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Play’s the Thing: Move & Groove Halloween Event in NYC

October 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The New Victory Theater and Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) – two of New York City’s leading cultural institutions for young people and families, as well as two of my favorite NYC cultural institutions for my own children – join forces once again for Play's the Thing: Move & Groove, a Halloween-inspired program designed to complement each organization's ongoing commitment to active play and artistic engagement for families. During Play’s the Thing: Move & Groove, a Teaching Artist from the New Victory’s extraordinary … [Read more...]

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Circus INcognitus at the New Victory Theater

January 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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When it comes to thrilling audiences with circus stunts, pedigreed circus star, Jamie Adkins, doesn’t need anything high-tech or highfalutin to make jaws drop.  In fact, with his self-professed love of “simple circus”, Jamie needs only some slack wire, a couple tall ladders, and an old suit case filled with who knows what to create a demonstration of physical comedy. In his latest production, Circus INcognitus, which will run at The New Victory Theater from February 11 through February 27, Jamie stars as a man with something to say, but he … [Read more...]

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A Different Kind of Circus at the New Victory Theater

November 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Talk about sacrificing for your art! Two performers in the steampunk circus troupe, Handsome Little Devils -- who are engaged to be married -- went so far as to postpone their wedding so their show, Squirm Burpee Circus: A Vaudevillian Melodrama, could run at The New Victory Theater from November 12th through 28th.  Plan to see it?  I do. (review coming soon).  It's sure to be a different kind of circus, and one that kids...and adults...of all ages will enjoy. Squirm Burpee Circus is a family-friendly “vaudevillian melodrama” that features … [Read more...]

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“Egg & Spoon” at the New Victory Theater this November

October 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Fun, high-quality and truly entertaining theater for children as young as two DOES exist, and who knows this better than The New Victory Theater, which will present Egg & Spoon, a “multi-sensory interactive experience” for children ages 2-5,  from November 2 through 21. “Do they think we've just been playing pin the tail on the donkey?  No, we give children a high-quality, other-worldly experience, something that they wouldn’t get with balloon-folding by Mr. Smiley,” says Patrick Lynch, whose Lyngo Theatre from the UK created Egg & … [Read more...]

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