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Mark Snyder's
AS WIDE AS I CAN SEE
Sunday at 8:30pm
February 23 - March 10
HERE Arts Center

At Hand Theatre Company (Letters to the End of The World, Broadway Recycled) presents the World Premiere of Mark Snyder's AS WIDE AS I CAN SEE. Directed by Dan Horrigan, previews begin February 23 at the Mainstage of HERE Arts Center with opening slated for Wednesday, February 29.

AS WIDE AS I CAN SEE is set in the backyard of a recession-stricken Ohio town, where the beer is on ice and the citronellas are ready to be lit. Dean, a disillusioned journalist, and his freeloading best friend unwittingly prepare for the most explosive barbecue of their lives. Tensions mount when Dean's girlfriend inadvertently invites a mysterious woman from his past to the party. Burgers are flipped and scores are settled in this new drama about remembering who you were and confronting who you've become.

The production features set by David L. Arsenault, costumes by Nicole Wee, lighting by Josh Bradford, and sound by Colin Whitely. It is produced by Justin Scribner and Matthew DiCarlo with casting by Judy Bowman and production stage management by Angela F. Kiessel. Casting will be announced shortly.

For more information visit www.athandtheatre.com

Tickets are $18, available at 212-352-3101 or www.here.org.

HERE Arts Center | 145 Avenue of Americas at Dominick Street
One block south of Spring Street
Accessible from the C,E trains at Spring Street

Brooklyn Center's 2011/2012 Theater Series
October 29- May 20
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College announces its 57th season of diverse, family friendly theater and musical theater performances, including the premiere U.S. tour of the National Acrobats of the People's Republic of China; the Tony Award-nominated play Say Goodnight Gracie; the Off-Broadway hit My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish & I'm in Therapy, and three theater performances for children as part of Brooklyn Center's Target FamilyFun series.

Tickets: $7 to $30
Online orders: www.BrooklynCenterOnline.org
Box Office: (718) 951-4500, Tuesday - Saturday, 1pm - 6pm

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts | Walt Whitman Theatre at Brooklyn College
2900 Campus Road
Brooklyn, NY 11210
(718) 951-4600

Japan’s Acclaimed Company East Premieres Homoerotic
BUDDHA
Friday & Saturday at 10pm
Sunday at 2:30 PM
March 2 -11,
The Club at La MaMa ETC

Tokyo’s acclaimed Company East returns to New York with the World Premiere of BUDDHA. Director and choreographer Kenji Kawarasaki’s production, which blends traditional eastern techniques of Noh with modern western dance to produce culturally rich movement theater, begins performances on March 2 at The Club La MaMa ETC.

BUDDHA is an Oriental take on the Seven Deadly Sins that juxtaposes the biography of Siddhartha Buddha with the fever dream of a contemporary gay man. It is an aggressive, scandalous, spiritual journey based on the Buddhist ideas of love and death and the spirit of Zen.

The production incorporates multiple video projectors that will display both words and images, making the experience truly multicultural and accessible for Japanese and English speaking audiences alike.

The title role of BUDDHA will be played by Hiroshi Jin, an internationally acclaimed actor and dancer best known for his ground-breaking, gender-bending performances in roles including Lady Macbeth and Salome. The cast also includes Sho Tohno, Koide Yuji, Matsutaka Jin, Yoshifumi Seo, Yumi, Koichi Nakayama, and Chako with lighting by Nakayama Jin and video by Yoshiaki Takano.

Tickets are $20 / $15 for students & seniors, available at 212-475-7710 or www.lamama.org.

The Club at La MaMa ETC | 74A East Fourth Street
(between Bowery and 2nd Avenue, accessible from the F & V trains at 2nd Ave).
Running time: 70 minutes.

William Shakespeare's
HAMLET
Wednesday, January 25th thru Sunday, February 12th @ 7:30PM
NO PERFORMANCES ON THURSDAYS FEB. 2 & 9
Sunday matinees on Jan. 29, Feb. 5 and Feb. 12 at 3PM
American Theatre of Actors in Chernuchin Theatre

This production of Hamlet is directed by American Theatre of Actors artistic director James Jennings. Featured in the cast are Thomas Leverton as Hamlet and Jessica Jennings as Ophelia with with W. Griffith Barker, Vincent Bivona, Jane Culley*, Sergio Diaz, Garrett Dill, Armand Eisen, William Greville, John Paul Harkins, Alan Hasnas, Vincent Iannuzzi, Jason Morris, and Harrison Valerio. *Appearing Courtesy of Actors Equity. Set in the kingdom of Denmark, the play’s hero, Prince Hamlet is compelled to exact revenge on his Uncle Claudius for both the murder of his Father, King Hamlet, and his Uncle’s subsequent succession to the throne and marriage to Hamlet’s mother, Gertrude. Surrounded by enemies, Hamlet struggles with his conscience to follow through with his plan to murder his uncle. Once aware of his nephew’s intent, the manipulative Claudius devises elaborate schemes to rid himself of Hamlet.

