Marvin's Tip Sheet
February 9, 2010
The Pearl Theatre is presenting a stage adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Hard Times thru March 28th. Tix. $30-$90. Day of performance student tix $10. City Center, 130 West 56 St. Tel. 212-598-9802.
Susanna Centlivre’s 1714 comedy, The Wonder, will be revived by the Queen’s Company Feb. 26th thru March 14th. Tix $18. At the Kirk, 410 West 42 St. Julia Miles Theatre, 424 West 55 St. Tel. 212-947-8844.
The Roundabout Theatre is offering discounts up to 40% for its upcoming revival of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, starting previews March 5th and opening March 25th, with a run to May 30th. Tix $70-$80 but $42.50 - $48.50 in previews and $49.25 - $56.25 later if you order with code GMTMAN. 111 West 46 St. Tel. 212-719-1300.
Susan Glaspell’s 1916 Trifles is being revived at the Ontological-Hysteric by the Theatre of the Two-Headed Calf thru Feb. 14th. Tix. $17. 131 East 10th St. Tel. 3212-52-3101.
T.S. Eliot’s The Cocktail Party is being presented March 7th thru April 10th at the Beckett Theatre on Theatre Row by the Actors Company Theatre. Tix $42.50, but they are reduced up to 35% if you order with code CPHBA. 410 West 42 St. Tel. 212-279-4200.
The Acting Company (not to be confused with the above) and the Guthrie Theater have joined forces to produce a Romeo and Juliet, which will be offered at the Baruch Performing Arts Center Feb. 19th-27th. Tix $39.50. East 25 St. between Lexington and 3rd Ave. Tel. 866-811-4111.
Edward Said’s daughter Najla has created a piece called Palestine with the Twilight Theatre Company which is running Feb. 6th thru March 21st at the Fourth Street theatre. Talk-backs with the artist every Tuesday. Tix $20. 83 East 4th St. Tel. 212-868-4444.
Performance Space 122 is presenting Feb. 18th-March 7th a show created by Tom Murrin (the Alien Comic), a pioneer of New York Performance Art. This is The Talking Show; the Magical Ridiculous Journey of Alien Comic. Tix $20, $15 for students. Also coming up at PS 122 is another world premiere, the newest show from the experimental company Radiohole, Whatever, Heaven Allows, playing Feb. 20th-March 13th. Tix $20 and $15. You can also get a PS 11 Passport for $55, five tix, good through June 30th. 150 First Ave. Tel. 212-352-3101.
Sam Shepard’s A Lie of the Mind is being revived by the New Group at the Acorn Theatre. Discount tix of $48 thru Feb. 17th are available with the code AMB4. 410 West 42 St. Tel. 212-279-4200.
The inimitable Charles Busch is back with a new show, The Divine Sister, with Busch as the Mother Superior in a send-up of Hollywood “Nun” films, a subject made for Charles. Thru March 7th at Theater for the New City. Tix. $25. 155 First Ave. Tel. 212-352-3101.
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