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News: "Desperately Seeking the Exit Uncut & Online" Adds Additional Live Stream Matinee on March 28
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After selling out the first two live streams of Desperately Seeking the Exit Uncut & Online, Peter Michael Marino will once again share the notorious tale of the making and unmaking of his West End-Blondie-Madonna musical Desperately Seeking Susan - on your computer. This 90-minute live-streaming event will include a reading of the story you may or may not have heard, plus bonus footage from the actual West End and Tokyo productions, plus accompanying scenes from the film and how the film scenes were adapted for the stage.
WHAT:Desperately Seeking the Exit Uncut & Online WHO: Written & Performed by Peter Michael Marino. Original Direction by John Clancy. WHEN: 2:00 p.m. EST, Saturday, March 28 WHERE: Your computer or tablet HOW MUCH: $10
The Slave Who Loved Caviar Written by Ishmael Reed Directed by Carla Blank Presented by Theater for the New City 155 1st Ave., Manhattan, NYC December 23, 2021-January 9, 2022 L-R: vampire Baron De Whit (Raul Diaz) and the Baron's agent, Antonio Wolfe (Jesse Bueno). Photo by Jonathan Slaff. Karl Marx famously compared the workings of capitalism to vampirism, and The Slave Who Loved Caviar , bringing the metaphor of vampirism to bear specifically on the capitalism of the art world, and even more specifically, on the relationship between artists Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Making its world premiere at Theater for the New City, The Slave Who Loved Caviar is the latest play from storied novelist, essayist, critic, playwright, musician, songwriter, professor, publisher, and more Ishmael Reed. Directed by frequent Reed collaborator Carla Blank, herself a director, dramaturge, writer, and editor, and featuring original music composed and performed by Reed, The Slave Who Loved C
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Supernova Written by Elizabeth Hawes Directed by Bernadette Armstrong Presented by the Open-Door Playhouse Podcast at www.opendoorplayhouse.org ESA/Hubble & NASA. Acknowledgement: Claude Cornen. Used under Creative Commons 4.0 Elizabeth Hawes writes in multiple genres and has won multiple PEN America Prison Writing Awards, including for her new audio play, Supernova . Incarcerated in the Shakopee correctional facility in Minnesota, Hawes has described her purpose in writing as " to bear witness, to advocate, to entertain ," and Supernova achieves all three. Presented in two parts (debuting July 14 and July 21, 2021 and totaling about two hours and fifteen minutes) on the Open-Door Playhouse's website as part of its Prison Plays series, Supernova gives intimate expression to the experiences of women incarcerated by America's Prison Industrial Complex (PIC). This and Open-Door's other plays are available for free, but donations are welcomed. Part 1 of the pla
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