TIX $18
www.smarttix.com or call (212) 868-4444

The American Theatre of Actors | Chernuchin Theatre|
314 W. 54th Street
Between 8th and 9th Avenues

Joe Lauinger's
HOLY CHILD
Thurs. Feb. 2 at 8PM
Sat. Feb. 4th at 3PM & 8PM
Tues. Feb. 7 at 6:30PM (Includes Reception)
Wed. Feb. 8, Thurs. Feb 9 & Fri. Feb. 10 at 8PM
Sat. Feb 10 at 8PM
Roy Arias Studios Off Off Broadway Theatre

Over a bottle of wine that “don’t get empty” the four Di Camillo brothers reunite at their old neighbourhood restaurant. The youngest, Bernie, an upwardly mobile lawyer, who has successfully avoided his siblings for years is again confronted by his disdain for them. His oldest brother Vic is an overweight businessman that never stops complaining. His middle brother, Patsy is a high school gym teacher that has become romantically involved with a 15 year old student. But most shocking to Bernie is his brother, Tommy, an alcohol addicted priest about to be banished from his calling and committed to a church institution for the wayward. As the evening wares on and the brothers re-visit the painful memories that have both divided and bonded them, each in his own way realizes that love is no protection from giving or receiving mortal wounds and even death provides no escape.

TIX $18 (15 for Students/Seniors)

$12 for Tues. Feb. 7 Show at 6:30PM with Reception

THEATERMANIA.COM, 212.352-0255

Roy Arias Studio's Off Off Broadway Theatre | 300 W. 43rd Street (Between 8th and 9th Avenues)

Israel Horovitz's
LINE
The Longest Running Off-Off Broadway Play
Fridays and Saturdays at 9:30pm*
13th Street Repertory Theater

Israel Horovitz’s LINE, the longest running Off-Off Broadway show, now enters its 37th year at the 13th Street Repertory Theater. For the past three months, a new cast and crew have been hard at work, revitalizing this NY stage classic. LINE is a dark, existential comedy that explores humanity’s constant desire and struggle to be in first place. Stage and screen legends Chaz Palminteri, Richard Dreyfuss, and John Cazale have all stood in LINE during the show’s historic run. In 1974, after LINE’s run Off-Broadway, Edith O’Hara (Artistic Director of 13th Street Theater) worked closely with the playwright to further develop the play and create a production specifically for 13th Street Rep. Now, almost 40 years later, working with Mrs O’Hara, director Frank Bologna envisions something fresh and daring. “I wanted to make sure to honor Israel and Edith’s original version of LINE that made it a success back in the ‘70’s, but with a focus on realism, and avoiding the idea of caricature. My actors have made that possible.”

*Please note, LINE plays continuously in rep with 2 casts, Friday and Saturday nights. The new, younger cast performs in a limited engagement every SATURDAY night.

TIX: $20 ($15 STUDENTS/SENIORS)

THEATERMANIA.COM, 212.352.3101,
OR AT THE BOX OFFICE

13th Street Repertory Theater | 50 West 13th Street

Lyrics From Lockdown
February 11th @ 7:00 p.m.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

This unbelievably true story begins when Brooklyn's own Nuyorican Grand Slam Poetry Champion, Bryonn Bain ("60 Minutes," "The Village Voice," BET-J's "My Two Cents"), is wrongly imprisoned in NYC jails -- while studying law at Harvard.

Weaving together the critical and comedic voices of his seemingly dysfunctional Caribbean immigrant family, and a California choir boy sentenced to Death Row in Texas at 17, this multimedia solo performance tackles America's unresolved contradictions with a virtuosic sense of humor and breathtaking lyricism.

Thought-provoking and hilarious, 40 characters speak through one man on stage as this hip hop theater, spoken word poetry, calypso, classical music and blues-infused concert experience has you on the edge of your seat.

Developed in prisons, public schools and on college campuses during the past decade, the production is a "musical and verbal hurricane" (The Straits Times) featuring a video DJ, beat-boxing cellist, virtuoso guitarist and percussionist.

Lyrics from Lockdown premiered last fall to a sold-out crowd at The Public Theater in New York City -- as the grand finale of the NYC Hip Hop Theater Festival.

