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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * “Why should I be concerned with the plight of small theater owners? I am the author of four plays, yet to date not one theater owner or producer has accepted any one of my plays for even a reading.” This was the disturbing email I recently received from a disgruntled TRU playwright. I hope he was being tongue-in-cheek. If he was, his tongue was in danger of bludgeoning said cheek because he wrote me in an emphatic 18-point boldface type. Ouch! I’m sure he’s just venting his frustrations, but it brings up some very important points about community that are at the heart of what TRU stands for. Indeed, why should any of us be interested in the plight of anyone else that isn’t directly helping us fulfill our dreams? Why shouldn’t we scorn and dismiss others in the same way they seem to scorn and dismiss us? I don’t consider this as simple a question as the parallel rhetoric might indicate. On the simplest level, this good playwright is forgetting that TRU was created to help people in the business of the arts, with an emphasis on producers. We are not an artists’ organization. The reason for writers and actors and directors to even bother with us is two-fold: first, so many artists are forced to self-produce if they want anything to register on the radar screens of their careers; and second, it is simply healthy for anyone in a business to understand that business. (It also doesn’t hurt for them to meet and network with the people who are controlling the purse strings, frayed as those strings may be.) Look, I’m primarily a playwright and song writer, but I realized about 15 years ago that acting the “helpless artist” wasn’t really helping my career. So I learned to care about “the plight of small theater owners,” and producers and general managers and artistic directors, because these are the people that form the foundation of the business upon which I depend. And so I curate seasons of panels about theater real estate and contracts and running a theater company. And I submit my work, and wait for my break. Like everyone else. But while I’m waiting, at least I feel like I am contributing to the community. It’s not as lonely this way. I know in my bones there are many people who carve out success by pursuing their goals single-mindedly, and with little regard for the needs of those around them. Starlets still claw their way to the top, Sammys continue to run, and Ayn Rand rules for many. We all make our choices, and a lot of those guys (and gals) are a lot wealthier than I am, and probably better known. It’s just not in my nature. To be honest, my disgruntled playwright isn’t saying anything that I haven’t thought myself during the countless moments of rejection that pepper my life, and threaten to harden into a crust. I’ve managed not to harden, so I have no idea if I’d be better off that way. I don’t think I’d be happier, but in the fuzzy realm of conjecture, who knows? And why would I, as a playwright, be interested in companies that produce revivals and classics? To start with, by far the majority of work produced outside of Broadway is new work, with classics and revivals being just a small niche for a few companies. (Let’s leave Broadway to another discussion, and the constant uphill battle to find an audience for new work in the commercial theater.) But even if the whole city went revival-crazy, I would have no more right to tell people not to produce work that sparked their passion than they would to tell me what I should write. Ultimately, I think it is essential for us to be interested in what others do; otherwise, what right have we to expect them to be interested in what we do? I guess I care about the plight of everyone within the scope of my world because I suspect they are all reflections of myself in one way or another. I care about small theater owners, and big ones too, and great plays new and revived, and noble efforts by those who aspire. I care about struggling Broadway shows, ambitious actors who stop at nothing and naïve hopefuls who believe in everything. And right now, I care very much about frustrated playwrights who feel neglected and overlooked. And according to the laws of Karma, I can rest peacefully knowing that others will care about me. Footnote: In the past few weeks, someone has stepped up to underwrite the TRU Musicals Series, someone else has offered expert guidance with our fundraising, a foundation has come through with a substantial grant, a generous TRU member donated $1000 and many others have been sending us $25 to $100. So maybe there's something to be said for Karma. Highlights of the week. Sherry Eaker of BackStage has joined us in producing the next TRU panel, "I Produce Dead People...The Challenges of Bringing the Classics to Life". And Hamilton Clancy of The Drilling Company and Cara Reichel of Prospect Theatre Company have joined the panel (Sad to say we've lost Jesse Berger of ERed Bull and Alexa Kelly of Pulse Ensemble). It's this Tuesday, July 18th - reserve now!... Submissions are now open for the TRU Musicals Reading series. And we're partnering with NYMF! And we have a special endowment and award that will be given out this November at an awards ceremony in November. (see TRU Opportunities) We're Reaching Out with jobs in Maryland, Philadelphia, California - well, they're all over the place! ... Tyra Banks seeks young women with stories of racism, Improv group for Friday night gig, TV reality show seeks mis-matched rommates, website seeks to post every Shakespearean production ever produced (see Goods/Help Wanted)... Theaterworks casting Dickens, murder mystery casting all ethnicities, Strawberry one-act casting black actress (see Casting About)... You really should look into the professional programs that United Stages can provide for your next production (see Services/Goods Offered)... Visible Theater needs to be visible: lighting designer/op... and fun Fringe show needs a House Manager (see Technically Speaking) ... Introductory special on Sweetland vocal technique and free introduction to Richmond Shepard's theater and company, plus more (see Workshops/Classes) It's Festival Time! SPF Summer Play Festival kicked off July 10th (there are a pair of industry panels worth noting on closing day, July 24th. Check out the details at TRU Opportunities.) The Fresh Fruit Festival kicked off its celebration of gay, lesbian, bi- and transgender artists. Dedicated to the more exotic of the fruits, this one also runs from July 10th through July 23rd. And The Midtown International Theater Festival opens tomorrow, July 17th for three weeks of comedies, dramas and solo works at The WorkShop Theaters and the Where Eagles Dare Theatre. (For your added convenience, Fresh Fruit and Midtown will have shows running in the same 312 W. 36th Street building for a week. So you can really get into the festival frenzy. Or get confused.) See Theater/Events for details. And here are some other immediate needs: THE FAST LANE Sunday 7/16: We mailed too late for this TV pilot casting notice. Sorry. (see Casting About)... (see Services/Goods Offered)... A Jew Grows in Brooklyn talkback happened tonight, and you missed it. Oy! (see Theater/Events)... Last chance for Jeffrey Sweet play in Ossining (see Beyond the Boroughs) Monday 7/17: Audition for play in New Milford today and tomorrow (see Reaching Out) ... Midtown International Theatre Festival opens its 3-week un on West 36th Street, with an exclusive discount for TRU... Shotgun Productions has the last free reading in their Passport Series... Asking for It runs tonight and next Monday, about a nun who becomes a Rockette (see Theater/Events) Tuesday 7/18: TRU Panel welcomes Hamilton Clancy of The Drilling Company and Cara Reichel of Prospect Theatre Company to our distinguished lineup in "I Produce Dead People..." (see TRU Opportunities)... Audition for play in New Milford (see Reaching Out) We sure wish more of you would take advantage of the TRU Deals! Make us look good, and actually USE these ticket discounts, why dontcha? Click for the TRU Deals now! So what else is new? Go to the Grid, or click a category of interest: TRU Opportunities... TRU Link-Up.... Technically Speaking.... Goods/Services Offered... Space Patrol.... Living Situations.... Theater/Events ... Beyond the Boroughs ... Click here to return to top of page * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Nice things happen to TRU friends. Zero hour: An excerpt from Broadway press agent and friend Susan L. Schulman's up-coming book AIN'T SHOW BUSINESS GRAND appears in the Summer '06 issue of Show People Magazine (a Time Inc. publication) which is on newsstands now. The chapter deals with the ill-fated Broadway production of Arnold Wesker's The Merchant which killed Zero Mostel. (If you don't know what happened, guess you'll have to pick up Show People and read the excerpt!) They call Lisa Lampanelli "Comedy's Lovable Queen of Mean." We call her a good friend. June found her roasting Howard Stern sidekick Artie Lange and living legend Jerry Lewis ALL IN ONE WEEK! The rest of the summer will be just as eventful. In July, Lisa will shoot a movie with her Blue Collar buddies Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy. (Don't worry - it's not a porn! It's Delta Farce, a comedy in which Lisa will once again class up the screen, this time playing Bill Engvall's trailer trash wife). Then in August, William Shatner better watch his ass when Lisa aims her Tazer at him during a Comedy Central Roast of the still Enterprising entertainer. Lisa will ream Captain Kirk, along with his Star Trek co-star Leonard Nimoy, Seinfeld alum Jason Alexander, Andy Dick, Jimmy Kimmel, Ben Stiller and many more. The roast will debut on the comedy channel Sunday, August 20, at 10 pm. More TRU news from the Midtown International Theatre Festival: long-standing TRU member and friend Lou Rodgers of Golden Fleece Ltd. (she's been with TRU since 1995!), is offering her solo piece The Wake of the Essex for just two performances (and one of them is tomorrow 7/17). It's the true and grizzly story that inspired Herman Melville's Moby Dick, and it stars TRU member Robert Manzari.... Former TRU member Rob Florence lives in New Orleans. And survived the devastation of Katrina. He's in New York for the Midtown Festival to tell 8 true, harrowing (and surprisingy humorous at times - hey, you gotta laugh or go crazy, right?) stories of survival in Fleeing Katrina.... TRU actress member Lisa Barri is bringing her Invisible Child back to the festival after a successful run last year. It's a unique solo show about a woman torn between her dream and her mother's approval, with three dancers offering choreographed commentary. Did I mention that Saint Heaven (produced by TRU team Van Dean and Hillary Cutter) was scouted by Kris Stewart and NYMF in last year's Musicals Series, and invited into this year's NYMF (New York Musical Theater Festival)? Saint Heaven is passing having spent enough money already on a production in Connecticut (and with some possibilities on the horizon, to be announced), but NYMF will be scouting next year's shows from our series, as well.... Okay, I know I told you that 2002 musical finalist Sugar Dumpling, by TRU Veep Cheryl Davis and TRU member and friend C. Colby Sachs is in the Theatre Building Chicago’s 30th anniversary season presentation of Stages - A Festival Of New Musicals. And that the Midtown International Theater Festival is rife with TRU Voices alumnae: William Donnelly, whose Apocalypso was a highlight of last year's TRU series, has Remuda... there's Motion and Location, a TRU VOICES play finalist from 2003 by Lorna Littleway, still directed by the TRU Advisory Board member Sue Lawless.... TRU Voices Honorary Mention writer Monica Bauer has her play The Maternal Instinct running.... And Tony Sportiello, who produced Jennifer Fell Hayes' Endurance in the 2004 TRU VOICES play series, is producing the edgy LOL. Now it's definite: TRU friends get a discount to any of the 42 shows in the festival: Code TRU6 will get you $18 tickets for $15. This is one of the only discounts the festival gives, and it's only because I am the Marketing Director. So there. TRU member Susan Neuffer admits she's being very bad this summer. Despite her better judgment, she will be appearing in two slightly outrageous original musicals in the East Village in The International Cringe Festival...."BEST OF FEST" (Naughty Bits from the Bad Musicals Festival) at NY Artists Unlimited. It's produced by TRU friend Melba LaRose. Catch Susan as as Babs (An Oak Tree, mother of Georgie Boy, a "Bush") in The Sound of Wizards, AND as internet dating nerd Leonard's nagging Mom in Love.com.... And sing out the news: one of our nearly original TRU members, Lisa Gold (yes, THAT Lisa Gold, all you actors out there) is joining current TRU member Donna Moore as a guest singer in Donna's show The Unbalancing Act. Thursday, July 20th @ 8:30pm and Wednesday, July 26th @ 9:00pm at Don't Tell Mama's Cabaret, 343 W. 46th Street. Call Lisa to reserve: 917.804.7448. And say you're a TRU friend! We are pleased and honored by the success of the TRU Producer Mentoring Program, and maybe should catch you up. Some amazing top professionals are generously offering their time and knowledge for the program. First and foremost, dear friend and supporter Cheryl Wiesenfeld must be acknowledged for her tireless efforts helping Van Hill Entertainment in their presentation of Saint Heaven, both in the 2005 TRU Voices and in subsequently moving it into a full production at the Stamford Center for the Arts. Jennifer Costello, Vice-President of Live Nation Entertainment, productively mentored TRU's Laura Stuart for our first three-month term; Jill Mendelsohn interned for and was mentored by producer Randall Wreghitt while he was bring the Lieutenant of Inishmore to Broadway; Dan Markley (Shockheaded Peter, Damn Yankees) and Woodie King Jr. (New Federal Theater) who continue to offer their time and input to TRU's Joanes Prosper. And entertainment attorney Don Farber is conducting roundtables for all of your "mentees." Our program director (and former "mentee") Jill Mendelsohn is currently making matches with an impressive roster of Mentors who are eager to nurture and mold aspiring producers. They include Lauren Mitchell of Dodger Theatricals, Anita Waxman (Bombay Dreams, Top Dog/Under Dog), Michael Alden (Bridge & Tunnel, Bat Boy) and Donna Trinkoff of Amas. The truest of TRU friends, every one. Click here to return to top of page * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * If you don't read the Update every week, you might want to go to the TRU On-Line Newsletter to check for previous weeks' postings that may still be useful for you. Click the "NEWSLETTER" link in the navigation bar above. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |
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And check out our On-Line Newsletter at www.truonline.org/newsletter.htm for oodles of Ongoing Offers.
Keep sending us your networking requests: that script, actor, prop or partner you're needing, an apartment you're subletting or whatever. How about some networking success stories that could inspire others? We also use this as a means of getting the word out about special free or reduced price events for members of this list.
Did you rent that apartment? Did you find a stage manager? Have you closed up shop and gone back home? If we are running an item that is no longer valid or timely, please let us know. Our mind-reading skills are a little rusty. Thanks!
Most offers are free or discounted to paid members of Theater Resources Unlimited. To join TRU and take advantage of these special deals, contact us at TRUnltd@aol.com. Membership dues are now $50/yr (individual), $75/yr (group)! These postings are done as a free service for TRU members. Non-members may post their services for $10 for 2 weeks, or $25 if you'd like your posting to run for 2 weeks and then be moved to the Online Newsletter and remain for 6 months. Send your listing and a check to: Theater Resources Unlimited, 309 W. 104th Street - 1D, NYC NY 10025. Any questions? Any links not working? Let us know. Email us at TRUnltd@aol.com or call 212.714.7628.
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If your item has disappeared, and you want to keep running it, please send it to me again. If you're not a paid TRU member, do consider sending a few bucks for the listing — we can use the financial support. We would appreciate $5 for a one week posting, $10 for a two week posting, or $25 for ongoing posting here and in the website newsletter.
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Dear TRU - What can I say about those lovely continuing bursts of support from the TRU Update? Many thanks! I came here from Boston just one year ago this month, having left a safe job as a college professor in my forties to follow a very old dream, and here I am, a playwright in her early fifties, getting produced! It's all because of friends like you, who've given me good advice and support. ~
Grateful Playwright, Thank you so much for an insightful and helpful seminar ["The Razing & Raising of Off-Off-Broadway"]. I was so happy to finally meet you after using your website as such an amazing resource. - Katie Rosin, publicist I participated at the TRU Auditions in March. I was not able to get a slot because there were already so many TRU members who applied. But you called and asked if I wanted to be an alternate for the auditions for the next day. So I was able to get a slot and I just wanted to say thanks again for the opportunity. I'm STILL receiving offers to audition for various companies and projects. I will definitely try to do the event again next year. ~Robin LeMon Click here to return to top of page |
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The next meeting of Theater Resources Unlimited will be Doors open at 7:30pm for networking and refreshments; panel starts promptly at 8:00pm. FREE for TRU members; $10 for non-members. WHAT PANEL TOPICS WOULD YOU LIKE US TO CONSIDER FOR THE FALL? |
NEW! GRANTS FOR ARTISTS OF COLOR!
