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SPACE//SPACE Film Adaptation to Appear in Anthology Film Archive's Special Screenings Program
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 4, 2023

Banana Bag & Bodice has announced the premiere of their film Space//Space as part of the Special Screenings program at the Anthology Film Archive. 

Banana Bag & Bodice to Present Film Premiere of SPACE//SPACE in January
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 13, 2022

Banana Bag & Bodice will present the premiere of their film Space//Space as part of the Special Screenings program at the Anthology Film Archive. Space//Space is a cinematic reimagining of their 2012 critically acclaimed live theatre piece of the same title.

Banana Bag & Bodice's LONGYARN to Open at Bushwick Starr
by Tyler Peterson - Dec 3, 2015

This highly anticipated new work, LongYarn, listed in Time Out NY's 20 Best Theatre Shows in NYC in 2016, is an outrageous shaggy-dog folktale of the adventurous and long-lived 'Mother', a character based on strong, peculiar and compelling women from history. The outlandish poetic adventures of her youth include tales of riverboat piracy, a stint as a professional wrestler, lost days as a crack addict and being raised by a family of cows, spun through a tenor of joyful hopelessness.

Works by LNWD, Cynthia Hopkins, Ikechukwu Ufomadu and More Set for The Bushwick Starr's 2015-16 Season
by BWW News Desk - Aug 10, 2015

The Bushwick Starr has just announced its 2015-16 Season of Programming. 

BWW Reviews: Reality, Fantasy Clash in FAIRYTALE LIVES OF RUSSIAN GIRLS at Yale Rep
by Lauren Yarger - Feb 7, 2014

Once upon a time we could go to the theater and enjoy a play that made sense, challenged our thinking, moved our hearts and made us feel enlightened when the curtain fell.

Felicity Jones, Emily Walton and More Star in Yale Rep's THE FAIRYTALE LIVES OF RUSSIAN GIRLS, Beg. Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Jan 31, 2014

Yale Repertory Theatre presents THE FAIRYTALE LIVES OF RUSSIAN GIRLS by Meg Miroshnik, directed by Rachel Chavkin, tonight, January 31-February 22 at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street). Opening Night is Thursday, February 6.

Felicity Jones, Emily Walton and More to Star in Yale Rep's THE FAIRYTALE LIVES OF RUSSIAN GIRLS; Cast Announced!
by BWW News Desk - Jan 8, 2014

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE presents THE FAIRYTALE LIVES OF RUSSIAN GIRLS by Meg Miroshnik, directed by Rachel Chavkin, January 31-February 22 at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street). Opening Night is Thursday, February 6. The cast of THE FAIRYTALE LIVES OF RUSSIAN GIRLS is Sofiya Akilova, Celeste Arias, Stephanie Hayes, Jessica Jelliffe, Felicity Jones, and Emily Walton.

Banana Bag & Bodice Presents World Premiere of SPACE//SPACE, Now thru 7/1
by BWW News Desk - Jun 14, 2012

BANANA BAG & BODICE presents the World Premiere of SPACE//SPACE. Text by Jason Craig. Directed by Mallory Catlett. Previews began June 8 at The Collapsable Hole in Williamsburg. Opening is tonight, June 14.

Banana Bag & Bodice Presents the World Premiere of SPACE//SPACE, 6/14-7/1
by BWW News Desk - Apr 30, 2012

BANANA BAG & BODICE presents the World Premiere of SPACE//SPACE. Text by Jason Craig. Directed by Mallory Catlett. Previews begin June 8 at The Collapsable Hole in Williamsburg. Opening is set for June 14.

Summerstage Concludes With BEOWULF â€" A THOUSAND YEARS OF BAGGAGE 8/25
by BWW News Desk - Aug 25, 2010

After a successful smash-hit run in 2009 in New York City, Banana Bag & Bodice brings their award-winning epic SongPlay to SummerStage. This show concludes SummerStage's summer-long FREE theater program and will take place on Wednesday, August 25 through Friday, August 27 at East River Park, Manhattan at 8:00 p.m.

