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The Amazing Max
Saturdays at 4:30 PM through March 10, 2012
Manhattan Movement and Arts Center
The Amazing Max
and The Box of Interesting Things is a Magic Show
with a mind of it’s own. Magician Max Darwin
makes objects appear out of thin air, as the laws
of physics are defied, and miracles are performed
inches from spectators’ faces. As the props
onstage seem intent on surprising even the magician
himself, this out of control show bursts with
striking visual magic, comedy and juggling, and
loads of audience participation. The Amazing Max
and The Box of Interesting Things is the wackiest,
most interactive, highest energy magic show for
families on the market today.
Front row seats available on the Magic Carpet
(VIP seating) $49.50, regular general admission
tickets $29.50. Performances: Saturdays and Sundays
at 4:30pm through January 15; Saturdays at 4:30pm
through March 10. No performances on the following
dates: Sunday, December 25; Sunday, January 1.
Special mid-week holiday performances have been
added at 11am on the following dates: Monday,
December 19; Wednesday, December 21; Friday, December
23; and Tuesday, December 27. Tickets are available
at www.telecharge.com or by phone at 212-239-6200
or 800-432-7250. For more information, visit www.TheAmazingMax.com.
Manhattan Movement
and Arts Center
248 W. 60th Street (between Amsterdam and West
End Avenues)
The Anna Copa
Cabanna Show- Love In Space
Saturday 18th February, 11 pm-1am
Joe's Pub, Public Theater
Australian showgirl
Anna Copa Cabanna’s Rock and Roll Variety
Show draws inspiration from Solid Gold, The Brady
Bunch Variety Hour, and The Carol Burnett Show!.THE
ANNA COPA CABANNA SHOW’s primary goal is
transporting the audience to a world of glamor,
humor, overly earnest but beautiful dancing, and
classic rock and roll!
Along with her lounge/punk band The MG5, Anna
reflects on New York City's politics, small dogs,
F trains, and malnourished boys with her little
xylophone and voracious voice.The audience will
be entertained with Prizes! The Wheel of Wonderment!
Australian Trivia! Hot Aliens! And out-of-this-world
tributes to DAVID BOWIE, PLANET VENUS and PRINCESS
LEIA!!
Guests include Hula Hoop Harlot Melissa- Anne,
and Superstar NYC Singers: JOY DRAGLAND (Escort),
DALILA PASOTTI (Other Crimes), MEREDITH MEYER
(Loser's Lounge), and ZOHRA ATASH (Religious To
Damn)
Tickets $15. For more information, please visit
www.myspace.com/annacopacabanna
Tickets and Table reservations 212 967 7555 or
www.joespub.com
Joe's Pub, Public Theater
| 425 Lafayette at Astor Place
Antibes
Bistro Live Jazz Weekly
Tuesdays/Wednesdays 7:30pm-10:30pm
Antibes Bistro
Antibes Bistro Live Jazz is proud to present all
star jazz talent in the LES. We invite you to
indulge in sultry sounds and intimate ambiance
every Tuesday and Wednesday night beginning at
7:30pm.
Antibes Bistro serves a seasonal selection of
French Mediterranean dishes in a light atmosphere
with European character. Relax with your choice
of quality boutique and vintage wines from our
very reasonably priced wine list.
Located just two blocks from F/JMZ Trains, Essex
and Delancey stops.
Tuesdays: Stephane Spira Trio, Alon Nechushtan
Trio, more TBA
Wednesdays: Alex Terrier, Camila Meza, The French
Connection, Yotam Silberstein, more TBA
No Cover. No Minimum.
For more information visit www.antibesbistro.com
Antibes
Bistro | 112 Suffolk
(between Rivington & Delancey)
BRAD LOEKLE hosts
THE ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY COMEDY HOUR!
Sunday, February 5th @ 10 PM
Therapy Bar
LOL = LOTS OF LADIES!
