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Facing the Other
Leah Levine and Emily McManus
Photo by: Dane Manary
What Mary Kept
203 Knickerbocker Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Brooklyn, NY
madebyleahlevine.com
This performance explores how our sense of self is formed through our relationships with others. Using masks, puppetry, dance, and projection, it follows two figures as they move through attachment, dependence, separation, and union. The work examines the ways we use other people to understand ourselves, the tension between connection and individuality, and the persistent desire to overcome the distance between one person and another. Moving between tenderness, horror, and fantasy, the piece asks what is gained and lost in the attempt to truly merge with someone else.
July 17 - 18, 2026
8pm
15
Drippy's Drop Boardwalk Spectacular
Shrimp Concerto
photo by Alex BurholtPhoto by:
Rockaway Beach Amphitheater
1-12 Cross Bay Pkwy, Far
Far Rockaway, NY
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shrimp-concerto-presents-drippys-drop-boardwalk-spectacular-tickets-1992532195434
"Come one come all to ??????’? ???? ????????? ???????????, a FREE, all-ages, water-soaked variety show centering on the Drippy family business: the boardwalk!
@shrimp_concerto presents a dazzling line up of puppeteers, clowns, and drag performers who will take to the stage at the Rockaway Beach Amphitheater Come for @anamccoolguy, @sinasapit, @ltleimat, @itmust.benice, @mr_kywhy, @hey_mads, @kuntro.dicktion, @naughtylittlenogood, and @margegret, stay for the mighty Atlantic itself!"
July 9, 2026
7:00 PM
0
Happy Accident with special guests Boxcutter Collective
Happy Accident
Photo by: Unknown
Rubulad
Brooklyn
New York, NY
https://muckyduck.ludus.com/index.php#:~:text=NYC%20show%20%2D%20HAPPY%20ACCIDENT%20with%20BOXCUTTER%20COLLECTIVE
Happy Accident explores the exponential pace of overwhelming absurdity in our world. Found objects, large scale puppets and sputtering lights bring you face to face with the cuddly nightmare that is everyday life. An anti-clown car driven by master puppeteer liz HOWLS and co-piloted by musician/unlicensed electrician Servant Baby, Happy Accident ecstatically careens down the wrong side of the lost highway leaving a trail of old copies of Weekly World News and Jack in the Box wrappers in its wake. Colorfully reimagining Saturday mornings spent drooling over piles of synthetic material in front of the TV, Happy Accident revels in naked, antipathetic americana. You will probably laugh, you might cry, and like other designer drugs, you will want more within minutes. Ultimately you will ask yourself, “What kind of culture would produce something like this?”
September 16, 2026
8pm
Sliding Scale $15-25
Little Shop of Horrors
Off-Broadway
Westside Theatre Upstairs
407 West 43rd St
New York, NY
littleshopnyc.com
The world's most ravenous plant has returned to its acclaimed, sold-out run at the Westside Theatre! Winner of the 2020 Drama League, Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Awards for BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is “wildly exuberant” (The Hollywood Reporter), and a New York Times Critic's Pick. Get tickets now and enjoy a taste of what we’ve all been craving: live theater!
Tuesdays & Thursdays - 7:00pm
Fridays - 8:00pm
Saturdays - 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sundays - 2:00pm & 7:30pm
Starting at $59