New Initiative will serve individual NYC artists of color and provide them with grants towards the development of new work in all disciplines. Asian American Arts Alliance, Association of Hispanic Arts, Harlem Arts Alliance, and Queens Council on the Arts -- in partnership with the Bronx Council on the Arts and New York Foundation for the Arts -- announce a new consortium effort, the Urban Artist Initiative / New York City ( UAI/NYC ). Grants, ranging from $250 to $2,500, will be awarded to support new works in all areas of visual, literary, and performing arts in the creation, development, and/or completion stages. In the first phase of this project, UAI/NYC will consider applications from individual artists of color of African, Asian, and Latino descent who reside in one of the five boroughs of New York City. How-to-Apply Workshops for this UAI Grant are being held city-wide through July 18th and applicants are encouraged to attend one of them. For more information, plus guidelines and application, go to http://www.nyfa.org/level2.asp?id=104&fid=1
NEW! BRONX COMMUNITY ARTS GRANTS!
Bronx Council on the Arts invites all eligible arts and community organizations to apply to the NYSCA/BCA Community Arts Grants program for the 2006-2007 funding year. All borough non-profit arts and community-based organizations are eligible to apply!Seven How to Apply seminar/workshops will be held this summer -- three in July (7/18, 7/19, 7/26) three in August (8/9, 8/10 & 8/15). Click appropriate workshop dates for workshop details. All workshops are free and available to any organization wishing to apply for the grant. It is to your advantage to attend one of these seminars. All applicants not previously funded by BCA must attend one session. Application and Guidelines are available at www.bronxarts.org and will be available at BCAs office after July 18th. For more information on this organizational grant, call BCAs Americo Casiano, Jr. at 718.931.9500 x19 or e-mail americo@bronxarts.org Application Deadline: Friday, 9/15/06 at 5:00pm.
NEW! FILM CONTEST FOR NEW TV NETWORK, THEME OF TOLERANCE!
Current TV, a new television network where viewers create the content and decide what goes on the air, is holding a film contest.
Current TV has partnered with the 3rd Millennium Foundation to offer filmmakers the chance to make a difference and earn $100,000. Between now and August 15, submit a video on the theme of tolerance—any form of tolerance. Whatever story you want to tell, and however you want to tell it.
The first place winner receives $100,000 with an additional $15k going
to the nonprofit organization of their choice.
The shorts will be judged by four celebrity judges: Paul Haggis,
Margaret Cho, Edward Norton and Melissa Etheridge.
For more information, please go to www.current.tv/tolerance
The Small Organization Arts Regrants (SOAR) program provides awards of $1,000-$3,000 to small Asian American arts groups in NYC. Details on website www.NYCpaspaces.org. Deadline: received by 7/17.
The Summer Play Festival and the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting will present a series of free panels addressing theatre in New York City. All panels are free, and open to the public. Monday 7/24, 2pm to 3:30pm - Looking For A Perfect Match: A practical dialogue between artists and industry with Adam Rapp (Playwright, Red Light Winter), Theresa Rebeck (Playwright, Omnium Gatherum; The Water's Edge), Jenny Gersten (Artistic Director, Naked Angels), Tim Sanford (Artistic Director, Playwrights Horizons), Kenny Leon (Director, Gem of the Ocean; A Raisin in the Sun). 4pm to 5:30pm - Is New York Where It's At? (And, if not, where?). With David Cote (Moderator), Gordon Edelstein (Artistic Director, Long Wharf Theater), Morgan Jenness (Agent, Abrams Artists Agency), Kenny Leon (Director, Gem of the Ocean; A Raisin in the Sun), Robyn Goodman (Producer, Avenue Q, Barefoot in the Park, Altar Boyz), Oskar Eustis (Artistic Director, The Public Theater). Each panel will take place at the Little Shubert Theatre (422 West 42nd St). Please RSVP to message@film.nyc.gov. All seats are complimentary on a first come, first serve basis.
Submissions open for the TRU Voices New Musicals Reading Series. Producers are encouraged to submit new works; writers without producers, if you make it to finals, we will try to find you a producer. To nurture the relationships between producers and new musical works, we underwrite the costs of a developmental reading. Seeking mainstream commercial works, as well as non-traditional. As always, we encourage multi-cultural submissions. Submission deadline will be 8/30/06, readings will take place in early December followed by industry panel. Check our home page for updates: www.truonline.org
Fractured Atlas provides services, resources, and support to liberate a nation of artists. From low-cost healthcare and event liability insurance, to production and fundraising workshops, to development grants and fiscal sponsorship, we supply critical tools for independent artists and arts organizations so they can focus on their creative responsibilities. By nurturing today's vital but underrepresented voices, we hope to play a role in fostering a dynamic and diverse cultural landscape of tomorrow. Call 212.277.8020, email support@fracturedatlas.org, and learn more about them at www.fracturedatlas.org
Our friends at Back Stage want you to submit articles to their new "Talk Back" column. Why are you giving them the silent treatment? Don't you have something provocative or informative or unusual to say about this business we're in? They really, really want to hear from people in the industry who have some issue or idea that they feel strongly about. The column is about 650 words, and they will pay an honorarium if your article is selected for publication. When you're ready to Talk Back, email your column to Managing Editor David Sheward at: DSheward@backstage.com
Accepting applications for aspiring producers who want to join our mentoring program this year. We have an interest in developing Producers of Color, but all are welcome. Send us a brief letter expressing your interest in being mentored, and telling us a little about your goals and/or experience as a producer. Mentorships are in three-month cycles, and the next opportunities will be July-September and October-December. Deadline for next cycle of mentorships: 8/25. Questions may be sent here to TRUnltd@aol.com
Do you have an idea for an interesting article or interview? Would you like to write for the TRU print newsletter, the TRU Voice? We would like to have a pool of writers available to call upon for articles on an ongoing basis. Our particular thrust, as always, is the needs and interests of producers and theater companies, as opposed to individual artists. However, if you have an idea for a 500-1000 word article that you'd like to write for us, email Bob at TRUnltd@aol.com and we can discuss it.
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See the TRU Online Newsletter "TRU Opportunities" for details of the following (Click here for details.)
Do you have a film that you've directed or produced and need a place to show it? A popular lounge in NYC is now accepting submissions.
NYFA Current provides listings of upcoming grant, award, and residency deadlines culled from NYFA's database of opportunities for artists, NYFA Source.
DUO Theatre/The NYC Downtown Short Film Festivalis accepting submissions for their short screenplay competition titled, 7 Deadly Sins.
The Field offers Nights at the Round Tables: Join roundtable discussion “Day Jobs Worth Keeping”: Mon 7/24, 6:30 pm. Moderated by Pele Bauch.
Publicity photography for off & off-off B'way theater and dance, only $85/per assignment.... Website seeks to review little-known CDs... The New York Foundation for the Arts has launched the new NYFA Current, NYFA's free, national e-publication... The New York Sheet Music Society offers discounted membership to TRU members... Shakespeare Mailing is our mailing house of choice ...
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While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles,
I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it.
If at the end your cheerfulness is not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful.
~ H. G. Wells
Would you like us to list your website in our newsletter (and later have it as one of the links on our website)? Send us the URL and a short, intriguing lead-in blurb - here at trunltd@aol.com. If you want to reciprocate, let us know, and we'll send you our blurb and a link.
Find dozens of theater-relevant links at the TRU website. Plus ongoing services and offers. There's even a sign-in form to join us! The home page address: www.TRUonline.org Navigate around from there. And check out some great photos of past events and meetings.
NEW! United Stages is your audience-building connection, providing affordable professional play programs that offer audiences easily accessible information on live performance and make it fun to enjoy the enormous variety of shows that are happening in New York City and beyond. Stay tuned as they broaden their range of audience development, marketing, and public relations services that will help you increase ticket sales: www.unitedstages.com
NEW! Go ahead - laugh your Orloff! The plays of two-time TRU Voices finalist Rich Orloff (and other funny business) await you at www.richorloff.com (It even includes a glimpse inside the playwright's head!)
NEW! Hollywood Futures showcases video interviews with various Hollywood celebrities, studio executives, and other high profile guests that give free advice on how to create a successful career in the cutthroat industry. Get the lowdown at http://www.hollywoodfutures.org
NEW! Scriptologist Blogs, the screenwriting magazine's blog network for aspiring filmmakers. The network gives talented filmmakers and screenwriters a suite of collaborative Web-authoring tools that can help them break into the film industry. Read more at http://www.scriptologist.com/About_Us/Press/Press3/press3.html
Just what did Cheryl King and John Jerome discuss in Arturo's Window? She has shaped a somewhat fictionalized version of John's notorious story into a play co-written with Rod Menzies, and John Mercurio has contributed 9 original songs. Satisfy your curiosity and take a peek into www.arturoswindow.com
The New Phoenix Theatre NYC is a new nonprofit dedicated to finding ways to make live theater a relevant in the new millennium. Also building outreach programs to bring theater to those who can't access it, New Phoenix aims to attract talented theater artists in its growth and development. Join the community at www.newphoenixnyc.orgwww.newphoenixnyc.org
Looking for that perfect monologue, scene, or original play? Award-winning Los Angeles playwright Kelly Younger has just launched a new website featuring plays available for scene study, auditions, competitions, festivals, and productions. Visit www.KellyYounger.net and register for his mailing list.
Be connected to all dance, music and theatre festivals throughout the world: new festival highlights, photographs, information, online interviews, blogs on culture, and a forum to exchange ideas, create conversations and/or promote one's work to users all around the world. Explore performing arts festivals, search for festivals and artists, and most importantly, add to the site to promote festival work at http://www.kadmusarts.com
Personal training for New Yorkers, TRU-ly discounted... workouts in homes, apartments, offices, and in gyms that allow trainers to visit. Achieve your weight loss, fitness, and nutritional goals by visiting www.kmjfitness.com. 10% Personal Training discount for TRU members.
Find out more about the guy who writes and edits this newsletter ... my bio, play listing, discography of CD's and how to get 'em, and some nice photos at www.bobost.com
WHERE ARE ALL THE MISSING LINKS? Well, we've moved all of the links to a permanent LINKS SITE at www.truonline.org/links.htm:
Private collection of sheet music, books and costumes... Click with the multi-media performance company, Art House Productions ... Tune into The Riant TV (TRTV) blog... Take a journey to Dobdinob ... a new family musical... Something at the South Street Seaport isn't fishy... Artsmanager.org is a free valuable online resource for current and future arts managers... Tired of chanting for success? How about Channing for success?... Say shalom to Shlomoh Sherman, actor and comic. And poet, no less... The UK Theatre Network provides news, reviews, interviews, tickets and opportunities for people working in the world of theatre... Take the time to learn more about those Timeless Divas!... Shadowland is the only non-profit, professional theatre company in Ulster County... Tune into The Tony and Shlomoh Show, a crazy cable tv show... Need an outside eye on your new musical? Elizabeth Lucas!... the complete online guide to musical theater auditions & performances... Handy guide for online shoppers at the Flat Screen TV Shop... Website for international artists: database of international theater festivals... Dances created for video are featured on Mimi Garrard's web site... Low cost rentals of display and camera technology available nationwide... A new website has just Bloomed ... Rounding up actors looking for casting opportunities ... Discover the "Positive Influence" of singer-songwriter Bonnie Lee Sanders... Wing it on the web: view ATW interviews with theater greats... Will nothing stop this woman? Elisa DeCarlo has her own website... producer/actress Passion has filmed her passion for black women directors... The Film Budgeting Group... X-treme Art for the X-treme border-crosser... Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA)... Never get lost going to an audition or meeting... Scene Interactive provides a suite of multimedia tools to streamline the casting process... The Actors Theatre Workshop (ATW) is an award winning non-profit theatre and community center... Audio and Video services, with special rates for TRU readers... Walk the streets of the Great White Way... NYC area actress with extensive training, theater, television, and film credits... Looking for a blonde, blue-eyed soprano with a strong belt?... Susan L. Schulman/Publicity has a new website ... Songs from the Cafe Escargot ... Meet passionate singer Paulette Attie... Gilgamesh Theatre Company ... McDowell Productions and the Central California Cabaret Series ... United Stages' goal is to raise the public profile of Off-Off Broadway and small venue performance ... Classical/pop crossover songstress Phyllis Lynd... Pets have Karma, too. Just ask Catherine Ferguson... Over the river, across the bridge (GW) to Leonia, NJ you go... Center Stage Community Playhouse, the oldest community theater in the Bronx... InTouch Theatre Productions ...Check out Rich Orloff's trio of one-act comedies, Incredible Sex... Need a space to hold your auditions? Looking for a better rehearsal space? Want to perform in NYC... The Russian American Cultural Center (RACC)... Check into Reel Jobs NY from the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting ... In an extraordinary city, why would you want an ordinary tour guide... Cheryl King's "not a nice girl" ... Director, actress and certified teacher Julie Jensen... Expand your horizons: get the latest on Broad Horizons... Going on tour? Check out this free searchable database... Morning Glory Productions... Satirical, topical singer/songwriter Rachel Stone... Dramatic opportunity: plays by Robin Rice Lichtig... cabaret diva Vickie Phillips ... the fresh, fun and fabulous Decibelles ... The Field's new website GoTour... This Streetlight is shining ... award winning Simon Studio is celebrating their 25th anniversary... Spoon Theater celebrates the collaborative spirit... fresh, fun and fabulous entertainment The Decibelles ... The Field's new website GoTour... Raw Impressions, Inc. is committed to inspiring artists to be prolific with excellence ... Golden Fleece Ltd., The Composers' Chamber Theatre... go to our permanent LINKS SITE
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- GOODS/HELP Wanted -
You can get everything you want in life,
if you just help enough other people get what they want.
~ Zig Ziglar, author
NEW! LIFE'S NOT A RACE, WHY SO MUCH RACISM?
Tyra Banks Show is looking for females (25 – 30 years old), residing in NYC to participate in a
racial social experiment. The question is: When it comes to subtle racism, which race experiences it the worst? If you are a Caucasian, African-American, Asian, Hispanic, Muslim or Middle Eastern woman
living in NYC and you feel that your race suffers the most when it comes to subtle racism,
please email me your recent photo along with your contact number at
Michael.Carandang@tyratv.com
NEW! IMPROV TROUPES, PLEASE “PREPARE” FOR FALL FRIDAY FUN.
Jagger Kaye is looking for an Improv Troupe to perform midnight show beginning Fridays in September and likely beyond. Show length 45-55 minutes. At The Producers Club Theater on W. 44 St. Seating: 50+. Tix will be $12 with a one-drink minimum. $100 is the space rental & staffing (bartender/manager which is paid by troupe in advance), Troupe gets $10 from the door per person. Breakdown: 25 paid customers = $150, 35 = $250. E-mail: Jagger Kaye at JKCasting@aol.com with interest.
