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Now Showing: “The Seagull and Other Birds” at Abrons Arts Center

The contemporary Irish theatre company, Pan Pan, has brought its production The Seagull and Other Birds to the Abrons Arts Center for its U.S. premiere. The show is a modern mashup and experimental tribute to Anton Chekov's classic play,...

Arts Watch: Joey Arias – Christmas With the Crawfords Comes to Abrons

Beginning this Wednesday, the always entertaining Joey Arias is teaming up with San Francisco’s Artfull Circle Theatre in what looks to be a hilarious parody of — and homage to — the “golden age” of Hollywood in Joey Arias...

Arts Watch: “War Lesbian” Premiers at Dixon Place

Dixon Place has commissioned what looks to be quite an interesting new musical from the experimental ensemble harunalee theater company.  The piece, written by Kristine Haruna Lee (playwright) and Katie Hathaway (composer) premiers this Friday. It's based on an Inuit...

Arts Watch: 18th Annual NYC Fringe Festival Kicks Off Tonight

The 18th Annual NYC International Fringe Festival is up and running, featuring works from over 200 solo performers and companies for the next 16 days.

The State of the Performing Arts on the L.E.S. – a Panel at Manny Cantor

Here's the audio recording from our fascinating panel discussion held at the new Manny Cantor Center on Monday. Our guests included Jay Wegman - artistic director of Abrons Arts Center, Ellie Covan - founder and artistic director of Dixon Place, John Collins - founder and artistic director of the theatrical company, Elevator Repair Service and Nicky Paraiso - director of programming at The Club at La MaMa.

Review: Beauty and the Beast Charms and Entices at Abrons

I went to see Beauty and The Beast yesterday at Abrons Arts Center.  A friend warned me it was “very very very very very raunchy. ” I know, that’s a lot of “verys.” After all, this was a Julie...

15th Annual NYC Fringe Fest Lands on the LES

The 15th Annual New York International Fringe Festival is under way and has happily taken over many Lower East Side venues for the next two weeks.  The festival touts more than 200 companies from all over the world performing...
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The Lo-Down Culture Cast Episode 19 – Roxy Hunt, Co-Founder of The Lower East Side Film Festival

We spoke with Roxy Hunt, Co-Founder of The Lower East Side Film Festival (LESFF), for this week's episode of...
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