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Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival Final Fall Event Set for September
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 13, 2025

The Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival will present 20th and final Fall Festival to be held in September, 2025. Learn more and see how to attend.

THE BROTHERS ORPHAN Comes To Pangea This Month
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 16, 2025

Presented by The Great Gryphon, the 6-time Moth Storytelling champ Jamie Brickhouse brings his new solo show The Brothers Orphan, in his Pangea debut as part of the Incubator Festival.

Pangea to Launch New Pop-Up INCUBATOR FESTIVAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 6, 2025

A new cross-disciplinary festival, Pangea's “Incubator Festival,” is about to launch in the East Village. See full programming and learn how to attend the festival!

Theater for the New City's VILLAGE HALLOWEEN COSTUME BALL set for October 31
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 5, 2024

To delight its community and celebrate the creativity that comes with the season, Theater for the New City (TNC), 155 First Ave., will present its annual Village Halloween Costume Ball October 31. 

Interview: David Mills Finds Resilience Through Humor in STAY LOST at Pangea
by Rebecca Kaplan - Sep 24, 2024

Comedic cabaret artist David Mills is back at Pangea with a brand new show, Stay Lost, which plays 9/28, 10/19, 10/26, and 11/16 and 11/23. Mills strives to make sense of this terrifying moment. Stay Lost is a powerful and hilarious tribute to resilience and perseverance an urgent plea to ‘keep going’.Read a conversation with Mills about Stay Lost.

Feature: BroadwayWorld Cabaret Upcoming Show Roundup �" Sept. 23 to Sept. 29, 2024
by Rebecca Kaplan - Sep 23, 2024

Are you trying to plan your entertainment for the week or looking for a fun show to see this weekend? We have you covered with a few top picks for jazz, cabaret, comedy, and more! NYC has so many incredible events, but here are a few top picks to consider this week including Cheyenne Jackson's Signs of Life, musical comedy and John Cameron Mitchell

David Mills Brings STAY LOST to Pangea
by Stephi Wild - Sep 11, 2024

David Mills goes comically dark in his newest subversive show, 'STAY LOST.' Inspired by the explosive 1990's New York solo performance scene with echoes of Bogosian, Bernhart, Goldberg, and art star Penny Arcade, 'STAY LOST' is a mash-up of storytelling, stand-up, and cabaret - featuring boldly comedic monologues and surprisingly provocative song interpretations from the Blues to the classic American songbook, gospel, and spooky folk songs.

Feature: BroadwayWorld Cabaret Upcoming Show Roundup �" July 22 to July 28, 2024
by Rebecca Kaplan - Jul 22, 2024

Are you trying to plan your entertainment for the week or looking for a fun show to see this weekend? We have you covered with a few top picks for jazz, cabaret, comedy, and more! NYC has so many incredible events, but here are a few top picks to consider this week including understudies, a disability pride show, and Sondheim Unplugged.

Legendary Downtown Performance Artist Penny Arcade Attends TOMORROW WE LOVE At Chain Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jun 25, 2024

As Tomorrow We Love completed their production at the Factory Series at The Chain Theatre, legendary downtown performance artist, actress and playwright Penny Arcade attended a performance and visited the cast of the new gender-bending comedic homage to the classic romantic films of the mid-twentieth century written by Jeffrey Vause (Aloha Oy!) and Steve Hauck ('The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel').

Barbara Kahn, Penny Arcade, and More to Receive 2024 Village Awards
by Blair Ingenthron - May 20, 2024

On June 12 the board, staff, members, and neighbors will gather at the Cooper Union's Great Hall to look back on the past year of Village Preservation's work to protect the architectural and cultural heritage of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo.

Feature: BroadwayWorld Cabaret Upcoming Show Roundup �" April 29 to May 5, 2024
by Rebecca Kaplan - Apr 29, 2024

Are you trying to plan your entertainment for the week or looking for a fun show to see this weekend? We have you covered with a few top picks for jazz, cabaret, comedy, and more! NYC has so many incredible events, but here are a few top picks to consider this week including Sheldon Harnick's birthday celebration and Kyle Dunnigan's new hour.

Interview: Tammy Faye Starlite Spills Details of NICO UNDERGROUND at Joe's Pub
by Rebecca Kaplan - Apr 25, 2024

Cabaret singer Tammy Faye Starlite is bringing her show Nico Underground, exploring the subversive singer Nico perhaps best known for singing with the Velvet Underground. The show runs at Joe's Pub every Wednesday night at 9:30 pm from May 1 to May 22. We spoke with Tammy about the inspiration behind the show and the process of putting it together.

Lower East SIde Festival Of The Arts Set For Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Apr 25, 2024

With the roster still building, Theater for the New City has currently scheduled over 200 performing arts organizations, independent artists, poets, puppeteers and film makers for its 29th annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts, which will be mounted May 24 to 26 in and around Theater for the New City.

Review: YOU ARE GOING TO DIE, Southwark Playhouse
by Franco Milazzo - Apr 23, 2024

A show dripping in pretension performed by a naked man? An impenetrable work obsessed with having a sex toy deep inside one’s backside? A meditation on “existential anxiety” that does little of note with an hour of precious life? There’s enough irony in You Are Going To Die to power an Alanis Morissette comeback, and then some.

Lineup Unveiled for W.O.(e).R.D. �" ON THE VERGE Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 15, 2024

Heather Litteer and wild project has revealed the complete line up for W.O.(e).R.D. – On The Verge. Learn more about the festival!

Justin Elizabeth Sayre's MY BEATNIK YOUTH: A SOLO RIFF Announces Guest Poets, Livestream And More
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 11, 2024

Catch the livestream of MY BEATNIK YOUTH: A SOLO RIFF, a solo play by Justin Elizabeth Sayre. Guest poets and Penny Arcade join the lineup from March 14-24.

The Legendary Penny Arcade Closes Out Bridge Street Theatre's SoloFest
by Blair Ingenthron - Mar 9, 2024

Bridge Street Theatre will close out its 2024 SoloFest with the legendary downtown performance artist Penny Arcade in her one-woman show “Longing Lasts Longer”, being presented for three performances only March 22-24, 2024.

PIGEONAIRE Presents SAILING OVER A CARDBOARD SEA
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 24, 2024

PIGEONAIRE will present Sailing Over a Cardboard Sea, an immersive theatrical spectacle that explores memory and the lush, life-giving moon. Find out what really happened on July 20th as the nerds of NASA convene 30 years later at Peabody Heights and find, strangely, that they all remember that fateful day a little differently.

SAILING OVER A CARDBOARD SEA Comes To Peabody Heights Brewery This March
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 22, 2024

SAILING OVER A CARDBOARD SEA will be presented at Peabody Heights Brewery in Baltimore! Running March 14-31.

An All-Female Line-Up Announced For Bridge Street Theatre's 2024 SOLOFEST
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 26, 2024

March is Women's History Month and, to celebrate, Catskill's Bridge Street Theatre has programmed an amazing all-female line-up for the 2024 edition of its popular “SoloFest”.