NEW! REALITY TV SHOW SEEKS YOUR ROOMMATED REALITY.
TV show does a space makeover if space-sharing is despairing. Seeking co-habitating people (spouses, family or roomies) with issues. Can redesigned space make peace prevail? $2000 room makeover. HGTV puts you on TV with a life coach and an interior designer. E-mail names, ages, photos of you and space, and summary of problem to: uorcasting@trueentertainment.net
NEW! TO BE OR NOT TO BE ONLINE, THAT IS THE QUESTION.
“All the worldwideweb's a stage and the men and women merely its payers … of a dollar”. See Shakespeare appear on the web. Launch 8/1. The Shakespeare Gallery -- A Photographic History of Shakespearean Performances, at www.shakespearegallery.org. The online database is completely free to browse. Actors, directors, designers and teachers will have the option of permanently posting their photos to our database for only $1 each. No limit. User-friendly, sorted by play title. Photos submitted to the Gallery by 7/25 are guaranteed to appear in the launch. E-mail photos to: photos@shakespearegallery.org Include: name of actor(s) / role(s), director, theater company, year. An e-mail will then be sent to you with online payment instructions.
NEW ORLEANS LIBRARY DRIVE ENDED!
The New Orleans Public Library is no longer accepting hardcover and paperback books to restock the shelves after Katrina. But oyu might be able to help in other ways. Go to http://nutrias.org/foundation/donationsfaq.htm
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TheaterMania.com, Inc., the nation’s leading online source for theater information and tickets, seeks a self-starter to join our Marketing Team as an Account Associate...
Manager and Development Associate needed. The Young Lions, a membership program for young supporters of The NY Public Library...
Signature Theatre Company seeks a literary associate to support the associate artistic director in the day-to-day tasks of the literary department.
Vacation Bible School the musical is seeking a musical director with a great sense of humor. Possible off Broadway credit.
Volunteers and interns needed for The Riant Theatre's Strawberry One-Act Festival, from 8/1-28.
Artistic director of Hudson River Repertory seeks Producing Director to oversee the business management end.
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ArT cOop, a newly formed and innovative fundraising cooperative for the arts, is looking for volunteers, mentors, and members.
For new book, different perspectives sought on what it's like to be different.
Donate your extra theater equipment to new Youth Theater: lights, dimmer board, hangable lights, sound board, flats, costumes, black-out curtains, piano, risers.
Book about things going terribly wrong during live theatre, looking for e-mailed, specific stories.
TRU needs office, storage space, and staff.
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REACHING OUT
A man travels the world over in search of
what he needs and returns home to find it.
~ George Moore
NEW! SIGN A CONTRACT TO DO CONTRACT JOB?
Networks Tours seeks Maryland-based Contract Manager if you can manage dealing with outside booking agencies and Networks managers for the best contract. (Expenses, routing, deals, negotiations, tracking, W2 forms, etc.) for each theater show. Requires relocating to Columbia, Maryland. Send resume and cover letter including salary expectations to DonielleJ@Networkstours.com with “Contracts” in the subject line. More info at www.NETworkstours.com about this organization involved with tours of major Broadway musicals and more. [7-10]
NEW! TOUR OF DUTY: MANY DUTIES FOR NATIONAL TOURS.
When musicals go on the road, Network Tours needs someone on the ball. In Maryland. Job requires relocating to Columbia, Maryland. Marketing & Revenue Manager needed: Responsible for all materials and tracking their effectiveness. Involved in generating income through merchandise sales and sponsorship deals. Deal with outside p.r. people, tracking, creative development of materials, budgeting, maintain website, Negotiating merchandise deals. More info at www.NETworkstours.com about this organization involved with tours of major Broadway musicals and more. Send resume and cover letter including salary expectations to DonielleJ@Networkstours.com with “Marketing” in the subject line. [7-10]
NEW! CALIFORNIA MUSICAL THEATRE SEEKS DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
California Musical Theatre (Music Circus/Broadway Series) is seeking an energetic and personable individual as the Director of Development to lead its fundraising programs. Ideal candidates will have knowledge of fundraising techniques used in individual and corporate giving, foundation giving, grants, planned giving, special events and capital campaigns. Further experience required in budgeting, supervising development staff, planning, and providing exceptional customer service. Experience in Donor Perfect or Raiser’s Edge is a plus. College degree required, 5 or more years of development experience with theatre or arts background a plus. Some weekends and evenings required. Full time with benefits. Send or FAX cover letter, resume, list of references and salary history to Pat Schachterle, General Manager, C.F.O., 1510 J Street, Suite 200, Sacramento, CA 95814; FAX 916.446.1370. EOE. [7-12]
NEW! CAN-DO DEAN FOR CANYONS. (COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
Fine worker for job in fine arts…and performing arts… as the Dean out in California. Plan and direct instructional division, all arts. Must have related Masters and 4 years teaching experience at a 2-year college or 5 years at a fine arts studio. 3 years as supervisor, with experience in grant writing. Varied schedule includes nights and weekends. Complete job description at website: www.canyons.edu. For application packet from Human Resources Office, call 661.259.7800 ext 7234, or write: College of the Canyons 26455 Rockwell Canyon Rd., Santa Clarita, CA 91355. E-mail: HRO@canyons.edu [7-12]
NEW! MONEY DOESN'T GROW ON TREES. (IT COMES FROM GRANTS)
Grant writer/researcher needed at McCarter Theater (you'd get some money, too: it's a full-time paid job). Writing of corporate, foundation and government grants and reports. Assist in preparing, submitting and managing grants, including follow-up reporting/site visit coordination. Prefer at least 2 years of experience with proposal writing/fundraising with non-profits, computer software skills/aptitude. At McCarter Theatre. Contact: chughes@mccarter.org [7-12]
NEW! ADMINISTRATIVE JOB HUNT AT HUNTINGTON IN BOSTON.
Seeking theatrically-minded multi-tasker in expanding programs. Administrative office support for the Artistic Director including tracking scripts, contributing articles to various in-house publications, organizing casting sessions, maintaining files, assisting on special events, coordinating schedule. Must have B.A./B.S. or equivalent preferably with a background in theatre. Discretion, flexibility, good people/written skills. Send resume, cover letter, and salary history to: Kay Forde, Huntington Theatre Company, 281 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115 or by Fax: 617.236.2243 or E-mail: Jobs@huntingtontheatre.org [7-12]
NEW! ARTISTIC DIRECTOR / ASSOCIATE DEAN IN CA!
PCPA THEATERFEST seeks an artistic and administrative leader for its professional theatre company and conservatory training programs. The Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts of Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, California, supports a unique, fully-accredited vocational training program for aspiring actors and theatre technicians. Students are guided through a rigorous two-year conservatory-style training curriculum by a resident company of professional actors, directors, designers, musical directors, choreographers, and technicians. The training manifests itself in year-round production work by the Equity company with students apprenticing side-by-side with practicing professionals in three different theatre spaces and 11 productions. Learn more about PCPA Theaterfest, now in its 43rd season, by visiting www.pcpa.org. For more information and application procedures contact Allan Hancock College, Human Resources at www.hancockcollege.edu/employment.asp [7-12]
NEW! RUMOR HAS IT THERE'S AN AUDITION BREWING IN BREWSTER!
Brewster Theater Company is auditioning Rumors, a farce by Neil Simon. 8/2 and 8/8 at 7.30pm. Brewster Library. Sides to be provided. Cast: 5 Females/5 Males - mid-20s through 50s. Director: Brian DeToma. Frantic comedy follows when guests at a party get into a misunderstanding about their hosts. For more information: www.brewstertheatercompany.org or call, 845.598.1621.
NEW! CASTING STAGE BEAUTY (AND OTHERS) IN NEW MILFORD - TOMORROW!
TheatreWorks New Milford is seeking eight men and five women for its upcoming production of Compleat Female Stage Beauty, by Jeffrey Hatcher. Directed by Jane Farnol of Kent, this clever backstage comedy tells the true story of Edward Kynaston, a Restoration-period actor celebrated for his genius at playing female roles. Adapted into the popular movie, starring Claire Danes, Billy Crudup, and Rupert Everett. Auditions will be held at TheatreWorks on Monday 7/17 and Tuesday 7/18 from 7:00–9:00pm. Seeking a cast aged between 20 and 50. English accents are a must. Professionals and amateurs are welcome. The audition will consist of readings from the script. No appointments are necessary. TheatreWorks offers a stipend to all performers, technicians, and directors. For character breakdowns and directions visit: WWW.THEATREWORKS.US Rehearsals begin Monday 8/7 (usually Monday through Thursday evenings) with performances 9/22-10/21 on Fridays, Saturdays.
NEW! PROMO MODELS IN ANNAPOLIS!
4 male samplers to pass out coupons at a Mall in Annapolis. The days and hours are as follows. July 21st through the 30th -
Hours are 1-6 on the week days and 12-6 on Sat and Sun. Pay is $15.00
per hour and you would get paid by the client . Please respond with
headshot and resume.The client will choose from the headshots. Top
choice will go to those who can work all of the days - Please do not
reply if you are not reliable.
Respond to lscott8080@comcast.net
NEW! NON-UNION ACTORS AND CREW in MD/VA/DC
For the trailer of "The Driver", (drama), to be filmed in Baltimore, MD and Philadelphia, PA in AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2006. Looking for experienced actors of all ages (male/female) to be cast as the following: 2 Boys (Ages 15 and 11) (Dark haired, italian looking); Attractive women to play "Call Girls" (Ages 21 to 40) (All shapes and sizes, ethnicities); Mobsters (Italian looking a must!)
Business Men Motorcycle Gang (Must have your own bike); Extras for Street Scenes and Party Attendees. Also looking for crew: Assistant Cameraman, Boom Operator, Gaffer. Please email headshots and resumes to: CareyLamothe@aol.com Additionally, please send hardcopy resumes and headshots to: Driver Productions, 110 Fishers Hill Court, Stephens City, VA 22655. If selected to audition, you will be notified via email and or by phone as to location of audition. Audition scheduled for 8/1/06 from 5 to
10 PM in Reston, Virginia. Further details provided if you are selected. Compensation: Credit, Food, DVD. No Pay. Great opportunity to land a role in the full length feature film.
NEW! BLACK MALE EXTRAS IN DC/MD AREA!
Be an Extra in a PBS Film, African American Males, 20-40. This film "Prince Among Slaves" will air on PBS, narrated by Mos Def. You will need to drive to the shoot in St. Mary's MD (2 hours from DC), and they may need you for one-three days. You must be available between Aug 4-8th. Job location is DC/Southern MD. Compensation: $25/day, Food, Credit in film, Copy of film, chance to
work with on professional film. Email your name/phone/email/photo/age to wanafilm@yahoo.com
NEW! TWO GENTLEMEN NEEDS YOU, GENTLEMEN. (LADIES, TOO.)
The Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival is seeking ushers for our Young
Professional Company's production of Two Gentlemen of Verona. The
show features Philly's up-and-coming talent AND a complete Beatles
sound score! We need ushers for dates from 8/2-8/20, Wedensday-Saturday evenings, Sunday matinees. Ushers will have the first choice of seats in the house, and the
pleasure of taking tickets, handing out programs, and helping to clean
up the house after the performance. All performances will be held at
The Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival Theatre, 2111 Sansom Street,
and ushers should report at 6:00 pm for evening shows and 1:00 pm for
matinees. To sign up (or for more info.), please call Sarah at the office: 215.496.9722, or e-mail her at sarahawright@hotmail.com
NEW! MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR WEST SIDE STORY IN PHILLY!
The Pennsylvania Players, a student theatre company at the University of
Pennsylvania, seeks an experienced professional to music direct our upcoming
production of West Side Story.
Prospective music directors are asked to submit a resume with references.
The production is scheduled for mid-November in the Harold Prince Theatre in
the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.
Position involves sitting in on auditions, giving musical instruction to the
cast during Sunday-thru-Thursday rehearsals, being the rehearsal pianist,
rehearsing with the band, and conducting the pit band at performances.
The position pays a flat fee of $2,000.
To apply, email players@dolphin.upenn.edu Applications due 7/20. Check out http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~players
NEW! COMPANY MANAGER IN PHILADELPHIA!
Junction Dance Theatre seeks motivated self-starter with experience
in the performing arts and/or non-profit administration for part-time
company manager position. The candidate will assist with a variety of
aspects of non-profit arts administration, and should have excellent
organization, writing, communication, and computer skills. Previous
experience in more than one area of arts administration, including
management, booking, marketing, development, or grant writing, is a plus.
Flexible schedule. 15- 20 hours per/week. Perks include option to take
company class. Send a letter of application and resume to
jdt@junctiondancetheatre.org or Junction Dance Theatre, Kumquat Dance
Center, 3500 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104 Attn: Company Manager
Position. Deadline: 9/15.
NEW! AEA PRINCIPLE AUDITIONS IN DELAWARE!
Local Equity Principal auditions will be held for the Delaware
Theatre Company on 8/21 & 22, 10am-6pm. This will be a seasonal
audition. Producing Director Anne Marie Cammarato will be in attendance for
duration of audition period. Shows include: The Turn of the Screw, Sam
Cooke: Forever, Mr. Soul (all roles cast), The Retreat from Moscow, Driving
Miss Daisy, and Shakespeare's R&J. Auditions will be held at DTC, 200 Water
Street, Wilmington, DE. Prepare 2 brief contrasting monologues, totaling no
more than three minutes in cumulative length. APPOINTMENTS STRONGLY
SUGGESTED. No appointments for August 22 will be taken until August 21 is
filled. If August 21 is not filled, August 22 may be canceled. To schedule
an appointment, email dstradley@delawaretheatre.org
NEW! INDIE FILM SEEKS MULTI-ETHNIC ACTOR IN PHILLY!
Independent filmmaker is seeking Multi ethnic Actor for lead in an
action Suspense film in the Philadelphia area. Must be between 22-28, Bi-racial (Black/White or Black/Asian) . It is important to be both a strong
character actor as well as an established martial artist (think Matt Damon
in the Bourne Identity). The Martial arts we are specifically looking for is
Arnis/Eskrima Filipino Martial arts. Film will be released into
local/national film festivals as well as DVDs If interested please email
Headshot/Resume or send resume headshot to Blackstar Productions: Attn:
Lead. 7126 North Mt. Pleasant Place, Philadelphia, PA 19119 Or email
KBladestar@aol.com before 7/24.
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Artistic Director for University Theatre Dept. University of Central Arkansas' Mass Communication/Theatre Department.
New “idea person” for new job in New Jersey. Supervise residencies, student matinees, and the Youth Ink playwriting program.
Prominent playwright only need apply. Tenure Track Professor. Starts 1/3/07. Teach playwriting and more to grads/undergrads.
UCF, Department of Theatre at the University of Central Florida is seeking three 12-month full-time permanent Music Specialists...
Forum Theatre in Metuchen, NJ, seeks an Artistic Director to oversee year-round children's theatre productions. Duties: Direct multiple musical productions for young audiences.
Comedy improvisational group seeks new members in Ossining.
Westchester theatre company needs you ... not for profit theatre organization in the rivertowns, seeks resumes from production managers/partners as well as trained actors and other theatre artists who live up that-a-way.
