Current Off- Broadway Show Tickets and Infohttp: //www. An argument. Emotional mutiny. And a bond that connects four women who meet once a year for a photo shoot, chronicling their changing (and aging) selves as they navigate love, careers, children, and world events. But when these private photographs gain the potential to go public, their relationships are tested, forcing the women to confront who they are, what they've become, and how they'll deal with whatever lies ahead. Funny and evocative, 2.
Century Blues questions our place in the world and in relation to one another. Multi- Obie Award winner and Tony Award nominee Emily Mann (Anna in the Tropics) directs the New York premiere of this play by Susan Miller (My Left Breast), another multi- Obie winner and winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Century Blues. Previews Nov 1. Buy ticketshttp: //www. The fall lineup includes an adaptation of Roberto Bola. Wintertime will see Jack and the Beanstalk, created by disabled actor and writer Mat Fraser and feminist art star Julie Atlas Muz (December 6- 2.
When a popular teen dies, her best friend basks in the glow of the social media attention, while their rival seeks to avenge the past, and uncover the truth behind. As Hurricane Harvey churns onward toward southwest Texas, astronauts on the International Space Station caught a glimpse of the monster cyclone from a safe viewing. These pages contain a collection of concise reviews for movies and film-makers that are extreme in various ways. This is an encyclopedia (up to 2016) of fringe. See how well critics are rating the Best Movies for 2017.
In 2. 01. 8, the venue will present Fabrice Melquiot and Paul Desveaux's Pollock, featuring Jim Fletcher and Birgit Huppuch (February 1. Modesto Flako Jimene's Listen for My Dear Brooklyn (March 1. Deborah Stein and Suli Holum's The Wholehearted (March 1. April 1); Eliza Bent's Aloha, Aloha or When I Was Queen (April 4- 2. Elevator Repair Service's Everyone's Fine With Virginia Woolf, written by Kate Scelsa and directed by John Collins (late May- June 1.
Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble's Month of a Million Likes (June 7- 3. Abrons Arts Center 2.
Season. Opens Sep 1. Buy ticketshttp: //www. The boy subsequently develops an addiction that continues until the age of 2. Let acclaimed performer and comedian Andrew Goffman take you on a whirlwind tour of his funny romance with magazines, videos, and off- color fantasies while you roll in the aisles. However, it's not all laughs in this layered show, which ends on a touching moment of redemption as he struggles to find true love and perspective through real- life relationships. So come have some good dirty fun with The Accidental Pervert! The show has mature themes and is meant for audience members over 1.
Highlights. But when they meet, their common experience becomes anything but, and their moral mettle is put to the test. Lileana Blain- Cruz directs Anna Ziegler's deeply felt and relevant play about intimacy and responsibility, power and provocation, privilege, and protocol. Actually. Previews Oct 3. Buy ticketshttp: //www. The human population has retreated underground.
Experience is simulated. Fertility is regulated. And Anna and Oliver have one last chance to have a baby. After the Blast. Claire Tow Theater. Claire Tow Theaterhttp: //www.
Josh and Alex, a married couple in an open relationship, invite Darius to share their bed one night. When a new intimate connection begins to form, all three men must come to terms with their individual definitions of love, loyalty, and trust as futures are questioned, relationships are shaken, and commitments are challenged. Note: This show is recommended for ages 1. Children under the age of four are not permitted in the theater.
Afterglow. Davenport Theatre. Davenport Theatrehttp: //www. Directed by Ping Chong and Ryan Conarro, ALAXSXA . The three performers use movement and puppetry to reveal a series of little- known historical narratives of collisions between people and cultures in Alaska.
These histories — at times humorous, at times tragic —juxtapose against Beaver and Conarro's own personal memories as . ALAXSXA . Together they careen down the Long Island Expressway, navigating strip malls, traffic jams, and some serious (and not- so- serious) family drama.
An unexpected turn reveals the moment that changed their lives.. Amy may be the only one who knows her own mind. Written by Lindsey Ferrentino, who made her New York debut at Roundabout Theatre with Ugly Lies the Bone, and directed by Scott Ellis (The Elephant Man), Amy and the Orphans is a rollicking ride that proves it's never too late to follow a new road.
Amy and the Orphans. Previews Feb 1, 2. Free Downloads Now You See Me 2 (2016) on this page. Buy ticketshttp: //www. This previously sold- out hit play, first performed in May 2. Presented in a series of four connected vignettes, these characters learn that sometimes they have to get through absolute devastation in order to experience the divinity and joy in their lives. As they learn to overcome their fears and let go of what they can't control, they might just be able to connect with a higher part of themselves and find understanding, peace, and happiness. This play explores the complicated nature of the human experience and the struggles we all face through having to feel our pain, joy, growth, fear, and surrender, while having to evolve and face our mortality.
Angels Among Us. American Theatre of Actors. American Theatre of Actorshttp: //www. Troubadours in trouble!
