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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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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....


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...


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....


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...


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!...


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...


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!...


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...


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...


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...


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....


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....


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....


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....


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....


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!...


Lifetime to Premiere New Unscripted Series CELEBRITY HOME RAIDERS, 3/6
by Caryn Robbins - January 23, 2014

Celebrities welcome viewers into their homes for a trip down memory lane and an exclusive look into their lives and prized possessions in Lifetime's all-new unscripted series Celebrity Home Raiders. The series premieres Thursday, March 6, 2014, at 10pm ET/PT....


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....


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!...


BWW Reviews: Sam Bass Offers Charming, Quirky Look at Family With TABLE SETTINGS
by Jeff Davis - February 26, 2015

There isn't much to say about the idea of the American Family that hasn't already been said, but as Table Settings proves, it's not what you say but how you say that matters. The joyous comedy, written by James Lapine and directed by Frank Benge, ops for episodes and sketches rather than a linear p...


Pollyanna Theatre Co. & Ballet Austin Present SPRITES, Now thru 1/26
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2014

Central Texas' most well-known children's theatre company, Pollyanna Theatre along with Ballet Austin co-present Holly Hepp-Galvan's Sprites at the Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center for the Performing Arts, 701 West Riverside, Austin, TX 78704. The show runs from today, January 24-26th with ...


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 ...


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.'...


Kanaku y El Tigre to Release Sophomore Album QUEMA QUEMA QUEMA, 5/19
by BWW News Desk - April 03, 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 ...






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