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CASTING ABOUT!
It is our duty to proceed as though the limits of our
abilities do not exist.
~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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NEW! HANG WITH DURANG AT THE GALLERY!
The Gallery Players theatre is holding auditions for the opening production of its 40th Anniversary Season: a double bill Equity showcase (approval pending) of The Actor's Nightmare & Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You by Christopher Durang. Open Calls Tuesday 7/25 from 7-9 Pm (Sign-In Starts At 6:30 Pm), Wednesday 7/26 from 7-9 pm (sign-in starts at 6:30 pm). Please prepare one 90-second contemporary comedic monologue. Rehearses evenings/weekends 8/12 - 9/8, Runs Thurs-Sun 9/9-24. All roles to be double cast except Thomas. All roles open. The Actor's Nightmare: GEORGE SPELVIN (25-35). A clueless accountant-type who is suddenly thrust into the lead role of a show he has never rehearsed; MEG (25-35). Pleasant, efficient stage manager. SARAH SIDDONS (40-60). A glamorous leading lady (to play Amanda in Coward's Private Lives); HENRY IRVING (25-35). Classical actor, proud of resonant voice (to play Horatio in Hamlet); DAME ELLEN TERRY (25-35). Expressive, character actress, less grand than Sarah (to play in Sibyl in Coward's Private Lives and Winnie in Beckett's Happy Days). Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You: SISTER MARY IGNATIUS (40-60). Life-long nun and elementary school teacher, adores her students. Possesses a delicate femininity. Comic skills and solid memorization a must. ALOYSIUS BENHEIM (25-35). Guilt-ridden abusive alcoholic, contemplating suicide. GARY SULLAVAN (25-35). Gay but not effeminate, former seminarian, has slept with 500 men. DIANE SYMONDS (25-35). Bitter and confrontational, lost faith and is seeking retribution. PHILOMENA ROSTOVICH (25-35). Lonely unmarried mother of three. THOMAS (7-10 year old boy). Sister Mary’s loyal student. Smart, obedient, polite, cherubic, must possess a genuine innocence (auditions for Thomas will be by appointment only: Saturday 7/29. To submit for the role of THOMAS, mail resume and headshot or recent snapshot to: The Gallery Players, 199 14th St., Brooklyn, NY 11215. Attn: DURANG CASTING - THOMAS or email to gpdurang@gmail.com Deadline for submission is 7/22. All auditions, rehearsals and performances take place at The Gallery Players, 199 14th St. Brooklyn, NY 11215 (between 4th & 5th aves). R train to 9th St. F train to 4th ave. No phone calls. Equity/Non-Equity. No Pay.
NEW! THEATREWORKS HAVING A DICKENS OF A TIME CASTING!
Casting M/F, 20s-50s, non-union, pay for Great Expectations. Seeking: Pip: 20s, orphan, passionate, romantic, powerful conscience, wants to improve himself; Estella: 20s, taught to break men's hearts, cold, haughty & beautiful; Joe Gargery: Late 30s-40s,loyal working man; the kindly village blacksmith; Magwitch: Male, 40s-50s, convict escape from a prison. Also plays Jaggers, a conniving lawyer who becomes Pip's secret benefactor. Note: all characters will speak in English accents. Rehearsal: 10/1-11/15; Performing: 11/2-12/3 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Equity TYA Tier 1 Contract: $430 Weekly Submit H/R to: Robin D. Carus, Theatreworks/USA, 151 W. 26th St., 7th Fl., NYC 10001. [7-12]
NEW! SEEKING ETHNIC CAST FOR NEW PLAY
Casting M/F, 18-35, all ethnicities, non-union, no pay for Shadows Behind the Footlights. An original, murder mystery. Rehearsals begin Sept. Show runs first three weeks of Nov. Seeking: Asian actress: 18-30, Male: 45-60; Latin actor 21-30; Three male actors 21-35. A three minute, classical monologue is required at audition Submit to: Gerard Denza, Pharos Prods, Inc., 147-75 Grand Central Parkway, Apt. 94-A, Briarwood, NY 11435. [7-12]
NEW! STRAWBERRY ONE ACT FESTIVAL.
Casting Black Actress 30-45, non-union, no pay. Must be available the month of August. Will cast by 7/24. Submit H/R to: alcam@verizon.net. [7-12]
BOOK YOUR PLACE ON THE A TRAIN!
Matthew Corozine, director is casting older Equity/non-Equity actors for a new play, The A-Train by Richard Corozine. Features music by Vince Corozine. A journey about the creative process as an older horn player struggles to "get it back" Seeking: POP, 75 year old white man, (Italian American), white haired, in good shape plays Alto Sax (actor does not have to know how to play--however actor who really plays is a plus) will cast 60s-70s. MOM, 70 year old white woman, (Italian American), brown-haired, in good shape, big heart will cast 60's-70's 70's. Show will fall under Equity approved showcase code. Pay $450.00 (for run). Send pix/resume to Matthew Corozine, c/o Matthew Corozine Studio Theatre, 300 W. 43rd, St., Suite #502, NYC 10036. Shows performed at MCS Theatre. Runs the weekends of 9/8-10, 15-17, 22-24: Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m., Sunday afternoons 3 pm. Sides will be available and/or monologue for audition. Auditions will be late July, 2006.
SEEKING CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINERS!
NY Artists Unlimited needs children's performers. Especially interested in puppeteers, but all acts considered. Must be a complete act by yourself. Shows are Saturdays at 3-4 p.m. and there is a different entertainer each week. Pay. Contact: Melba LaRose, Artistic Director, NY Artists Unlimited, 212.242.6036, fax: 212.989.8864. Performances are at Downeast Arts Center in the East Village.
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The Basement Salon is looking for a few new actor members.
Looking for non-union Classically Trained Actors for The Latino Shakespeare Company.
Seeking socially-minded actors: Visible Theatre is expanding and diversifying its professional weekly development LAB.
Community Cabaret always seeking musical acts (singers, songwriters, bands, etc.) to showcase at this fundraising event held five times a year in midtown.
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Go to the TRU On-Line Newsletter "Casting About/JustDancers":
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Even though you may want to move forward in your life,
you may have one foot on the brakes.
In order to be free, we must learn how to let go.
Release the hurt. Release the fear.
Refuse to entertain your old pain.
The energy it takes to hang onto the past
is holding you back from a new life.
~Mary Manin Morrissey
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NEW! TGI FRIDAY NIGHT STANDUP, COMEDY CENTRAL!
This is non-union, NOT non-jurisdiction. No SAG talent. BRIDE Caucasian, 20-34, cute, girl next door, great personality. Excellent comedy/improv skills. BRIDESMAID #1 Caucasian, 20-34, pretty, CT/NJ rich girl. Like one of the gals in "White Chicks". Excelent comedy/improv skills. BRIDESMAID #2 African American, 20-34, attractive, self-assured, put together. Excellent comedy/improv skills. BRIDESMAID #3 Asian or Hispanic, 20-34, cute, smart and sarcastic. Excellent comedy/improv skills. DRIVER Asian or Middle Eastern, 20-34. Intellectual looking, someone who appears mild mannered, but could fly into road rage at any second. EXCELLENT actor (he carries his part of the spot completely on his own). Excellent comedic skills! FATHER Caucasian, 48-55, Preppy, conservative, WASP-y. Good comedic skills. SON Caucasian, 15-18, Punk/Goth style, unathletic, thin, apathetic. Good comedic skills. SEND ASAP - Interview Dates: Wednesday 7/19, Thursday 7/20. Shoot/Start Date: Tuesday 8/1. Angela Mickey, Liz Lewis Casting Partners, 129 West 20th Street, Ground Floor, New York, NY 10011. NON-UNION. Pay rate: $320 + 10% for an 8 hour day.
NEW! CASTING TV SERIES PILOT TODAY, MANY ROLES!
"Nut N' Butter" - Production house is looking to fill (4) cast roles and (6) co-star roles and (many) extra roles for currently in-production reality/comedy series-pilot. CAST: (2) white males 40's, 50's; (2) white males early 20's and early 30's; (1) black male early 20's. COSTARS: (6) females/males, all races ages 18-25. EXTRAS: females/males, all races 18-25 no experience necessary! Auditions will be held at: The Film Center Building, 630 Ninth Avenue (Bet 44th & 45th St), Ninth Fl Suite 901. Date/Time: Sunday 7/16 11-6pm. For an audition send a reply to acauditions@yahoo.com with your name and which audition day and time you want to be slated for. Bring headshots/bio and a monologue if you have one, if not don't worry not necessary, sides will be provided. Cast roles/co-stars-$100-800/episode. Extras: $100 w/dialogue; all others food, credit, exposure.
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About/Film/TV":
Seeking females ages 18-28 for Internet Comedy Show which is RAPIDLY growing in popularity!
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NEW! MUSCLE MEN NEEDED IN WESTCHESTER!
Strong men/body builder types for event on 8/19: 6 ft, 200-225 lbs. Dark hair. No facial or chest hair. Must be comfortable in skimpy Egyptian garb. Pay. Auditions by appointment. Call Tina @ 914.649.3440.
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Stearns Promotional Modeling is currently seeking models for various promotional jobs. Great summer job and good pay.
International Model & Talent Management is currently seeking models for various promotional jobs. Great summer job and good pay.
New clothing and shoe company is searching for attractive musicians/singers or actresses. A new company looking for "real people"
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THE
WRITER'S BLOCK
Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
~Louis D. Brandeis
We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.
~William Faulkner
UPDATED! LET YOUR TRU VOICE RING OUT IN SONG!
Submissions open for the TRU Voices New Musicals Reading Series... and we're partners with NYMF, for added incentive. Our pals at NYMF will be offering at least one musical in oiur series a slot in their 2007 festival, an ongoing policy that started with our 2005 Saint Heaven, which was invited into this year's NYMF. Producers are encouraged to submit new works; writers without producers, if you make it to finals, we will try to find you a producer. To nurture the relationships between producers and new musical works, we underwrite the costs of a developmental reading. Seeking mainstream commercial works, as well as non-traditional. As always, we encourage multi-cultural submissions. Submission deadline will be 8/30/06, readings will take place in early December followed by industry panel. Check our home page for updates: www.truonline.org
NEW! THIS ISSUE'S ISSUE: MUSICAL THEATRE. DISCUSS.
Articles wanted for special edition of international publication, Contemporary Theatre Review. Taking the form seriously!! History, perspective, trends, traditions, the future. Possible topics: The musical's role in the construction of popular identities…..The Musical as More Than Escapism………Any Critical Debate, such as issues of gender, economics, political agenda, sexuality, its place in culture. Proposals (300-500 words) due 8/3. Send to editors d.rebellato@rhul.ac.uk or Dominic.Symonds@port.ac.uk. First drafts due in October for publication in November of NEXT year.
NEW! CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: BLACKNESS/DIASPORA!
This issue of Performance Research aims to commence a dialogue on the performance of Blackness/ Diaspora. What does it mean to 'perform' blackness? How might performance be the link in the African Diaspora? The Editor invites academics and practitioners from a variety of fields to propose conventional academic papers, as well as interviews, documents, performative writings, performance ethnographies, critical reviews of performances, and collaborations between artists and academics. One concept of Diaspora has to do with scattering and dispersions. This issue will consider the return of bodies to localities, cityscapes and homelands to ponder performances of memory, trauma, and desire - revisiting hauntologies of colonialism, post-colonialism, and even modernity. This issue will also consider the hemispheric modalities of blackness, in addition to the transatlantic flow of bodies of thought and performances. Proposals due 9/15/06. ALL proposals, submissions and general enquiries should be sent direct to: Linden Elmhirst - Administrative Assistant, Performance Research, Dartington College of Arts, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6EJ UK. Email: performance-research@dartington.ac.uk Content specific enquires should be directed to Myron Beasley at: performbrazil@rcn.com For complete Guidelines:
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GALATEA SEEKS COMPOSER/LYRICIST!
Looking to collaborate with a Composer/Lyricist on a modern day musical set in an urban environment, which takes place in the present time and day. Sound can be eclectic to reflect today's trends. Bella Galatea is the passionate tale of two men's search to find the perfect woman and the lengths they will go in order to create her. Galatea, their statue, comes alive, but is not content just being their beautiful muse. She sets out on her own and becomes besotted by G. a fun-loving youngster. Through her travels, Galatea's path crosses with a woman named Cerelia who is the opposite of Galetea -- she obsesses about her own physical imperfections and stops at nothing to achieve her version of perfection. When everybody's desires collide the end result is a combustive comedy. Contact: Katrin Hilbe at KHilbe@aol.com
10-MINUTE MONOLOGUES IN IOWA!
Riverside Theatre invites playwrights to submit monologues for performance in Walking the Wire: Monologues at Riverside. This eighth annual evening of original work features 10-minute monologues by both established and up-and-coming playwrights. Submissions are due Tuesday, 8/15; final selections will be announced by 8/25. Guidelines: Up to two submissions per author of original, unpublished monologues (may be dramatic character or personal memoir) under ten minutes length. The copy must be easy to read: double spaced in a minimum 12pt. font, and should include the playwright's name, mailing address, email address, and phone number. Simple is best. It is important that each monologue require as little production as possible; set-pieces, props, or effects needing set-up, strike, or special technical support may disqualify an otherwise excellent submission. Area playwrights may indicate an interest in performing their own work, or include the name of an actor interested in performing, although neither is required. Submissions should be mailed to: Attn: Jody Hovland, Artistic Director, Riverside Theatre, 213 N. Gilbert Street, Iowa City, IA 52245. For more information, contact Rachelle Saunders, Marketing Director, at 319-887-1360, marketing@riversidetheatre.org.
SUBMIT FOR MORE THAN JUST A LARK!
The Lark Theatre announces that submissions for Playwrights' Week '07
will be accepted starting 6/1. Seeking works that are ambitious, fresh, playful, engaging, energizing, provocative, powerful and theatrical. Works that reveal unheard and vital perspectives. Authors with clear goals about their writing who are open to the Lark's developmental process. Submit: 20 non-refundable entry fee (if applicable)... One full length play... One completed application form... A self-addressed stamped envelope (If you’d like the script returned to
you) Visit www.larktheatre.org and click on "submit a play" to view submission guidelines and download an application! If you have any questions or would like more information please email: submissions@larktheatre.org Deadline is 10/31, 2006.
GOTTA BE BAD TO BE GOOD!
International Cringe Festival's Bad Plays: Are you bad enough to be accepted? The company (NY Artists Unltd.) is currently in residence at Downeast Arts Center in the East Village. What qualifies as a “bad” play? -- anything campy, taboo, satirical, politically incorrect, etc., but which keeps the audience laughing/entertained throughout. Plays must be under 50 minutes long (shorter is good, if it's “bad”). Website has rules and application form (required, as is resume and cover letter) www.nyartists.org. $40 application fee (before 7/31) or $50 (if applying in August). Highly competitive selection process; plays are read aloud by professional actors two or three times before final decisions are made. No scripts returned. Participation fee and box office split are involved. Further info: Melba LaRose, Artistic Director: call 212. 228.2886 or nyartunltd@aol.com Mention the TRU Update.
