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Brooklyn: Exercise Your Mind And Body At The Brooklyn Lyceum

egw — 2008-10-31T13:05:05-05:00

Break the bounds of Broadway with our coverage of the Brooklyn arts scene.

You've been going out all week, and you need a break. We can sense it. There's just as much to do at the Brooklyn Lyceum as at our other picks, but it's definitely more of a community venue, without the pressure of putting on eight pairs of leggings and the perfect T-shirt.

A former public bathhouse, the Brooklyn Lyceum now hosts movie screenings, dance concerts, exercise classes--basically anything that can take advantage of its wide open space. Like the borough it's in, it shows the incredible diversity of the people who use it... without sending out a press release.

This weekend: Get all spooked with Halloween movies and "Poe-riffic" stories tonight at 7:30; watch "The Marriage Of Figaro" for some genteel laughs Saturday night and chill out with a Sunday night jazz concert.

Related Stories:
· Brooklyn Lyceum [Official Site]
· Brooklyn Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: bettyblade]

Brooklyn: Iceland Cultural Travel: New York Edition

BS — 2008-10-16T10:30:45-05:00

If you're considering taking advantage of Iceland's cash-starved economy with a jaunt there this fall, you can get a head start on the country's beyond-Bjork culture scene at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Through Saturday, BAM is staging Woyzeck, an otherworldly interpretation of the classic German drama, as conceived by hotshot Icelandic director Gísli Örn Gardarsson and his team of acrobatic actors and aerial ballerinas. The show comes complete with underwater scenes staged in a giant Plexiglass tank and an original score from cult rocker Nick Cave.

Tickets start at $20, which, as New York theater goes, is definitely recession-era pricing.

Related Stories:
· Woyzeck [Official Site]
· Iceland Invites You to Take Advantage of Its Economic Misfortune [Jaunted]
· Kaboom! Manhattan Project Opera Hits New York [Jaunted]

[Photo: BAM]

New York: Unlikely Mashups Travel: When Hip-Hop and Theater Collide

BS — 2008-10-01T10:00:37-05:00

New York is always the world's hub of hip-hop, as well as its capital of theater, but once a year, the best of both worlds fuse together in an unlikely pairing: The Hip-Hop Theater Festival.

Running now through October 11, the HHTF presents spoken word, drama, dance, rapping, singing and other performances that embrace the hip-hop aesthetic. If you want theater to be just a little less snobby--or hip-hop to get a little bit more intellectual--this one's for you. The highlight of this year's festival is Taking Over: The All City Tour, a new play from festival founder Danny Hoch.

The festival is taking over venues throughout four boroughs (sorry, Staten Island!), and many performances are free. But that doesn't mean you can just show up--the free events are ticketed and usually "sold" out--check out the HHTF website to reserve seats.

Related Stories:
· Hip-Hop Theater Festival [Official Site]
· Theater coverage [Jaunted]

Washington, DC: Old Stuff Travel: Rare Shakespeare Recovered in DC

egw — 2008-07-15T15:00:20-05:00

A stolen copy of the First Folio, the first known collection of William Shakespeare's plays, turned up last week in DC when a rare-book enthusiast took it to the Folger Shakespeare Library. In a case of no good deed goes unpunished, the British man is being considered a suspect in the 1998 robbery of the document from Durham University in England.

While not as rare as the Holy Grail (or even Crystal Skulls!), First Folio copies are still relatively rare, and the Folger has the largest collection in the world, with 79 of the estimated 228 left in the world. (A thousand were supposedly printed.) In case you have one stashed under your mattress, it could be worth over $6 million at auction.

Dead tree media not your scene? See one of the First Folio plays, "Hamlet," for free at the Carter Barron Amphitheatre (16th St. and Colorado Ave. NW) this summer with the Shakespeare Theatre Company. Pick up your gratis tickets at the Washington Post office every weekday or at the theater on the day of the show. But leave kids under 10 at the nunnery, as this show contains "sexual content."

Related Stories:
· Stolen Shakespeare First Edition Found in Washington [AFP, via Yahoo]
· Winchester Mystery House Blogger Talks [Jaunted]
· Washington, DC coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: manfire]

New York: Broadway Travel: Banderas Contemplates Return to Stage

egw — 2008-07-11T09:15:15-05:00

Antonio Banderas will always be Che in the big-screen "Evita" adaptation to us, but the voice of Puss and Boots has set his sights on bringing "Don Giovanni" to Broadway.

The actor received a Tony nomination for "Nine," the Fellini-inspired musical whose own movie is currently filming, but apparently he won't go home until he gets the gold for playing the classical doomed rake.

He's going to have a lot of competition for those tourist eyeballs: Daniel Radcliffe bows this fall with his revival of "Equus" that played in London last year (complete with nudity!) and Katie Holmes will be appearing in an all-star revival of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" with John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest and Patrick Wilson.

Josh Hartnett isn't even trying New York; he'll be debuting in the stage version of "Rain Man" in the West End. (He's playing the Tom Cruise character, not the Dustin Hoffman character.)

Related Stories:
· Antonio Banderas Returning to Broadway [NYM]
· Can Shrek Sing? Broadway Finds Out This Fall [Jaunted]
· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo from the Broadway production of "Nine": Gibbs Cadiz]

New York: Broadway Travel: Katie Does Arthur Next Spring

egw — 2008-05-14T09:00:01-05:00

It was threatened, and now it will probably come to pass: Katie Holmes is in talks to appear in Arthur Miller's play "All My Sons" next year on Broadway, meaning that next year's Tony Awards will all be about The Holmes (and the creepy, scenery-devouring shadow of The Cruise as well).

Holmes is rumored to be playing the role of Ann Deever, the play's beautiful young catalyst and the daughter of a man convicted of shipping defective airplane parts to the troops during World War II. Shouldn't she be easing into this Broadway thing? We hear "Chicago" has openings.

Related Stories:
· TomKat Adjusts to Married Life in Berlin [Jaunted]
· Katie Holmes Survived the New York Marathon [Jaunted]
· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: Cele|bitchy]

New York: Adventures of Link: Daniel Radcliffe's Wand of Destiny

pbb — 2008-04-09T17:32:42-05:00

Suddenly-super-hot Daniel Radcliffe will make his Broadway debut this fall, when he and the cast of "Equus" visit New York City. We assume you've already heard that the now-18-year-old star will appear naked on-stage for at least part of the production.

While we wouldn't call that the best reason to go see some theater, we can't deny it'll drive some ticket sales. Just know this: "Equus" isn't the kind of kid-friendly show you might expect from the "Harry Potter" actor. Previews at the Broadhurst Theatre start September 5; opening night is 9/25.