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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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Lesley Heller Workspace Presents The Work Of Ming Fay 4/28-6/6
by BWW News Desk - June 06, 2010

Chinese-American sculptor Ming Fay brings a naturalist's eye for detail to his relentless inquiry into the meaning of organic forms. A tireless cataloger of the shapes and symbols of the botanical world, he moves beyond mere observation and depiction to create installations that capture both the anx...


Lesley Heller Workspace Presents The Work Of Ming Fay 4/28-6/6
by Charlie Piane - April 08, 2010

Chinese-American sculptor Ming Fay brings a naturalist's eye for detail to his relentless inquiry into the meaning of organic forms. A tireless cataloger of the shapes and symbols of the botanical world, he moves beyond mere observation and depiction to create installations that capture both the anx...


B Street Theatre Announces Holiday Season Lineup
by Gabrielle Sierra - October 10, 2011

The B Street Theatre, Sacramento's Resident Professional, New Works Theatre, has announced its winter play selections for the Mainstage, B-3, & Family Series....


Review - Hot Lunch Apostles & Gotham Burlesque
by Ben Peltz - March 10, 2012

Sidney Goldfarb's Hot Lunch Apostles might have been quite the shocker when The Talking Band's original production, with its run-down carnival setting that has strippers trying to spice up business by presenting religious tableaus, premiered at La MaMa in 1983.  But if director Paul Zimet's spirited...


The Anti-Claus Brings Holiday Debauchery to Bedlam 12/5
by BWW News Desk - December 05, 2010

On Sunday, December 5, you're invited to enjoy season's beatings at Cramp-us: Sex 'n' Lux 'n' Rock&Roll with Tigger!, The Lady Aye, World Famous Bob, Bambi the Mermaid, The Flying Fox, Creamy Stevens, and Beelezebabe along with DJ Laura Rebel Angel and Dr. Erik Purkhiser, MD (aka, The Human Fly) as ...


Musical Theatre West Announces 59th Season Of Shows
by Gabrielle Sierra - February 17, 2011

Paul Garman, Executive Director/Producer and Steven Glaudini, Artistic Director/Producer of Musical Theatre West, are proud to announce the 2011-2012 season at the beautiful Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach....


May Events Set For 82nd St Barnes & Noble
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 19, 2011

BARNES & NOBLE 2289 BROADWAY AT 82ND STREET NYC Near no. 1 subway line. ...


'Pirates of the Hudson' Festival in Sleepy Hollow Set for 6/30-7/1; 7/4-8
by Tyler Peterson - June 05, 2012

Rollicking bands of pirates will be swashbuckling through Sleepy Hollow at Philipsburg Manor's July Fourth week-long festival, "Pirates of the Hudson: The Siege of Sleepy Hollow." ...


Musical Theatre West to Close Season with SPAMALOT, 6/29-7/15
by Harmony Wheeler - March 05, 2012

Musical Theatre West announces that it will close its 59th consecutive season with the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT. MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT will preview on June 29, have a June 30 opening night and will run an additional 12 performances through July 15, 2012. It will be ...


Know Theatre Adds Performances For SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 14, 2009

Know Theatre of Cincinnati is pleased to announce added performances for Sideways Stories from Wayside School....


BWW Reviews: LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT at Arena Stage - A Journey Like None Other
by Christine Kowal - April 16, 2012

Who would think to deem Eugene O'Neill as one of the original forefathers of reality television? But perhaps we should - to add it to his long list of artistic achievements as one of the great playwrights of our time. Especially in the context of Long Day's Journey Into Night, one of O'Neill's brill...


Open Stage of Harrisburg Presents COURT STREET CABARET 3/20
by BWW News Desk - March 20, 2010

Open Stage of Harrisburg, the Capital area's professional regional theatre, announced today there will be an exciting addition to their 2010 schedule, COURT STREET CABARET, an evening of song, on Saturday, March 20 at 8 p. m....


THROUGH THE WORMHOLE WITH MORGAN FREEMAN Among Slate of SCIENCE's 2012-2013 Programming
by Caryn Robbins - April 05, 2012

On the heels of the most successful year and quarter in network history, SCIENCE takes a bold step toward the future by unveiling its 2012-2013 Upfront slate in New York today. The network, which broke ratings records in 2011, continued its momentum by posting its most-watched first quarter ever in ...