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these and other Writers Opportunities (Click here for details.):
Interesting, informational, indigenous. Call for papers, attention to performance. Deadline: 8/1.
What makes text performance text? Karawane: Or, the Temporary Death of the Bruitist: A Journal of Performance Texts seeks submissions 1-10 pages.
Emails to a Young Playwright: Award-winning Los Angeles playwright Kelly Younger has just launched a new website featuring a blog on the Art, Craft, and Business of playwriting.
Writer wanted who can “channel” savvy, detailed style for career-seekers' book.
Looking for original songs to go into Manhattan Blues, a musical revue celebrating the incredible theatrical talent which exists across the width and breadth of our country.
$1000 prize and reading in Massachusetts. American Repertory Theatre and Discovering Justice announce Discovering Justice through A.R.T. Playwriting Contest 2006.
Works of Merit Playwriting Contest. Play should enhance self-realization, peace, justice, racial and multi-cultural understanding. For guidelines and application form, go to www.PlaywritingContest.cjb.net. Submission deadline extended: 7/31.
To be young, talented and on the west coast. Gerbode and Hewlett Foundations Invite Applications for California Emerging Playwright Awards. Deadline 8/24.
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TECHNICALLY SPEAKING
Technology is dominated by two types of people:
those who understand what they do not manage,
and those who manage what they do not understand.
- Putt's Law
NEW! VISIBLE LIGHT! DESIGNER JOB DESIGNED TO PLEASE.
Can you see your way to Visible Theatre's lighting board? Interviewing NOW. Lighting Designer (will also, preferably, be Lighting Board Operator) for remounting of Krankenhaus Blues by Sam Forman. Load-In is 9/25, 4 shows a week, 5-week run. Abingdon Theatre. Pay and a lot of press. Looking for someone with great energy, experience, minimalist ideas and enthusiasm for the script. E-mail resume to Producer Angela DeMatteo: angela_dematteo@yahoo.com
NEW! FUN POPULAR NYC FRINGE SHOW NEEDS HOUSE MANAGER!
House Manager for Park-n-Ride at the Fringe in August. Good pay. Show is 45 minutes. House manager dates (tech plus 2 shows): 8/10 1-2:30, 8/12 5:30-6:15, 8/27 2:15-3:00. Easy-going, friendly and fun group. Call 310.415.6061. Read more at LauraParknRide.com
THE TOTAL THEATRE LAB LIKE TOTALLY NEEDS YOU!
Production Assistant, Designer and all kinds of total help. This new company is involved with new, non-traditional plays about US multi-cultural interaction and lessons learned. PA would work 8-12 hours a week: videotape improv/research sessions and attend company meetings, make phone calls, file, etc. A designer for sets, props, slides and video is needed, but one person would be great who can do both jobs! Must be interested in our mission statement detailed on website, www.totaltheatrelab.com. Other needs: Designer for logo (based on existing idea), website person, production consultant to help with getting money, Board members, staff and more. Contact: Caroline Thomas, phone: 212.799.4224 or e-mail: cttheatre@nyc.rr.com
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A Union job (that is, it's in Union, New Jersey) with TRU friends who are really “Kean” on hearing from you. Designers and technicians wanted to teach one or two tech classes a semester or just once in a while as adjunct staff. Required: a Masters Degree.
Technical people needed in Jersey at The Theater Project (www.thetheaterproject.com) The company runs under the Equity - Special Appearances Agreement: Stage Manager, Assistant Stage Manager, Tech Director, Set Designer, Costume Designer, Sound Designer & Operator.
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We are here on Earth to do good to others.
What the others are here for, I don't know.
~W.H. Auden
NEW! YOUR RESOURCE FOR PROFESSIONAL "PLAYBILL" PROGRAMS!
United Stages partners with producers to build long-term relationships with audiences, by providing professional, affordable show programs, which include the built-in marketing of our calendar, linked visibility to our audience-friendly website, featured articles, critical reviews and more. Our eye-catching layout honors each show’s creators, producers, cast, crew, angels, granters and donors. United Stages is an audience-building connection that provides audiences with easily accessible information on live performance and make it fun to enjoy the enormous variety of exciting new shows that are happening in New York City and beyond. Stay tuned to United Stages as they broaden their range of audience development, marketing, and public relations services that will help you increase ticket sales. Visit their website often at www.unitedstages.com. For more information or a sample program, contact Jonathan Reuning at jon@unitedstages.com or 718.360.2958.
CURTAIN TIME ... AND IT'S A BIG ONE!
Selling a 56’ wide golden beige theater curtain purchased 4 years ago from Rose Brand to use in a movement space. Owner has moved to a new location 3 months ago and can no longer use this curtain. With the tracking it hangs 12 feet ceiling to floor. It is in excellent condition. Originally $5000 and would love to get $3500, but willing to negotiate. Jpeg is available, just email Mary Abrams at maryabrams@verizon.net
SHAPE UP WITH A TRU DISCOUNT!
Kim Jones offers personal training for New Yorkers, with a 10% Personal Training discount for TRU members. She conducts workouts in homes, apartments, offices, and in gyms that allow trainers to visit. Achieve your weight loss, fitness, and nutritional goals by visiting www.kmjfitness.com or call Kim M. Jones st 917.751.4172, email kmjfitness@hotmail.com or kim@kmjfitness.com
DISCOUNTED FITNESS AND YOGA FOR TRU!
Recommended by your editor: Fit For You NYC, a Manhattan based fitness company is offering a discounted rate on fitness and yoga classes if you are a TRU reader. [Editor's note: The fitness instructor Jessica is the gal I take aerobics from, and she's high-energy, highly motivating and sensitive to individual limitations!] Classes are held on Sundays from 12-2 PM. From 12-12:55 PM Extreme Fat Burner and from 1-1:55 PM ISHTA Yoga. Classes are held at Kingsley Studios: 244 W. 54th Steet between Broadway and 8th Ave. 4th floor. Special rate $9/class both for $16
(normally $12/class both for $20) For more information, go to www.fitforyounyc.com or call 212.769.7754.
GOT A SET TO BREAK DOWN? NEED A SET TO PUT UP?
The Set Recycling Hot-line lets you give away your set pieces to a show that needs them, or get the pieces you need. It works like this: a show is closing, and needs to get rid of its set. Rather than throw it out, they can give it to you. Or you need some specific set pieces, and you want to find out if anyone out there has them. Of course, none of this works unless you plan well in advance and list your offers/needs at least a month ahead of time. It's a matter of timing. And all the carting is up to you - there's no handy trucking service connected with this. For more info, or to start using the service, call Julia Rubin at 212.673.6343. Please mention TRU!
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TRU friend Michelle is selling private collection of sheet music, books and costumes.
Puppet artist Yvette Edery is ready to pull the strings if you need a puppet built.
Sheila has over 10 years’ experience in various administrative duties, and marketing, excellent interpersonal skills, as well as a conversational knowledge of French.
For Photographers and other Design services, click here:
Fashion and editorial photographer Aaron Kneile is now accepting headshot clients.
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Not getting results at auditions? Need help shaping a new monologue, or brushing up an old one?
Award-winning dialect coach Amy Stoller says: Tired of struggling alone with a tape? Now you can work with an experienced professional ...
For other Technical Services and Music Services, click here:
Need to convert your VHS tapes to DVD? Want to preserve your memories forever? Let TRU friend Kristina tell your story, and turn your home videos AND pictures into gorgeous DVDs!
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Human life is a most difficult classroom
until you learn the simple fact:
that your truth is your power,
your salvation, your fulfillment,
your purpose and your way.
Once you can truly believe that,
life becomes the joyous and abundant garden
that it was meant to be.
~Emmanuel's Book I
NEW! INTRODUCTORY SPECIAL ON THE SWEETLAND BELT TECHNIQUE!
TRU welcomes belt voice teacher Tony Richards to NYC, and he responds with a special TRU exclusive offer: book four lessons, he'll give you a fifth for FREE. Tony is offering a special $90/lesson introductory rate to new students and will be teaching at the Camelot Building located at 45th and 8th in midtown. The Sweetland Belt Technique was developed in the mid-60's by Lee Sweetland of California. He worked with student Kay Cole, the original Maggie in A Chorus Line, to perfect the technique which can be used in singing pop, rock, Broadway, country, opera, etc. Lee's son Stephen Sweetland also teaches in NYC and has the most compelling number of students performing on Broadway today. Tony Richards is working with the endorsement of Stephen Sweetland and will be teaching not only students from the Sweetland studio, but is also accepting new students. For more information on Tony visit http://mysite.verizon.net/tonyrichards. References provided upon request. You may also call 212.265.2474 for immediate information or to set-up a lesson. [7-15]
NEW! FREE INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOPS FOR ACTORS!
To show off his new theater space and company, Richmond Shepard is offering free two-hour workshops at the theatre on Thursday 7/20 at 7 PM, and Saturday 7/22 at 12 noon. You are welcome to come and sample the kinds of workshops the company will be doing: Improv, Mime, Scene and monologue work, and to hear more about the plans for showcases, short play festivals, etc. If you want to come, just arrive, be dressed in something you can move around in, and plan to stay for two hours. This is not a school-- it’s a company. Yes, you can bring other actors, writers or directors. Richmond Shepard Theater, 309 E. 26th St. at 2nd Ave. For further questions call Richmond at 212.262.6588 or e-mail him at richmondshepard@yahoo.com ... and make sure to mention TRU!
NEW! INTENSIVE FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC JOURNALISTS!
Seep yourself in 11 days of classical music. Hey, they said intensive! Most expenses paid! NEA Institute and Columbia University's 3rd Annual Arts & Journalism Institute in Classical Music and Opera, 11/15-25. Deadline to apply: 8/8. Writing workshops, short classes in music history, 8 or more performances, meet with administrators of NY's primary music institutions, critics and writers of major US publications. Staff writers, editors, and freelancers are welcome to apply. At The Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University. Most costs are covered by the institute, including travel to and from NYC, housing, and some meals. Send e-mail to: nea_institute@earthlink.net.
NEW! AFFORDABLE AUGUST/SEPTEMBER ACTING CLASSES
Affordable classes for all levels of experience. The Art Of Storytelling (4 weeks): Mondays, 6:30-9:30, 8/ 7, 14, 21, 28 - $115; Acting For Beginners (4 weeks): Sundays, 12-3pm, 9/10, 17, 24, October 1 - $115; Comedic Acting (with a show) (5 weeks): Sundays, 3-6pm, 9/10, 17, 24 and 10/1, 8 - $155; Private Coaching: Individual Student, $30 per hr booking, $50 per 2hr booking, Two Students, $50 per hour booking; Commercial Intensive (1 day): Sunday, 1-4, 8/20 - $30 See www.AffordableActingClasses.com for class descriptions [7-13]
NEW! YOUTH THEATER WORKSHOP IN BUCHANAN!
Dramatic Opportunity – a youth theater workshop. 7/31-8/4: Monday - Friday from 9-12 noon. This event is cosponsored by Hand-to-Mouth Players and Trinity Boscobel United Methodist Church. Jill Croft and Rose Tavano will be running this workshop for young people ages 8-14. They will be working with masks, pantomime and reader’s workshop with an emphasis on what goes into making a whole production (lights, sound, sets, costumes and acting). The cost of this workshop is $35 for the week and will be held at Trintiy Church, 275 Church Street, Buchanan, NY. Permission slips available by calling Jill Croft 914-739-5902. Enrollment is limited to 15 people and will be on a first come first serve basis. Visit www.htmplayers.com
PRIVATE ONE HOUR COACHING SESSIONS
Special 10% discount for all TRU members. Great way to keep sharp over the busy summer months! Study with Roger Hendricks Simon, Director and Coach for: John Lithgow, John Travolta, James Earl Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, James Woods, Yale Repertory, NY Shakespeare Festival, London's Royal Court Theatre. Register now! And as always, our group professional lab sessions continue with on-camera, scenes, monologues, Shakespeare, and more with actors, singers, writers, directors and producers working together! Please contact us ASAP for your audition and interview! Please RSVP with Roger by calling 212.841.0204 or 917.776.9209. Visit www.simonstudio.com or email rhsstudio@hotmail.com and for gosh sakes, mention the TRU newsletter.
SPOON-FED INFO ON AUDITIONING, TRU DISCOUNT: 15% OFF
Nicu's Spoon presents Auditioning in New York-How to get the Work! This four part seminar deals with auditioning for both Stage and Film in New York and is for new graduates, those new to NYC, or those tired of not getting cast. part 1: The Audition: Covers Preparation, Presentation and Performance. What should you do, say and wear? Part 2: Monologues: What works for you and what doesn't? Part 3: The Cold Reading: How to learn to be a good cold reader. Part 4: Headshots & Resumes: What works and what doesn't? Taught by Artistic Director of Nicu's Spoon. $100 (class limited to 10) Oct 2006. TRU DISCOUNT: 15% OFF. To get information and to Pre-Register e-mail info@spoontheater.org and please mention TRU! [6-23]
SPECIAL SIMON STUDIO SUMMER SCENE STUDY STUFF & MORE.
Lights! Camera! Agents! (Package deal of instruction) You must register immediately for the audition monologue and 2 scene study sessions taught by director Roger Hendricks Simon and one session with an industry guest (agent). Includes on-camera audition. $195. Thursdays from 5 pm-8 pm or Saturdays from 1 pm-4 pm. Agent session TBA.. At Where Eagles Dare, 347 W. 36 St. Suite 1204 (12th floor). Call 212.841.0204 or 917.776.9209. or e-mail rhsstudio@hotmail.com. More info at website, www.simonstudio.com
GET SPOON-FED ABOUT HOW TO GET A GRANT.
15% Discount for TRU on fall classes with Nicu's Spoon. Proposal Writing: the nuts and bolts. Two 2 hour workshops (October classes) on grant writing, taught by a professional. Part 1- From basic research about funds to approaching of funders and foundations and on to letters of enquiry and on to proposal writing. What are the main rules of grantwriting and how do you develop a relationship with foundations? How do you 'grow' your grants to get bigger ones each year?……Part 2 -What do you do once you get the grant? What do you need to know about reporting and record-keeping? What about the US tax laws?. This course has been taught to non-profits all over Europe and the USA and is offered in the USA by the original teacher who has gotten over 250 million in grants over the past 10 years. Come and figure out how to get yours! -$80 (class limited to 10). To get information and to Pre-Register e-mail info@spoontheater.org and mention TRU!
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10% off for TRU! Caroline Thomas, teacher, playwright and artistic director of Total Theatre Lab is offering monologue selection and/or preparation for auditions.
New agent-taught series of classes, with $20 off for TRU readers! With Lewis R. Chambers (who founded The Bethel Agency nearly 38 years ago and who has represented actors in all major media)
Matthew Corozine Studio classes forming, now in their new space on West 43rd Street. Rooted in the Meisner Technique: the "reality of doing".
Find your way with Jagger Kaye career coaching for actors. $30. For beginners and returnees.
Ongoing workshops and opportunities for individual artists. If you don't already know about The Field, get to know them now at www.thefield.org
Actors, writers and everyone ... click here for more Workshops.
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- SPACE PATROL -
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost.
