Jes Tom’s Less Lonely – Baggage at the Door/Dana Aber – Neil Gaiman/A Christmas Carol – Transport Group/Lucille Lortel:Joey Merlo – Madwomen of the West
The Jerusalem Syndrome – a musical comedy of Biblical proportions produced by York Theatre Co. Nov. 21 thru Dec. 31 at Theatre at St. Jeans, 150 E. 76 St. NYC. Will have you believing in miracles. Book/lyrics Laurence Holzman & Felicia Needleman, music Kyle Rosen, Music Director Miles Plant, Choreography Alex Sanchez, directed by Don Stephenson. Tickets and More Information: www.yorktheatre.org
Off-Broadway premiere of Baggage at the Door, an original one-woman musical addressing the critical moment a (seemingly well-adjusted trauma-queen) survivor realizes she may no longer be able to cope; when falling in love triggers here lurking PTSD, she might by f*#&ed. Created and performed by Dana Aber, with music direction by Jacob Stebly, and direction and dramaturgy by Joe Langworth, the show will play a limited engagement through November 16, 2023, at AMT Theater (354 West 45th Street – between 8th & 9th Aves). The show is a co-production between Big Thunder Productions, LLC and AMT Theater. https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/amt-theater/650df339e975f50e4531fa21
Photo by: Noah Eberhart
Academy Award®-nominated actor, director, producer, and writer Elliot Page, along with award-winning producers Mike & Carlee Productions, are pleased to announce a special engagement of Jes Tom’s Less Lonely, a one-person comedy about sex in the face of death, gender transition on the brink of oblivion, and the search for love at the end of the world. This strictly limited six-week engagement begins previews on Wednesday, November 28, at the Greenwich House Theater (27 Barrow Street), ahead of a December 11 opening night. Tickets available now at JesTomShow.com. A limited number of rush tickets are available for $30 exclusively through TodayTix on the day of the show.
New York premiere of Madwomen of the West, a new comedy by Sandra Tsing Loh and directed by Thomas Caruso at the Actors Temple Theatre (339 West 47th Street), running for a limited engagement, November 11, 2023 to January 1, 2024, with a new opening date on Monday, December 4. The hilarious comedy features Caroline Aaron, Brooke Adams, Marilu Henner, and Melanie Mayron. Tickets now on sale, available for purchase online at Telecharge.com, by phone at 212/239-6200, or visit the Actors Temple Theater box office (open one hour prior to showtime).
For two nights only in New York City, Neil Gaiman in person is Charles Dickens in a dramatic reading of A Christmas Carol, taking place Monday, December 18 and Tuesday, December 19 at 8:00pm at The Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street). Performance running time 90 minutes, no intermission. For further info and tickets visit TheTownHall.org. The Town Hall subscriber presale begins Thursday, November 2 at 10AM ET. Tickets on sale to the public Friday, November 3 at 10AM ET via TicketMaster at TheTownHall.org. Tickets start at $ 59.50. For Special VIP ticket with Meet & Greet and more, visit TheTownHall.org.
Transport Group and Lucille Lortel Theatre are pleased to present the Off-Broadway engagement of Joey Merlo’s On Set with Theda Bara starring six-time Obie winner David Greenspan who channels all four characters in this uniquely intimate, seance-like hallucination production. Directed by Jack Serio (Uncle Vanya, This Beautiful Future), this “campy, comic solo show” (New York Times) for just 50 people a night runs February 6 – March 9, 2024 at The Brick, located at 579 Metropolitan Ave in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, with a press opening on Wednesday, February 14. Tickets are now on sale at www.transportgroup.org and www.lortel.org.
