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Abraham Lincoln’s Big Gay Dance Party

Acorn Theater: Theater Row, 410 West 42 St. (9th Ave.) 212-279-4200. Fourth-grade pageant casts doubts on Honest Abe’s sexuality. Prev: July 27, 2010; Op: Aug. 11, 2010; Ltd. run.

The Accidental Pervert

Players Theater: 115 MacDougal St. (W 3 St.) How sexual addiction nearly ruined Goffman’s life. Op: Jan. 23, 2010. To: Dec. 18, 2010.

Ana en el Tropico (Anna in the Tropics)

Repertorio  Espanol, 138 East 27 St. 212-889-2850. A reader in a 1929 Cuban cigar factory gets into trouble. Open run.

Another American: Asking and Telling

DR2. 103 East 15 St. 212-239-6200. The military's policy on gays and lesbians. Prev: July 12 to Aug. 30, 2010.

Avenue Q

New World Stages. 252 W.45th St. Lives of  puppets getting by in NYC. Op: Oct. 9, 2009. Open run.

Awesome 80s Prom

Webster Hall, 125 E. 11th St. 877-RAD-PROM. Prom kids in the time of 80s NewWave music. Open run.

Bachelorette

McGinn/Cazale Theater. Broadway and West 76 St. Bachelorette party goes all wrong. Prev: July 12, 2010; Op: July 21 to Aug. 7, 2010.

Black Angels Over Tuskegee

Actors Temple Theater. 339 West 47 St. (9th Ave.). 212-239-6200. First black fighter pilots in the US Air Force. Notes: Moved from OB’s St. Luke’s Theater. ReOp: June 5, 2010. Open run.

Blue Man Group

Astor Place Theater, 434 Lafayette St. 212-254-4370. Involves art, signs, tubes and lots of paint. Open run.

Boxcar (Vagon)

Repertorio Espanol, 138 East 27 St. 212-889-2850. The story of undocumented immigrants who cross into the U.S. In rep open run.

Captain Marbles and His Acting Squad

Bleecker Street – Green Room: 45 Bleecker St. Children’s musical. Op: April 10, 2010; Extended to: Aug. 29, 2010.

Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words

Triad Theater, 158 West 72 St. (6th Ave). Celebs and actors read from other celebs’ autobiographies. Open run.

Chicago City Limits: Without-a-Net!

Original Improv, 318 West 53rd St. 212-888-5233. Revue of socio-political sketches, many based on the Bush administration. Open run.

Cronica de una Muerte Anunciada

Repertorio Espanol. 138 East 27 St. 212-889-2850. False accusations doom a young man. In rep open run.

Danny and Sylvia: The Danny Kaye Musical

St. Luke’s Theater, 308 W. 46th St. 212-239-6200. Musical about the life of film and stage entertainer Danny Kaye. Op: May 13, 2009. Open run.

Dietrich & Chevalier: The Musical

St. Luke’s Theater. 308 West 46 St. (8th Ave.). 212-239-6200. Op: June 20, 2010. Open run.

Dona Flor y sus Dos Maridos

Repertorio Espanol, 138 East 27 St. 212-889-2850. Dona’s dead first husband reappears after she remarries. Rep open run.

Dream Up Festival

Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave. Plays, dance and solos with a more experimental bent. Prev: Aug. 8, 2010; To: Sept. 5, 2010.

El Insolito Caso de mis Pina Colada

Gramercy Arts Theater. 138 East 27 St. 212-889-2850. Mother in Puerto Rico tries to push her family to a higher social class. Note: In Spanish. Op: June 8 to Aug. 28, 2010.

El Insomnio Americano

Gramercy Theater, 138 East 27 St. 212-889-2850. A story about finding the American dream. In rep open run.

El Quijote

Gramercy Theater, 138 East 27 St. 212-889-2850. Carnival-style telling of Don Quijote’s adventures.  In rep open run.

