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La MaMa COFFEEHOUSE CHRONICLES #177 Spotlights Adrienne Kennedy
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 12, 2024

Explore the life and work of playwright Adrienne Kennedy at COFFEEHOUSE CHRONICLES #177 on November 16, 2024, featuring discussions and performances at La MaMa.

Photos: La MaMa ETC's Great Jones Repertory Company Presents MEDEA
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 12, 2024

La MaMa ETC’s Great Jones Repertory Company joins forces with Director Zishan Ugurlu and experimental media and technology designers CultureHub to tell the story of MEDEA – a refugee whose reality is shattered when she learns of her and her children's looming exile. See photos from tge production here.

La MaMa ETC to Begin 2024 With HUMANISMO PROJECT
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 27, 2023

La MaMa ETC will begin 2024 with the debut of its HUMANISMO PROJECT – a two-part series featuring new, contemporary adaptations of Aristotle and Euripides’ Medea – this winter and spring, it has been announced by Mia Yoo, La MaMa’s Artistic Director.

Sunday Morning Michael Dale: The Wizard of Oz's Celebrity Pooch Tells All and An Anti-War Pageant Arrives From Kosovo
by Michael Dale - Apr 3, 2022

And Toto Too is riotously funny and remarkably true, Balkan Bordello arrives at La MaMa from Kosovo, and Gong Lum's Legacy combines romantic comedy with a controversial Supreme Court case.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL, OY! HANUKKAH, MERRY KWANZAA Now Virtual
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 29, 2021

Theater for the New City and Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre converted their production of  'A Christmas Carol, Oy! Hanukkah, Merry Kwanzaa' from live performances to virtual (online) only. The production has been extended an additional week, now playing through January 9 instead of January 2.

Czech Puppet Production A CHRISTMAS CAROL, OY! HANUKKAH, MERRY KWANZAA to Be Presented Virtual Only at TNC
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 23, 2021

To safely reach the widest possible audience, Theater for the New City (TNC) and Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre (CAMT) have converted their upcoming performance of 'A Christmas Carol, Oy! Hanukkah, Merry Kwanzaa' (December 22 to January 2) from live performances to virtual (online) only.  The show will be available on-demand beginning December 22 at 8:00 PM and run through January 2, the length of the previously scheduled run.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL, OY! HANUKKAH, MERRY KWANZAA Extends Virtually Through January 9
by Gigi Gervais - Dec 12, 2021

For the delight of audiences aged 5 to 105, Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave., will present Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre (CAMT) in 'A Christmas Carol, Oy! Hanukkah, Merry Kwanzaa' from December 22 to January 2. The show is an adaptation of Dickens' classic with Old World accents and New World inclusiveness.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL, OY! HANUKKAH, MERRY KWANZAA to be Presented at TNC
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 22, 2021

For the delight of audiences aged 5 to 105, Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave., will present Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre (CAMT) in 'A Christmas Carol, Oy! Hanukkah, Merry Kwanzaa' from December 22 to January 2.  The show is an adaptation of Dickens' classic with Old World accents and New World inclusiveness.

Theater For the New City Presents A CHRISTMAS CAROL, OY! HANUKKAH, MERRY KWANZAA, HAPPY RAMADAN
by Stephi Wild - Dec 13, 2020

Because everything is virtual now, Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre (CAMT) decided to go full-out fantasy this year in restaging its perennial holiday favorite, 'A Christmas Carol, Oy! Hanukkah, Merry Kwanzaa, Happy Ramadan.'

BWW Review: Traditional Marionettes Update the Scrooge Story in A CHRISTMAS CAROL, OY! HANUKKAH, MERRY KWANZAA, HAPPY RAMADAN at Theater For The New City
by Joe Lombardi - Dec 22, 2019

If you've seen Drunk History on television you will understand the vibe of this show.  Imagine you have an elderly uncle who is of Czech descent.  He has a marvelous collection of marionettes.  After a few shots of Becherovka he invites the family down into the basement for an impromptu retelling (and updating) of a Christmas classic.  That is the best way to describe A Christmas Carol, Oy! Hanukkah, Merry Kwanzaa, Happy Ramadan.

Photo Flash: Take a Look at Photos from La MaMa's Revival of THE TROJAN WOMEN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 11, 2019

La MaMa has announced The Trojan Women as part of its 58th season celebrating the centennial of La MaMa's celebrated founder, the late Ellen Stewart. Directed by Andrei Serban and compoased by Elizabeth Swados, The Trojan Women will take place December 6, 2019 through December 15, 2019 at La MaMa ETC (66 East 4th Street).

