch, it’s time once again to get ready for that mainstay of summer – the MIDTOWN INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL!  Taking place at four different spaces – all on the same block (36th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues in Manhattan), the Festival will feature approximately 40 shows and run from July 17th – August 6th.
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The novel JackFish by J Milligan is about a hitman from Atlantis (yes, that Atlantic). The book features a character named Chloe Mitosis, a performance artist of the “outrageous” kind – huge performance pieces featuring foamy substances, people in animal costumes, images of Jesus. When reading this book (which is a lot of fun – here’s a review in the Voice if you want a second opinion), it occurred to us that the most outrageous and provocative performance art would probably be one where the person gets up and reads the Bible for three hours. Or something equally low-key. At some point, does the whole chocolate-smearing thing get old? When does the shocking become mundane?

Just a thought. Agree? Disagree? Think we’re geniuses? Annoying? Both? Leave a comment, or email us. We want to know what you think.

(Note: we don’t mean to pick on Karen Finley, or whoever those people are in the photo above. Nothing personal.)

Media Contact:
Katie Rosin
Phone: (917) 438-9223
E-Mail: katie@kampfirefilmspr.com
Web: www.kampfirefilmspr.com

For Immediate Release:
May 17th, 2006

IT AWARDS ELIGIBILITY EXPANDS INTO BROOKLYN

New York, NY – (May 17, 2006): The IT Awards (New York Innovative Theatre
Awards), the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway,
begins its 3rd annual awards season with an exciting announcement:
Starting June 1st 2006, productions from Brooklyn will now be eligible for
IT Awards. The 2005-2006 season draws to a close on May 31st 2006.
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The following is an email that was sent out by The Brick Theater. We like them. Help ’em out.

Friends of The Brick:

What would a $ELLOUT FESTIVAL be without advertising? Seriously, popular entertainment only exists to be a creamy filling between commercials – why should we be any different?

To this end, the Program and Festival Guide for this year’s $ELLOUT FESTIVAL are currently being constructed, and The Brick is offering low-price advertising space in both publications. Do you have a small business or service you’d like to have publicized? Anything from website design to floral arrangements to massage services to multinational corporate hegemony? If so, take out an ad at our incredibly reasonable prices! All ads will run for a full month and be seen by an estimated 5,000 attendees.

Both the Program and the Festival Guide will have a page size of 8 ½” x 5 ½”, and ad pricing is as follows:

Quarter page (business card): 50.00
Half Page: 80.00
Full page: 120.00

The absolute deadline for artwork is Friday, May 26, 2006 – it’s coming fast!

Artwork can be in jpg, gif, psd, or tiff format. For complete details and to place an order for an ad, please contact ads@bricktheater.com.

Help Williamsburg theatre sell out by throwing us some scratch!

And please forward on this e-mail to anyone who would be interested – particularly billionaires, industrialists and tycoons.

Thank you,
The Brick

HERE Arts Center presents the world premiere of FREEFALL’s CLEVER HANS
May 31 – June 4 @ 8:30 PM.
TICKETS: $20.00 general admission
$10.00 HERE donors

Based on the Grimm’s fairytale about a simpleton who never applies common sense to his actions, Clever Hans explores the effects of shunning responsibility with easy excuses. FREEFALL’s performance features high-impact movement set to live music by the Soldier String Trio.

tickets

Location One presents
ECHO
a one-night only dance and video event

Thursday, May 18, 2006
6:30 to 8:30 pm
dance performances at 7pm and 8pm
FREE

A collaborative project created by visual/media artist Andrew Duggan and dancers Jonathan Kelliher and Joanne Barry with musician Tom Hanafin of Siamsa Tire, the National Folk Theatre of Ireland.
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