Falling for Eve

York at St. Peter’s Church. East 54 St. (Lexington Ave.). 212-935-5820. What if only Eve bit the apple? World Premiere. Prev: July 6, 2010; Op: July 15 to Aug. 8, 2010.

The Fantasticks

Snapple Theater Center, 210 West 50 St. (Broadway). 212-307-4100. Meddling fathers put obstacles in the way of true love. ReOp. June 16, Open run.

The Fix-Up Show

The Triad. 158 West 72 St., 2nd Fl. 212-868-4444. Friends and celebrities help match two real-life people on a date. Open run.

Fuerzabruta

Daryl Roth Theater, 20 Union Square East (15th St.) 212-239-6200. Op: Oct. 24, 2007; open run.

Gazillion Bubble Show

New World Stages, 340 West 50 St. (9th Ave) 212-239-6200. Bubble magic, lighting effects & lasers. Open run.

Gone Fission

TNC at various outdoor venues. Street musical. Prev: July 31, 2010; To: Sept. 12, 2010.

The Haunting of 85 East 4th St.

Kraine Theater: 85 East 4th St. 212-868-4444. Is the location of  Kraine Theater haunted?  Prev. April 10. To: October 31, 2010.

Hebrew School Dropout

Actors’ Temple Theater, 339 West 47 St. (9th Ave.) 212-239-6200. Konig’s journey through various faiths. Op: May 17, 2010; Open run.

Hot! Festival

Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie St. 19th Annual festival of gay-related works.  Festival runs June 26 to Aug 7, 2010.

Ice Factory 2010

Ohio Theater. 66 Wooster St. (Spring St.). Various plays and readings. Fest runs July 7 to Aug. 14, 2010.

Imaginocean

New World Stages, 340 West 50 St.  Family Musical: The life of fish.  Op: Mar. 31 to Sept. 5, 2010.

In God's Hat

Peter J. Sharp Theater. 416 West 42 St. (9th Ave). 212-279-4200. Released pedophile copes with vengeful brother and scary strangers. Prev: July 14 to Aug. 7, 2010.

The Irish…And How They Got That Way

Irish Repertory Theater: 132 West 22 St. (6th St.) 212-727-2737. Story of the Irish in America. Prev: July 14, 2010; Op: July 22, 2010; To: Sept. 5, 2010.

Julius Caesar

Parking Lot. Ludlow St. (Broome St.). Runs in rep with Love’s Labour’s Lost. Prev: July 8 to Aug. 14, 2010.

La Casa de Bernarda Alba

Gramercy Theater, 138 East 27 St. 212-889-2850. A widow keeps her house shut and her daughters as prisoners. In rep. Open run.

La Casa de Los Espiritus

Gramercy Theater, 138 East 27 St. 212-889-2850. Three generations of women in a dictatorship. In rep. Open run.

La Fiesta del Chivo

Gramercy Theater, 138 East 27 St. 212-889-2850. The true story of murderous, anti-Communist, Dominican General Rafael Trujillo. In rep. Open run.

La Gringa

Gramercy Theater, 138 East 27 St. 212-889-2850. A young woman staying with her uncle in Puerto Rico falls in love with the land, but can she stay? In rep. Open run.

La Vida Es Sueno

Gramercy Theater, 138 East 27th St. 212-889-2850. Released after imprisonment, a prince wreaks havoc, but was it real?. Note: In Spanish with English headsets. Opening: Nov 7, 2008; open run. 

The Last Supper

Red Room: 85 East 4rth St. (2nd Ave.) 212-868-4444. Op: April 28 to Aug. 25, 2010.

Line

13th St. Rep, 50 W. 13th St. 212-675-6677. People’s behavior on a line. Open run. Op: Jan.1, 1975; open run.

Long Story Short

45 Bleecker Street: 45 Bleecker St. 212-239-6200. The history of the world, via comedian Quinn. Prev: June 19, 2010; To: Aug. 14, 2010.

Love Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter

Triad Theater, 158 West 72 St. (6th Ave.).  35-year relationship between Linda and her famous gay husband.  Prev: March 3, 2010.  Open run.