Limited tickets for the upcoming Black History Month Performance! For more information, please visit www.lyricsfromlockdown.com.
Tickets: $20
Buy Tickets Online: http://www.showclix.com/event/LyricsfromLockdown

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | 515 Malcolm X Blvd.| New York

Please Don't Let Me Die Alone
Tuesday, February 7 7:00pm-8:00pm
The Magnet Theater

Does lonely New York living ever make you want to open your tiny window and scream “F$%@!!!” at the brick wall? Meet Susan and George, lovelorn neighbors with tired voices and weary souls who plunge crotch first into the dark world of dating. Guided by Jolly Bean, the magical-musical hobo who lives outside their building, Susan and George brave psychos, stalkers and sex addicts, only to find that love might be right next door.
Created and Performed by Amanda Miller and Shawn Shafner
Directed by Dave McGee

Tickets $5. For more information or advance purchase visit www.magnettheater.com or call (212) 244-8824

Magnet Theater| 254 West 29th St @8th Av

THESE SEVEN SICKNESSES
Wednesday - Saturday at 6:30pm
Sunday at 4:30pm.
January 19 – February 12
The Flea Theater

The Flea Theater is proud to present the New York Premiere of THESE SEVEN SICKNESSES, a 5-hour marathon of all seven of Sophocles’ plays re-envisioned by playwright Sean Graney, directed by Ed Sylvanus Iskandar, and starring The Bats. Standout Tribeca dining destination Macao Trading Co. will provide a complimentary Asian fusion feast at all performances. Previews begin January 19 for this special limited engagement, with opening night slated for Sunday, January 29.

In THESE SEVEN SICKNESSES, Sophocles’ seven surviving plays—Oedipus, In Trachis, Philoktetes, In Colonus, Ajax, Elektra & Antigone—combine to create a stunning portrait of the human condition, where the intermingling of chance & fate yields disquieting results. A witty & relevant interpretation of the classics, THESE SEVEN SICKNESSES is an epic examination of the past & a window on the present.

Tickets (including dinner) are $40 and are available by calling 212-352-3101 or online at www.theflea.org.

The Flea | 41 White Street
Between Church and Broadway
Three blocks south of Canal
Close to the A/C/E, N/R/Q, 6, J/M/Z and 1 subway lines.

Silence! The Musical
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at 8 PM
Friday and Saturday at 7:30 PM
Sunday at 5 PM
Beginning January 12, 2012
Performance Space 122

SILENCE! The Musical, the unauthorized parody of The Silence of the Lambs, with book by Hunter Bell, music & lyrics by Jon and Al Kaplan, and direction & choreography by Christopher Gattelli, is set to begin a new winter playing schedule beginning January 12th at The 9th Space Theatre at Performance Space 122, 150 First Avenue (at 9th St.) SILENCE! The Musical opened July 9, 2011 to unanimous rave reviews, led by David Cote of Time Out and New York 1 News who said, “Pungent, punchy and raunchy, with a sheepish chorus to boot, the consummately silly SILENCE! will leave you stuffed and wanting mutton more.” The show immediately became a sold-out smash hit and was just selected by Time Magazine as one of the year’s Top 10 Plays and Musicals along with such lofty company as The Book of Mormon and War Horse.

Originally announced as an eight-week limited engagement, the show’s producers extended the run four times to accommodate the overwhelming demand for tickets. SILENCE! The Musical recently celebrated its 100th New York performance.

The original cast recording of SILENCE! The Musical has been released by Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records online at iTunes, Amazon.com for digital download, and is available at www.sh-k-boom.com. Finally, musical comedy fans outside of New York are now able to enjoy the critically acclaimed score, including such song selections as “If I Could Smell Her C---” and “Put the F--king Lotion in the Basket.”

In the Academy Award-winning film The Silence of the Lambs, rookie FBI agent Clarice Starling matches wits with the brilliant but insane cannibal, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, to catch the serial killer known only as Buffalo Bill. Clarice must face her own demons and race the clock to unlock Lecter’s clues before another innocent girl is killed and skinned by Bill. It’s a hair-raising thriller that’s kept countless millions on the edge of their seats and permeated the pop lexicon with delightfully creepy quotes like “I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti” and of course “It places the lotion in the basket.” And now, at last, this delicate symphony of suspense has been turned on its ear and retold in the only way it can be – as a musical. A singing chorus of floppy eared lambs narrates the action; Buffalo Bill gleefully dances a hoedown while kidnapping hapless Catherine Martin; and even Dr. Lecter, scary as ever, sings about the life he’d like to lead someday outside the prison walls.

The running time is 89 minutes with no intermission. Tickets are $25 - $79 and are available by calling 212-352-3101 or through www.SilenceTheMusical.com.

Performance Space 122 | 150 First Avenue (at 9th St.)