Tonight the most popular comedy show in Hell’s
Kitchen proves that Eddie Brill doesn’t
know what he’s talking about… at least
not about ladies! Host Brad Loekle welcomes three
of his favorite fresh female faces and they are
bound to leave you in stitches! Headliner Allison
Castillo (Montreal Comedy Festival) will be joined
by Harriet Halloway (Gotham’s monthly “Waiting
to Inhale”) and Selena Coppock (NY Comedy
Festival)
And… as always…
NO cover charge, NO drink minimum, $7 cosmos all
night. For more information, visit www.therapy-nyc.com.
therapy | 348 West 52nd
St
(between 8th and 9th Aves.)
Broadway's Robert
Creighton: Debut Album Concerts for "Ain't
We Got Fun!"
Sunday February 12, Monday February 13 9:30pm
The Metropolitan Room
Robert Creighton, one of the busiest
character actors working on Broadway today, will
celebrate the release of his smashing debut recording,
"Ain't We Got Fun!" with two concerts
at The Metropolitan Room in February. Creighton
will be accompanied by a five piece ensemble and
will welcome special guest performers each night.
“Ain’t We Got Fun!” features
music primarily from the first three decades of
the 20th C., along with two Creighton originals
from his award winning, original musical CAGNEY!
He and Producer/Arranger Georgia Stitt, have created
a good time, vintage sounding album with authenticity
and some of the most beautiful American melodies
ever. As icing on the cake, Creighton's cast mate
from Anything Goes, Mr. Joel Grey, sings on the
disc and Kate Baldwin, Heidi Blickenstaff and
Tituss Burgess also make delightful appearances.
Tickets are $20, plus a two drink minimum. There
is a light snack menu available. Reservations
are highly recommended by phone or web. Phone
212-206-0440 or visit: http://www.metropolitanroom.com
The Metropolitan
Room | 34 West 22nd Street
Between 5th and 6th Avenues.
Burning Bridges
Comedy @ McSwiggans
Wednesdays 8PM-10PM (Ongoing)
McSwiggans Bar & Lounge
The curmudgeon
Brooklyn odd couple of Ray Field and Todd Montesi
have decided to come together and produce a weekly
bibulous filled good time and mirth at their hangout,
The New York Classic known as McSwiggans. Featuring
top comics, great laughs, cheap drink specials
( for ex. $3 beers, ALL 16 DRAFTS), and a laid-back
atmosphere, how can you go wrong with that on
a Wednesday night? C'mon, who's tying you down?
Forget all of your commitments, burn all your
bridges and join us! JOIN US! You won't regret
it. (Well, unless you really did burn up all your
bridges. It's only a figure of speech dude.)
hosted by
Ray Field, rainmaker, and featuring Todd Montesi,
secretary of Something, Something, and Welfare
No Cover, 1 drink min.
for info/reservations: 212-683-3180
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Burning-Bridges-Comedy-at-McSwiggans/125158064206077?v=info
McSwiggans | 393
2nd ave (corner of 23rd st.)
The Complete
Performer
Saturdays (Open Run), 10PM
SoHo Playhouse Theatre
Letterman-Emmy-winning
writer and comic, Ted Greenberg, cracks all entertainment
genres* in just under 53 minutes. For the show-stopping
finale, he drives audience members home in a licensed
yellow taxi. "Not to be missed. Run don't
walk. This is magic." -Air America. "Outrageously
funny"- Backstage. "Greenberg's mostly
one man show is drawing crowds" - New York
Times. "Will deliver laughs" - New York
Post. "Kept a full house roaring" -
NYTheatre.com.
*genres include (but not limited to) Improv, Mindreading,
Sleight-of-hand Magic, Escape Artistry, Mascot/Puppetry,
Male Burlesque (rated R), "People's Choice"
Awards, Live Simulcast of "beat-the-clock"
Cab Ride (to anywhere within 5 boroughs under
15 mins.) and Bob Fosse-esque Dance Choreography.
