Woodie King Jr.'s New Federal Theatre's EVERY DAY A VISITOR Begins Tonight
Woodie King Jr's New Federal Theatre presents the second play of its ambitious 44th season, Richard Abrons' Every Day a Visitor, begininng performances today, November 2nd at The Clurman Theater (at Theater Row) and continuing through December 14th. Opening Night is set for Thursday November 14th.
Woodie King Jr.'s New Federal Theatre to Begin EVERY DAY A VISITOR Tomorrow
Woodie King Jr's New Federal Theatre announces the cast for the second play of its ambitious 44th season, Richard Abrons' Every Day A Visitor,which will begin performances Saturday November 2nd at The Clurman Theater (at Theater Row) and continuing through December 14th. Opening Night is set for Thursday November 14th.
Campbell, Gold, Stiller et al. Set for Staged Reading of WOMEN'S MINYAN, 9/19 & 9/26
The award winning play from Israel 'Women's Minyan' about a respected Rabbi's wife who flees her abusive marriage and puts herself and her society on trial is coming to New York. It will be presented in an exclusive staged reading this Monday 9/26 3pm & 7pm (reception). This searing drama features a stellar cast of Amelia Campbell, Judy Gold, Emily Zacharias, Amy Stiller, Catherine Wolf, Valerie Issembert, Emma Zaks, Zuzanna Szadkowski, Kendall Rileigh, Rebecca Louise Miller, Bern Cohen, Lisa Riegel, and Marcia Sterling.
Review - Abbie & The Misanthrope
Actors who bear a substantial resemblance to a legendary celebrity or historical figure are often inspired to turn that stroke of luck into a one-person show. If Bern Cohen ever had any doubts about his resemblance to political activist Abbie Hoffman, they were certainly dissolved one evening in the 1970s when Ohio police arrested him and put him through a brutal interrogation under the assumption that he was the famous 'Clown Prince of the Revolution' who co-founded the Youth International Party (the Yippies), was a member of the 'Chicago Eight' who were charged with conspiracy and inciting to riot after disruptive demonstrations outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention and wrote a New York Times bestseller, even though it was titled Steal This Book.
ABBIE Begins Run At West End Theater 1/6
ABBIE, Bern Cohen's moving portrait of the passionate and outspoken radical, begins its premiere run January 6th, running thru January 29th at the West End Theatre on 86th Street.
Bern Cohen Discusses ABBIE, the play
Decades ago, the late-Abbie Hoffman went underground to avoid a jail sentence on a trumped-up coke bust for which charges were eventually dropped when he surfaced over ten years later as Barry Freed.
