Off-Off Events Announced For Theatre 80 St Mark's, Theatre for the New City & More

There will be several productions and exhibits presented in New York City in September.

Musical Theater
DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS in Marc Blitzstein's THE CRADLE WILL ROCK
September 2, 3, 28, 29 at 8PM
Theatre 80 St. Mark's, 80 St. Mark's Place (between 1st & 2nd Avenues)

Howl Festival and the Actor's Fund present a repeat of Downtown Music Productions' staged reading of The Cradle Will Rock, (called by Marc Blitzstein "A Play in Music"), the historic work whose allegory of corruption and corporate greed is as timely today as when it was premiered in 1937. Cast of 16 actor/singers in staging by Larry Marshall, music direction and piano by Mimi Stern-Wolfe, founder/director of Downtown Music Productions, and choreography by Laura Stilwell.

Theater
'ONE DROP'
Sunday September 5 at 5 PM & 7 PM
Theatre for the New City, 155 1st Avenue (between 9th & 10th Streets)

Playwright Andrea J. Fulton has based her new play on a true family story. Set in
Louisiana in the 1800's, the story centers around Charley, a mulatto who chooses to "pass," a choice that questions his values and loyalties, as well as those of everyone he encounters.

Ralph Lee'S METTAWEE RIVER THEATRE COMPANY
September 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19 at 7:30 PM
Garden of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Amsterdam & 111th Street

Lee reprises his 1997 production The Woman Who Fell from the Sky, drawn from an Iroquois creation tale in which the Sky Woman falls from the spirit world and lands on the back of a turtle, heralding the beginning of life on land. Following the production's New York premiere, Lawrence Van Gelder wrote: "With simple beauty, gentle humor, beguiling music and considerable ingenuity, imagination, wisdom and charm, the eternal mystery of creation is being explored by the gifted puppet master, designer and director Ralph Lee." (The New York Times, September 15, 1998)

Dance
AMERICAN TAP DANCE FOUNDATION announces more of its popular Open House events at the organization's new space, 154 Christopher Street, 2nd floor. The free sample classes for kids, teens and adults will take place
Thursday September 9, 2 to 3 PM
Thursday September 9, 6:15-7:15 PM
Friday September 10, 2 to 3 PM
Saturday September 11, 11 AM to 12 noon
Sunday September 12, 11 AM to 12 noon
Sunday September 19, 2:45 to 3:45 PM
Tap shoes aren't necessary.
Please r.s.v.p. to Susan Hebach, shebach@atdf.org

MIRO MAGLOIRE'S NEW CHAMBER BALLET
September 18 & 19 at 8 PM
City Center Studio 4, 130 West 56th Street

Magloire's 2010-11 season opens with a program of ballets by Magloire, including a premiere, and Emery Le Crone (her Five Songs, music by Mendelssohn, created for the Columbia Ballet Collaborative earlier this year). Alexandra Blacker, formerly with the Los Angeles Ballet, will make her debut with the Company.

KAZUKO HIRABAYASHI DANCE THEATRE
October 8 & 9 at 8 PM; October 10 at 3 PM
Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 West 55 Street

Featured performers Sarah Stackhouse (former soloist with the Limon Dance Company), Kathryn Alter (currently Limon Company), Daniel Madoff and John Hinrichs (currently Merce Cunningham Dance Company) join the resident KHDT for Hirabayashi's Light is Calling, Haiku (solo for Sarah Stackhouse), Mishima, music by Philip Glass, and The Spring, set to Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.

Dance/Theater
ANAHID SOFIAN'S Passage through Light and Shadows: The Children of Ararat
October 22-31
Theatre of St. Clements, 423 West 46th Street

Anahid Sofian honors her Armenian heritage with this major dance/drama that combines movement, the spoken word, and video projections. Performed by a company of 20 dancers and actors, joined by Ms. Sofian as "The Rememberer," the work will provide insight into Armenia's ancient and rich culture through its dance, music, poetry, art, architecture, religion, and folklore.

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