Love, Loss and What I Wore

Westside Theater. 407 West 43 St. (9th Ave). 212-239-6200. The Vagina Monologues without the vaginas. Op: Oct. 1, 2009; Extended; Open run.

Love’s Labours Lost

Parking Lot. Ludlow St. (Broome St.). Runs in rep with Julius Caesar. Performs for free in the parking lot. Prev: July 8 to Aug. 14, 2010.

Magic and Zone

Snapple Center. 1627 Broadway (W 50 St.) Sat open run.

Monday Night Magic

St. Clement’s Theater, 423 West 46 St. (10th Ave). 212-615-6432. Various magicians. Mondays open run. 

Murdered By The Mob

Arno Ristorante, 141 W. 38th St. 800-687-3374. Mingle with mobsters and molls; solve the mystery and win a prize. Fri. & Sat. open run.

My Big Gay Italian Wedding

St. Luke’s Theater, 308 West 46 St. (8th Ave.) 212-239-6200. Overbearing families of gay men who wish to marry. Open run.

Naked Boys Singing!

New World Stages, 340 West 50 St. (8th Ave.). 212-239-6200. Songs about being gay and naked, sung by cast-members often in the buff. ReOp: 10/14/05 at New World Stages. Open run.

Naked in a Fishbowl

Soho Playhouse: 15 Vandam St. (6th Ave.) 212-691-1555. Prev: June 7, 2010; Op: June 7, 2010; To: Aug. 9, 2010.

A Night at the Tombs

Bowery Poetry Club.  Transgender person’s arrest for prostitution. Prev: June 24, 2010; Op: July 8 to Aug. 25, 2010.

A Night in Vegas

Bleecker Street Theater. 45 Bleecker St. Gay people in a Vegas hotel. Op: June 5, 2010; Ltd. run.

Our Town

Barrow Street Theater, 27 Barrows St. (7th Ave South). 212-868-4444. Childhood, life, love and death in a small New Hampshire town. Prev: Feb.17, 2009; Op: Feb.26, 2009; Extended; on sale to 9/12/10.

Pantaleon y Las Visitadores

Gramercy Theater. 138 East 27 St. 212-889-2850.  Model soldier recruited to run a military brothel. In rep. Open run. 

People’s Improv Theater

The PIT. 154 West 29 St. 212-563-7488. Various improv and sketch shows, inclu. Hot Tub, Flying Blind, The Weiner Philharmonic, Mr. Resistor, Project: Projekt, Casting Couch, Pit Bosses (solos), etc. Open run.

Percussion People

Players Theater. 115 MacDougal St. 212-352-3101. Interactive musical group shows history of percussive instruments. Monthly open run.

Perfect Crime

Duffy Theater in Snapple Center, 1627 Broadway (W. 50th St.) Over-ambitious psychiatrist is accused of murdering her wealthy husband. Open run.

Pinkalicious

45 Bleecker Street: 45 Bleecker St. 212-579-0528. Family musical: Little girl can’t stop eating pink cupcakes. Open run.

Power Balladz

Midtown Theater, 165 West 46 St. Three rock singers with a full band and light show. Prev: Aug. 5, 2010; Open run.

Present Elevation

New Actors Workshop, 259 West 30th St, 2nd Fl. 212-875-7981. Experimental improv grows from silence to sound, music and movement. Mondays open run.

Princess and the Frog Prince

Actors’ Temple Theater. 339 West 47 St. (9th Ave.) 212-239-6200. Family musical: Frog and mouse look for a princess to remove their magic spells. Prev: April 18, 2010; Open run.

Project Shaw

Players Club: 16 Gramercy Park South. 212-475-6116. One Monday a month, GTG will read a different Shaw play. Monday open run.

Puppetry of the Penis

45 Bleecker: 45 Bleecker St. 212-239-6200. Prev: July 13, 2010; To: Sept. 4, 2010.

The Quantum Eye

Bleecker Street Theater, 45 Bleecker St. 212-239-6200. Parlor mentalism brought into the 21st century. Saturdays open run.  