That is where they should be.
Now put the foundation under them.
~Henry David Thoreau
NEW! SMALL, ATTRACTIVE THEATER/WORKSHOP SPACE!
Stage Left Studio, not your typical black box, but a lovely little gem of a theatre/workshop space. Forget basic black – this stylish space has wine red walls, midnight blue drapes and carpets, and a 12 feet of windows looking onto the south side of Times Square. State of the art sound and light system. Seats 24, great for readings, casting calls, solo shows and receptions. Elegant lobby. Read more about it at www.stageleftstudio.com
NEW! OFFICE SHARE ON W. 37TH STREET!
Looking to share office space in the Zipper Theater. It is fully loaded with computers, 4 phone lines, internet, fax, printing, etc. Asking $500/mo. for your share plus about $100 for the phone/internet share. Negotiable. Call Angelo Fraboni at 212.631.7870 or email angfraboni@nyc.rr.com
NEW! NEED TO SHARE SPACE FOR ABOUT 9 MONTHS!
NY Artists Unlimited have been officially invited to return to Downeast Arts Center after a 9 or 10-month gut renovation (starting in October), but they'll need a temporary home. They're good till the end of September. Staring October 1st, seeking temporary rehearsal space, performance space, and/or a place to hang our hat (just one little corner of the world...). If you know of anyone with some extra space they could provide at cheap rates or (ideally) as an in-kind contribution, they can get a tax deduction. This could be a corporation with a building, another nonprofit that might have a room and/or stage to share, a church, whatever... please put on your thinking caps! We're open to any and all offers (including cheap!). Email Melba LaRose at NYArtUnltd@aol.com
WELL-PRICED NEW THEATER SPACE ON EAST SIDE!
The former Vineyard Theater on East 26th Street is now reopened as The Richmond Shepard Theatre. Be among the first, and take advantage of a great deal: they're looking for tenants for immediatre occupancy this summer. 74 seats, $2450 a week includes lights, electricity and insurance. Negotiable rates for TRU readers, and special summer rates! Richmond started Hollywood's Theater Row on Santa Monica Boulevard; now he's turned his attention to Manhattan. Theatre is at 309 E. 26th St. at 2nd Ave. Contact Richmond at richmondshepard@yahoo.com
AN URBAN STAGE FOR YOUR NEXT PRODUCTION!
Urban Stages is available for rent: 74-seat theatre, rehearsal room, building shop. Weekly and daily rates available. State of the art technical package, URBAN STAGES, 259 W. 30th Street at 8th Avenue. Highly visible jewel-box located directly at street level. 74-seat, nicely raked house. High grid (15’) Rental includes lighting and sound packages. Lovely lobby with Box Office and two public restrooms, very spacious dressing rooms (fits 20) backstage with restrooms, large backstage area. Convenient to all subways on West Side. Parking and great restaurants within a block. Call 212.421.1380, Sonia Kozlova, Managing Director
(more information at www.urbanstages.org) TRU Early Bird special for 2007:
$3,500.00 weekly special for January 15 - February 11th, 2007 (that's $200.00 off from $3,700.00 - new weekly rent in 2007). Includes 7/24 access, and extensive technical package.
OFFICE SPACE IN HEART OF THEATER DISTRICT!
Looking for a small office to rent in a lovely, friendly, well located suite? A single office has opened up (as of 8/1) in asuite at 1776 Broadway, a well run, full service, 24/7 building at 57th & Broadway. The office in question is a 9' x 9' interior office with glass french doors that provide light. The suite itself is nicely laid out, with 6 separate offices and a small area that can be used for conferences of up to 8 people. The monthly rent is $800 and includes fax, copier, electricity, and cleaning. The only other expense is phone, which is the individual responsibility of the tenant. Please e-mail jmanocherian@aol.com or call me at 212 246-6204.
YOUR EAGLE EYE JUST SPOTTED SOME AFFORDABLE SPACES!
Try your wings at Where Eagles Dare elegant, intimate, inexpensive Midtown theatre and rehearsal studios. Two studios 22 X 30, One studio 13 X 25, One black-box theatre: 40-50 seats. One studio also doubles as a 40-seat theatre, with lighting. On the new theatre row: W. 36th St. Convenient, Clean, low-Cost, Comfortable -- the 4 Cs of theatre spaces. Contact John Chatterton at 646/207-2926 or studios@oobr.com and mention TRU for special rates. For more information, see www.johncpresents.com
NEWLY RENOVATED THEATER NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS!
Beautiful, fully equipped, 60 seat theatre for rent in heart of the Theatre District. Air Conditioned, 24 hour access. High grid ceiling, full lighting and sound package. Newly renovated small lobby and bar. Available to rent weekly ($1,200, plus light/sound package) or willing to share space with another company ($1,400 a month plus share utilities.) For more information, contact Joan Slavin, 917.301.7842.
THREE GREAT SPACES ON WEST 36TH STREET!
Abingdon Theatre Company has three spaces available to meet your rental needs. Each provides an intimate space, fully equipped and competitively priced without any extra charges. The Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex’s unique design accommodates full theatre productions in a newly renovated space located in the heart of the Fashion District, 312 W. 36th Street, just west of 8th Avenue. The complex houses two theatre spaces. The Dorothy Strelsin is a 56-seat theatre with a 3/4 thrust (audience on three sides) configuration. The June Havoc is a 98–seat theatre with traditional proscenium design. Both venues offer complete, state–of–the–art lighting and sound equipment packages, which are part of all-inclusive rental agreement. Only four blocks from Port Authority, two blocks from Penn Station and accessible by every Broadway, 7th and 8th Avenue subway and bus lines. Those traveling in from New Jersey will find the theatre within a few blocks of the Lincoln Tunnel. There is ample parking 50 feet from the theatre’s front door. "Let us facilitate your every production need so you can concentrate on your art. After renting theatres for nine seasons, we know the value of a space you can count on with the flexibility to meet your unique production requirements." Along with full production capability, these theatres are inviting spaces for rehearsals, readings and classes. Call 212.868.2055 to make an appointment to see the spaces for yourself.
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Sage advice on renting Sage Theater near Times Square. Rehearsal, performance, meeting and party space.
Make theater the old-fashioned way: with you controlling the box office! The Greenwich Street Theatre is available for rental and possible co-production arrangement.
Theatre 80 St. Marks marks the spot for a great summer rental. This home of The Pearl Theatre Company is available for short term and extended (weekly - monthly) rentals for Summer, 2006.
Brand new location for art and theatrical things of all kinds. Theater/performance/art gallery loft in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
NY Artists Unlimited is renting space for rehearsals, classes, shows, auditions, meetings, etc. Reasonable rates in East Village.
Available by the hour for workshops, casting calls, auditions, and for shows: Stage Left Studio, located at 438 W. 37th Street 5A.
The Matthew Corozine Studio has moved to a new home on 43rd Street.
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TRU special! Huge new midtown rehearsal space available, beautiful and big enough for your whole chorus line.
Emerge with Emerging Artists Theatre. 2 new rehearsal studios for rent.
NY Artists Unlimited announces rental availability in East Village space for rehearsals, performances, readings, auditions, meetings, etc.
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Find your place in SoHo, and have neighbors in the same field and mindset. Multiple office spaces, various sizes.
Brand new theater complex is looking for tenants, will custom build theater space, studios or offices to your specs and needs. Or ask about sharing.
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There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.
~William J. Clinton
NEW! ACTRESS SEEKS SUBLET, 8/1!
Tiara is 23 and currently subletting from a friend in W. Harlem who is returning in August. Location desired is Manhattan or app. 20 min. commute into the city (midtown) via MTA subway, no Jersey locales please. A few blocks from the subway is also desired, being that my work forces late work hours. A month-to-month would be most desirable, to make sure we workout, but I do plan to stay here for at least a year if not more. I require a private bedroom, with a door please. Furnished is desired, but un-furnished is good too. I'm a performer, currently working wardrobe for a well-known off-broadway theatre company and doing web-work for a NYC Theatre producing network. I'm nice, easy going, and clean. Sharing commons areas ie: kitchen, bathroom, living room is great. The absolute maximum: $900/month. Any leads, email Tiarayong@hotmail.com
LEAVING LOWER EAST FOR HIGHLANDS!
Michael's shipping out to the Edinburgh Fringe Fest in Scotland from 7/24 to 9/6, and wants to sublet his place for at least 4 out of the 6 weeks (and ideally all 6). Lower East Side Location close to F and JMZ subway lines, with LOTS of LES and East Village bars/restaurants nearby. $1,150 per month plus utilities & refundable deposit. Optional DSL & cable. Air conditioned. Gas is also optional...its about $15-20 per month. In the summer, if the A/C is run all night every night electric will run around $150, relative to usage. Cable as is runs me about $60. I can suspend it or reduce service to basic for the period. DSL is about $53/mo. Email MichaelWhitney7@aol.com or call 917.405.3771.
SUBLET IN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, STARTING AUGUST!
Beautiful one bed room apartment, furnished or unfurnished, available 8/23 for a minimum of one year. Beautiful space, great light, lovely coop building. Eat in Kitchen, large rooms and a quiet building. Located in Washington Heights on Cabrini Blvd. Right next to Fort Tryon park and with in a very short walk to the A train and shops. Really wonderful neighborhood. $1800 a month + Utilities. Contact bburgess251@earthlink.net
SEEKING SUBLET IN OCTOBER!
Asscoiate professor of theater arts is searching for a temporary housing situation in NYC while studying viewpoints and suzuki at the SITI company in early October through early November 2006. Preference would be for a small apartment with private bath and kitchen facility to sublease (or share with non-smoker) for a month. Hoping to keep living expense under $75 a day if at all possible. Any leads, email Steven Marc Weiss at sweiss@coe.edu
Dependable, non-smoking, responsible redhead needs occasional place to sleep and shower, probably a few days each month, possibly more often. Vickie comes in frequently from Massachusetts for rehearsals and gigs. Is willing to negotiate a fair price for a few days a week in a small space she can call her own when needed. Contact Vickie at vmpc18@aol.com
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July occupancy: seeking roommate and easy-access, inexpensive housing (under $500 a month) with a roommate.
An apartment at 18th & Pine in Philadelphia will be available 8/1.
Julie will be coming to NY this Fall to take The Singing Experience Workshop and will rent out her gorgeous apartment in Maui for two months (from 9/1-11/1 2006).
Female law student at Harvard needs a place in Manhattan for the summer. Any leads, contact Marjorie at MARJ329@aol.com
A moving moment for a theater person. Theatre lighting designer, female, 30-something, seeks home in or near NYC.
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I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true.
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I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.
~ Vincent Van Gogh
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Lou Rodgers piece "Wake of the Essex" at Midtown International Theatre Festival is fabulous. Beautifully written and performed. ~Julie Halpern
Actually went [to see DruidSynge at Lincoln Center - the 8-hour presentation of the complete theatrical works of John Millington Synge]. There are lots of intermissions. What a dismal despairing life those people had. But they're fighters. Production is more than worthwhile. Direction, brilliant. Performances, superb. As are sets and costumes and lighting. One thing about the theatre is that it has horrendous accoustics. Those combined with a thick brogue made it difficult to understand everything that was said, but oddly enough, it didn't matter. ~Elena
I got invited to see Hot Feet last night, not a show that was at the top of my list. But I'm glad I went. It has one of the hardest-working casts in town, dancing non-stop through a fast-paced evening. It's also one of the best-looking casts around, male and female. Lead Vivian Nixon is lovely as Kalimba, the teen for whom dancing is as essentiasl as life itself. She dances like a dream; I was particularly impressed with a graceful and expressive pas de deux that ends Act One. It's also good to see Maurice Hines working so creatively to incorporate contemporary dance styles like break and hip-hop into the traditional mainstream musical. His patterns are impressive, his imagination formidable. His and the show's weakness is in the storytelling. I didn't get the slam-bang flashy opening number at all, and the show only began to work for me with the introduction of a charming little girl named Emma who dreams of being a dancer, and is tempted by a devil figure with those alluring red shoes. And proceeds to tell her the cautionary story of Kalimba, who also coveted those shoes. (Yes, Hot Feet is a contemporary reimagining of the classic Red Shoes, if you didn't know.) So is it Emma's story? Is it Kalimba's story? The plot veers in and out, and is at times confusing. I had to pull out the Red Shoes video and watch it tonight to clarify some of the plot points for myself. I also had a problem with the careless way the Earth Wind and Fire score was integrated into the show. Most of the songs are sung off-stage as commentary while dancers dance; only a handful of songs are sung by characters (two by the Tony-winner Ann Duquesny as the central character's mom), so the effect is ultimately less of an integrated musical than a Vegas revue. Still, the audience around me was wildly enthusiastic, screaming and cheering and yappin' at the stage like it was their best friend. And yes, the crowd gave it a standing ovation. Although I didn't join them, I was happy to see so many people take this struggling show to their hearts. ~Bob
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Caught the last performance of Jayson with a Y, produced by the New Group (naked). It's a tough play dealing with a tough subject: a teen with a form of autism, and what to do with him when his mother unexpectedly dies. Jayson's two aunts want to honor their sister's wishes, but they have equally strong reasons not to take on the care of a boy with special needs and fits of anger: one is pregnant, the other set to move to Paris. The scenes with Jayson are engaging to the point of being absolutely riveting, due in no small part to the remarkable performance of 16-year-old Miles Purinton. His mastery of the quirks and tics of this disturbed boy are compelling, and one can never quite anticipate where each scene will lead, which makes for gripping theater. The relationships between the sisters and their often needy husbands feel a bit more like familiar territory, and a conveniently dramatic turnaround by the sister who ultimately decides to take Jayson, felt unearned and unconvincing. However, the play is intelligently crafted and never lost my interest. I imagine with some fine-tuning, it may come back in better shape. If it does, don't shy away from Jayson – take the challenge and learn to love him. Much like his aunt does. ~Bob
Greg Kotis sure loves his bodily fluids. There was fabulous Urinetown, of course. And now Pig Farm at Roundabout offers up heaps of what is quaintly referred to as "defecatory sludge" as well as a stage full of blood and mud. And yet, it's a comedy. Kotis has a quirky sensibility, no doubt, and it is surprising how much the tone of Pig Farm resembles Urinetown. One almost expects the characters to break into sardonic song now and then, and it might liven things up if they did. The play seems to be a send-up of the Martin McDonagh blood-fests (Lieutenant of Inishmore, etc.), as set in Sam Shepard country, and would be a lot more fun if it all happened a lot more quickly. John Rando has directed again, and shows his mastery of comic precision and slapdash slapstick. It didn't all work for me, to be honest, but it has its moments and a particularly hard-working cast that gets down and dirty in all senses of the phrase. ~Bob
Saw a preview of [The Drowsy Chaperone], this marvelous new original Broadway musical... which as we all know, was already a Huge Hit in Los Angeles. I think it is by far the MOST FUN I have ever had in the theater and damn I have seen a lot of Musicals in the last 35 years. I laughed more than I have ever laughed in a Theatre. Every Song is a showstopper. Every performance is SUPERB! And what an amazing, original, well-written Book! I cannot wait to see this show again. IT IS INFECTIOUS. You have all gotta go see it. If the critics do not say WONDERFUL THINGS then there is No Musical Comedy God!!!! By Far My FAVORITE MUSICAL, Now and FOREVER!!!! ~Jack Dyville [editor's note: the musical comedy gods were indeed kind: Drowsy Chaperone WON 5 Tony Awards, including Best Musical]
I'll add my endorsement of The Drowsy Chaperone (in case 5 Tony Awards isn't enough to get you there). It is an hysterically funny, thoroughly winning excursion into pure foolishness. Yet for a souffle, it has surprising substance. See it for the silliness, of course; but come away with a deep respect for the nobility of the musical comedy, an essential form of cultural escapism that serves to keep so many of us sane in this often unmusical, uncomic world.