Tickets $15. Box office: (212) 691-1555 , For
more information or advance purchase visit: www.SoHoPlayhouse.com
, or for more information on the show, please
visit: www.TheCompletePerformer.com
SoHo Playhouse
Theatre | 15 Vandam Street, New York, NY.
Between 6th Avenue & Varick Street
DIEGO
AMADOR: Gypsy Flamenco Jazz from Seville * Exclusive
NY Show
Wed, February 15th @ 7:00pm
Drom
A globalFest alumnus (he
played the festival when it first launched in
2004), Diego Amador approaches his music with
nonchalance and without complexities or without
resigning his Andalusian Gypsy Flamenco. With
a voice that reveals his art in feelings, Diego
Amador brings together his Gypsy and Flamenco
roots with jazz and classical music through richly
inspired improvisation on his universal piano
and opens the door for a new world. He has collaborated
and shared the stage with musicians such as Chick
Corea, Birelli Lagreene, Luis Salinas, Jorge Pardo,
Carles Benavent, Alex Acuña, Abrahan Laboriell,
Larry Coriel, and Jerry Gonzalez, amongst others.
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Drom | 85 Avenue A (b/w 5th & 6th)
Good Peoples presents
NEXTAH with Cubic Zirconia
Sat, February 4th @ 11:00pm
Drom
After winning "Best
Dance Party At A Dive" by The Village Voice
last year, Good People's Nextah party moves to
Manhattan. The first show of the year features
a live performance by the Cubic Zirconia band,
who has not-so-secretly established themselves
as one of the most dynamic bands in New York.
Tiombe Lockhart, Nick Hook and Daoud Sturdivant
have blended elements of house, R&B and experimental
electronics to make what Dazed & Confused
calls, "hyped-up, sexually-charged club music
that is raw, unblinkered and very fresh…the
real deal." Join Cubic Zirconia as they shoot
a music video on site at the event. Plus special
guest from Mexico Andrea Balency, who has been
making waves internationally with her multi-layered
instrumental/pop tunes.
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Drom | 85 Avenue A (b/w 5th & 6th)
Great
Comedy… Low Cost… Only At The World!
Every night - Sunday-Thursday, 8:30 & 10PM
Friday-Saturday, 8:30, 10:30 & midnight
The World at Broadway Comedy Club
The World Cafe at Broadway
Comedy Club has two amazing shows every night
at 8:30 and 10:00 (plus a midnight show Fridays
& Saturdays) with an intimate setting, great
food/drinks (about half the cost of other clubs)
and a lineup that combines the hottest TV headliners
from Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing and late-night
television with NYC’s most promising rising
stars – this is your chance to see them
BEFORE they make it big! Past headliners include
Rob O'Reilly (The Tonight Show; Live at Gotham),
Dean Obeidallah (Comedy Central's Axis of Evil),
Myq Kaplan (Last Comic Standing 2010 Finalist),
Dave Konig (HBO), Josh Spear (Last Comic Standing;
Late Night with Conan O'Brien), Pat Dixon (Comedy
Central Presents), Aaron Haber (Comedy Central's
The Watch List; Friars' Club), Shannon Sutherland
(Maxim Radio), and any other special guests who
stop by - we never know who, but it's always a
pleasant surprise.
Cover is normally $15 per person, but if you print
this page and bring it with you, or use the code
MLNYCS at the door, your cover will be $15 for
TWO people Sunday-Thursday ($20 on weekends) plus
a two-drink minimum! For more information and
reservations, please check out our web site at
www.theworldnyc.com, reply to the e-mail address
above or call 646-242-6652
The World at Broadway
Comedy Club | 314 W. 53rd St., New York, NY 10019
It's Gonna Be
A Dirty Valentine's Day - Mike Edison Show and
Revue
Tues, Feb 14th, 7 pm
Manitoba’s
What: Gonzo raconteur and
local author Mike Edison returns to the scene
of his latest outrage for a special Valentine’s
Day performance as part of the ongoing DIRTY!
