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Pattie Canova: TRAVELING AT THE SPEED OF ENLIGHTENMENTRenowned as a psychic by heads of state, A-list stars, members of the mob and former skeptics alike, Pattie Canova’s thrilling new show explores our need to answer life’s big questions, our growing fascination with the paranormal, and the difference between psychics and psychotics! Throughout this dynamic evening, Canova uses her unique, no-nonsense approach and impromptu audience tarot card readings to reveal that we are all ultimately asking the same question: “Am I okay?”. Skeptics beware - she may make a believer out of you yet! THIS SHOW CONTAINS ADULT CONTENT. PARENTAL DISCRETION IS ADVISED. 
By Peter Nachtrieb, Directed by Alex Timbers March 5-April 13, 2008 Something is about to explode and the fate of humanity hangs in the balance. It's going to be one hell of a blind date. 
produced in association with Manhattan Theatre Club By Liz Flahive. Directed by Leigh Silverman. Assistant directed by 2008 Artist-in-Residence, Shira Milikowsky Performed at MTC’s Stage 1, New York City Center, 131 W 55th St March 24-June 1, 2008 A misguided cry for help gone awry means a teenager's every move is scrutinized. A dark comedy about surviving high school, navigating second marriages, and awkward love songs for ungrateful girls. From Up Here was initially developed at Ars Nova in our Out Loud play-reading series and workshopped through our Next Step program. 
By Nick Jones. Music by Jollyship the Whiz-Bang. Directed by Sam Gold. May 7-June 29, 2008 The ship is sinking, the captain's a drunk and the band is on the verge of mutiny. An underground-pirate-puppet-rock spectacular! THURSDAYS AT TEN: HAPPY SUNSHINE KUNG FU FLOWERIn the battle to infiltrate the American psyche, how will a group of not-so-good ninjas called Happy Sunshine Kung Fu Flower stand up to the American Media, Pop Culture and Politics? Digest America’s most dramatic absurdity in this pseudo-like-kinda-socio-political-satire-play-ish-sketch-comedy-esque-not really-almost-like-a-musical-slash-hippopatamus-with-martial-arts-choreography-sex-orgy…dog-show! Written by Matthew-Lee Erlbach Featuring Also Playing: Nov. 29th and Dec. 13th @ 10pm THURSDAYS AT TEN brings the raw underbelly of New York’s alternative music and comedy scene to the Ars Nova stage. Each week Ars Nova encourages creative risk-taking by showcasing an innovative artist or group. THURSDAYS AT TEN brings the raw underbelly of New York’s alternative music and comedy scene to the Ars Nova stage. Each week Ars Nova encourages creative risk-taking by showcasing an innovative artist or group. THURSDAYS AT TEN has gained an incredible reputation for consistently turning out a high level of new talent. This reputation garnered Ars Nova a two-year television development deal with NBC/Universal. The deal has already started to pay off for CREATION NATION which is developing a pilot for Bravo. Ars Nova was also named New York’s Top Comedy Venue by TimeOut Magazine in 2006. |
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Pattie Canova: TRAVELING AT THE SPEED OF ENLIGHTENMENTRenowned as a psychic by heads of state, A-list stars, members of the mob and former skeptics alike, Pattie Canova’s thrilling new show explores our need to answer life’s big questions, our growing fascination with the paranormal, and the difference between psychics and psychotics! Throughout this dynamic evening, Canova uses her unique, no-nonsense approach and impromptu audience tarot card readings to reveal that we are all ultimately asking the same question: “Am I okay?”. Skeptics beware - she may make a believer out of you yet! THIS SHOW CONTAINS ADULT CONTENT. PARENTAL DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
By Peter Nachtrieb, Directed by Alex Timbers March 5-April 13, 2008 Something is about to explode and the fate of humanity hangs in the balance. It's going to be one hell of a blind date.
produced in association with Manhattan Theatre Club By Liz Flahive. Directed by Leigh Silverman. Assistant directed by 2008 Artist-in-Residence, Shira Milikowsky Performed at MTC’s Stage 1, New York City Center, 131 W 55th St March 24-June 1, 2008 A misguided cry for help gone awry means a teenager's every move is scrutinized. A dark comedy about surviving high school, navigating second marriages, and awkward love songs for ungrateful girls. From Up Here was initially developed at Ars Nova in our Out Loud play-reading series and workshopped through our Next Step program.
