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playing now or in the near future
| A POLITICAL PARTY! |
| Sage Theater |
| comedy/sketch show |
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| A political comedy with music that takes full advantage of the one endless source of humor: the news. Each week, scribes from a group of 20 New York-based writers and composers will ensure that, if a news story breaks, it will be satirized, organized and fully choreographed that very week! |
(from 14 May 2008 to 30 Jul 2008)
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| ARIAS WITH A TWIST |
| HERE Arts Center |
| Music, entertainment, puppets |
| created by Joey Arias and Basil Twist |
| Twist's magic envelopes Arias' voice, transporting us to unpredictable worlds, channeling ecstatic desires, lavish nightmares and bizarre premonitions in a bejeweled cabinet of curiosities. |
(from 12 Jun 2008 to 13 Jul 2008)
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| AWESOME 80S PROM, THE |
| Webster Hall |
| Entertainment |
| conceived by Ken Davenport |
| The Captain of the Football Team to the Asian Exchange Student, from the Geek to the hottie Head Cheerleader, and they're all competing for Prom King and Queen. |
(from 10 Sep 2004 to 28 Jun 2008)
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| FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: Rude Awakening |
| 47Th Street Theatre |
| Musical Revue |
| Created by Gerard Alessandrini |
| Musical send-up of Broadway's biggest shows and the brightest stars |
(from 02 Oct 2007 to 31 Oct 2008)
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| FUERZABRUTA |
| Daryl Roth Theatre |
| Theatrical Event |
| by Lane Bernes |
| Fuerzabruta is an event where worlds collide, dreams are real and reality takes a back seat. Set in vigorous motion, the visuals include a man running full throttle through a series of moving walls, individuals racing to connect from opposite sides of a whirling sail and performers frolic and interact in a watery world suspended just above the audience. The action is set to a dynamic soundtrack that spans percussive beats, engaging melodies and hypnotic ambient music. |
(from 11 Oct 2007 to 31 Aug 2008)
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| GAZILLION BUBBLE SHOW, THE |
| New World Stages / Stage 3 |
| Entertainment |
| created by Fan Yang |
| Inter-active, audience participation, scientific, entertainment stage production, created by using the bubble media, lighting, lasers and bubble special FX! |
(from 17 Jan 2007 to 04 Jan 2009)
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| JACKIE MASON - THE ULTIMATE JEW |
| New World Stages / Stage 3 |
| Entertainment |
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| No election year would be complete without Jackie Mason - who brings his 8th and final one-man comedy show to New World Stages. Long passionate about politics, Jackie Mason is well known for his tough and outspoken position on a variety of issues. |
(from 18 Mar 2008 to 20/07/2008)
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| JUMP |
| Union Square Theater |
| Martial Arts Comedy |
| by Korea's YEGAM Theatre Company |
| Set in the interior of a traditional Korean home, the show tells the story of an anything-but-typical family. Each member of the household, from the strict Grandfather to the pretty young daughter, enjoys nothing more than challenging the rest of the family to martial arts showdowns. When two burglars break into the house occupied by three generations of highly trained martial artists, the family turns their expertise on the unexpected guests. |
(from 25 Sep 2007 to 07 Sep 2008)
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| NAKED BOYS SINGING |
New World Stages / Stage 4
(Formerly known as Dodger Stages) |
| Musical Revue |
| Conceived by Robert Schrock |
| A handful of hunks display their special charms as they celebrate the splendors of male nudity in comedy, song and dance |
(from 14 Oct 2005 to 03 Jan 2009)
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| PLEASURES OF PEACE |
| Medicine Show Theater |
| Theatrical revue |
| A diverse group of authors, composers and playwrights ranging from Louisa May Alcott to Oscar Wilde. |
| A theatrical revue of plays, music, jokes, and improv comedy all centered around the general theme of Peace. |
(from 12 Jun 2008 to 28 Jun 2008)
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| Stomp |
| Orpheum |
| Entertainment |
| Created by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas |
| Stomp is a high-energy, percussive symphony, coupled with dance, played entirely on non-traditional instruments, such as garbage can lids, buckets, brooms and sticks. |
(from 18 Feb 1996 to 29 Jun 2008)
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| THE ESSENCE: A YIDDISH THEATER DIM SUM |
| Community Synagogue |
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| by Allen Lewis Rickman, Steve Sterner and Yelena Shmulenson-Rickman |
| The absolutely complete history of the Yiddish theater in eighty minutes. Scenes, songs, and stories from the sublime to the preposterous; in English and Yiddish with supertitles. |
(from 29 Jun 2008 to 29 Jun 2008)
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