DIRTY! DIRTY! tour, celebrating his controversial
new book, DIRTY! DIRTY! DIRTY!: Of Playboys, Pigs,
and Penthouse Paupers, An American Tale of Sex
and Wonder.
As always, expect
X-rated comedy, literary mayhem, dirty blues,
high-minded hijinks and low-brow kicks, as well
as excerpts from Mike Edison's legendary Penthouse
letters, Hustler features, and more to celebrate
the day of love.
Providing a live
soundtrack of beatnick bop and greasy R&B,
Edison’s Rocket Train Micro Arkestra will
feature The World’s Greatest Piano Player
MICKEY FINN (the Left Banke, the Miracles) and
legendary drummer DEE POP (Bush Tetras, Gun Club,
the Contortions). And of course Edison will be
blowing minds with his super-fuzz Theremin invention.
For more info,
visit: http://www.mikeedison.com
This is a FREE event.
(212) 982-2511
Manitoba’s | 99
Ave B
GAUSAS
& MEGALOU
Fridays, February 3, 24 at 8:30pm
Magnet Theater
Veteran improviser Christina
Gausas joins duo MegaLou (Megan Gray and Louis
Kornfeld). MegaLou combines 14 years of dating
with 6 years of friendship with Gausas for a night
of improvised unity. Magnet Theater hosts a variety
of performances and special events by the best
of New York’s improv masters and visiting
international artists on Mondays through Sundays
in February at 254 W. 29th Street, ground floor
(between 7th and 8th Avenues), NYC.
A detailed schedule and description of each night’s
line-up can be found at www.magnettheater.com.
Reservations are recommended and can be made by
calling (212) 244-8824.
Tickets $7
Magnet Theater | 254 W.
29th Street
MY TAWNY VALENTINE
Feb 17, 24, & March 2 at 7:30pm
The Laurie Beechman Theatre
Obie Award-winning
playwright/performer David Drake (The Night Larry
Kramer Kissed Me) makes his long-awaited return
to New York with the premiere of MY TAWNY VALENTINE.
Written by and starring Drake, this drag tragicomedy
with music is directed by David Briggs (film:
Karen Black Like Me) featuring musical direction
by Lance Cruce (Joan River's longtime pianist,
Karen Finley's Make Love). Performances begin
February 17th at The Laurie Beechman Theatre.
MY TAWNY VALENTINE
marks the unheralded return of Tawny Heatherton,
a lovably eccentric showbiz survivor and “one
hit wonder” of the disco zeitgeist of the
early 1980s. Tawny brings her singular blonde-swept
brand of sunny, funny optimism while recalling
stories of wandering the globe performing her
disco "hit," her headline-grabbing turn
as the unwitting "Pyro Girl of Long Island,"
her short-lived stint as a "Hee-Haw Honey,"
and reuniting with her long-lost aunt Joey Heatherton
at the Mohegan Sun Resort & Casino.
Tickets are $20
plus a $15 food/drink minimum. To purchase tickets,
call 212-352-3101 or visit www.SpinCycleNYC.com.
The
Laurie Beechman Theater | Inside West Bank Cafe
| 407 West 42nd Street
At Ninth Avenue
Accessible from the A,C,E,N,R,V,F,1,2 & 3
trains at 42nd Street.
No Name
Comedy Variety Show @ The Pipers Kilt
Saturday, February 4, 2012 - 10:00 pm
The Piper's Kilt
On Saturday, February 4th,
2012 comics Jim Mendrinos (The Complete Idiot's
Guide to Comedy Writing, New York Underground
Comedy Festival), Nancy Lombardo (Saturday Night
Live, International Mamapalooza Festival) &
Hilary Schwartz (Boston’s Women in Comedy
Festival, “Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad”)
will be among the performers featured at the The
Pipers Kilt in Manhattan. Take the "A"
subway to 207 Street. Performers subject to change.