Summerstage Concludes With BEOWULF â€" A THOUSAND YEARS OF BAGGAGE 8/25
by Gabrielle Sierra - Aug 23, 2010

After a successful smash-hit run in 2009 in New York City, Banana Bag & Bodice brings their award-winning epic SongPlay to SummerStage. This show concludes SummerStage's summer-long FREE theater program and will take place on Wednesday, August 25 through Friday, August 27 at East River Park, Manhattan at 8:00 p.m.

City Parks Foundation Announces Summerstage 2010; Expands To All Boroughs
by BWW News Desk - Jun 11, 2010

City Parks Foundation (David Rivel, Executive Director) has announced their 25th Anniversary season of SummerStage, with twenty free performance dates and six unique theater productions from June 11 - August 27, 2010.

Ars Nova Announces Dave Malloy in Concert 5/24
by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2010

A rusty old tambourine nailbin of a night, with hurt trombones and mournful accordions, rowdy raccoons and sweet honeybees, silhouette charms and whiskey tenors screaming at the rain. Composer Dave Malloy (Beowulf - A Thousand Years of Baggage, Three Pianos, Clown Bible, 2009 Jonathan Larson Grant winner) and an ensemble of ten, including members of Banana Bag & Bodice, Three Pianos and The TEAM, work their way through a cacophonous pile of songs spanning four musicals and ten years of never before performed solo work. It's raucous anti-musical musical theater at its best.

Ars Nova Announces Dave Malloy in Concert 5/24
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 12, 2010

A rusty old tambourine nailbin of a night, with hurt trombones and mournful accordions, rowdy raccoons and sweet honeybees, silhouette charms and whiskey tenors screaming at the rain. Composer Dave Malloy (Beowulf - A Thousand Years of Baggage, Three Pianos, Clown Bible, 2009 Jonathan Larson Grant winner) and an ensemble of ten, including members of Banana Bag & Bodice, Three Pianos and The TEAM, work their way through a cacophonous pile of songs spanning four musicals and ten years of never before performed solo work. It's raucous anti-musical musical theater at its best.

Ars Nova Announces Their May Events
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 5, 2010

Ars Nova is committed to developing and producing theater, comedy and music artists in the early stages of their professional career. Our unique development programs are designed to support outside-the-box thinking and encourage innovative, genre-bending work.

City Parks Foundation Announces Summerstage 2010; Expands To All Boroughs
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 4, 2010

City Parks Foundation (David Rivel, Executive Director) has announced their 25th Anniversary season of SummerStage, with twenty free performance dates and six unique theater productions from June 11 - August 27, 2010.

Photo Flash: Ice Factory Festival at The Ohio Theatre
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jul 10, 2009

Artistic Director Robert Lyons proudly presents the 16th annual ICE FACTORY summer festival of new work. ICE FACTORY 2009 opened July 8th, and presents six New York premieres in six weeks, and wraps up August 15th. All performances are at the Ohio Theatre - 66 Wooster Street (between Spring & Broome) in Soho.

Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage
by Duncan Pflaster - Apr 14, 2009

Shotgun Players present 'Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage', a Banana Bag and Bodice Songplay, a meta-Brechtian Weill-rock experience.

Beowulf: A Thousand Years Of Baggage Opens 4/1
by BWW News Desk - Apr 1, 2009

2008 winner of the Bay Are Glickman Award for Best Play, Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage, a Banana Bag & Bodice SongPlay, presented by the Shotgun Players. Beowulf was written by written by Jason Craig with music by 2009 Larson Award Winner Dave Malloy, and directed by Rod Hipskind. Beowulf will be begin performances on March 31, opening on Sunday, April 5 and will initially run through April 18 at the Abrons Arts Center (466 Grand Street @ Pitt).

BEOWULF:A THOUSAND YEARS OF BAGGAGE Starts at Abrons Arts Center Mar. 31
by BWW News Desk - Mar 31, 2009

Flawed heroes, sympathetic monsters and haughty professors collide as this hefty poem is rescued from the grasp of 1,000 years of highbrow analysis and transformed into a defiantly raucous musical. Presented by San Francisco's infamous Shotgun Players and New York's infectious Banana Bag & Bodice, this new SongPlay is an irreverent dissertation on art versus criticism in blood soaked Scandinavia! The award winning Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage is written by Jason Craig with music by 2009 Larson Award Winner Dave Malloy and directed by Rod Hipskind.