By Nick Jones. Music by Jollyship the Whiz-Bang. Directed by Sam Gold. May 7-June 29, 2008 The ship is sinking, the captain's a drunk and the band is on the verge of mutiny. An underground-pirate-puppet-rock spectacular! |
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Pattie Canova: TRAVELING AT THE SPEED OF ENLIGHTENMENTRenowned as a psychic by heads of state, A-list stars, members of the mob and former skeptics alike, Pattie Canova’s thrilling new show explores our need to answer life’s big questions, our growing fascination with the paranormal, and the difference between psychics and psychotics! Throughout this dynamic evening, Canova uses her unique, no-nonsense approach and impromptu audience tarot card readings to reveal that we are all ultimately asking the same question: “Am I okay?”. Skeptics beware - she may make a believer out of you yet! THIS SHOW CONTAINS ADULT CONTENT. PARENTAL DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
By Peter Nachtrieb, Directed by Alex Timbers March 5-April 13, 2008 Something is about to explode and the fate of humanity hangs in the balance. It's going to be one hell of a blind date.
produced in association with Manhattan Theatre Club By Liz Flahive. Directed by Leigh Silverman. Assistant directed by 2008 Artist-in-Residence, Shira Milikowsky Performed at MTC’s Stage 1, New York City Center, 131 W 55th St March 24-June 1, 2008 A misguided cry for help gone awry means a teenager's every move is scrutinized. A dark comedy about surviving high school, navigating second marriages, and awkward love songs for ungrateful girls. From Up Here was initially developed at Ars Nova in our Out Loud play-reading series and workshopped through our Next Step program.
By Nick Jones. Music by Jollyship the Whiz-Bang. Directed by Sam Gold. May 7-June 29, 2008 The ship is sinking, the captain's a drunk and the band is on the verge of mutiny. An underground-pirate-puppet-rock spectacular! |
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UNCHARTED: THE MUSIC OF ALLEN, ALTER AND NEWMANGEEKS, FREAKS AND GOOD OL’ BOYS Wondering why that scratched up old record of 42nd STREET doesn’t hit the spot the way it used to? Emerging musical theatre artists and collaborators Gaby Alter, Mark Allen and Tommy Newman present songs from three brand-spanking new musicals guaranteed to get your heart started. The trio will share from their pop-rock score, 29; their country-rock breakout, TINYARD HILL; and their upcoming high school marching band musical. GEEKS, FREAKS AND GOOD OL’ BOYS promises to be an evening of straight-up, southern-fried, rockified goodness! UNCHARTED blasts through industry blockades, providing a forum for burgeoning singer/songwriters to perform their original music in front of a live audience. Focusing on emerging talents who have yet to break the Billboard 100, this series sets out to cover a wide range of styles while providing music lovers and industry taste-makers an introduction to exciting new music. UNCHARTED blasts through industry blockades, providing a forum for burgeoning singer/songwriters to perform their original music in front of a live audience. Focusing on emerging talents who have yet to break the Billboard 100, this series sets out to cover a wide range of styles while providing music lovers and industry taste-makers an introduction to exciting new music. |
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THURSDAYS AT TEN: KASPER HAUSER’S SKYMAULAn event of magnitude! —Time Out New York Acclaimed sketch comedy artists Kasper Hauser draw from the rich alternate universe of their catalog parody, SkyMaul (St. Martin’s/Thomas Dunne Books) to bring you a hot night of live comedy where new items like the “iPod Shredder”, “Reality Canceling Headphones” and “Get-Out-of-Cult Free Card” vie for your disposable income! www.kasperhauser.com THURSDAYS AT TEN brings the raw underbelly of New York’s alternative music and comedy scene to the Ars Nova stage. Each week Ars Nova encourages creative risk-taking by showcasing an innovative artist or group. THURSDAYS AT TEN has gained an incredible reputation for consistently turning out a high level of new talent. This reputation garnered Ars Nova a two-year television development deal with NBC/Universal. The deal has already started to pay off for CREATION NATION which is developing a pilot for Bravo. Ars Nova was also named New York’s Top Comedy Venue by TimeOut Magazine in 2006. |
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TIM MINCHIN“Minchin plays like an angel, sings like a rock star, and has a devil sense of humor!” —The Scotsman Tim Minchin’s superb musicality and dark, wickedly funny style combine to push the limits of good taste. Since launching his piano-driven, pop-comedic cabaret stylings onto the scene at the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Perrier Comedy Award - Best Newcomer), the Australian-born Minchin has played celebrated venues around the world. Fresh from earning the title of 2007 Best Alternative Comedian at the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Minchin will make his New York debut at Ars Nova for 3 nights only! www.timminchin.com |
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TIM MINCHIN“Minchin plays like an angel, sings like a rock star, and has a devil sense of humor!” —The Scotsman Tim Minchin’s superb musicality and dark, wickedly funny style combine to push the limits of good taste. Since launching his piano-driven, pop-comedic cabaret stylings onto the scene at the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Perrier Comedy Award - Best Newcomer), the Australian-born Minchin has played celebrated venues around the world. Fresh from earning the title of 2007 Best Alternative Comedian at the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Minchin will make his New York debut at Ars Nova for 3 nights only! www.timminchin.com |
