SEASON 10 / JULY 2010 - JULY 2011
The girl upstairs almost kills me with a cast iron bucket. So I ask her down for a drink. What’s wrong with that?“A grand and goofy comedy” – The New York News
It’s a long, hot New York City summer in 1952 and advertising man Richard Sherman has sent his wife and son to enjoy the cooler climate of the beach while he stays home to work. When the upstairs neighbor, a stunning model for “US Camera” almost kills Richard with a tomato plant dropped from above, Richard begins to invest in his fantasy life, until the line between fantasy and reality becomes blurred. A hilarious take on the shifting morals of 1950’s America.
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Do you know what you wish? Are you certain what you wish is what you want?“Joyous…non-stop pleasure…The best show yet from the most creative mind in the musical theater today.” – Time Magazine
New Village Arts presents their first musical production! Once Upon a Time…a baker and his wife embark on a quest into the woods, to fulfill the witch next door’s request and lift a curse that has kept them from having a child. Along the way, they meet Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (and his beanstalk), Cinderella, two handsome princes and a motley assortment of other characters, all on quests of their own. Stephen Sondheim’s enormously popular musical answers the question of what really happens after “happily ever after” and includes some of the most beautiful songs in the musical theatre canon, including “Giants in the Sky”, “Children Will Listen” and “No One Is Alone.”
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How do you tell the story of a life? In one moment? "Jamie Pachino writes from the gut and heart in a way that's utterly refreshing...an intriguing work that deserves to be heard." – Chicago Reader
WAVING GOODBYE is the story of Lily Blue, a 17-year-old photographer who loses her father in a mountain climbing accident, and must spend her 17th year with the mother who abandoned her. It's a story of loss, grief, change, making art, wishing things were different, being stalled, finding love, not turning into your mother, and those irrevocable moments after which nothing is ever the same.
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You make a move like this, a radical move. Just one little move and everything shifts. Everything falls into place behind it.“Breathtaking…Simpatico is Mr. Shepard writing at his distinctive, savage best.” – The New York Times
New Village Arts has built quite a reputation for its productions of the work of one of America’s greatest dramatists, Sam Shepard. To celebrate Season 10, NVA presents a Shepard favorite. SIMPATICO blends all of Shepard’s trademarks with an unbelievable sense of humor. This promises to be one of the most entertaining and enthralling nights at the theatre. Watch unbelievable actors tackle extreme situations under the direction of Lisa Berger, known for her ability to take edgy stories and tell them with compassion, humanity and humor.
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I’m as happy as any surprised bride could be in her honeymoon treehouse out in the pourin’ down rain in the middle of the woods.“A genuine, honest-to-God love story!” – Theatermania
“Sweet Storm stays with you like the freshness following a summer cloudburst.” – NY Times
In 1960 Florida during a ferociously approaching storm, Ruthie and Bo, two newlyweds, enter their honeymoon suite in the sky, a treehouse which is a romantic gesture from the young groom to his bride. Yet Bo’s expectations of living happily ever after in the sky are soon grounded by Ruthie’s realization that marriage comes with many unforeseen – and frightening – challenges. The two lovers struggle to fortify themselves against forces both inside and outside. This is a funny, powerful, and intimate love story to challenge our perceptions of marriage, faith, and love.
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I don't say he's a great man. Willy Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper. He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid.“One of the finest dramas in the whole range of the American theater” – Brooks Atkinson
Written by Arthur Miller in 1949, DEATH OF A SALESMAN won both the Tony and the Pulitzer and quickly become one of the most important and influential American plays. The story considers one ordinary man’s struggle to be extraordinary in life. What defines success? How far will a person go to achieve the American dream? A thrilling work of deep and revealing beauty that remains one of the most profound classic dramas of the American theatre.
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We that are true lovers run into strange capers.“Of all Shakespeare’s comic heroines, Rosalind is the most gifted, as remarkable in her mode as Falstaff and Hamlet are in theirs.” – Harold Bloom
New Village Arts revisits the first Shakespeare we ever produced! What if, moments after meeting the love of your life, you were banished from your home? That’s what happens to Shakespeare’s greatest heroine, Rosalind, in AS YOU LIKE IT. Her journey and the fates of those around her are captured in this magical, comedic romp in the Forest of Arden.
Congratulations, sir. You are an elf.“a cheery and caustic 70 minutes of seasonal fun.” – NC Times
NVA returns to Macy’s Santaland for a second year, following the overwhelming success of last season. THE SANTALAND DIARIES takes us on a journey through one Christmas season with Crumpet the Elf as he encounters the insane world of the retail industry at the holidays. This production sold out almost every performance last year – be sure to get your tickets early!
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