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For more than a decade, the East Village's iconic Obscura Antiques & Oddities shop has been New York City's foremost destination for one-of-a-kind, bizarre-and often shocking-artifacts. Since becoming the focus of SCIENCE's hit series, ODDITIES, the Big Apple's epicenter of the eccentric has become pop culture's Mecca of the macabre.

This season of ODDITIES turns up the volume for eleven ridiculously entertaining episodes that redefine the notion of "freak chic." The merchandise has never been more memorable, with notable highlights including a two-headed pig, a mummified "member," an occupied coffin, a prostate warmer, and a preserved heart full of bullet holes. However, at Obscura, the people are even more eccentric than the products.



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BWW Review: THE OTHER MOZART at SHEA'S 710 THEATRE
by Michael Rabice - May 05, 2017

HIGH ART RETURNS IN 'THE OTHER MOZART' Child prodigies may be rare, but not necessarily that rare if you grew up in the Mozart family of Salzburg. The unknown and until now mostly untold story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's older sister, Maria Anna (Nannerl), is equally as fascinating as that of ...


WQXR and Met Opera Star Anthony Roth Costanzojoin Presents THE OPERA PARTY
by Christina Mancuso - March 29, 2017

This spring in The Greene Space, WQXR and Met Opera star Anthony Roth Costanzojoin forces to present The Opera Party, a new event series featuring world-class opera performances, engaging banter, unique physical environments, and culinary spectacle by celebrated chefs that will enchant opera aficion...


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by Caryn Robbins - October 02, 2017

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SHAZAMFEST Presents The BLUE MUSHROOM SIRKUS PSYSHOW In Montreal Photo SHAZAMFEST Presents The BLUE MUSHROOM SIRKUS PSYSHOW In Montreal
by Julie Musbach - March 08, 2018

ShazamFest is pleased to present the Blue Mushroom Sirkus Psyshow's darkest production yet, ready to frighten and delight with a vaudevillian vignette of curious clownish antics, supernatural puppetry, pain-defying feats, slapstick escape-artistry, seductive snake charming numbers, sultry dance acts...


Dragon Theatre In Redwood City Debuts a New Play From A Peninsula Playwright This Sep Photo Dragon Theatre In Redwood City Debuts a New Play From A Peninsula Playwright This September
by Rebecca Russo - August 31, 2017

Inspired by Germany's Circus Sarrasani, we enter the big-top of a world-renowned circus in 1936 Berlin. When a peculiar anthropologist visits Cirque Exotique du Monde seeking oddities for his own collection, the equilibrium of this patchwork family of misfits is shaken. But when the circus catches t...


Fruit Juice's Album Rlease Show at Neumos + New Single 'Kimkimsee'
by Caryn Robbins - June 12, 2017

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The Adobe Theater Presents YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
by A.A. Cristi - September 19, 2016

Alice Sycamore works for Tony Kirby, Junior. They have fallen in love and want to get married. Simple enough, but there are two problems - their families. The Kirbys are rich, ruthless, overflowing with self-importance, and sure they can always get what they want. The Sycamores are an unusual collec...


BWW Review: Think Big with THE BIG BROADCAST ON EAST 53rd at the TBG Theatre
by Kristen Morale - February 05, 2017

In association with Playalinda Productions, playwright Dick Brukenfeld and Director Charles Maryan come together to present the World Premiere of The Big Broadcast on East 53rd, now in performances at the TBG Theatre (actually off of 36th Street), What I can only describe as one whirlwind of a show ...


Keala Settle, Hugh Jackman, and the Cast of THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Featured in This Mon Photo Keala Settle, Hugh Jackman, and the Cast of THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Featured in This Month's Vogue
by A.A. Cristi - August 11, 2017

Tony nominee, Keala Settle, Hollywood star Hugh Jackman, and the cast of the upcoming motion picture musical, 'The Greatest Showman' are featured in this month's issue of Vogue. The director of the film, Michael Gracey, discussed the making of the film with the publication, discussing the process an...


Comedian Kevin McGahern Celebrates St. Patrick's Day on Premiere of Travel Channel's WEIRD AMERICA, Today
by BWW News Desk - March 18, 2017

In WEIRD AMERICA premiering the day after St. Patrick's Day today, March 18 at 2:00 p.m. ET/PT, McGahern is finally getting his big chance to discover all the gloriously unique things about this nation....


The Playwrights Realm to Present World Premiere of HELLO, FROM THE CHILDREN OF PLANET Photo The Playwrights Realm to Present World Premiere of HELLO, FROM THE CHILDREN OF PLANET EARTH
by Danielle Gutierrez - January 23, 2018

The Playwrights Realm will present HELLO, FROM THE CHILDREN OF PLANET EARTH, a World Premiere from Don Nguyen. The show will run February 24 through March 24 at The Duke on 42nd Street....


Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of DRACULA, Coming to Orlando This October
by BWW News Desk - September 01, 2016

This Halloween, Jeremy Seghers will breathe new... life... into Bram Stoker's Gothic horror classic with Steven Dietz's critically acclaimed adaptation of Dracula. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the stars in character below!...


