92Y Tribeca Announces CYNTHIA HOPKINS And More

92YTribeca is the 92nd Street Y's downtown arts and culture venue in New York City. Opened in October 2008, 92YTribeca presents music, comedy, film, theater, talks, classes, family events, and Jewish community and holiday programs in a versatile, street-level, modern space at 200 Hudson Street. In addition to the mainstage and screening room, the venue houses an art gallery, lounge, bar, café, seminar and meeting rooms, and free Wi-Fi around the space. With programs developed by a professional curatorial team in partnership with staff, local artists and arts organizations, new-media companies, fellow presenters, and community and cause-based organizations, 92YTribeca aims to engage a diverse community of young people from around the New York area with smart, relevant programming that encourages participation and conversation. For more information, visit www.92YTribeca.org.

Theater Events at 92YTribeca

Sat, Oct 30, 9 pm, $10
Cynthia Hopkins
The Washington Post calls her "Part alt-country, part Lou Reed, part Patti Smith, part performance artist." The brilliant musician, singer, and theater artist Cynthia Hopkins fronts the band Gloria Deluxe and won a 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship for her theater work. Her Accidental Nostalgia Trilogy and her latest piece, The Truth: A Tragedy, have been presented at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Yerba Buena in San Francisco, the Wexner Center for the Arts at the University of Ohio and at St. Ann's in NYC, among other venues. If you're really, really lucky, you'll see her perform solo sometime, which is what she's doing here on piano and/or accordion and/or guitar.

Wed, Nov 3, 7 pm, $15
ROB WILLIAMS' "THE MYSTIC CHORD"
The Mystic Chord, based on the novel "Van Allen's Ecstasy" by Jim Tushinski, is the story of Michael Van Allen, a man born into a prodigiously talented family, including a highly respected concert pianist and an equally renowned painter. Following a mental breakdown, Michael finds that his memory is gone, his former life erased from his mind. As he begins piecing together the puzzle of his forgotten life with the guidance of his family, his boyfriend and his therapist, he uncovers evidence of jealousy, obsession and secret desires, which threaten to destroy his sanity all over again. This NewDraft Screenplay Reading is sponsored by NewFest: New York's LGBT Film Festival.

Thu, Nov 4, 8 pm, $15
THE THREE PARTY: A NIGHT OF ONE-PERSON SHOWS FROM W. KAMAU BELL, JEFF KREISLER and Bridget Everett
Three one-person shows come together for a night of revolutionary comedy. LA based comedian W. Kamau Bell returns to New York with his show the W. Kamau Bell Curve; writer and performer Jeff Kreisler delivers his satirical wealth building seminar, Get Rich Cheating; and cabaret superstar Bridget Everett hits the stage with her bawdy musical comedy At Least It's Pink. Part of the New York Comedy Festival.

 

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