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| Vol. 4 / No. 1 Winter 2004 - 2005
@ the THEATER Section
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Here's
a Small Taste of the Comedies
Playing Off Broadway Theaters this Winter
Click on photos or underlined text to travel
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Theater related sites
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SATIRE COMEDY
OFF BROADWAY SATIRE
COMEDY
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Theater Spotlight
On: Children's Letters To God
This
musical is inspired by the international best-selling
book, Children's Letters To God. Taken directly from
the letters of young people writing to "the Big
G." Features a cast of young actors ranging in
age from 10 - 15 years old asking hard-hitting questions
and revealing tell-it-like-it-is observations.
Categoty/Type:
Musical
Comedy/Drama/Family
Theater:
Lamb's Theatre
130 West 44th Street, New
York, NY
Official
Web Site: http://www.childrensletterstogod.com
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Theater Spotlight
On: Fat Pig
Tom has met the love of his life, Helen. She's funny,
smart, sexy and she makes him think and laugh. Trouble
is, all his friends are laughing too
at her.
Because shes more than Tom ever dreamed
about fifty pounds more. He must face the toughest
choice of his life: stay with the one who is right
for him or leave and join the ranks of 'pretty' people?
Will love triumph over all.
Categoty/Type:
Play
Comedy
Theater:
Lucille Lortel Theatre
121 Christopher
Street, New York, NY
Web Site: http://www.mcctheater.com
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Theater
Spotlight On: Forbidden Broadway
Summer Shock!
Summer Shock! is the latest edition of Forbidden Broadway
the love letter to the theater that's been
a New York institution for twenty years. Forbidden
Broadway slings arrows at The Producers, Wicked and
Mamma Mia! in addition to old favorites. Also skewered
are such celebrities as Ethel Merman, Liza Minnelli,
Sarah Brightman and other favorites.
Categoty/Type:
Musical
Comedy
Theater:
Douglas Fairbanks Theatre
432 West 42nd
Street, New York, NY
Official Web Site: http://www.ForbiddenBroadway.com
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Theater Spotlight
On: I Love You, You're Perfect,
Now Change
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change is a
musical comedy about the road to coupledom and all
of the trials and tribulations of the modern-day mating
game. This show is now in its ninth year off-Broadway.
There have been so many audience marriage proposals
during the run of this show the musical touts itself
as the most 'proposal-friendly' in town.
Categoty/Type:
Musical
Comedy
Theater:
Westside Theatre
(upstairs) 407 West 43rd
Street, New York, NY
Official Web Site: http://www.loveperfectchange.com
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Theater Spotlight
On: Jewtopia
The story of two 30-year-old single men, Chris O'Connell
and Adam Lipschitz. Chris, a gentile, wants to marry
a nice Jewish girl. Adam, a Jew, wants to marry a
Jewish girl to please his family, but cant get
a date to save his life. Chris promises to help Adam
meet the girl of his dreams if Adam will promise to
help Chris shed his gentile-ness and bring him into
the Jewish world.
Categoty/Type:
Play
Comedy
Theater:
Westside Theatre
(downstairs) 407 West
43rd Street, New York, NY
Official
Web Site: http://www.JewtopiaPlay.com
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Theater Spotlight
On: Lone Star Love
Lone Star Love, an original musical comedy western,
transports Shakespeare's immortal John Falstaff to
post-Civil War America, where he wreaks havoc on the
town of Windsor, Texas. Thanks to a pair of wily women
he gets his own comeuppance in spades. Inspired by
the Shakespearean
play The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Categoty/Type:
Musical
Comedy
Theater:
John Houseman Theatre
450 West 42nd Street,
New York,NY
Official
Web Site: http://www.lonestarlovethemusical.com
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Theater Spotlight
On: Modern Orthodox
Modern Orthodox, a romantic comedy about love, dating
and unlikely friendships. An Upper West Side couple,
a financial consultant and his doctor girlfriend and
a Jewish diamond named Hershel who sells them an engagement
ring, invades their lives and causes all kinds of
mishegas. This comedy explores how faith can still
be relevant in the fast-paced world of New York City.
Categoty/Type:
Play
Comedy
Theater:
Dodger Stages
340 West 50th Street, New
York,NY
Web Site: http://www.DodgerStages.com
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Theater Spotlight
On: Picon Pie
A slice of life of the legendary Yiddish star Molly
Picon. Celebrating eighty years of Picon's life, from
her unrivaled international success to her private
hopes and dreams
from her intense fight for
personal and professional survival to her passionate
and private life-long partnership with her manager
and mentor Jacob "Yonkel" Kalich. Features
many of the songs Molly made famous.
Categoty/Type:
Musical
Drama (Yiddish Comedy Legend's
Life)
Theater:
DR2 Theatre
103 East 15th Street, New York,
NY
Web
Site: http://www.telecharge.com
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