No cover charge for the 10pm show (ages 21 &
over) and for more information, contact (212)
569-7071 or go to http://www.nonamenyc.com
The Piper's Kilt | 4944
Broadway
Between 207th St & Isham St), New York, NY
PhillyBloco
Brazilian Carnaval Extravaganza
Sat, February 18th @ 9:30pm
Drom
PhillyBloco is modeled
after the blocos of Rio de Janeiro, with their
large percussion sections and harmonic/vocal accompaniment.
The group is comprised of twelve drummers, electric
guitar, bass guitar, vocals, horn section, accordion,
and Brazilian dancers. The PhillyBloco group performs
a raucous mash-up of Samba, Funk, Reggae, and
other high-energy genres. The one constant in
all of their music is the heavy percussive element
that they use to explore the tremendous range
of Brazilian rhythms, applying their own unique
creativity, passion, and feeling to each arrangement.
Get ready to dance during Brazilian Carnival Weekend!
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Drom | 85 Avenue A (b/w 5th & 6th)
Political Subversities
Every Saturday at 9:30PM starting February 4th,
2012
The People's Improv Theater
Recently featured
as performers on MSNBC, Political Subversities
returns to the People’s Improv Theater to
lampoon this election season on February 4th at
9:30PM. Political Subversities is a darkly funny
cabaret presenting new material every week that
mocks the humorous, the stupid and the downright
absurd in today's social and political landscape
in the form of side-splitting sketches, fast and
funny monologues and Broadway-worthy songs. Political
Subversities seamlessly presents more than 40
sketches and songs in under an hour. Initially
conceived by Tony Nominee and Obie Award winner
Elizabeth Swados, and currently written by a cast
of actors, writers, singers and sketch comedians,
this show has been featured Huffington Post, Bust
Magazine, Gawker and numerous other blogs. It
has also been featured as Time Out New York’s
pick of the week and has sold out return engagements
at Joe’s Pub.
For more information
visit www.politicalsubversities.com or www.thepit-nyc.com
1-212-563-7488)
The People's
Improv Theater | 123 E. 24th St
Between Park and Madison
Predictable Heart:
The Music of Justin Rugg
Thursday, March 1. 9:30pm
The Duplex Cabaret Theatre
An evening of story
songs about modern relationships, life and love.
Justin's melodies are stirring, passionate and
exciting...his lyrics honest, fresh, funny and
often biting. This informal evening around the
piano marks Justin's cabaret debut. Produced by
Pantochino Productions Inc. For more information
on Mr. Rugg and the company, visit www.pantochino.com
Tickets $10 plus
two-drink minimum. For reservations, visit http://www.theduplex.com/~thedup/webcalendar/reservations.php?cal_id=6434
or call (212) 255-5438
The Duplex
Cabaret Theatre | 61 Christopher Street at 2nd
Avenue, NYC
RUBBER SKUNK
CD RELEASE CONCERT
February 10 @ 11PM
The Bitter End
The funky, jazz-rockers
of Rubber Skunk are releasing their first full
length album on February, 10 in New York City
at The Bitter End. With comparisons ranging from
Jamiroqui to Led Zeppelin; Rubber Skunk is an
intensely original group that captivates audiences
with deep funk grooves, catchy and unique hooks,
virtuosic improvisation, and Zappa-esque satire.
Unafraid of risk taking, Rubber Skunk surprises
show goers with spontaneous instrument switching,
unique cover songs, and other stage antics, often
in full Skunkadelic costume. Rubber Shunk will
perform at 11pm. Also scheduled to perform are
Wiser Time, 61 North and BAM!
Admission is $10.00. For more information and
photos, please go to: http://www.rubberskunk.com
The Bitter End | 147 Bleecker
Street
Between Thompson and LaGuardia
http://bitterend.com
Hunter Nelson
Who Loves You, Baby?
Wednesday - Friday at 7:30PM.
Wednesday - Friday at 7:30PM.
