Now Showing:
The Saints of Festus
The Flea Theater
Aug. 18 at 9 p.m.; 19 at 12 p.m.; 23 at 7 p.m.
David Drake directs Scott Hess in this one-man, multi-character romp about the demise of small-town America.
Fitz & Walloughs Get it in the End!
Mo Pitkin’s House of Satisfaction
Aug. 18 at 7 p.m.;
20 at 5:15; 21 at 5:30;
This comedy tuner chronicles the meteoric, murderous career of the “fagulous” dysfunctional ditty-writing duo, Fitz å(Micah Busey) & Walloughs (Andrew Edwards).
Never Swim Alone
The Actors’ Playhouse
Aug. 21 at 10:45 p.m.; 23 at 7:15 p.m.;
The play pits two boyhood friends living the American dream in a vicious game of one-upmanship.
Don’t Ask
Henry Street Settlement – Experimental
Aug. 18 at 5 p.m.; 19 at 3:15 p.m.; 22 at 9:15 p.m.
A sexually-charged, two-man drama about an affair between a rambunctious U.S. Army Private and his superior officer during the war in Iraq.
A Small Hole
Dance New Amsterdam
Aug. 18 at 11:15 p.m.; 20 at 9:45 p.m.; 24 at 6:15 p.m.
Performance Lab 115 offers a sadistically twisted take on Jane Austen’s “Mansfield Park.”
Return of the Wayward Son
Henry Street Settlement – Experimental
Aug. 20 at 9 p.m.; 23 at 4:45 p.m.
An unflinching look at the underworld of male hustlers based on writer/director Brian Fraley’s personal forays into the infamous Upper East Side bar, Rounds.
Vile Affections
The Linhart Theater at 440 Studios
Aug. 19 at 9:30 p.m.; 24 at 9 p.m.
This play traces the first record of a lesbian relationship, attributed to a 17th Century abbess named Benedetta Carlini, who’s falsely accused of “mysticism.”
The Penguin Tango
The Actors’ Playhouse
Aug. 18 at 4:45 p.m.; 19 at 7 p.m.
This comedy chronicles zookeepers’ stunts to set the boys straight, including electro-shock therapy and infiltration by a femme-fatale penguin.
Rainy Days and Mondays
DR2 Theatre
Aug. 17 at 3 p.m.; 18 at 10:45 p.m.; 20 at 7:30 p.m.; 23 at 10 p.m.; 24 at 5:30 p.m.
The play follows a group of gay friends around the circuit party scene in the ‘90s as they discover the limits of hedonism—and serotonin.
Blue Balls: In & Out of Uniform with the NYPD
The Flea Theater
Aug. 17 at 4:30 p.m.; 19 at 6 p.m.; 22 at 4:30 p.m.
Michael Tester chronicles his own trajectory from neighborhood sissy to NYPD stud, only to be dissed and dismissed for being queer.
Band Geeks: A Halftime Musical
The Lucille Lortel Theatre
Aug. 21 at 2:30 p.m.; 23 at 11:30 p.m.; 24 at 8:45 p.m.
A hilarious send-up of the big-haired ‘80s, this elaborate musical comedy pits jocks against the geeks, dweebs, burnouts, preps, sluts, and art freaks.
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