Adaptation Of Short Story About Immigration, Culture And Self-Discovery Comes to The Photo Adaptation Of Short Story About Immigration, Culture And Self-Discovery Comes to The Etcetera Theatre
by Stephi Wild - December 11, 2017

Adapted from a short story by award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Saaramaria Kuittinen's On Monday Last Week opens at the Etcetera Theatre in January/February 2018. This important new stage adaptation about immigration, culture and self-discovery, brought to life by director Erika Eva and...


BWW Review: THE ELEPHANT MAN at UD REP Ensemble
by Greer Firestone - March 07, 2017

In this supercharged political environment, we are buffeted with tweeted grotesqueries daily. We ask ourselves where is the humanity in this?...


Ripley's Believe It Or Not! 'Carnival Of Curi-Oddities' Tour Comes Together to Celebr Photo Ripley's Believe It Or Not! 'Carnival Of Curi-Oddities' Tour Comes Together to Celebrate 100 Years of Ripley's
by Julie Musbach - January 24, 2018

Ripley Entertainment, Mills Entertainment & The Booking Group have announced a new license and touring agreement that will put the Ripley's Believe It or Not! franchise on the road in 2018. As part of Ripley's 100th anniversary celebration, the tour will launch this fall visiting performing arts the...


THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN Announces First US Tour in 47 Years!
by A.A. Cristi - December 05, 2016

After a highlight performance at Psycho Las Vegas 2016, hugely influential UK heavy psychedelic progressive oddities The Crazy World of Arthur Brown announce their 2017 "ZIM ZAM ZIM" tour - their first run of US shows since 1969....


Met Opera's Anthony Roth Costanzo to Headline PRIDE WITHOUT PREJUDICE Opera Party
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2017

On Thursday, June 22 at 7pm, WQXR and Met Opera star Anthony Roth Costanzo will celebrate NYC Pride Month with “Pride Without Prejudice” – a special installment of its event series The Opera Party....


Review Roundup: Bucks County Playhouse's GUYS AND DOLLS Photo Review Roundup: Bucks County Playhouse's GUYS AND DOLLS
by Alan Henry - August 02, 2017

'Guys and Dolls', the classic Broadway musical, brings a veteran Broadway cast to New Hope, PA at the historic Bucks County Playhouse through August 12, 2017. Executive Producer Robyn Goodman, Producing Director Alexander Fraser and Producers Stephen Kocis and Josh Fiedler are proud that this is the...


LA-Based Experimental Artist Soul Bandit's New Single '3-4-9' Out Now
by Caryn Robbins - June 28, 2017

LA-based experimental artist—SOUL BANDIT (aka Icon Collective graduate, Andi Mattingly)—influenced by the dark and eccentric, releases today (6/27) her third single, “3-4-9.”...


BPA's 2016/2017 60th Anniversary Season Opens with THE EDGE
by Nora Dominick - August 10, 2016

Bainbridge Performing Arts' 2016 - 2017 60th Anniversary Season opens September 3 with an audience favorite - The EDGE Improv. For more than two laughter-filled decades at Bainbridge Performing Arts, the troupe's riotous antics have inspired rave reviews from people from all walks of life. Sell-out ...


Review Roundup: Bucks County Playhouse's GUYS AND DOLLS Photo Review Roundup: Bucks County Playhouse's GUYS AND DOLLS
by Alan Henry - August 02, 2017

'Guys and Dolls', the classic Broadway musical, brings a veteran Broadway cast to New Hope, PA at the historic Bucks County Playhouse through August 12, 2017. Executive Producer Robyn Goodman, Producing Director Alexander Fraser and Producers Stephen Kocis and Josh Fiedler are proud that this is the...


BWW Feature: David Hare's SKYLIGHT Gets Its First-Ever Indian Adaptation
by Zofeen Maqsood - March 09, 2017

The first-ever Indian revival of the critically acclaimed play SKYLIGHT presented in its original tone without any local references is finding an easy connect amongst the new age Indians...


Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of DRACULA, Coming to Orlando This October
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2016

This Halloween, Jeremy Seghers will breathe new... life... into Bram Stoker's Gothic horror classic with Steven Dietz's critically acclaimed adaptation of Dracula. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the stars in character below!...


Halloween-Weirdest Creatures Uncovered on Smithsonian Earth's STRANGE CREATURES Photo Halloween-Weirdest Creatures Uncovered on Smithsonian Earth's STRANGE CREATURES
by Caryn Robbins - October 25, 2017

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Met Opera's Anthony Roth Costanzo to Headline PRIDE WITHOUT PREJUDICE Opera Party
by BWW News Desk - June 22, 2017

On Today, June 22 at 7pm, WQXR and Met Opera star Anthony Roth Costanzo will celebrate NYC Pride Month with “Pride Without Prejudice” – a special installment of its event series The Opera Party....






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