NY Theatre week of September 9th |
He stood at the entrance of this "portal" in the woods, two trees leaning together to form an arch. He had decided moments ago that once he passed through its opening, he would leave something behind forever. From this point forward, there would be one thought or action, he would remove permanently from his repertoire. In a centered and grounded place, he closed his eyes, hands relaxed, palms facing forward. A deep breath crashed into the tightness in his sternum, his back relaxed and it came to him. He knew what he would leave behind. With open eyes, he crossed through the arch, never to be the same again.
Too often it seems, we forget just how much we had to change to get where we are now. If we never pushed ourselves forward, we would never have learned to crawl, or walk, to read, or talk. This week, MAMA asks, "If you were to let one thing go, what would it be?" Perhaps it is the doubt you cannot achieve a goal. Maybe it's a belief about yourself or someone else. It could be biting your fingernails, or maybe it's just a little fear. We are all complex problem solvers who minute by minute create our reality. To allow room for growth, we must clear a little space in our consciousness. Dare to make some room, and see what happens! Go to the Theatre!
Love,
MAMA
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THEATRE MAMA SHOW DISTRIBUTION WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 9TH
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555 West 42nd Street between @ Signature Theater
September 14, 2010 - January 30, 2011
Tickets $85
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Set in late 1985 and early 1986, as the first wave of the AIDS epidemic in America is escalating and Ronald Reagan has been elected to a second term in the White House, this Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play's two parts, Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, bring together a young gay man with AIDS and his frightened, unfaithful lover; a closeted Mormon lawyer and his valium-addicted wife; the infamous New York lawyer Roy Cohn; an African-American male nurse; a Mormon housewife from Utah; and a steel-winged, prophecy-bearing angel; as well as the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg, an ancient rabbi, the world's oldest living Bolshevik and a Reagan administration functionary, among many others -- all played by a company of eight actors. The lives of these disparate characters intersect, intertwine, collide and are blown apart during a time of heartbreak, reaction and transformation. Ranging from earth to heaven, from the political to the intimate to the visionary and supernatural, Angels in America is an epic exploration of love, justice, identity and theology, of the difficulty, terror and necessity of change.
For tickets, please call (212) 244-7529 or buy online now! 
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219 West 49th Street @ Ambassador Theatre
Open Run
Tickets $59.00-$126.50
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A true New York City institution, Chicago has everything that makes Broadway great: a universal tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz; one show-stopping-song after another; and the most astonishing dancing you've ever seen.
No wonder Chicago has been honored with six Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards, a Grammy and thousands of standing ovations. It's also no surprise that Chicago has wowed audiences all around the world, from Mexico City to Moscow, from Sao Paulo to South Africa. But the hottest place to experience it is on Broadway. There's always someone fabulous center stage.
For tickets, please call 212-239-6200 or buy online now!
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22 East 60th Street @ French Institute Alliance Française
September 10, 2010 - September 27, 2010
Tickets $30-Free
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Crossing the Line is FIAF's fall festival, conceived as a platform to present vibrant new works by a diverse range of trans-disciplinary artists transforming and furthering cultural practices on both sides of the Atlantic. Initiated, conceived, and produced by FIAF in partnership with leading New York cultural institutions, the fourth annual edition will, for seventeen intensive days, continue to deliver the highest caliber of original work, with a specific focus on the artist's role as a critically important thinker and catalyst for social change.
For tickets, please call (212) 355 6100 or buy online now!
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59 East 59th Street @ 59E59 Theaters
September 10, 2010 - October 03, 2010
Tickets $25, $17.50 members
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"One of the most challenging and satisfying evenings of pure theatre I have seen in years. Please, go see it for yourself." --The Irish Times
Charles, a retired classics professor, and his wife, Helen, are back in the apartment they shared for their entire married lives. They quietly reaffirm their deep affection for each other, the life they’ve shared, its delights and disappointments, as they toast their commitment. In a similar apartment, a much younger couple unpacks from an exhilarating trip to Greece. They settle into an empty apartment, eager to begin their new life together. Over the course of the play, two quiet, intimate evenings unfold, where the lives of two couples are irrevocably changed.
Playwright Aidan Mathews examines the power of love, commitment and memory is this intelligent and compassionate play, which premiered in the Peacock at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.
For tickets, please call (212) 279-4200 or buy online now!
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230 West 49th Street @ Eugene O'Neill Theatre
From November 23, 2009 - Open Run
Tickets $55-$122
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The critically acclaimed and award-winning musical Fela! moves to Broadway!