Angela Santillo's
Spark
Thursday, February 16, 8pm
Friday, February 17, 8pm
Saturday, February 18, 2pm & 8pm
Sunday, February 19, 6pm
Wednesday, February 22, 7pm
Thursday, February 23, 8pm
Friday, February 24, 8pm
Saturday, February 25, 2pm & 8pm
Access Theater

The Nightborn, a new theater company, is proud to announce its debut with the world premiere of Spark by Angela Santillo. Just in time for the Valentine season, mythology and city life collide to explore issues of love and sex in Spark. Directed by Elizabeth Miller and featuring a creative team of dynamic emerging artists, the play is set to open at Access Theater on February 16th at 8pm. Set one hundred years in the future, Spark takes place on a frigid February 14th night. A drunk Cupid loiters on a city street, woefully devoted to a world that has evolved to regard relationships as senseless, intercourse as sport, and love as dead. In this setting full of sex crazed Takers and arrow stricken Lovesicks, Aphrodite returns after a century long absence to convince Cupid to abandon mortal love, once and for all.

Tickets $18. For more information visit: http://sparktheplay.wordpress.com/

Access Theater | 380 Broadway @ White St.

Jacob M. Appel's
THIRDS
Wednesday - Friday at 8pm
Saturday at 2pm & 8pm
Sunday at 3pm.
(Note: no matinee March 3).
March 2 - 18
The Lion Theatre at Theatre Row

Heiress Productions will present the World Premiere of THIRDS by Jacob M. Appel, adapted by Kevin Brewer. Directed by Zac Hoogendyk, previews begin March 2 at The Lion Theatre at Theatre Row. A portion of the proceeds from the production will benefit Hope & Heroes Children's Cancer Fund. Opening is slated for March 8.

In THIRDS, three sisters inherit their mother's house. The problem is that the daughters cannot agree on how to divide the estate. When one of the sisters begins to build a brick wall to claim her third of the house, it's clear a decision must be made before the mortar dries.

Tickets are $18 at 212-239-6200 or www.TeleCharge.com.

The Lion Theatre at Theatre | 410 West 42nd Street at 9th Avenue.

THE URBAN DICTIONARY PLAYS
by Play Group 2011
February 1 - 11 @ 8pm
Ars Nova

Move over Webster, the Ars Nova Play Group is taking on the dictionary
– the Urban Dictionary, that is. A night of savvy short plays and hot live music inspired by irreverent, crowd-sourced entries at UrbanDictionary.com. It might just redefine the short play!

Written by
Joshua Allen, Chad Beckim, Rachel Bonds, Jenny Connell, Kara Lee Corthron, Jon Kern, Josh Koenigsberg, Molly Smith Metzler, Michael Mitnick, Kim Rosenstock, Sharyn Rothstein, Joe Tracz

Directed by
Oliver Butler, Wes Grantom, Kate Pines, Laura Savia

ALL TIX $15
http://www.arsnovanyc.com

Ars Nova | 511 West 54th Street

The Wild Finish
Jan. 25, 26, 27, 28
Feb. 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11
All shows at 8pm except Sat. at 9pm
ABC NO RIO

On a snowy Easter Sunday, Monica embarked on a bicycle journey across the vodka-soaked roads of Poland in search of the man who haunts her–a man of power, genius, fame and violence–her grandfather. Along her path, she squats and pogos with anarchist punks in old factories, barely escapes a knifing by Neo-Nazis, hides in churches and is hypnotized in a para-theatrical workshop. You will be led by many eccentric guides through this surreal landscape; a mohawked bike messenger, Ingrid Bergman, a girl with a third eye and your bewildered hostess, Monica Dudarov Ossetynska Hunken, heiress to cult and Slavic royalty.

Written and Performed by Monica Hunken
Directed by Melissa Chambers

http://www.monicahunken.com/thewildfinish.html
or
http://www.polishculture-nyc.org/index.cfm?eventId=1901
Tickets $10-$15. For more information or advance purchase visit https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/216219.

ABC NO RIO | 156 Rivington St.
(between Clinton and Suffolk)

Coming Soon

Paco José Madden
Who Killed Captain Kirk?
March 23 @8:00pm
March 24 @2:00pm and 7:00pm
March 25 @3:00pm
133rd Street Arts Center

From March 23rd through March 25th, Thespian Production presents the play Who Killed Captain Kirk? - an interactive murder mystery by Paco José Madden. Murder and mayhem take center stage at a Star Trek convention where offstage actor William Shatner aka Captain Kirk is murdered. It's up to a group of Trekkies dressed as their favorite characters from the 1960s TV sci-fi adventure series to solve the crime. The only problem is they are all also suspects. An interactive murder mystery where YOU--the audience--decides whodunit. While the play pays homage to Star Trek, it also pokes fun at it with a cast that not only mirrors the diversity of Trek, but is even more inclusive and makes more pointed social comments on contemporary issues. "Who Killed Captain Kirk?" is different every time!

Tickets are $15 in advance at brownpapertickets.com and $20 at the door. For more information go to http://thespianproduction.com/whokilledcaptainkirkny.html

133rd Street Arts Center | 308 West 133rd St., 2fl
(Between St. Nicholas Ave & Frederick Douglass Blvd)