Get Your Relationship Turned Into a Musical, and More Performance Picks

November 22, 2017 By Cassidy Dawn Graves

WEDNESDAY

(image courtesy of Rebecca & Evan)

Your Love, Our Musical
Wednesday, November 22 at Caveat, 7:30 pm: $15

If you’ve ever dreamed of turning your latest Tinder date into an original musical, I don’t know what kind of a person that makes you, but you can take a stab at making this odd dream a reality at the return of Rebecca Vigil and Evan Kaufman’s Your Love, Our Musical, now presented at new brainy venue Caveat. It’s fairly self-explanatory; the duo selects an actual couple from the audience and interviews them. After that, they work their magic and craft a whole (and wholly improvised) musical about what they’ve just heard. If you’re looking for a new perspective on your relationship but can’t afford therapy, this could be the way to do it. More →

Tags: Bizarre Bushwick, Bushwick, Caveat, drag, East Village, evan kaufman, Improv, la mama, Lower East Side, Perforations Festival, Rebecca Vigil

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Sasha Velour on 4/20, The Postmen Move to Bushwick, and More Performance Picks

April 20, 2017 By Cassidy Dawn Graves

THURSDAY

(image via Sasha Velour / Facebook)

Sasha Velour’s Nightgowns
Thursday, April 20 at National Sawdust, 8:30 pm doors, 10 pm show: $18 advance, $22 doors

If you live in Brooklyn and are watching this season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, there’s probably a pretty good chance you’re only a degree or two of separation from some of the queens competing. One of these hometown heroes is Sasha Velour, who has continued to host the unique drag variety show Nightgowns on a regular basis. The show is typically at Bizarre Bushwick, but is making the move to dear old Williamsburg and its funky, classy music hall National Sawdust.

Given that they’re moving to a bigger, swankier space, the lineup is pretty big too. You can see shows after fabulous show from Francesca, Hystée Lauder, Kandy Muse, Olive d’Nightlife, Pearl Harbor, Severely Mame, Scarlet Envy, Untitled Queen, and Vigor Mortis. And hey, it’s 4/20, so there’ll probably be some sort of relevant performance themes going on. More →

Tags: astor place cube, bowery poetry club, Bushwick, comedy, drag, Improv, National Sawdust, poetry, Project Y Theater, Sasha Velour, the cobra club, The Postmen, theater, Williamsburg

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Comedy Theater The Annoyance Will Close Its Williamsburg Location

February 2, 2017 By Cassidy Dawn Graves

The Annoyance’s stage (photo via Annoyance Theatre NY / Facebook)

The New York chapter of comedy theater The Annoyance has announced they’ll be closing their location on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg at the end of March. Originally started in Chicago 28 years ago, The Annoyance began holding classes in Williamsburg in January 2014, and went on to open up a physical location in the city later that year in December.

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Tags: closings, comedy, Improv, the annoyance, the annoyance theater, Williamsburg

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Naked People Will Be Yucking It Up at Brooklyn’s Newest Comedy Festival

August 22, 2016 By Luisa Rollenhagen

(Photo: Courtesy of Cinder Block Comedy Festival)

“Honestly, I just wanted a festival and to throw a big party,” says Coree Spencer of her forthcoming Cinder Block Comedy Festival. As lighthearted as that seems, Spencer organized the festival on her terms in order to challenge the ongoing status quo in the comedy world.

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Tags: arts+culture, Cinder Block Comedy Festival, Coree Spencer, Experiment Comedy Gallery, festivals, gender diversity, Improv, over the eight, Pete's Candy Shop, standup comedy, Williamsburg

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Comedian Jen Clark Preaches Pussy Positivity With Mein Künt

July 14, 2016 By Cassidy Dawn Graves

(photo courtesy of Jen Clark)

Somewhere, a woman brashly bursts from a large vagina. No, this isn’t the hospital, and you don’t have to worry about any mess… aside from some tissue paper and glitter, of course.

This is a peek at comedian Jen Clark’s show happening this Saturday at The PIT, appropriately titled Mein Künt. It’s a solo show that takes you on a journey through different stages of her life. It’s about growing up, it’s about queerness, but truth be told, it’s mostly about vaginas.

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Tags: comedy, Improv, jen clark, mein kunt, queer, the pit, vaginas

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Performance Picks: PowerPoint Presents and an Appearance by Ronald Trump

May 18, 2016 By Cassidy Dawn Graves

WEDNESDAY

(image via The Bushwick Starr)

Ike At Night
Now through June 4, Wednesday through Saturday at The Bushwick Starr: $18.
Acclaimed comic performer Ikechukwu Ufomadu hosts a talk show of his own creation at the Bushwick Starr. Each night is different, featuring a new selection of handpicked artistic guests each time, including B+B fave M Lamar, theatre director Richard Maxwell, performance group Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble, The Dance Cartel choreographer Ani Taj, and more. More →

Tags: Babycastles, Bushwick, chelsea, comedy, dinner for one, east williamsburg, Events, flatiron district, Ikechukwu Ufomadu, Improv, Panoply Performance Laboratory, performancy forum, powerpointless, the bushwick starr, the peoples improv theater, theater

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Watch UCB Dump on Trump Tonight

October 5, 2015 By Daniel Maurer

It’s going to be pretty hard to beat Taran Killam’s impression of Donald Trump (above) during the season opener of Saturday Night Live, but the intrepid improvisers at UCB are giving it a shot tonight at 8 p.m. “Trump is President and he’s giving a luxurious speech from the East Room of the White House,” goes the blurb for Trump Dump: President Luxury. “Join him and his paid audience as he updates America on the Hunt for Rosie O’Donnell, the construction of the first ever transcontinental hair oil pipeline and his plan for bronzing illegal immigrant’s babies and using them for actual ships anchors.”

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Tags: Arts + Culture, chelsea, Donald Trump, election, Improv, UCB, Upright Citizens Brigade