And don't hesitate to walk down the aisle and say "I do" to The Wedding Singer. Possibly modeled after the non-stop energy of Hairspray, this is a well-crafted piece with a few flaws (the central character's want isn't as clear or as compelling as Hairspray's Tracy Turnblad's) but it possesses enough charm and humor to more than make up for them. I'm not an Adam Sandler fan, but I enjoyed this. It's sweeter and less smart-alecky than you might expect. It truly wooed and won me. ~Bob
I saw The Drowsy Chaperone last Friday, and it was absolutely delightful. How refreshing to have a completely original show on Broadway - no tired revivals or bad pop songs here. The action centers around a man in his apartment, sharing a record of his favorite 1920's musical. He speaks directly to the audience, and the musical comes to life right there in his apartment. His commentary on the action made me laugh hysterically! The actors were so energetic, and their comedic timing could not have been better. I left with a huge smile on my face. This is how Broadway should be! ~Amanda Garry
Tonite I saw the first performance of The Drowsy Chaperone on Broadway. This is a show you will not want to miss. The performances are brilliant, costumes and sets perfect and inventive. I laughed my ass off and then was ultimately so moved by the tale it tells of one man's love for performance and the musical genre. The direction is tight as a drum and not one moment squeaks.Well,I've said enough. Now get your tickets before it formally opens..I guarantee you'll grin and dance all the way home. Happy Theatregoing. ~ Joe Brancato
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[Broadway and off-Broadway ticket offers are available at great discounts to TRU members through MGM Consulting. TRU Update subscribers are not necessarily TRU members — go to www.truonline.org to find out more about becoming a PAID TRU member! Currently available: Chicago, Light in the Piazza, The Producers, Phantom, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, more
DEAL OF THE MONTH! 45 PLAYS, 45 WAYS TO SAVE IN MIDTOWN!
The Midtown International Theatre Festival is opening its Seventh Season, and once again TRU is being given an exclusive discount. This is a real deal, folks. No other discounts are given to the festival, and we get it because I am the marketing director for MITF. So make me look good and go to SmartTix.com, type in Midtown and check out the offerings. The festival runs 7/17-8/6 at four venues: The WorkShop Theatre Mainstage and Jewel Box, 312 W. 36th Street; and Where Eagles Dare Theatre and Studio, 347 W. 36th Street. The new Equity standard of pricing is $18, as you may know, but you can buy tickets for any MITF show for $15 with code TRU6 (not TRU15 as previously reported). (If the code isn't up and running by the time of this mailing, email me and let me know.) Highlights include Motion and Location by Lorna Littleway (2004 TRU Voices finalist), Remuda by Bill Donnelly (who was a 2003 TRU Voices finalist), The Maternal Instinct by Monica Bauer (a 2005 TRU Voices Honorable Mention) and LOL, an out-there internet fantasy by Tony Sportiello (producer in the 2004 TRU Voices).
ONGOING DEAL OF THE WEEK! NICE ROUND FIGURES: $20 FOOD & DRINK, $20 SHOW.
The musical about the famed literary wits and intellectuals at a huge savings ... it's a no-brainer! The Talk of the Town, presented by The Peccadillo Theater Company with TRU friend Donna Coney Island as Edna Ferber (and sometimes her understudy Jaye Maynard, another TRU friend, goes on) at that same Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room at 59 West 44th Street. There's a $20 food/drink minimum for all, but tickets are usually $60. As a TRU member, you pay only $20 for that ticket. You must mention the code “Talk 20” when making a reservation. Call 212.840.6800. The New Yorker said, “well-crafted period-style songs are genuinely clever, and the classic quips, briskly deployed throughout, still crackle." Open run: Sundays at 7:30 pm, Mondays at 8:30 pm
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NEW! EASTSIDE STOP ON THE WAY TO EDINBURGH!
East to Edinburgh, New York's Edinburgh Festival Fringe Preview at 59E59. 7/11-23: Ray Bradbury's FAHRENHEIT 451 presented by Godlight Theatre company, based on the novel about censorship and defiance - as resonant today as when it was first published more than 50 years ago., directed by Joe Tantalo. $25, Tue - Sat 9, Sun 7. 7/11-23: MICKEY MOUSE IS DEAD presented by Spankin' Yanks. By Justin Sherin, Directed by Gordon Carver. Hollywood, 1952. Are the Communists coming? Senator McCarthy hunts Reds, the Rosenbergs are doomed to die, and Walt Disney spies for the FBI. $18, Tue - Sun 7. 7/13-15: PENTECOSTAL WISCONSIN Written and Performed by Ryan Paulson, Directed and Developed by Virginia Scott. In this tale of sex, love and religion Ryan Paulson lets us in on what the religious right is all about as he finds God, falls for a sexy Swedish teenager and leaves his friend Jesus at the airport ticket counter. $15, Thu - Sat 9. 7/22-23: THREE MO' TENORS presented by Willette Murphy Klausner, Conceived, Directed and Choreographed by Marion J. Caffey. Takes the audience on a musical journey through opera, jazz, gospel, soul, spirituals, new school, Broadway and the blues. $25, Sat 2 & 7, Sun 2. 7/22-29: CLEAN ALTERNATIVES presented by FRESH ICE PRODUCTIONS, Inc., By Brian Dykstra, Directed by Margarett Perry. It's the story of an environmentalist's fight against a toxin-spreading mega-coporation and the impossibility of enlightenment in this dark age of the almighty dollar. $25, Tue - Fri 9, Sat 4, Sun 4 (Additional Perf Sat 7/29 at 9). 7/25-26: Jane Bussmann - BUSSMANN'S HOLIDAY presented by Filthy Pictures and Richard Jordan Productions, By Jane Bussmann, Directed by Sally Phillips. $15, Tue & Wed 7. 7/25-29: STONE AND STONE Written, Directed and Performed by Adam and Todd Stone. Dressed in double-breasted blazers, this charming duo delivers well crafted material both bizarre and sophisticated, but always endearing. $10, Tue - Sat 9. 7/26-27: TWILIGHT LOS ANGELES: 1992 presented by The Red Chair Players, By Anna Deavere Smith, Directed by Linda Ames Key. The City of Los Angeles exploded in rioting and looting after the acquittal of Rodney King's assailants in 1992. What caused the riots? Anna Deavere Smith interviewed LA residents, US historians and politicians to explore the causes of these explosive events. $15, Wed & Thu 6:45. 7/27-29: FARGO: A (MOSTLY) TRUE STORY presented by The Lone Fargoan Company, By Ryan Thoreson and Marie Strinden. $15, Thu - Sat 7. 59E59 Theaters is located at 59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues. Tickets can bepurchased by phone through Ticket Central at 212.279.4200, online at www.ticketcentral.
THIS IS WHAT COMES NEXT...
Rebellion Dogs Productions proudly presents What Comes Next, a new play by Pamela A. Popeson, directed by TRU friend Lorca Peress. With Stephen Clarke, Joseph Corrao, Marin Gazzaniga, Dan Hicks, Rene Keller, Tanya Perez, Angelo Rosso, Dan Teachout, and Lane Trippe. 7/5-29: Wednesdays thru Saturday evenings. For tickets on line go to http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/122217 or call 212.352.3101. The Access Theatre, 380 Broadway (2 blocks below Canal at White Street). Visit www.rebelliondogsprods.com to learn more about the cast and production.
AND THEN THERE WERE NUNS.
Getting it ain't the same as Asking for It. By Joanna Rush, directed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett. A razor-sharp one-woman show about a woman who wanted to be a nun, but got her kicks by becoming a Rockette, then became a mom and an actress doing sleazy roles. Mondays 7/10, 17, 24 at 8 pm. Tix $20 by phone 212.270.4200 or online at www.TicketCentral.com. Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Playwrights Horizons, Theatre Row, 416 W. 42 St., NYC.
YUM... FRESH FRUIT FOR SUMMER!
It's summer - time for the 4th Annual Fresh Fruit Festival, New York City's Celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Arts & Culture. Plays, cabarets, comedy, dance, improv ... a cornucopia of offerings from 7/10-23 at various locations. Including new plays at the Abingdon Theater, 312 W. 36th Street: Why D'Ya Make Me Wear This Joe? by TRU friend Vanda and My Mother Told Me I Was Different by festival artistic director Carol Polcovar. For details and tickets, go to SmartTix.com or phone 212.868.4444. Or visit the festival website at FreshFruitFestival.com
NEW! MONKEY AROUND WITH SHEREE!
TRU friend Sheree Sano plays piano at the Monkey Bar Saturdays, 7/15 & 7/22 - 9 pm til midnight. No cover, No minimum, No actual monkeys. Just good times. 60 E. 54 St. (phone 212.838.2600).
A JEW GROWS IN BROOKLYN.
It's a discussion. It's a musical. It's Jewish. It's $10. Jake Ehrenreich discusses and performs selections from his coming-of-age musical about growing up and about his parents' survival of the Holocaust. Sunday 7/16 at 7 pm. Tix/info: 212.601.1000 or online at www.makor.org. At Makor, 35 W. 67 St.
YOUR PASSPORT TO PLAY READINGS!
Shotgun Productions announces the 11th Annual New Playwrights Reading Series, "The Passport Series" dedicated to developing new works with international scope. Caribbean on 7/10: A ROAD THROUGH HEAVEN by Ricky J. Martinez, Directed by Tony nominated Eleanor Reissa. An Island. An orphan. A virgin. A mule. A man. A mysterious child. A lover's triangle. A Road through Heaven. Paris on 7/17: RETURN FROM THE ASHES by Brad Geagley, directed by Rachel Wood. When a woman returns home from a concentration camp, she learns her family doesn't need a survivor. . . They need a corpse. All performances are on Mondays at 7 PM at Repertorio Espanol, 138 East 27th (between Lexington & 3rd Ave.) and are followed by a wine & cheese receptions and discussions with the artists. Suggested Donation $10. To reserve by reply email send your name, phone number and the number of tickets requesting for STILL LIFE to Shotgunevents@cs.com To reserve by phone leave the same info at 718.291.1086. Or check out the website at www.shotgun-productions.org.
A GOODMAN IS HARD TO FIND, BUT HE'S HERE.
Paul Scott Goodman, composer-lyricist presents his work. The writer of such musicals as Bright Lights, Big City, Alive in the World and Rooms brings a career-spanning evening of musical theater melodies. Sunday 7/23 at 7 pm. $20. Tix/info: 212.601.1000 or online at www.makor.org. At Makor, 35 W. 67 St.
GOOD, CLEAN, ALTERNATIVE FUN. (SATIRICAL, TOO!)
An environmental activist bucks the corporation system. Clean Alternatives, by and featuring Brian Dykstra, is billed as “a toxic comedy.” (new 90-minute version) 7/22-29. A presentation of Fresh Ice Productions. Tix are $25, available at www.TicketCentral.com. More info at website, www.CleanALternatives.com. At 59E59 Theatre, coincidentally located at 59 E. 59 St.
NEW! YOU CAN NEVER TELL ABOUT TRU FRIENDS
TRU pal James Christy's Never Tell is about to open. It's presented by Broken Watch (and just in time). 7/22-8/13. Get the full scoop at http://www.brokenwatch.org/html/new.html. For now we CAN tell that Never Tell tix are $20 and you can get them at http://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/1513 and the show is at Michael Weller Theatre, 311 W. 43 St., 6th Floor.
NEW! A WHOPPING HELPING OF DOO-WOP!
MRM Associates present Great Googleyt Moo, A Rhythm & Blues Musical about when Doo-Wop Kings ruled the world! Writer/Musical Director: Michael Thomas Murray, Choreographed by L. Steven Taylor, Directed by Jamibeth Margolis*. Inspired by the lives and stories of Jimmy and Bonnie Mae Guilford. With Keith Arthur Bolden*, Miche Braden*, Natalie Carter*, Briana Davis*, Darrian Ford*, Kyle Flandrau, Jimmy Guilford, Bram Heidinger*, Daniel Keeling*, Brent D. Kuenning*, Valisia Lekae' Little*, Jesse Means*, Sinclair Mitchell*, Michael Thomas Murray, Elizabeth Priestley, Allyson Tucker*, Jason Veasey*, Juson Williams*. 7/23-25: Sunday at 7pm, Monday at 3pm, Tuesday at 2pm and 8pm. $15. Sage Theater, 711 7th Avenue, between 47th and 48th St., 2nd
NEW! QUINN-TESSENTIAL RITA HAYWORTH: “THE HEAT IS ON”
This does not refer to the weather forecast. It's sizzling songstress Quinn Lemley at legendary BB King's! 11-piece big band. The star's movies, magic and musical memories live on stage with Quinn who bears more than a ravishing resemblance to Rita. Tues., 7/24 at 8 pm Written and Directed by Carter Inskeep. $30 (or $25 in advance). Also on TDF Discount. Tix at www.bbkingsblues.com or by phone 212.997.4144. BB King Blues Club, 237 W. 42 St.
NEW! THE BEST OF THE BAD!
BEST IN FEST (Naughty Bits from NY Artists Unlimited Bad Musicals Festival), 7/27-8/19: Thursdays-Fridays-Saturdays @ 8 pm. Come see the festival's most sidesplitting shows: "LOVE.COM" Large Marge meets Leonard the Nerd in cyberspace. Inspired by A Confederacy of Dunces, they run off to meet in New Orleans... but as Paris in lingerie and Fabio in leather. "THE SOUND OF WIZARDS" G Dubya meets Osama Vin Labia where the red brick meets the yellow brick road. They run into Nan the Nun (with a cartload of kids in lederhosen) and Dotty, a drugged-out, over-the-hill hippie looking for Woodstock. Meanwhile, Barbara Bush has been turned into... oh well, we'll save that for a surprise! And, winner of this year's Golden Pineapple... "BEST LITTLE CRACKHOUSE IN PHILLY" (Or, Crackwhore... the Musical!) Just as it sounds: Pretty Woman meets Best Little Whorehouse -- and gives new meaning to hoedown! $20 at door; $15 advance purchase/seniors/students. Downeast Arts Center, 203 Avenue A (betw. 12th and 13trh).
NEW! ROAR WITH LAUGHTER: THE LIONHEARTED PLAYERS' COMEDY SHOW.