The Huron Club at The SoHo Playhouse
Who Loves You,
Baby?, written by New York's own Hunter Nelson,
has had
everyone from hipsters to hip-replacements rolling
in the aisles. Under the
direction of Taylor Negron, Tom DiMenna expertly
channels the unmistakable
chutzpah of long-dead 70's Hollywood tough guy
Telly Savalas. That's right:
The no-nonsense Greek-American actor best known
as TV's Lt. Theo Kojak has
taken flesh once again -- and he sings, too! Accompanied
by virtuosic
pianist Alex Leonard, and joined by Henry Kaiser
as Telly's second-banana
brother George (part of a "package deal"
resurrection), DiMenna creates a
unique and surreal atmosphere of nightclub comedy
and supernatural
stagecraft, all couched in the uncontestable class
and cool of a sexier (and
somewhat sweatier) time gone by.
Featured in the
Wall Street Journal, Who Loves You, Baby? has
received
cheers from all over: "You will not see a
funnier play than Who Loves You,
Baby?! As Savalas, Tom DiMenna is hilarious and
cool like Telly." --
Nytheater.com; "Who Loves You, Baby? is hilarious.
Tom DiMenna is front and
center as a dead ringer for the now-dead Savalas.
It's a brilliantly
breezily bombastic performance that induces giggles
galore for its gumption
and straight-faced pontification." -- Nitelife
Exchange; "I laughed my way
from the beginning right through the end."
-- LA Fringe Review; "Tom DiMenna
plays the hairless icon with comedic grace. [the
show is] simultaneously
ridiculous and refreshing." -- LA Theatre
Review
Come witness this
uproarious and fundamentally indescribable lounge
act from
the world beyond, and see for yourself why the
world needs Telly now more
than ever!
Tickets are $25. For tickets and information
please visit www.sohoplayhouse.com. For information
about Who Loves You,
Baby?, please visit: www.tellysavalaslive.com
The Huron
Club at The SoHo Playhouse | 15 Vandam Street
New York, NY
10013
Sunday Night Live
Every Sunday Night @ 8pm- 10:15pm
NY Comedy Club
Jamie Roberts hosts
a mix of rising club comics and stand-ups who’ve
already broken through to the cable-TV-spot level.
Check out what is being called “The Best
show to see on the weekends in NYC.” The
show features two headliners a week and the best
comics in NYC.
Tickets are $5(Online)
$10 at the door. 2 Drink min
For more information visit www.jamieroberts.com
or call 212-696-5233
NY Comedy Club
| 241 East 24th Street
Coming Soon
BRAD LOEKLE hosts
THE ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY COMEDY HOUR!
Sunday, February 12th @ 10 PM
Therapy Bar
MY FUNNY VALENTINE
Whether you share a booth with your boyfriend
or you’re a single lady just looking for
Mr. Right(now) to get through the 14th with; we’ve
got a show that will leave you happier than you
were before! Host with the most, Brad Loekle,
welcomes comedians Kate Wolff; Hilary Schwartz
(VH1’s “Why am I Still Single?”)
and headliner Jessimae (VH1; Home Grown Comedy
Tour).
And… as always…
NO cover charge, NO drink minimum, $7 cosmos all
night. For more information, visit www.therapy-nyc.com.
therapy | 348 West 52nd
St
(between 8th and 9th Aves.)
MartyParty
Six Shots Tour
Fri, February 17th @ 11:00pm
Drom
MartyParty has been taking
the electronic dance music scene by storm, blowing
up festivals and dance floors with his original
style of dubstep crossing, hip-hop and big bass
bangers. He has taken his show on the road with
headlining spots on the Monsters of Bass tour,
Lightning in a Bottle and several other festivals
around the US and Canada. MartyParty started producing
his own flavor of music in 2005 with the mission
to change the monotony of electronic music by
creating an entirely different sound that is more
musical and more storytelling with more diverse
beats. MartyParty’s live "Purple Opera"
is a roller coaster ride of emotion and dance
with intense bass, huge beats, emotional melodies
and a cutting edge sound design.
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Drom | 85 Avenue A (b/w 5th & 6th)
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