American Stage Theatre Company Announces The Schedule For Their 'After Hours' Cabaret Series
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 14, 2009

American Stage Theatre Company's 'After Hours' Cabaret series performed in the Susan R. Hough cabaret space in the Raymond James Theatre continues with two new productions in January, LOVE AND THE MOON and JAZZ ON THIRD: CLASSICAL JAZZ FOR A NEW ERA, and the return of THE DUMB SHOW....


Musical Theatre West to Close Season with SPAMALOT, 6/29-7/15
by BWW News Desk - June 29, 2012

Musical Theatre West announces that it will close its 59th consecutive season with the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT. MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT will preview on June 29, have a June 30 opening night and will run an additional 12 performances through July 15, 2012. It will be ...


Kristin Kreuk Among Stars to Appear in Upcoming Network Pilots
by Caryn Robbins - February 17, 2012

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Soho Rep's THE TRUTH: A TRAGEDY Closes 5/30
by BWW News Desk - May 30, 2010

Cynthia Hopkins, creator of the critically acclaimed 'Accidental Trilogy' at St. Ann's Warehouse, brings her uniquely singular theatre style to Soho Rep. - the eleven-time OBIE Award-winning, Off-Broadway Theatre Company - in her new show THE TRUTH: A TRAGEDY with previews beginning May 6th, prior t...


Cramp-us Festivities at Bedlam NYC, 12/5
by BWW News Desk - December 05, 2010

On Sunday, December 5, you're invited to enjoy season's beatings at Cramp-us: Sex 'n' Lux 'n' Rock&Roll with Tigger!, The Lady Aye, World Famous Bob, Bambi the Mermaid, The Flying Fox, Creamy Stevens, and Beelezebabe along with DJ Laura Rebel Angel and Dr. Erik Purkhiser, MD (aka, The Human Fly) as ...


Drive-by Truckers to Perform at Boulder Theater, 5/13
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2010

Flaunting a mix of Southern pride, erudite lyrics, and a muscled three-guitar attack, Drive-By Truckers became one of the most well-respected alternative country-rock acts of the 2000s. Led by frontman Patterson Hood and comprising a rotating cast of Georgia and Alabama natives, the band celebrated ...


Know Theatre Of Cincinnati Presents SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL 12/26
by BWW News Desk - December 26, 2009

Know Theatre of Cincinnati is pleased to announce its second production of the season, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, adapted by John Olive from the novels by Louis Sachar. Sideways Stories from Wayside School will open on Know Theatre's mainstage November 28 and play through December 26, 200...


National Geographic Channel Announces New Series BID & DESTROY
by Caryn Robbins - March 26, 2012

National Geographic Channel today announced the start of production on the new series BID & DESTROY from Leftfield Pictures, the producers of Pawn Stars....


American Stage Theatre Company Announces The Schedule For Their 'After Hours' Cabaret Series
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 14, 2009

American Stage Theatre Company's 'After Hours' Cabaret series performed in the Susan R. Hough cabaret space in the Raymond James Theatre continues with two new productions in January, LOVE AND THE MOON and JAZZ ON THIRD: CLASSICAL JAZZ FOR A NEW ERA, and the return of THE DUMB SHOW....


The Anti-Claus Brings Holiday Debauchery to Bedlam 12/5
by Gabrielle Sierra - November 23, 2010

On Sunday, December 5, you're invited to enjoy season's beatings at Cramp-us: Sex 'n' Lux 'n' Rock&Roll with Tigger!, The Lady Aye, World Famous Bob, Bambi the Mermaid, The Flying Fox, Creamy Stevens, and Beelezebabe along with DJ Laura Rebel Angel and Dr. Erik Purkhiser, MD (aka, The Human Fly) as ...


The American Conservatory Theater Master of Fine Arts Program Presents O LOVELY GLOWWORM
by Gabrielle Sierra - February 05, 2010

The American Conservatory Theater Master of Fine Arts Program presents Glen Berger's inventive play O Lovely Glowworm, or Scenes of Great Beauty, directed by Alex Harvey....


Review - If It Only Even Runs A Minute 3: The World Belongs To The Young
by Ben Peltz - September 12, 2010

After reading far too many obituaries claiming, while not exactly mourning, the death of the Broadway musical, insisting that the art form can only be revived by injections of the kind of music that appeals to today's young audiences, I decided to take a night off from cabarets and piano bars a coup...






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