Save $2. Sketch Comedy and magic, too. (Ha ha/ Oooh-aaahhhh.) Monday 8/7 at 7 pm. (dinner available if you come at 6:30 pm) Magician Dave Cremin's “Out Of This World Magic” (with humor) plus the comedy duo The Rob and Mark Show. $12 cover plus minimum. Call by 8/5 to reserve and thus save $2 on the $12 cover: Ask about minimum. 212.265.8130. At Danny's Skylight Room, 346 W. 46 St.
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BEYOND THE BOROUGHS
The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.
- Albert Einstein
IT'S VALIANT AND IT'S GRIMM.
The Brothers Grimm Valiant Little Tailor, tailor-made for families. With a narrator harpist and the whole tale. Sunday 7/23 at 4:30 pm. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts in Katonah, NY. "I think there may be magic at work here..an enchanting mix of puppetry, music, and storytelling..." The Scotsman Aug.'05. These fairy tales are not just for kids! Great fun for all ages! For directions or information, please visit the Caramoor website: www.Caramoor.org or call: 914.232.5035
SINGLES: FIND AMOUR AT CARAMOOR
Arts & Hearts Friday 7/28 at 6 pm. A brief discussion about the arts by a guest speaker, live jazz music, wine and cheese, mingle with singles. A concert follows. $15 per person, pay at the door. For more info, call 914.232.5035, ext. 221. In Katonah, NY at 149 Girdle Ridge Road, so put on your girdle and come on down.
SWEET BLUEBERRY EXPERIENCE!
Jeffrey Sweet play at Blueberry Pond: revised With And Without, final mainstage production of the season, 6/16-7/16 (Thursdays thru Saturdays, 8 pm & Saturday/Sunday matinees at 3 pm. Tix: $30 (opening night benefit: $75), discounts for seniors and groups. www.ticketcentral.com or call 877.FOR.4TIX. More info: call 914.923.3530 or online www.blueberrypond.org. Blueberry Pond Theatre, 235 Cedar Lane, Cedar Lane Park, Ossining.
GO BACK TO YOUR ROOTS IN NORTH CAROLINA IN AUGUST.
30th anniversary meeting/performances with Alternate Roots activist-artists organization at Lutheridge Conference Center in Arden, N.C., 8/8-13. Membership organization of artists, activists, educators doing work at the grassroots level in service to communities throughout the southeastern U.S. Open to the public. Performance and visual-art presentations as part of meeting. Full info at http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2006/06/roots_celebrate.php
SCRIPT-IN-HAND READING SERIES IN NJ!
New Jersey Repertory Company Script-In-Hand New Play Series. All readings at 7pm: Sunday 7/23: Transit of Venus by Maureen Hunter, starring 70s film star Paula Prentiss. The story of an ambitious astronomer and the women who love him -- and whom he loves. Monday 7/24 - Way to Heaven (Himmelweg) by Juan Mayorga, translated from the Spanish by David Johnston. A profoundly moving play set in 1942, dealing with a day in Terezin Concentration Camp. Monday, 7/31 - The Water Harvest by Chris Lee. A poetic play that chronicles the complex relationship between two friends. $10 suggested donation. NJ Repertory Company, Lumia Theatre, 179 Broadway in Long Branch. Call 732.229.3166 or visit www.njrep.org for additional information.
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KID'S STUFF ON SATURDAYS!
Always a lot at The Melting Pot: Thursdays at 11 am, Saturdays at 3 pm. You never know what's going to happen at Downeast Arts Center. $5 per child. Songs with guitar, creative drama, arts & crafts… and cookies, too! Plus storytelling, plays, sing-alongs, puppetry, and more. Pay-as-you-can!! The award-winning NY Artists Unlimited is a 22 year old nonprofit that provides professional theatre and art to under-served audiences. This space has been granted to them by the City of New York: the Downeast Arts Center, 203 Avenue A (12th & 13th Streets). Visit www.NYartists.org or www.DowneastArtsCenter.org. Phone: 212.242.6036 (office), 212.228.2886 (arts center); email NYartunltd@aol.com Located at 203 Avenue A (betw. 12th/13th Street), Manhattan.
NEW TIMES! SINGING EXPERIENCE ON CABLE TV - SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS!
The Singing Experience will now be on Saturdays and Sundays, every other week, repeated twice on the same day. Tune into our friend Linda Amiel Burns and The Singing Experience Cable TV Show on MNN - Time Warner: Channel 56 – RCN: Channel 111. On Manhattan Neighborhood Network - MNN. The show is now on every other weekend . . . Saturday evenings at 9:00PM, Sundays at 5:00PM on Time Warner Cable: Channel 56, RCN Channel 111.
JEWISH FAMILY FUN IS BACK, SUNDAYS!
Sundays with Goldie, a series of interactive, theatrical family programing for children 4 to 8. Actress Valerie David tells stories of Jewish heritage and their ancestors, and children can participate in the storytelling. With special weekly arts & crafts projects, and a light brunch will be served. $5 per child. Sundays at 10:45 am, the Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street. Reservations/questions, contact Annie at 212.233.6037 x114.
LATINO
BURLESQUE EVERY TUESDAY!
Barriolesque - Open Mic, Monologues, Poetry, Music, Mime, Clowning every Tuesday,
8:00 pm $3. Hosted by Rhina Valentin, it is a Carnivale of Words, Dance, Comedy,
Monologues and Music. A Burlesque night of Art extravanganza where anything
goes. Open to comedians, thespians, musicians, singers, clowns, Lip-syncers,
Gender Illusionist and dancers, Mymes, people into eating fire, eating nails,
eating glass, invisible? Carlitos at Art for Change, 1701 Lexington Ave. between 106
& 107 St., El Barrio, NYC. Visit www.artforchange.org or call 212.348.7044
GET A HIT OF RITT EVERY TUESDAY!
Tune into the amazing bass player Ritt Henn in his TV gig A Man, a Bass & a Box of Stuff. The show airs every Tuesday at 11pm, in Manhattan on ch. 56 (Time/Warner) and ch. 108 or thereabouts (RCN), and simulcast on the web at www.mnn.org. (Just click on the "ch. 56" icon & it just might work.) In the weeks ahead: K.J. Denhert in Connecticut, Swamp Cabbage's CD release concert, an interview with MAC Award-winning technical director Thomas Honeck (recorded at the MAC Awards), more steps in Ritt's "march to the NYC cabaret debut," and...well, much, much more. Tune in if you can.
CATCH OUR FAVORITE FRIENDS ON CABLE - TUESDAYS!
No, not Phoebe and Joey — Jamie deRoy & friends is on every other Tuesday! Here's a great chance to see some of NY cabaret's best entertainers: tune into Time Warner Channel 67 (or RCN Channel 110) every other Tuesday at 8PM.
COME ON DOWN…DOWNEAST. WAM-OW ON WEDNESDAYS!
Like an open mic? Got a joke? Entertain or be entertained. Every Wednesday from 7-11 pm, it's: WAM-OW! - Words & Music on Wednesdays. Bill Kozy, Gladys Perez & guest hosts welcome singer-songwriters, musicians, singers, poets, comedians, and more. Non-professionals welcome. Pianist available after 9 pm. Performers may be invited for future bookings. $5 admission. Downeast Arts Center, 203 Avenue A. Further info on this and other events: www.NYartists.org
OPEN MIC POETRY EVERY WEDNESDAY!
Word is Bond Poetry Series with Features and Open mic, every Wednesday at 7pm. Hosted by: HecOne from the Welfare Poets, a collective of activists, educators, and artists bringing sharp-edged performances of music that incorporates Hip Hop, Bomba y Plena, Latin Jazz and other rhythms, the Welfare Poets bring information and inspiration to those facing oppression and those fighting for liberation. Art for Change, 1701 Lexington Avenue (between 106 & 107) NYC. Call 212.348.7044 or visit www.artforchange.org
FREE PARTY, EVERY WEDNESDAY!
The party's moved to Alibi on Wednesdays ... Hip Da Mix with Host MC La Reine. Host MC La Reine gives props to resident DJ Wicked Wayne churning his brew of hip-hop, classics, old skool, and r&b with a little house flava at this underground hideaway. Every Wednesday from 10pm-4am. This bumpin' party gets you thru the rest of the week with pep in yo step! No Cover/2 drink min. Alibi at 116 MacDougal (A,C,E,F,V to W. 4th bet. Bleecker & W. 3rd).
SIMON STUDIO ON THURSDAYS, ON CABLE!
Catch the new Time Warner Cable half hour TV show SIMON STUDIO PRESENTS. It will start being aired Thursdays at 6 and 8 pm on Public Access Channel 23. Produced by Roger and Daniel Hendricks Simon, this monthly series focuses on the process of making performing and visual art and features local, national and international talent associated with THE SIMON STUDIO. This first episode features actors and writers currently studying and performing at THE SIMON STUDIO NORTH in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
OFFBEAT RADIO SHOW EVERY THURSDAY!
Since 10/6/02, DAVE'S GONE BY has been treating listeners to one of the most off-beat and engaging shows in local radio. With award-winning playwright Dave Lefkowitz, founder and editor of TotalTheater.com, co-publisher of Performing Arts Insider magazine, and off-Broadway editor of New York Theater News. Airs Thursdays, 7-8pm (ET) on Long Island, NY's WGBB-AM 1240 and www.davesgoneby.com (live worldwide audio stream). Website: http://hometown.aol.com/davesgoneby
UPDATED! HOUSTON IN SAN FRANCISCO... NEW VENUE THESE DAYS!
Catch piano bar legend Houston Allred ... if you can! performing,
with his one-and-only-true-love, Norman Andersen (on guitar)
at DECO LOUNGE, 510 Larkin Street, between Turk & Eddy,
here in San Francisco, Saturdays 9pm-1am & Sundays 5-9pm,
(a cocktail show). As the late, great Charles Pierce would have
said, "Come by & we'll tell cocktails."
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The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible,
and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you
be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
~ Bertrand Russell
GET IN THE ZONE!
The T-Zone Art Exhibit at Smack Mellon. 6/4-7/17 Gallery Hours: 12-6 pm (Closed Mon & Tue). Sculpture, photos, paintings, photos, more. Very diverse elements coexisting and colliding. Many artists. Architecture and autobiography, fiction and fantasy, taxidermy and zoology all pair off and collide in T-Zone 56 Water St, DUMBO, Brooklyn . 718.834.8761 Info: www.smackmellon.org
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You can't buy love, but you can pay heavily for it.
~ Henny Youngman
Broadway and off-Broadway ticket offers are available at great discounts to TRU members through MGM Consulting — go to www.truonline.org or click JOIN TRU above to find out more about becoming a TRU member!.
NEW! OH, MAMMA MIA! SUCH A BARGAIN!
This is ABBA-solutely true: you can save on Wednesdays and Thursdays through 8/13. $76.25 tickets (reg. $111.25) Any seats except rows A-M in the orchestra for this long-running pop music musical, a hit in London and on Broadway. Online, go to: www.broadwayoffers.com and enter the code MMHBSUM or use the same code by phone 212.947.8844. Cadillac Winter Garden, 1634 Broadway (near 50 St.) This is an offer from Hot NYC Deals.
NEW! PARTIAL VIEW, PARTIAL WEEK, PARTIAL PRICE: SPAMALOT
This Broadway price difference is like Knight and day. Limited view discount for limited time for unlimited silliness at the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. Through 8/3 only: Only on Tuesdays (7 pm), Wednesdays (2 pm or 8 pm) and Thursdays (8 pm) Orchestra & Front Mezzanine (regular $111.25, discount price $68); Rear mezzanine and front balcony (regular $66.25 & $76.25, discount price $45. Use the internet to go to www.BroadwayOffers.com and order with discount code SPHDS53. The Shubert Theatre, 225 W. 44 St. This is an offer from Hot NYC Deals
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RENT - As low as $20.00
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ALTAR BOYZ HAS A DISCOUNT. HALLELUJAH!
Come see the longest–running new NYC musical in years! Full of sharp parody, spectacular dance moves, and irreverent gags. And a discount! Winner of the '05 Outer Critics Circle award for Best off-Broadway Musical. A heavenly discount: Just $39.99 (normally $69.99) for all shows but Saturday evening (those are just $49.99). See the singing heart-throbs who appeal to the Masses and get calls from Jesus on their cell phones. Hot NYC Deals brings you this discount. No performance on Wednesdays, but come any other night at 8 pm or after church on Sundays at 3 pm or 7 pm. Discount code is ABDLS82. Call 212.947.8844 or go to www.broadwayoffers.com. Offer available 5/1- 6/11/06. New World Stages, 340 W. 50 St.
SO GO, SO SAVE, SO ENJOY!
A Jew Grows In Brooklyn, A New Comedy Musical ... as low as $37.50. You must see this show if... As a child, you were not allowed in ANY body of water for two hours after eating a Yodel... You know that a bungalow in Monticello does NOT refer to Thomas Jefferson's home... You think the staff of MOSES might have actually been a stickball bat. Alright already...just come to the show. A touching, poignant, and hilarious new smash musical comedy about a boy and his family’s quest for the American Dream. The show has been playing to sold out standing ovations. Jewish Week simply calls him "Brilliant." Join Jake and four singer/musicians at the beautiful Lambs Theater as they recount his life from his parent's survival of the holocaust, to stickball and rebirth, in what USA Today calls "funny and heartbreaking." $37.50* tix on Wednesdays and Thursdays (reg. $55); $40 tix on Fridays and Saturdays (reg. $60) - available 6/7-7/31 when you order by 7/4. Go to BroadwayOffers.com and or call Telecharge at 212.947.8844 and use code JGHDS39 The Lamb’s Theater Box Office, 130 West 44th Street (between Broadway and 6th Ave). Wednesday - Saturday at 8pm; Matinees: Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 3pm
Did you miss your prom? It's never too late. The Awesome 80s Prom is the new nostalgic show with songs from the 80s. No corsage necessary. Tix for only $34.99. Contact www.Theatermania.com or call 212.352.3101. Discount code word is “Goonies.” Or print this out and dance over to the box office. Webster Hall, 125 E. 11 St. Info/show reviews at www.awesome80sprom.com
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Off Broadway Deals:
ALTAR BOYZ - As low as $39.99
AWESOME 80s PROM - As low as $39.99
BUSH IS BAD - As low as $15.00
DRUMSTRUCK - As low as $41.00
THE FANTASTICKS - As low as $45.00
A JEW GROWS IN BROOKLYN - As low as $37.50
SECOND STAGE THEATRE - Special Offer: 2 Plays for $90.00
SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW - As low as $45.90
SOCK PUPPET SHOWGIRLS - As low as $15.00
TWO DESTINIES - As low as $15.00
These great deals are available to TRU thru Hot NYC Deals.com!
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DISCOUNT FOR ZOLA'S!
Convenient location. Great food. And a Discount ta boot!
Celebrate the grand opening of Zola, 132 West 45 Street (between 6th and 7th),
located in the Best Western Hotel. Equity Members: Show your equity card and
get a 10% discount!
DALLY AT DILLON'S AT A DISCOUNT!
Our friends at Dillon's have offered TRU a 20% discount on lunch or dinner.
Not valid pre-theater on Friday or Saturday, but they'd love to see you any
other time! Mention TRU and receive a 20% discount off food (not including tax
or gratuity). 245 W. 54th Street. Call for reservations: 212.307.9797.
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