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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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Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis Premieres TYPHOID MARY Tonight
by BWW News Desk - April 30, 2015

Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis announces the World Premiere production of Typhoid Mary opening tonight, April 30, 2015 on the Frank and Katrina Basile Stage. This production runs through May 24, 2015, with Bill Simmons serving as director. Tom Horan wrote Typhoid Mary in 2013 during his first seaso...


BAM Presents Isabella Rossellini in GREEN PORNO, Now thru 1/25
by BWW News Desk - January 16, 2014

BAM presents Green Porno, a one-woman show with Isabella Rossellini drawing from her beloved Sundance series, today, Jan 16-25....


THE MIDNIGHT CABARET Opens Tonight at DROM
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2015

Drom, Jenny Rocha and Jen Gapay of Thirsty Girl Productions are thrilled to announce the premiere of The Midnight Cabaret, tonight, March 14th at East village hot-spot Drom. This sexy soiree features an alluring line up filled with dancing ladies, circus spectacles, live music and a DJ after-party!...


VOIX DE VILLE Variety Show, WEIRD ASS Game Show and More Set for Now thru Oct 12 at The Wiggle Room
by BWW News Desk - October 08, 2014

Announcing this week (today, October 8 - Sunday, October 12) at The Wiggle Room -- an intimate and exciting experience and Montreal's first cabaret cocktail club devoted to burlesque, comedy, live music, variety and the neo-vaudeville arts!...


Jay DeFeo Exhibition to Open 5/1 at Mitchell-Innes & Nash
by BWW News Desk - April 29, 2014

Mitchell-Innes & Nash presents the first solo exhibition of Jay DeFeo's work in New York since the acclaimed Jay Defeo: A Retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 2013. Assembling fifty key works spanning the years 1965-1989, the exhibit examines DeFeo's distinctive exploration of visu...


Berkshire Theatre Group to Welcome Mixed Media Comedian McQueen, 6/6
by Tyler Peterson - May 20, 2015

Berkshire Theatre Group welcomes mixed media comedian McQueen at The Garage on Saturday, June 6 at 8pm....


BWW Reviews: DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, The Savoy Theatre, April 1 2014
by Alice Chappell - April 02, 2014

Jeffrey Lane and David Yazbek's Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is making its West End debut, with a star-studded cast of miscreants. A fun, sweet romp of a show, this is surely one of 2014's theatrical highlights....


Photo Flash: Cincinnati Shakespeare's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Opens Tonight
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2014

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company continues with this season's opening Shakespeare production of 'The Comedy of Errors' playing tonight, November 21- December 13, 2014....


Upended Productions' ALICE to Tour Andersonville, 9/27
by Tyler Peterson - August 19, 2014

8 Andersonville venues, 9 artists, 12 chapters, 6 rabbits, 1 wild afternoon. Noelle Krimm gives audiences a seat at the tea party with a re-imagining of her 2004 hit, Alice. The show opens Saturday, September 27 with tours beginning at 1:00 p.m. and leaving every 15 minutes until 2:00 p.m. All tours...


Rock 'n' Roll Carnival EVO Returns to Shadowbox Live Tonight
by BWW News Desk - September 26, 2014

Come one! Come all! Experience the bizarre and the strange! Marvel at the oddities of the human condition and see yourself reflected in the freakish mirror of Shadowbox Live's Evo, opening tonight, September 26th!...


Rock 'n' Roll Carnival EVO returns to Shadowbox Live 9/26
by Matt Tamanini - September 05, 2014

Come one! Come all! Experience the bizarre and the strange! Marvel at the oddities of the human condition and see yourself reflected in the freakish mirror of Shadowbox Live's Evo, opening Sunday, September 26th!...


SCERA to Present THE ADDAMS FAMILY, 9/12-10/4
by Tyler Peterson - September 03, 2014

Reserved-seat tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for children (age 3-11_ and seniors (age 65 and older). They are available at www.scera.org, by calling 801) 225-ARTS, in person from 10am-6m weekdays at SCERA Center, 745 South State, Orem, or at the door 30 minutes prior to each perfo...