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TIM MINCHIN“Minchin plays like an angel, sings like a rock star, and has a devil sense of humor!” —The Scotsman Tim Minchin’s superb musicality and dark, wickedly funny style combine to push the limits of good taste. Since launching his piano-driven, pop-comedic cabaret stylings onto the scene at the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Perrier Comedy Award - Best Newcomer), the Australian-born Minchin has played celebrated venues around the world. Fresh from earning the title of 2007 Best Alternative Comedian at the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Minchin will make his New York debut at Ars Nova for 3 nights only! |
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WANDERLUSTAfter more than a decade of temping, both at work and in relationships, Martin Dockery embarks on a solo journey deep into West Africa and across the Sahara, where he demands an Epiphany. Any Epiphany. Some proof that though we may be temporary, we’re more than mere temps. Comic, affecting and startlingly honest, WANDERLUST is one man’s quest for the perfect meaningful story. Or at the very least, something to take his mind off his ex-girlfriend. THURSDAYS AT TEN: COLETTE HAWLEY in THE SHUSHIE BUSHThe hilarious and irreverent Colette Hawley brings her comedy/variety show back to Ars Nova with special guest comic Kurt Metzger. With favorite segments like Box of Sadness and Porno Corner, SHUSHIE-BUSH fills the space with sharply clever parodies and wince-worthy anecdotes. Most importantly, she reminds us that there is no “too far” when nothing is off-limits. THURSDAYS AT TEN brings the raw underbelly of New York’s alternative music and comedy scene to the Ars Nova stage. Each week Ars Nova encourages creative risk-taking by showcasing an innovative artist or group. THURSDAYS AT TEN brings the raw underbelly of New York’s alternative music and comedy scene to the Ars Nova stage. Each week Ars Nova encourages creative risk-taking by showcasing an innovative artist or group. THURSDAYS AT TEN has gained an incredible reputation for consistently turning out a high level of new talent. This reputation garnered Ars Nova a two-year television development deal with NBC/Universal. The deal has already started to pay off for CREATION NATION which is developing a pilot for Bravo. Ars Nova was also named New York’s Top Comedy Venue by TimeOut Magazine in 2006. |
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SETH RUDETSKY’S BOOK RELEASEThis book made me laugh out loud. Seth Rudetsky is the funniest man I know. Period. —Kristin Chenoweth Seth Rudetsky (SIRIUS radio host, currently starring in THE RITZ at Studio 54) celebrates the release of his first novel Broadway Nights, a tale of a judgmental/overly-chatty/Broadway-obsessed pianist who’s working on a new Jukebox musical with a cast of neurotics, a two-timing boyfriend, and phenomenally cheap-ass producers! Join Rudetsky and friends, including Broadway sasstresses Andrea McArdle, Andrea Martin (YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN), Mary Testa (XANADU) and the cast of [TITLE OF SHOW], for readings from the book and of course, some high belting! A portion of the evening’s proceeds will benefit The Actors Fund. |
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OUT LOUD: SMILEA fluke fire launches Cassie and her stressed-out pet turtle into New York City apartment limbo. Somewhere between shacking up with the local coffee shop cutie, having freaky visions of a 2,000-year-old saint, and plumbing the self-help wisdom of Virginia Woolf, Cassie wonders if contentment is really all it’s cracked up to be, in this unexpected comedy about not being happy. Written by: Kathryn Walat The event is free but RSVP’s are a must. RSVP at RSVP@arsnovanyc.com OUT LOUD is a bi-weekly play-reading series dedicated to supporting new work from emerging playwrights. OUT LOUD supports the playwright’s process by selecting leading directors and actors to work on each reading; and meeting with each writer before and after the reading to identify and discuss script issues. Each reading proves to be an essential step for playwrights in developing new work. *OUT LOUD* is Ars Nova's play-reading series dedicated to supporting new work from emerging playwrights. OUT LOUD supports the playwright’s process by selecting leading directors and actors to work on each reading; and meeting with each writer before and after the reading to offer feedback and discuss script development. Each reading proves to be an essential step for playwrights in developing new work. |
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OKAYBecky Yamamoto has been thinking a lot about two things lately: her estranged biological father and the 1955 film adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s OKLAHOMA! These competing obsessions are the subject of OKAY, her latest karaoke-musical cum soul-searching comedy extravaganza. With the help of her good friend Adolpho the Chorus Boy, Becky navigates the scatological world of deadbeat dads and dancing cowboys, where there are no easy answers, but odds are good everything’s going to turn out okay. Featuring the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein and the caterwauling vocal stylings of Ms. Yamamoto herself. Written and performed by Becky Yamamoto, featuring Adolpho Blaire as Adolpho the Chorus Boy |
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PETER NEOFOTIS: CONCORD, VIRGINIA“A stunningly eloquent collection of interwoven tales and detailed character portraits in the comic grotesque tradition of Carson McCullers and Flannery O’Connor.” —Backstage Deftly weaving together stories from his novel CONCORD, VIRGINIA, writer-performer Peter Neofotis spins colorful and moving anecdotes of life in one small, Virginia town. With his gift for narrative detail and exuberant performance style, Neofotis pays homage to the oral storytelling traditions of his home state by relaying chapters of his prose from memory. |
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THE CITIZENS BAND: The Panic Is OnThe Citizens Band, the sexy, ribald musical troupe renowned for their |
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