The Rejection Show

Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, 307 West 26 St. (8th Ave). 212-366-9176. Writers’ and comedians’ works that were turned down. Monthly open run.

Rumple Who?

13th Street Rep. 50 West 13 St. 212-675-6677. Musical adaptation of Rumplestiltskin. Sundays open run.  

Algonquin Theater, 123 East 24 St. SmtTx: 212-868-4444. Musical. Open Run.

The Screwtape Letters

Westside Theater. 407 West 43 St. 212-239-6200. Spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view. Op: May 3 to Sept. 5, 2010.

Secrets of the Trade

59E59 Theaters: 59 East 59 St. (Madison Ave.) 212-279-4200. Ambitious actor turns to a Broadway idol for theater advice. Prev: July 27, 2010; Op: Aug. 10, 2010; To: Sept. 4, 2010.

See Rock City

Duke on 42nd Street: 229 West 42 St. 646-223-3010. Road trip seeing people all over the U.S. Prev: July 17, 2010; Op: July 25, 2010; To: Aug. 8, 2010.

Sextacular! Sextacular!

Bleecker Street Theater. 45 Bleecker St. (Lafayette St.). 212-239-6200. Erotic and satirical cabaret, burlesque, acrobatics and striptease. Open run.

Simon Lovell’s Strange and Unusual Hobbies

Soho Playhouse, 15 Vandam St (6th Ave.) 212-691-1555. Tricks and cheats. Saturdays open run. 

Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me

4th Street Theater: 83 East 4th St. 212-868-4444. Englishman & Irishman trapped in a middle-eastern cell. Prev: June 17, 2010; To: Aug. 8, 2010.

Stomp

Orpheum, 126 Second Ave. (8th St.) Dances using percussion and props. Open run. 

Sundays With Poe

Under St. Marks, 94 St. Marks Place. Various tales of Edgar Allen Poe done in radio-theater form. Prev: Jan. 25, 2009. Sunday monthly open run.

The Thirty Nine Steps

New World Stages. 340 West 50 St. (8th Ave). 212-239-6200. Man blamed for killing a mysterious woman who claimed to be a spy. ReOp: April 15, 2010. Open Run.

This is Burlesque

Corio, 337 West Broadway (Grand St.). Burlesque variety show. Op. 2008. Open run.  

Three Irish Widows Versus The Rest of the World

Singers Forum: 49 W. 42 St. Three Irish widows and the men who got them that way. Op: June 20, 1020; To: Aug. 26, 2010.

Tony ‘N’ Tina’s Wedding

St. Luke’s Church, 308 West 46 St and Vinnie’s Black’s Coliseum at Edison Hotel, 221 West 46 St. 212-352-3101. Spoof Italian wedding with audience participation. Open run.

Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind

Kraine Theater, 85 E. 4th St (2nd Ave.) 212-352-3101. 30 plays in 60 minutes. Open run.

Verbatim Verboten

WorkShop Theater. 312 West 36 St. (8th Ave.) 866-811-4111. Performers read actual transcripts of celebrity and political oopsies. Monthly open run.

Viagara Falls

Little Shubert Theater: 422 West 42 St. (10th Ave.) 212-239-6200. Widowers and war-buddies try a little blue pill for their last romp. Prev: July 5, 2010; Op: July 21, 2010; Ltd. run.

We The People: America Rocks!

Lucille Lortel Theater: 121 Christopher St. 212-647-1100. Family musical. Prev: July 8, 2010; Op: July 14, 2010; To: Aug. 13, 2010.

Wiseacre Farm

13th Street Rep, 50 W. 13th St. 212-675-6677. Farm throws a party for a pig’s birthday. Weekends open run.

Zero Hour

Actors Temple Theater: 339 West 47 St. (9th Ave.) 212-239-6200. Reporter interviews actor Zero Mostel about his life and blacklist. ReOp: June 12, 2010; Open run.

 

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