Shakespeare's pastoral comedy features an exiled duke, his banished daughter, a gentleman in love, and a melancholy traveler. Tony Award- winning director John Doyle and Tony- winning composer Stephen Schwartz transplant this classic play into the Jazz Age. Ellen Burstyn (The Exorcist), a Tony, Emmy, and Academy Award- winner, plays the role of Jaques. As You Like It. Classic Stage Company.
Classic Stage Companyhttp: //www. With jolts of brutality and Albee's signature dark humor, this seminal play explores both the love and the cruelty that we inflict on each other every day. At Home at the Zoo: Homelife & The Zoo Story. Previews Jan 3. 0, 2.
Buy ticketshttp: //www. This laugh- out- loud musical tells the timeless story of a bright- eyed college grad named Princeton. When he arrives in the city with big dreams and a tiny bank account, he has to move into a shabby apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. Still, the neighbors seem nice. He meets Kate (the girl next door), Lucy (the slut), Rod (the Republican), Trekkie (the pervert), superintendent Gary Coleman (yes, that Gary Coleman), and other new friends! Together they struggle to find jobs, dates, and their ever- elusive purpose in life.
Avenue QNew World Stages. New World Stageshttp: //www. KING BLUES CLUB ALL*STARSHarlem Blues Project specializes in soulful New York blues with a twist! The band features blues masters Jerry Dugger, Junior Mack, and Barry Harrison, plus a revolving cast of NYC's finest blues musicians, including Bill Sims Jr., Michael Hill, Irving Louis Lattin, and Solomon Hicks. B. B. KING BLUES CLUB ALL*STARS2. Buy ticketshttp: //www.
As Dinesen, she wrote such epic tales as Out of Africa and Babette's Feast. In 1. 94. 8, at the pinnacle of her fame, the 6.
Blixen was introduced to newly renowned 2. Danish poet Thorkild Bj. In this play, the baroness takes him under her wing, and the two share a powerful, dangerous, and intimate friendship. What follows is a mixture of passion, courage, art, love, and lust among a young, ambitious poet, a grand dame of literature, and the charming young wife of their patron.
Baroness — Isak Dinesen's Final Affair. Clurman Theatre. Clurman Theatrehttp: //www. Kidwell: A Song & Its Girl. Becca C. Kidwell discovers her voice through singing and performing as she reprises her cabaret show, A Song & Its Girl. The show features songs from the Great American Songbook, modern musical theater, and popular music.
Becca C. Kidwell: A Song & Its Girl. Don't Tell Mama. Don't Tell Mamahttp: //www. Barrie's 1. 90. 4 play about the Darling children who follow Peter Pan and Tinker Bell to Neverland, where kids never get old. Bedlam's cast of six inhabit Barrie's 2. Lost Boys, Indians, and the maniacal Captain Hook. Bedlam's Peter Pan.
Duke on 4. 2nd Street. Duke on 4. 2nd Streethttp: //www. But beyond the lights and the cheering crowds lie fears, insecurities, and pain! Witness as they each take journeys to the deepest parts of their souls to face some of their toughest battles!
What happened and why and who did it and how — none of that matters in the moments before.
The Worldwide Celluloid Massacre. THE WORLDWIDE CELLULOID MASSACRE. An encyclopedia and film- diary of extreme, surreal and bizarre movies. Contact: movies at thelastexit dot net. Last updated: 1st September, 2. Movies: 2. 85. 7. These pages contain a collection of concise reviews for movies and film- makers that are extreme in various ways.
This is an encyclopedia (up to 2. Dadaists and Surrealists. Rather than succumb to a vague, subjective and meaningless classification, this site makes use of the following dictionary. Of a character farthest removed from the ordinary', and 'exceeding the bounds of moderation'. It focuses on movies with extraordinary content that is. Therefore, as opposed to a populist viewpoint that assumes extreme cinema. For a personal manifesto on extreme movies and why I watch them, try.
The movies should make one feel unusually disturbed, right- brain challenged, or confused. Many movies nowadays have disturbing, bleak. Correspondingly, although many horror movies have gore, what counts as far as this site is concerned is that the movie revels in it and gives it top. Movies that were extreme for their time, or milestones in extreme cinema may be included as well. In some cases, you may feel that the director/writer may be.
They are not recommended to the faint of heart, the prude, the morally righteous or the. Hollywood aficionado. Extreme short movies and short- film- makers are usually not.
I simply classify a movie as either. The reviews are deliberately concise. For more information and reviews, click on the IMDB links. I don't make any attempts at objectivity, and there are bound to be many strong disagreements.
If you want to know how big a grain of salt to take my reviews with, this is my taste in general: I generally. Classics receive the same level of criticism and are not given special treatment just because they are. Do not expect my opinions to coincide with underground movie trends just because I watch underground. Low budgets are fine but not if the writing and acting are lacking.
I have very high standards for the 'Recommended' listings. My likes and criticisms are pretty consistent and therefore could be used as. Also see the Honorable Mention section for names just beyond the scope of. Feel free to e- mail me with feedback. Reviews may be improved. It has no commercial aspirations, as is evident by the lack of advertising, and it has no goals to.
It is what it is.