This new musical, based on the life of groundbreaking African composer, performer and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti, is directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Bill T. Jones, with a book by Jim Lewis and Jones.
In this revolutionary new musical, audiences are welcomed into the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Using his pioneering music (a blend of jazz, funk and African rhythm and harmonies), Fela! explores Kuti's controversial life as artist, political activist and revolutionary musician.
For tickets, please call 212-239-6200 or buy online now!
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226 West 46th Street @ Richard Rodgers Theatre
Open Run
Tickets $41.50 - $121.50
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In the Heights is the 2008 Tony Award winner for Best Musical.
With music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegria Hudes, the show is directed by Thomas Kail and choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler.
In the Heights is a quintessential New York musical about a vibrant and tight-knit community at the top of the island of Manhattan. The music pulses with the hopes and dreams of three generations as they struggle to forge an identity in a neighborhood on the brink of transition.
For tickets, please call 212-307-4100 or buy online now!
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136 East 13th Street @ Classic Stage Company Theater
September 08, 2010 - October 17, 2010
Tickets $65 weekends, $60 weekdays
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Adapted from the work of Virginia Woolf, Sarah Ruhl's ORLANDO makes its world and Off Broadway premiere at Classic Stage Company.
Meet Virginia Woolf's Orlando, your typical Elizabethan Man: a favorite of the Queen, madly in love with a Russian Princess, fleeing an Archduchess and waking up one fine day in Constantinople to find he has become, of all things, a woman. She survives the 19th and 20th Centuries grappling with what it means to live fully in the present, in our own skin, in our own gender, and in our own time. Don't miss this classic masterpiece that has been called "the longest love letter in the history of the English language".
For tickets, please call (866) 811-4111 or buy online now!
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27 Barrow Street @ Barrow Street Theatre
February 26, 2009 - September 12, 2010
Tickets $49.50-$69
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"I don't use the word 'genius' casually, but David Cromer may fill the bill. To have made something so new out of so familiar a play is remarkable enough. To have brought off such a feat without doing violence to the original is a sure sign of something more than mere talent." - Wall Street Journal
Director David Cromer's acclaimed intimate staging of the Thornton Wilder classic! A Lyrical drama about two ordinary families living in adjacent houses in sleepy Grover's Corners, N.H. in the early years of the 20th century. With deceptive tranquility, the play chronicles the tiny details of American life in its daily cycle: waking up, having breakfast with the family, going off to school and work. But underneath, the play questions what it's all about, and expresses, at times, a spiritual terror of what may lie behind it all -- particularly as one young woman faces marriage, childbirth and death.
For tickets, please call (212) 868-4444 or buy online now!
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100 East 17th Street @ Union Square Theatre
From September 10, 2010 - Open Run
Tickets Special Price for MAMA Fans - $35/$65 w/CODE DBLAST
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Six characters. Three generations. One extraordinary man.
Obie Award Winner Daniel Beaty shines as writer and performer of a range of characters from hopeful, wide-eyed child to admired, elder preacher, spinning a tale where lives collide to show how hope, faith and love have the ability to pull anyone Through the Night.
Supported by some of the country’s most revered performers and respected educators, including Bill Cosby, Ruby Dee, and Henry Louis Gates Jr., Through the Night is "a thing of beauty, wit, grit and piercing lyricism" [The New York Times].
For tickets, please call 800-982-2787 or buy online now!
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466 Grand Street @ Abron Arts Center
September 1, 2010 - September 18, 2010
Tickets $18
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After writing and directing over a dozen original materials, playwright/director Richard Maxwell turns to the work of emerging playwright Christina Masciotti and directs Vision Disturbance. Mondo, a middle-aged Greek immigrant woman living in smalltown Pennsylvania loses her vision while going through a divorce from her traditional, Greek husband. The stress has detonated an eye disorder that features a loss of depth perception among other perplexing symptoms. She seeks treatment from Dr. Hull who uses an unorthodox approach involving music therapy to help her regain her eyesight. Vision Disturbance is about two people whose structured lives suddenly fall apart and who are vehemently looking to find new ground and belonging. With great empathy for her characters, Masciotti’s new play conveys with much passion that remarkable transformation is possible. Vision Disturbance is an Equity Approved Showcase.
For tickets, please call (866) 811-4111 or buy online now!
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| BWAY ON BWAY THIS SUNDAY |
MAMA can't wait for Broadway on Broadway in Times Square this Sunday. Hosted by Kelsey Grammer, it will have performances from new shows and long-running favorites, accompanied by a live 30-piece orchestra.
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