La MaMa Announces Full Casting for THE TROJAN WOMEN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 4, 2019

La MaMa announced today full casting for The Trojan Women, part of its 58th season celebrating the centennial of La MaMa's celebrated founder, the late Ellen Stewart. Directed by Andrei Serban and composed by Elizabeth Swados, The Trojan Women will take place December 6, 2019 through December 15, 2019 at La MaMa ETC (66 East 4th Street).

Photo Flash: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, OY! HANUKKAH, MERRY KWANZAA At Theater for the New City
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 19, 2019

For the delight of audiences aged 5 to 105, Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave., will present Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre (CAMT) in 'A Christmas Carol, Oy! Hanukkah, Merry Kwanzaa' from December 19 to January 5.  The show is an adaptation of Dickens' classic with Old World accents and New World inclusiveness. Adapted, directed and reinvented by Vit Horejs, it features over 30 puppets by Milos Kasal including a quartet of Rockettes in Slovak, Moravian and Ruthenian folk costumes and holiday songs in Czech, English, Hebrew, Slovak, Spanish and Swahili.

La MaMa Will Present THE TROJAN WOMEN PROJECT FESTIVAL This December
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 7, 2019

On what would have been Ellen Stewart's 100th birthday, La MaMa has announced The Trojan Women Project Festival as part of its 58th season celebrating the centennial of La MaMa's celebrated founder, the late Ellen Stewart. The Festival will take place December 5, 2019 through December 15, 2019 at La MaMa ETC (66 East 4th Street).

Paul Foster's BALLS Re-Opens At CultureHub
by Stephi Wild - Jun 12, 2019

CultureHub in association with La MaMa and The Great Jones Repertory Company will present Paul Fosters' 1964 iconic and internationally heralded one-act play, BALLS.

La MaMa Presents Coffeehouse Chronicles #149 “Andrei Serban” With Special Guest Liev Schreiber
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 19, 2018

LA MAMA, the 2018 Tony Award winning theater presents, COFFEEHOUSE CHRONICLES #149 "ANDREI SERBAN" - Saturday, September 29th at 3:00pm?at The Ellen Stewart Theater (66 East 4th Street), in the Manhattan.

Motus Theater Company's PANORAMA to Play La MaMa This Winter
by BWW News Desk - Jan 5, 2018

PANORAMA - the latest work by the internationally renowned Motus Theater Company from Italy - makes its world-premiere in January 2018 at La MaMa (Ellen Stewart Theatre, 66 East 4th Street) in collaboration with La MaMa's legendary Great Jones Repertory Company. Previews begin January 3rd prior to press opening on January 5th as part of The Public's Under The Radar Festival.

Motus Theater Company's PANORAMA to Play La MaMa This Winter
by BWW News Desk - Dec 7, 2017

PANORAMA - the latest work by the internationally renowned Motus Theater Company from Italy - makes its world-premiere in January 2018 at La MaMa (Ellen Stewart Theatre, 66 East 4th Street) in collaboration with La MaMa's legendary Great Jones Repertory Company. Previews begin January 3rd prior to press opening on January 5th as part of The Public's Under The Radar Festival.

Croatia's Acclaimed PERFORATIONS FESTIVAL Opens Tonight at La MaMa
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 18, 2017

Croatia's acclaimed Perforations Festival returns to New York November 17 to 26 with a diverse slate of genre-blurring performances by artists from Central and Eastern Europe. The 2017 festival will feature seven productions over ten days including U.S. premieres by Bruno Isakovic? and Mia Zalukar, Via Negativa, Ina Sladic, Magda Stawman-Tuka and Anita Wach, Jasna L. Vinovr ki, and Marta Zi ?ek. The Great Jones Repertory Company's 2015 work Pylade, directed by Ivica Buljan, will also be presented. Perforations is curated by Zvonimir Dobrovic? and presented by La MaMa with an opening performance at Abrons Arts Center.

Czech Marionettes to Bring THE LIFE & TIMES OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD to La MaMa
by BWW News Desk - Oct 4, 2017

In the era of alternative truth, it is timely to revisit three 1960s national traumas which are shrouded in dense cobwebs of multiple conspiracy theories: the assassinations of President Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Rev. Martin Luther King. To elucidate them with puppet theater wisdom, Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre revisits these tragedies in 'The Life and Times of Lee Harvey Oswald,' conceived, written and directed by Vit Horejs.