ARSENIC AND OLD LACE to Run 4/25-5/31 at Hale Centre Theatre
by Tyler Peterson - April 07, 2014

Abby and Martha are the sweetest sisters you'll ever meet, but sipping their elderberry wine can have deadly consequences. Hale Centre Theatre (HCT), Utah's Premiere Family Theatre, is bringing back Arsenic and Old Lace, which runs Friday, April 25, through Saturday, May 31....


Monty Python's SPAMALOT to Play the Grand Theatre in Williamstown, 1/16-2/1
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2013

The hilarious, Tony-winning Broadway musical hit Monty Python's Spamalot with book and lyrics by Eric Idle and music by John Du Prez and Eric Idle, makes its South Jersey premiere exclusively at the Grand Theatre in Williamstown....


Kanaku y El Tigre Releases Sophomore Album QUEMA QUEMA QUEMA Today
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2015

Peruvian 'wandering folk' beatniks Kanaku y El Tigre, release their sophomore (and first international) album, 'Quema Quema Quema', via the acclaimed Strut imprint in conjunction with Tiger's Milk Records. This anthemic, hook laden slice of electronic tinged indie-folk, direct from Lima, could very ...


Penobscot Theatre Company to Close 40th Season with THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, 6/12-28
by BWW News Desk - June 28, 2014

Penobscot Theatre Company is closing its 40th-anniversary season with its most raucous production to date: The Rocky Horror Show will run June 12 through June 28 with late-night shows and all the bells and whistles diehard audiences have come to expect. 'Literally, there will be bells,' reports Arti...


SPIDERS & SNAKES Release Ninth Studio Album Today
by BWW News Desk - May 27, 2014

Hollywood rockers SPIDERS & SNAKES be releasing their 9th studio album worldwide today, May 27th on the Sansei Records label....


BWW Reviews: Woolly Mammoth's ARGUENDO Stumbles in its Attempt to Please the Court
by Benjamin Tomchik - April 04, 2014

"Mr. Chief Justice, may it please the court," is the opening every lawyer states before presenting oral arguments. When Arguendo at Woolly Mammoth Theatre keeps its focus on the oral arguments of Barnes v. Glen Theatre Inc., the show is praiseworthy on many levels. But when the Arguendo becomes di...


BWW Reviews: HENRY V Doesn't Quite Conquer
by Todd Zeigler - July 06, 2014

Kentucky Shakespeare makes a noble, if uneven, go at 'Henry V.'...


Review Roundup: National Theatre's MEDEA with Helen McCrory
by Nicole Rosky - July 25, 2014

National Theatre of Great Britain's production of Euripides' Greek tragedy MEDEA, in a new version by Ben Power, directed by Carrie Cracknell and starring Helen McCrory in the title role, is currently playing at the Olivier Theatre....


Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis to Premiere TYPHOID MARY, 4/30-5/24
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2015

Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis announces the World Premiere production of Typhoid Mary opening April 30, 2015 on the Frank and Katrina Basile Stage. This production runs through May 24, 2015, with Bill Simmons serving as director. Tom Horan wrote Typhoid Mary in 2013 during his first season as the ...


ARSENIC AND OLD LACE Runs Now thru 5/31 at Hale Centre Theatre
by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2014

Abby and Martha are the sweetest sisters you'll ever meet, but sipping their elderberry wine can have deadly consequences. Hale Centre Theatre (HCT), Utah's Premiere Family Theatre, is bringing back Arsenic and Old Lace, which runs Today, April 25, through Saturday, May 31....


Daryl Sherman, Mari Wilson, Stefan Bednarczyk and More Set for The Crazy Coqs, July 2014
by BWW News Desk - May 27, 2014

The Crazy Coqs has announced its July 2014 lineup. Details below!...


New Series CELEBRITY HOME RAIDERS to Premiere on Lifetime, 3/6
by Caryn Robbins - January 29, 2014

Julien's Auctions, the auction house to the stars, will now be the subject of the highly anticipated new unscripted series, Celebrity Home Raiders on the Lifetime Television Network....


Science Channel's New Series WORLD'S STRANGEST to Debut 5/27
by Tyler Peterson - May 19, 2014

If we've learned one thing from the stories that have captured our curiosity in recent headlines it is that the earth is a strange place. Mysterious discoveries, social science wonders and unbelievable displays of nature gone wild, these stories have ensnared our fascination and provoked research in...






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