East Village Arts

Chris Harcum’s latest show Rabbit Island is part of FRIGID New York 2012. Audiences will watch main character Alex navigate irregular relationships with an erratic therapist, his on-again off-again girlfriend, an untamed burlesque dancer, and The Cleanse. What will it take for this verbose Canadian mime to become a Real New Yorker? Find out more in our interview below, filmed at the FAB Cafe (and be sure to drop the FAB Cafe by with your FRIGID program to redeem a 10% discount!)

Showtimes for Rabbit Island:

Feb 23, 9:00PM
Feb 25, 8:30PM
Feb 27, 7:30PM
Mar 01, 6:00PM
Mar 03, 5:30PM

Edmond Malin is participating in this year’s FRIGID New York Festival with his show Judge, Yuri & Executioner, a solo performance starring an 85 year-old masochist named Zack (Mac Rogers). FABnyc sat down with Edmond in the FAB Cafe to chat about this bittersweet tale, so watch and learn more!

What is his next move?
What can any of us do to change or lives?
Find out why it’s so liberating to watch this show…

Showtimes for Judge, Yuri & Executioner:

Feb 23, 8:00PM
Feb 24, 11:00PM
Feb 26, 12:30PM
Mar 01, 9:30PM
Mar 03, 8:00PM

Last week, FABnyc had the pleasure of sitting down with Suzen Murakoshi to discuss her upcoming show in FRIGID New York 2012, Breathe, Love, Repeat: A near-life experience. In Breathe, Love, Repeat a samurai super daughter struggles with her mother to affirm life between this world and the next at the crossroads between east and west. How does a person integrate all aspects of multi-ethnic cultures while remaining true to one’s self?

This interview was filmed in the bustling (as you might hear here…) atmosphere of the FAB Cafe. Don’t forget that all FRIGID participants and attendees receive a 10% discount at the FAB Cafe, so stop by with a FRIGID program to redeem yours!

Showtimes for Breathe, Love, Repeat:

Feb 22, 10:30PM
Feb 24, 7:30PM
Feb 27, 7:30PM
Mar 02, 10:30PM
Mar 04, 7:00PM

Nicole Pandolfo’s one-woman show, Love In The Time Of Chlamydia, will be showing at this year’s FRIGID New York Festival. Nicole stopped by the FAB Cafe to chat about her show with FABnyc. The show follows one woman’s search for love in a world full of absent dads, dirtbag boyfriends, and premature ejaculators. Is it possible?!

Find out more in our interview below…

Showtimes for Love in the Time Of Chlamydia:

Feb 23, 10:30PM
Feb 25, 4:00PM
Feb 26, 4:00PM
Feb 29, 6:00PM
Mar 04, 5:30PM

Cyndi Freeman and Brad Lawrence star in Scratch & Pitz Burlesque & Variety Hour as part of FRIGID New York 2012 Festival. The seductive duo bring you some of the city’s finest burlesque, variety and comedy talent in a variety show filled with entertainment. Be sure to watch Scratch convince Pitz to sell her soul in exchange for a duet act.

Check out their FAB Minute interview in the FAB Cafe (and remember, all FRIGID audiences and participants get a 10% discount at the cafe, so come by with your program to redeem!).

Stay tuned for more FRIGID FAB Minutes coming soon…

Showtimes for Scratch & Pitz:

Feb 23, 10:30PM
Feb 26, 7:00PM
Feb 29, 10:30PM
Mar 02, 4:00PM
Mar 03, 8:30PM

The much awaited FRIGID FAB Minutes kick off today with Missed Connections!

Ricky Dunlop scowered Craigslist’s “Missed Connections” to compile the best posts for his new show featured in this year’s FRIGID New York Festival. Missed Connections: An Exploration Into The Online Postings of Desperate Romantics peruses the sometimes touching, sometimes torrid (and almost always grammatically incorrect) postings on Craigslist’s most notorious section, as Dunlop’s actor friends read the posts out loud. Maybe even invite an audience participant! Find out more in our interview below.

All FRIGID FAB Minutes are filmed in the FAB Cafe, if you’re a FRIGID audience member or presenter, stop by with your program to redeem a 10% discount!

Showtimes for Missed Connections:

Feb 22, 7:30PM
Feb 25, 7:00PM
Feb 27, 6:00PM
Mar 01, 10:30PM
Mar 04, 1:00PM

FABnyc had the pleasure of sitting down with Director Tomi Tsunoda in the FAB Cafe to discuss the world premiere of Erosion: A Fable by the Loom Ensemble.

Tomi beautifully describes the work and process of the Loom Ensemble in developing Erosion: A Fable. The production involves music, dance, traditional storytelling, and live instrumentation onstage (we’ve even seen some of the unique instruments they’re working with)! Learn more by watching the the FAB Minute below…

And find out even more about the performance by watching the trailer:

Erosion: A Fable runs 2/17 – 2/26 at La MaMa (The Club).

Synopsis Via La MaMa….

“Loom is a 10 person ensemble that weaves together full-body movement, dense vocal harmonies, and text-based storytelling to make lush, vibrant ensemble performances. At its core, our mission is to use equal parts dance, music and theatre to nourish a sense of basic delight in our selves and our audiences.

In Erosion: a Fable, we see the familiar world of corporate desk jobs through a surprising aesthetic lens. A homeless woman and a mid-level office exec begin selling dirt on the street and calling it Love. In this LaMama 50th Anniversary Season Premeire, Loom uses their signature palette of athletic dances, intricate vocal compositions, and traditional storytelling techniques to stage a story of corporate competition, environmental catastrophe and personal transformation.”

Which East Village show has got nerve and verve? Which East Village show won Best Box Office at the San Francisco Fringe Festival of 2011?

Lorraine Olsen is FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING.

In this striking solo performance, the audience is privy to the protagonist, a fine art model, posing for the artists who sketch her. But the muse is quickly reframed as the creator as she offers personal accounts of her life and work, and her influence in the Figurative Art sphere.
Come and see this colorful memoir at the Wow Café Theater at 59-61 E. 4th St. between Bowery and 2nd Ave.

The show is playing February 24-25 at 8:00 P.M. and February 26th at 2:00 P.M.

Written by Molly Kirschner

You can participate in the the Living Theater’s debut of THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, along with an an international ensemble of 25 actors, singers, dancers and musicians. Come watch, participate, and consider the questions: Who are you in history? In the execution of Socrates? In the crucifixion of Jesus? And finally: Who are you in the Beautiful Non-Violent Anarchist Revolution yet to come!

FABnyc sat down with Brad Burgess, Executive Producer of The Living Theater, to hear more about the show. Watch below:

FAB Deal!
Get %50 off general admission to History Of The World using the code MAKEHISTORY. Tickets are also available by donation Wednesdays & Thursdays.

Take a look at our recommendation of plays currently showing in the East Village:

CREATED EQUAL
When it comes to social justice, do you feel like your country is a near-blind man, feeling in the dark for his glasses? You’re not alone. Come and join the Red Fern Theatre Company investigate democracy with Created Equal, an evening of new one-act plays set against the backdrop of the 2012 elections. All theatre is not created equal, but Created Equal is sure to take your breath away, and make you think in the process.
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