The Bridge Theatre Company presents Kate Hewlett’s The Swearing Jar
Friday, August 13 - Sunday, August 29
The New York International Fringe Festival – FringeNYC
Venue #2: Connelly Theater
220 East 4th Street
The Bridge Theatre Company, a New York City ensemble of Canadian and American theater artists dedicated to the cross-border development of new plays, will be presenting Toronto native Kate Hewlett’s The Swearing Jar, winner of the 2008 Toronto Fringe Festival Best of Fringe and Best Ensemble, as part of the 14th annual New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC.
Under Rosemary Andress’ direction, Kate Hewlett (pictured) and Christopher Stanton reprise their award-winning roles as Simon and Carey, a seemingly perfectly married couple, in this smart comedy about marriage, music, migraines...and swearing. When the play premiered at the 2008 Toronto Fringe, it received five-stars from Eye Weekly and was named Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Production by NOW Magazine. To purchase advance tickets for The Swearing Jar, please click here.
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Bryant Park Word for Word: Canadian Poets Presents Poetry
Tuesday, August 17, 7pm
Bryant Park: Bryant Park Reading Room
(between 40th and 42nd Streets & Fifth and Sixth Avenues)
The Bryant Park summer literary series, Word for Word, will feature an all-star cast of some of Canada’s finest, award-winning poets. The lineup includes:
A.F. Moritz (Canadian winner of the 2009 Griffin Poetry Prize);
Ken Babstock (Babstock’s, Airstream Land Yacht, won the Trillium Book Award);
Karen Solie (Canadian winner of the 2010 Griffin Poetry Prize);
Matthew Tierney (2006 recipient of a K.M. Hunter Award);
David Seymour (Shortlist for the Gerald Lampert Award, 2005).
Participating poets will be introduced by Molly Peacock, American poet and editor of Tightrope’s The Best Canadian Poetry Series, an anthology of Canadian poetry in which all of the above authors appear.
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Barenaked Ladies
Friday, August 13, 8 pm
Radio City Music Hall
1260 Avenue of the Americas (at West 50th Street)
Over the course of the past 21 years, Canada’s Barenaked Ladies (BNL) have racked up eight Juno Awards (Canada’s Grammy equivalent) and multiple Grammy nominations, sold more than 14 million albums worldwide, written a plethora of hit singles, and amassed an international fan base numbering in the millions. All in Good Time, BNL’s first album since the departure of the band’s co-founding member Steven Page, recently debuted at number 1 on Billboard’s Top Independent Album Chart and number 23 on the Billboard Top 200. According to the Globe and Mail, on their new album, “the Barenaked Ladies sound more like a band than ever before.” The group headlines the Radio City Music Hall stage along with openers Ben Kweller and Angel Taylor. As a special bonus, every online ticket transaction will include a download of BNL’s new album.
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Noémie Lafrance: MELT
August 19-22 & 26-29
The Salt Pile (corner of Pike Slip & South Street under the Manhattan Bridge)
Lower Manhattan
Performance Details:
Thursday-Saturday: 7:30 pm & 8:30 pm
Sunday: 6:30 pm & 7:30 pm
Gifted New York-based Québécoise choreographer Noémie Lafrance brings her internationally acclaimed dance piece MELT to New York audiences for a two-week run. With this full, evening-length version, the critically lauded choreographer invites audiences to a stunning industrial salt-storage site located under the Manhattan Bridge in Lower Manhattan. Performed in the midst of the NYC summer heat, MELT will embody its full meaning, as seven dancers perched on small seats affixed to a wall and wrapped in sculptural beeswax and lanolin perform as their costumes slowly melt away.
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