Now Playing: Physical Theatre
November 2 - November 8
WHAT'S HERE: This page lists physical theatre productions, including puppetry, circus, acrobatics, aerial work, dance- and movement-based theatre, mime, mask, vaudeville, and more. Click on show titles to find out more about that show, including performance dates & times, ticket prices & ordering information, and cast & other credits. Starred shows are considered to be noteworthy or of special interest by NYTE's editor. Want your show listed on nytheatre.com? Read our listings guidelines.
LAST CHANCE!
These shows are closing this week
A Quarreling Pair: An evening of three miniature puppet plays, including the play by that name written by American avant-garde writer Jane Bowles in the 1940s. Presented by Aphids Puppet Theatre of Australia. Closes November 8, 2009.
Nightmare: Vampires: A new Halloween haunted house theatre event by "fearmeiser" Timothy Haskell. Closes November 7, 2009.
Americana Kamikaze: Temporary Distortion delves into the worlds of Japanese ghost stories and "J-Horror". Closes November 14, 2009.
REVIEWED BY RICHARD HINOJOSA
Baby Wants Candy: The famed improv troupe returns with a brand new fully improvised musical every Saturday night. Closes November 28, 2009.
bauhaus the bauhaus: Modernism! Utopia! Architecture! Sit-upons! The Nerve Tank explores the Bauhaus, the seminal German school of design that operated from 1919 until 1933, when the Nazi regime shut it down. Closes November 22, 2009.
REVIEWED BY MARTIN DENTON
Blue Man Group: A supremely silly, long-running performance featuring music, gags, video, flying food, flying paint, and lots and lots of paper.
Cycatrix Adaptitude: Taking place in four exclusive Chelsea and Williamsburg lofts, this is a performance event within a party experience. Presented by Inverse Theater Company. Closes November 21, 2009.
Frankenstein: Radiotheatre presents an adaptation of Mary Shelley's gothic horror story. Closes December 26, 2009.
Fuerza Bruta: Look Up: A new physical theater event from the creators of De La Guarda.
REVIEWED BY JACK HANLEY
Furnace: An ensemble-based work created by Tokyo-based Butoh master Ko Murobushi and others; this is the centerpiece of the CAVE Butoh Festival. Performances are this week only.
Granada: A new play by Avi Glickstein about a young woman who has been invited by the King of Spain in 1992 to stand in for all the Jews exiled from that country during the Inquisition. Closes November 22, 2009.
Hamlet: A "twisted" interpretation of Shakespeare's famous play by director Sanaz Ghajarrahimi. Closes November 14, 2009.
I need more and The Art of Making Dances: A program of new short dance pieces by Nancy Garcia and Chase Granoff. Performances are this week only.
Itutu: A collaboration between choreographer Karole Armitage, composer Lukas Legeti, and West African electronica band Burkina Electric. Performances are this week only.
Peter-Wendy: A new adaptation of Peter Pan, featuring an ensemble all dressed in pajamas. Performances are this week only.
REVIEWED BY LOREN NOVECK
Quartett: A new production of the play by Heiner Muller, directed by Robert Wilson. Performances are in French with English titles. Closes November 14, 2009.
Show Me The Money: An evening of dance theater vignettes created specifically by choreographer Catherine Galasso for the bank vault at 14 Wall Street. Performances are this week only.
Stomp: Eight incredible young performers make rhythm with found objects like garbage cans and pots and pans. Now in its sixteenth year off-Broadway.
The Gazillion Bubble Show: A unique entertainment by Fan Yang, who is a world-renowned, record-holding bubble artist.
REVIEWED BY DAVID DELGROSSO
The Lily's Revenge: A new epic theatre work by Taylor Mac about a flower that wants to become a man in order to be able to wed its bride. Closes November 22, 2009.
REVIEWED BY MARTIN DENTON
The Quantum Eye - Magic Deceptions: An exploration of mentalism, magic, perception and deception starring Sam Eaton.
