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February On Track:
Current and Coming Events
Now Playing:
The Civilians continue with (I Am) Nobody’s Lunch at 59E59. Showtimes vary. $30. Thru Feb. 5. 59 E. 59th St., Manhattan. Tix: 212.279.4200 or www.ticketcentral.com.
www.thecivilians.org
The National Theatre of the United States of America continues with ABSN: RJAB at PS122. Wed.-Fri., 8:30pm; Sat., 4:30 & 8:30pm; Sun., 4:30pm. $20/$10. Thru Feb. 12. 150 1st Ave., Manhattan. 212.352.3101. www.ps122.org …
The White Horse Theater Company continues its exploration of the Sam Shepard canon with the Pulitzer Prize-winning Buried Child at the American Theatre of Actors’ Sargent Theatre. Cyndy A. Marion directs. Tue.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 3pm. $15. Thru Feb. 12. 314 W. 54th St., Manhattan. Tix: 212.868.4444. www.whitehorsetheater.com
Crash Landing Productions continues with Chris Thorpe’s Safety at Urban Stages. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 7pm. $15. Thru Feb. 12. 259 W. 30th St., Manhattan. Tix: 212.868.4444 or www.smarttix.com. www.urbanstages.org
The Foundry Theatre continues with Kirk Lynn’s Major Bang at St. Ann’s Warehouse. Tue.-Fri., 8pm; Sat., 4 & 8pm; Sun., 4pm. $30/$20. Thru Feb. 19. 38 Water St., Brooklyn. Tix: 718.254.8779. www.stannswarehouse.org
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Feb. 1: Ron Delsener & Marvin Worth Productions present the NY premiere of Lenny Bruce…In His Own Words written and directed by Joan Worth and Alan Sacks and featuring Jason Fisher at the Zipper Theatre. Mon.-Fri., 8pm; Sat., 8 & 10pm. $40/$30. Thru Feb. 25. 336 W. 37th St., Manhattan. Tix: 212.239.6200 …
Feb. 2: The Triad Theater opens Andrew Goffman’s The Accidental Pervert about one man’s addiction to pornography. Charles Messina directs. Thu.-Fri., 7pm. $20/$15. Thru Feb. 24. 158 W. 72nd St., Manhattan Tix: 212.868.4444 or www.smarttix.com. www.theaccidentalpervert.com
John Chatterton and the La Muse Venale Acting Troupe open Beyond the Veil, Chatterton’s exploration of science, sex and spiritualism in Victorian England at the Where Eagles Dare Theatre. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 3pm. $15. Thru Feb. 26. 347 W. 36th St., Manhattan. Tix: 212-868-4444 or www.smarttix.com. www.johncpresents.com/copy/veil.htm
The Flea Theater opens Yussef El Guindi’s Homeland Security satire, Back of the Throat. Jim Simpson directs. Schedule varies. $20. Thru Mar. 8. 41 White St., Manhattan. Tix: 212-352-3101 or www.theatermania.com. www.theflea.org .
Feb. 9: The Debate Society mixes bird flu with the Black Death in Hannah Bos’ The Snow Hen. Oliver Butler directs at the Charlie Pineapple Theatre. Mon., 7pm; Wed.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 3pm. $15. Thru Feb. 25. 248-B N. 8th St., Brooklyn. Tix: 212.352.3101 or www.theatermania.com
La MaMa ETC opens Peter S. Case’s adaptation of Death and the Ploughman, Johannes von Saaz’ early 15th-century prose poem rife with the imagery of Bosch and Breughel. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 2:30 & 8pm. $15. Thru Feb. 26. 74A E 4th St., Manhattan. Tix: 212.475.7710. www.lamama.org
FringeNYC is accepting applications for the 10th Annual New York International Fringe Festival, set for Aug. 11-27th thru Feb. 14. More info and applications at: www.fringenyc.org
Crooked Timber Productions in association with VOICETheatre opens a new translation of Hanoch Levin’s journey through the dark heart of vengeance, Retzach, at 59E59. Shauna Kanter directs. Wed.-Fri., 8:15pm; Sat., 2:15 & 8:15; Sun., 3:15 & 7:15pm. $35/$15. Thru Mar. 12. 59 E. 59th St., Manhattan. Tix: 212.279.4200 or www.ticketcentral.com. www.voicetheatre.com
Feb. 18: Stillpoint Productions opens Lear deBessonet’s site-specific, Death Might Be Your Santa Claus, an exploration of the intersection of faith and capitalism in contemporary America, conceived by deBessonet with additional text by Juliana Francis. Mon.-Tue., 8pm; Sat., 3 & 8pm; Sun., 3pm. $15. Thru Feb. 21. 15 Nassau at Pine, Manhattan. Tix: 212-352-3101 or www.theatermania.com. www.stillpointproductions.org.
Etc.: Theaters Against War (THAW) is looking for previously unpublished one-act plays for its as-yet Untitled Night of One Acts at Pace University in April. The plays must have a human rights, political, or social justice issue theme to them. Please submit all works electronically to: [email protected] by Feb. 5
Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble will offer a Master Class with Ping Chong at the SITI Company in Manhattan Feb. 17-19. The class will explore the relationship between text and movement through examples from Chong’s repertoire of scripts, and through improvisation arising out of this repertoire. More info: www.strikeanywhere.info/education.htm
Brooklyn’s Brick Theater is seeking applications through the month of February for this summer’s “$ellout Festival� set for June 2 thru July 2. A celebration of compromising, cashing in and giving up, the Festival encourages performers of all persuasions to submit proposals about selling out. Deadline for applications is Mar. 1. More info: www.bricktheater.com/$ellout.
Please send listings for shows and theater events running during the month of April to: Brook Stowe at [email protected] by March 20.
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February Listings
By George Grella and Brad CohanFEB 2020 | Music
Live performances around the city this month.
Judith Baumel with Catherine Parnell
SEPT 2022 | Books
The last time Judith Baumel and I engaged in conversation via the Brooklyn Rail was February 2020, during the before times. When Covid took over, life seemed to be in the breakdown lane, but that didn’t stop Baumel. She geared up an eclectic group of scholars and writers and artists for weekly Zoom conversations focused on the classics and, line by line, they made their way through Dante's Divine Comedy and are now halfway through Ovid's Metamorphoses.
