Acting Company Extends X: OR, BETTY SHABAZZ V. THE NATION
In response to popular demand, The Acting Company (Ian Belknap, Artistic Director; Elisa Spencer-Kaplan, Executive Director) extends their acclaimed production of playwright/poet Marcus Gardley's X: Or, Betty Shabazz v. the Nation through February 25, 2018. Coinciding with African Heritage Month, the Ian Belknap-directed play deepens our understanding of one of America's most complex, compelling historical figures, and explores the tumultuous landscape of ideology and activism in the 1960s.
Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at The Acting Company's CAESAR / X Tour, Coming to New Victory Theater
The assassinations of Rome's great ruler of the Republic and revolutionary leader Malcolm X take to the stage when Tony Award-winning The Acting Company couples Shakespeare's Julius Caesar with X: Or, Betty Shabazz v. The Nation, a compelling new play by lauded playwright Marcus Gardley (The House that Will Not Stand, The Gospel of Lovingkindness, Every Tongue Confess, On The Levee). These two gripping dramas make their Off-Broadway debut at The New Victory Theater from March 17 - 26, 2017. Scroll down for a sneak peek at both productions!
The Acting Company's CAESAR/X to Play New Victory Theater This Spring
The assassinations of Rome's great ruler of the Republic and revolutionary leader Malcolm X take to the stage when Tony Award-winning The Acting Company couples Shakespeare's Julius Caesar with X: Or, Betty Shabazz v. The Nation, a compelling new play by lauded playwright Marcus Gardley (The House that Will Not Stand, The Gospel of Lovingkindness, Every Tongue Confess, On The Levee). These two gripping dramas make their Off-Broadway debut at The New Victory Theater from March 17 - 26, 2017.
'SUN RA' Series Continues 1/9 at Joe's Pub with SUNOLOGY
This Thursday at 9:30 PM, Joe's Pub at The Public presents Sunology, the second installment in the "Sun Ra Visitation Series," written by playwright Sylvan Oswald and directed by Charlotte Brathwaite, with musical selections from the Sun Ra catalogue performed by Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber under the direction of Greg Tate. Tickets are on sale now: http://bit.ly/19CtSbK.
Joe's Pub's Sun Ra Visitation Series Will Continue with SUNOLOGY, 1/9
This January 9 at 9:30 PM, Joe's Pub at The Public presents Sunology, the second installment in the 'Sun Ra Visitation Series,' written by playwright Sylvan Oswald and directed by Charlotte Brathwaite, with musical selections from the Sun Ra catalogue performed by Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber under the direction of Greg Tate. Tickets are on sale now: http://bit.ly/19CtSbK
NY Clown Theatre Presents AMUSE BOUCHE 2013 at The Brick, Now thru 9/28
The Brick, presenter of the international NY Clown Theatre Festival (and returning in 2014!), offers up its off-year aperitif while you await next year's feast. This September The Brick presents its biennial Amuse Bouche, with performers from Finland, France, U.K., New Zealand, and the U.S..
NY Clown Theatre to Present AMUSE BOUCHE 2013 at The Brick, 9/18-28
The Brick, presenter of the international NY Clown Theatre Festival (and returning in 2014!), offers up its off-year aperitif while you await next year's feast. This September The Brick presents its biennial Amuse Bouche, with performers from Finland, France, U.K., New Zealand, and the U.S..