Target Margin checks in to Yiddish theater revival
Dickens ghosts around the Abrons Arts Center
Jim Fletcher and Kate Moran go at it in Love's End
Downtown’s finest performers get real with Earl Dax
Justin Bond's holiday gift
Steampunks are stylishly spooky
Two Irish choreographers try to conjure the elusive
Tensions between promoters and musicians underscore this year's slate
Joey Arias channels Lady Day
"I've been inspired by Japan for many years and have a true love, appreciation and respect for the Japanese people and their culture," said early American-adopter and purveyor of Japan's Harajuku girl style, Gwen Stefani. "The disaster in Japan is beyond heartbreaking and I want to do anythin ... More >>
A four-headed creature -- all masked, by the way -- with arms as legs and vice versa, Narcissister is the strikingly schizo creation of a Brooklyn-based artist/performer who trained at Alvin Ailey's Dance Center. Directed by Rob Roth, Narcissister: This Masquerade -- a one-hour romp at Abron ... More >>
Mermaid headlines American Realness festival
I've been rsvping up a storm so I can report to you on various theatrical stocking stuffers to fill your holiday minds with. Here's what I saw: *Three Pianos is a two-hour, intermissionless seriocomedy at NYTW, in which a trio of male musicians make like Victor Borge and deconstruct Schuber ... More >>
Chilling visions of a steampunk past
The Hold Steady, our favorite group of "wizened and wistful" meta-rock daddies (or "lowbrow bar rockers," your pick), perform tonight as part of WNYC's "Soundcheck" program" at the Greene Space. Then, abruptly setting aside all wisdom/wistfulness, the night plunges into a DJ-set orgy: Neon Indian ... More >>
Returning tonight to the Abrons Arts Center is the Joshua Light Show, a/k/a the guy who, during the '60s and '70s, popularized gloopy, Technicolor, acid-brewed concert projections and, oh yeah, worked with Jimi Hendrix, the Doors, the Who, and other sweet dudes. Yes in My Backyard-pick itsnotyouit ... More >>
Celebs show the downtown theater scene some love
This weekend's celebration of the Stonewall Riots' 40th anniversary culminates with the Gay Pride Parade, which features Governor Paterson as a Grand Marshal. The Nokia Theatre is hosting a Commemorative Concert and Love Ball to raise funds for Heritage of Pride, who have helped in organizing the ma ... More >>
Jenny Lewis in Sweet Temptation (Part 4) Fair-haired girl-next-door Jenny Lewis, the former child actress and Rilo Kiley heartthrob, plays the Music Hall of Williamsburg in support of her latest solo release, Acid Tongue, a sugary country album that's found a place in entrenched Nashville. Lewis g ... More >>
