Photos: Hannah Gadsby's WOOF! Opens Off-Broadway
Hannah Gadsby's WOOF! recently celebrated its opening night at the Abrons Arts Center. The new comedy is written and performed by Gadsby and directed by Jenney Shamash . Production Design for the Off-Broadway production is by Oona Curley, based on Original Design by Shamash. Check out photos from opening night here!
Hannah Gadsby's WOOF! Extends Run Ahead of First Performance
Ahead of the first performance in NYC, it was announced today that Hannah Gadsby's WOOF! has extended its limited run one additional week, due to popular demand. The production will now play through October 27, 2024 at the Abrons Arts Center .
Hannah Gadsby's GENDER AGENDA to Premiere on Netflix in March
Hannah Gadsby's Gender Agenda features seven of the world's funniest genderqueer comedians. Watch the trailer now! The extraordinary special, hosted and curated by the comedian, features a line-up of seven of the world's funniest genderqueer comedians: ALOK, Asha Ward, Chloe Petts, DeAnne Smith, Jes Tom, Krishna Istha, and Mx. Dahlia Belle.
ETHEL String Quartet Announces Winter/Spring Season
String Quartet ETHEL, known for their enlivened playing and consistently groundbreaking redefinition of concert music, announces their upcoming Winter/Spring 2018 season. Described as an adventurous quartet with a rock band's zest by the New York Times and deemed a genre unto itself by the Village Voice, ETHEL's new season offers the world premiere of Circus: Wandering Cityin Sarasota, Florida.
50% to Play FringeNYC, 8/8-23
<50%, a new Unromantic Comedy by Gianmarco Soresi, will get its world premiere this August at the Kraine Theater (85 East 4th St.) as a part of the New York International Fringe Festival from 8/8-8/23. When Gianmarco and Laura ended their five-year relationship, Gianmarco wrote a play about it. This is that play, they are starring in it together, and all of it is exactly as it happened - at least according to Gianmarco.
Oni Faida Lampley's TOUGH TITTY to Run 4/23-5/11 at Paradise Factory
The New York premiere of the late award-winning playwright Oni Faida Lampley's play Tough Titty, a poignant and funny exploration of what comes next for a Brooklyn mother diagnosed with breast cancer, will be presented next month by actress/producer Ami Brabson (Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order: SVU, Damages) & her husband, Emmy and Obie Award-winning actor Andre Braugher (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order, Glory, City of Angels). Lydia Fort will direct. The play premiered at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and made Lampley a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Award.