Now Playing: Physical Theatre
October 6 - October 12
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? Visit the Theatre Company Resource Center to learn how.
LAST CHANCE!
These shows are closing this week
Break Out: A non-verbal dance comedy from the team behind last season's Jump, featuring hip-hop, gymnastics, yoga, slapstick, and more. Closes October 12, 2008.
Accomplice: New York: An interactive theatre experience combining a scavenger hunt and a walking tour of Lower Manhattan.
Arias with a Twist: A collaboration between drag diva Joey Arias and puppeteer Basil Twist to celebrate the reopening of HERE. Closes December 31, 2008.
Ballerina Who Loves B-boy: A theatre piece about a snobbish ballerina who is interrupted at work by a group of tough street dancers. In previews; opens on October 22, 2008.
BLIND.NESS: WaxFactory presents a new theatre piece combining multimedia installation and dance, described as an in-depth examination of what happens when love goes terribly wrong. Closes November 1, 2008.
Blue Man Group: A supremely silly, long-running performance featuring music, gags, video, flying food, flying paint, and lots and lots of paper.
Chekhov Lizardbrain: Pig Iron Theatre Company presents a surreal comedy loosely inspired by Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters and the "Three Brain" theory of Paul D. MacLean. In previews; opens on October 9, 2008.
Eureka!: The Living Theatre presents a new play by the late Hanon Reznikov and company founder Judith Malina, based on Edgar Allen Poe's "Prose Poem."
ExcessSecret: Guess What It's All About and Watch Out: Theatre Reverb presents two of their signature physical comedy pieces in repertory. In previews; opens on October 8, 2008.
Flip Side: A new theatre piece by The Talking Band, described as "a comedy of longing, misperceptions, and mismatches." Closes October 19, 2008.
Fuerza Bruta: A new physical theater event from the creators of De La Guarda.
Nightmare: Bad Dreams Come True: An all-new version of NYC's perennial walk-through haunted house, created and directed by Timothy Haskell. Closes November 8, 2008.
Room to Panic: A new musical theatre/puppetry work by Federico Restrepo, Denise Greber, and Elizabeth Swados that explores popular youth culture and the allure to become American. Closes October 19, 2008.
Spiegelworld: The third annual summer carnival from impressario Ross Mollison, at South Street Seaport. Closes November 2, 2008.
Stomp: Eight incredible young performers make rhythm with found objects like garbage cans and pots and pans. Now in its twelfth year off-Broadway.
Suspicious Package: An interactive "iPod noir" in which audience members play a character in a mystery that unfolds around them in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
The Gazillion Bubble Show: A unique entertainment by Fan Yang, who is a world-renowned, record-holding bubble artist.
The Women of the Mahabharata: A new adaptation of the classic text by Wallace Dorian, described as a fantastical telling of a mythological 5,000-year-old war. Presented by eyeBLINK. Closes October 26, 2008.
Tongues & Hearts: A new performance work by Woof Nova about humankind's relationship with the natural world. Closes October 19, 2008.
Waves of Mu: A two-room installation-performance by Amy Caron, inspired by the recent scientific discovery of mirror neurons. Closes October 19, 2008.
Woyzeck: Counting Squares Theatre presents a new adaptation of Georg Buchner's famous play, written and directed by Joshua Chase Gold. Closes October 29, 2008.
