[Mb-hair] Halloween, in the East Village

[RJ Mac]

It's a great event, I've worked it several years.

I expect to be presenting a piece of my upcoming play
as part of that evening as well.

By the way: who on this list IS in the NY area,
anyway?

rj

--- Jim Burns <jameshburns at webtv.net> wrote:

> 
> I believe I may be previously engaged (Ann Darrow's
> having a hoe-down on
> Skull Island, and Carl Denham's promised to bring
> the punch), but for
> those of you in the vicintity, this block party, and
> all night event at
> the Theatre for the New City, sounds like it could
> be grea fun!   JIm
> Burns
> __________
> 
> THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY HOLDS ITS 29th ANNUAL
> VILLAGE HALLOWEEN COSTUME
> BALL OCTOBER 31 Underground stars perform each year
> in TNC's Halloween
> Cabarets. Guests will see, be seen and vie for
> costume prizes.
> Celebrants will sink fangs into Halloween delicacies
> in The Witches'
> Cauldron 
> WHERE AND WHEN: 
> 
> Sunday, October 31, at 155 First Avenue (at E. 10th
> St.) and the block
> of E. 10th St. between 1st and 2nd Avenues
> (presented by Theater for the
> New City) 
> 
> Free outdoor entertainment begins 4:00 pm; doors
> open 7:30 pm $20;
> costume or formal wear required, (212) 254-1109 
> DESCRIPTION: 
> 
>                   Nonstop theater, a
> costume competition and ballroom dancing will
> bewitch the East Village
> in Theater for the New City's 28th annual Village
> Halloween Costume Ball
> on Sunday, October 31 at TNC, 155 First Avenue. This
> unique festival
> continues as a grand coming-together for everyday
> New Yorkers and
> artists alike. A carefree fall tradition, it
> celebrates the creativity
> that comes with the season. 
> 
>                 The one-night fiesta
> takes over all four of TNC's theater spaces, plus
> its lobby and the
> block of East Tenth Street between First and Second
> Avenues. Customarily
> over 1,400 wildly-clad celebrants gather for
> dancing, dining, showing
> off costumes and viewing acts from the cutting-edge
> of Cabaret and
> Theater. Admission is $20; costume or formal wear is
> required. 
> 
>                 Dance orchestras will
> include The Great Paprika Band, a noted Brazilian
> jazz pop orchestra,
> and Hot Lavendar Swing Band, an all-Gay and Lesbian
> 18-piece orchestra. 
> 
>                 With its Witches'
> Cauldron, the event can justifiably claim to have
> downtown's most
> sensational Halloween cafe. The Community Theater of
> TNC becomes an
> atmospheric grande buffet for the event, with a
> variety of American and
> international delicacies available at peoples'
> prices. Holiday dishes
> are contributed by neighboring East Village
> restaurants and a variety of
> private chefs. You can gobble couscous from a coffin
> lid beginning at
> 7:30 pm while enjoying spine-tingling performances
> by Arthur Abrams,
> Norman Savitt with Susan Mitchell, Michelle
> DeAngeles, Soce the
> Elemental Wizard, Salome James & Chuck Muscone,
> Melissa Shetler, Richard
> West, GWAABO and more. 
> 
>                 Outside, there are
> bluegrass and jazz bands, fire eaters, jugglers,
> storyweavers and stilt
> dancers, all free to the public and a gift from TNC
> to its neighborhood.
> Inside, there is theater all evening. 
> 
>                 Since its beginning in
> 1977, TNC's Halloween extravaganza has been a point
> of origin for many
> of the City's most original entertainers. Six
> full-length plays have
> grown out of playlets written for the fest and it is
> probable that the
> theatrical movement in Performance Art began there.
> It has been a
> launching pad for such formative artists as Paul
> Zaloom, Alice Farley,
> Bloolips, The Red Mole, Penny Arcade, Basil Twist
> and Alien Comic Tom
> Murrin. It is also interesting to note TNC
> originated the Village
> Halloween Parade as part of its annual Halloween
> Ball. The procession
> wound its way through the Village from TNC's second
> home at the corner
> of Jane and West Streets to Washington Square Park.
> Now the event takes
> up every available inch (both floors) of TNC's
> multi-theater complex at
> 155 First Avenue (the former First Avenue Retail
> Market building) and
> adjoining outdoor spaces. 
> 
>                 Doors open at 7:30 pm
> and indoor entertainment begins at 8:00 pm. There
> will be two
> continuously-running cabarets. Featured performers
> will include Penny
> Arcade, The Bacher Boys, Zero Boy, Epstein & Hassan,
> steve ben israel,
> Wise Guise, Lavinia Coop, Bina Sharif, The Wycherly
> Sisters, N.Y.
> Ukulele Festival, Margo Lee Sherman, Imagination
> Explosion (puppet
> theater), Levanah (Belly Dance), Billionaires for
> Bush, New York
> Flaggers, Samurai Sword Soul, Jushi, Katherine
> Adamenko, NY Lyric
> Circus, Ambivalent Skin, David Peel, Donald L.
> Brooks, George Bellici,
> Andre Brown (tap), Lissa Moira, Eve Packer, Kevin
> Martin, Joe Bendik,
> Jenn London, Stan Rifkin, Inma Heredia (Flamenco),
> Alex MacDonald,
> Chovexani (gothic belly dance), Jimmy Camicia, Lei
> Zhou, Lauretta
> Auditorium, Mykeo & Axis Danz, Hal Robins and the
> band Liv-I-Culture. 
> 
>                 This year, Outdoor
> entertainment, free to the public, will start at
> 4:00 pm with music by
> Iration Squad, Gary Heidt and Friends, Angela
> Rostick (stilt walker),
> Molly Allis (puppets), British Music Hall (Crystal
> Field, Mark Marcante
> and company) and an assortment of jugglers and
> vaudeville acts including
> fire breathers. Outdoor entertainment is capped by
> "The Red and Black
> Masque," an annual Medieval ritual show written by
> Arthur Sainer, scored
> by David Tice and directed by Crystal Field which is
> performed by
> torchlight. 
> 
>                 Scattered through the
> event will be stilt dancers, jugglers, fire-eaters,
> Vaudeville playlets
> and Burlesque. Lobby attractions will include a
> Wiccan Psychic Reader,
> Astrology/Numerology, an Aura Reader, throwing of
> the I Ching, belly
> dancers, Hellsouls, Laraine Goodman and Paganini
> Apparition. 
> 
>                 The entire facility will
> be elaborately rendered for Halloween, featuring
> intricate and massive
> environments by leading theatrical scenarists,
> sculptors, and artists
> including Donald L. Brooks, Walter Gurbo, Judy Sky,
> Ian Gordon,
> Alexander Bartenieff, Jon D. Andreadakis, Pamela
> Mayo and Evan
> Schlossberg. The Scary Room is by Susan Gittens and
> Friends. 
> 
>                 The annual costume
> judging begins at 11:30 pm with the "Monsters and
> Miracles Costume
> Parade," as all revelers are invited to march past a
> panel of celebrity
> judges. Winners in twelve individual categories will
> receive one-year
> passes to TNC and a bottle of Moet and Chandon
> champagne. This year's
> panel includes celebrity judges Jack Agueros, George
> Ferencz, H.M.
> Koutoukas, Judith Malina, Hannon Reznikoff, Miguel
> Maldonado, John
> Gilman, Bob Heide, Rome Neal, Maria Irene Fornes,
> Miguel Moldonado,
> Sarah Provost, Jane Catherine Shaw, Abigail Ramsay,
> Garland 
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