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https://archive.org/details/fgtd5rGreetings NYCPlaywrights
*** FREE THEATER IN NYC ***
CURTAINS UP!
Join us at The Monster (ID needed ~ ages 21+) to see "Curtains Up!". Starring Jada Valenciaga, accompanied by DJ David Micheal, the rotating cast of the show, and special guest stars! You can expect musical theatre classics- mixed with your top pop songs, live singing, original choreography, fabulous costumes, and of course... a show stopping drag queen!
No cover charge, all we ask is you support our LGBTQIA2+ spaces. You can do this by getting a drink with our bartenders during the show & tipping everyone working.
Tuesday, December 17 · 9:30pm EST
Doors open at 9
80 Grove Street New York, NY 10014
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/curtains-up-tickets-966721097827?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
*** OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLAYWRIGHTS ***
Go Try Play Write
The prompt for December 2024 is:
A liar’s prompt, Part II. For every successful lie, there’s someone who believes it. Write a 10-page maximum scene or an 8-page max monologue of someone who, when confronted with facts, still believes the lie. No other qualifiers or examples—just the warning from Voltaire: “Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
***
We are currently accepting submissions for the 2026-27 Woodward/Newman Award. The award recipient will be announced by May 15, 2026. The winner will be awarded $3,000 and a full production.“Full-length” plays should have a complete running time of between 1 hour 15 minutes (75 minutes) to 2 hours 15 minutes (135 minutes).
***
The Robert J. Pickering / J.R. Colbeck Award for Playwriting Excellence 2025
This annual award was established to honor past member and playwright, Bob Pickering, and to provide a vehicle for playwrights to see their works produced. In 2020, the award was renamed to also honor longtime BCCT member and Pickering director, J.R. Colbeck.
$200 is awarded for first place, $50 for second place and $25 for third place.
Seeking full length, unproduced plays and musicals. Children's plays are accepted. We are unable to return without a self-addressed stamped envelope.
*** FOR MORE INFORMATION about these and other opportunities see the web site at https://www.nycplaywrights.org ***
*** FAERIE TALE THEATRE ***
For those of us of a certain age, the show FAERIE TALE THEATRE, which ran on Showtime from 1982 to 1987 and later in syndication, was a big part of our childhood. Whether or not we had actually read, or had read to us, these stories, their enactments on the show, produced and hosted by Shelley Duvall, were frequently fascinating and often kind of weird.
***
Pinnochio
When lonely puppet maker Geppetto wishes with all his might to have a real son, the Blue Fairy grants him and a wooden puppet named Pinocchio the chance to make that wish come true.
Starring Paul Reubens as Pinocchio, Carl Reiner as Geppetto, Lainie Kazan as Sofia the Blue Fairy, James Coburn as the Gypsy, Jim Belushi as Mario, Michael Richards as Vince, and Vincent Schiavelli as the Priest. Narrated by Don Novello. Written by Rod Ash and Mark Curtiss. Directed by Peter Medak.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTPCQ6kzH6g
***
Rapunzel
A beautiful and young girl named Rapunzel is taken from her parents by an evil witch and brought up in an isolated tower that can only be accessed by climbing her unnaturally long and blonde hair until a handsome prince goes there to rescue her.
Starring Shelley Duvall as Rapunzel and Rapunzel's mother, Jeff Bridges as the Prince and Rapunzel's father, and Gena Rowlands as the Witch. Narrated by Roddy McDowall. Written by David Wyles. Directed by Gilbert Cates.
https://archive.org/details/fgtd5r
***
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
A boy who doesn't know what fear is sets out into the world, hoping to learn for himself what it means to be afraid.
Starring Peter MacNicol as Martin, Dana Hill as Princess Amanda, Christopher Lee as King Vladimir V, David Warner as Zandor the Innkeeper, Jack Riley as the Deacon, and Frank Zappa as Atilla. Narrated by Vincent Price. Written by Bruce Franklin Singer. Directed by Graeme Clifford.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcVZiu-Zno0
***
The Tale of the Frog Prince
A spoiled princess is forced to keep her promise to a talking frog who is an enchanted prince when he retrieves her golden ball from the bottom of a well.[1]
Starring Robin Williams as the Frog Prince, Teri Garr as the Princess, René Auberjonois as King Ulrich, Candy Clark as Queen Gwynneth, Roberta Maxwell as Queen Beatrice and Griselda, and Michael Richards as King Geoffrey. Narrated, written, and directed by Eric Idle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9Z-IV-mzSs
***
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
A common boy named Aladdin has big dreams, which he finds coming true when he is approached by a Moroccan magician who presents him an offer he can't refuse.
Starring Robert Carradine as Aladdin, James Earl Jones as the Genie of the Lamp and Genie of the Ring, Leonard Nimoy as the Evil Moroccan Magician, Valerie Bertinelli as Princess Sabrina, Joseph Maher as the Sultan, Rae Allen as Aladdin's Mother, and Ray Sharkey as the Grand Vizier. Written by Rod Ash and Mark Curtiss. Directed by Tim Burton.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hDTxK4xfCA
***
The Little Mermaid
A young and beautiful mermaid named Pearl falls in love with a human prince named Andrew and sacrifices everything to be with him.
Starring Pam Dawber as Pearl, Treat Williams as Prince Andrew, Helen Mirren as Princess Emilia, Karen Black as the Sea Witch, Brian Dennehy as King Neptune, and Laraine Newman and Donna McKechnie as Pearl's sisters. Written by Anne Beatts. Directed by Robert Iscove.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMuBPz4O5Oc
***
The Princess and the Pea
A bored prince decides that the best way to cheer himself up is to get married. As he goes through his mother's list of eligible princesses, an outspoken young candidate appears at the castle with raucous claims.
Starring Liza Minnelli as Princess Alecia, Tom Conti as Prince Richard, Beatrice Straight as Queen Veronica, Pat McCormick as King Fredrico, Tim Kazurinsky as the Fool, and Nancy Allen as Princess Elizabeth. Written by Rod Ash and Mark Curtiss. Directed by Tony Bill.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRRy1EpTZVY
***
*** FREE THEATER IN NYC ***
CURTAINS UP!
Join us at The Monster (ID needed ~ ages 21+) to see "Curtains Up!". Starring Jada Valenciaga, accompanied by DJ David Micheal, the rotating cast of the show, and special guest stars! You can expect musical theatre classics- mixed with your top pop songs, live singing, original choreography, fabulous costumes, and of course... a show stopping drag queen!
No cover charge, all we ask is you support our LGBTQIA2+ spaces. You can do this by getting a drink with our bartenders during the show & tipping everyone working.
Tuesday, December 17 · 9:30pm EST
Doors open at 9
80 Grove Street New York, NY 10014
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/curtains-up-tickets-966721097827?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
*** OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLAYWRIGHTS ***
Go Try Play Write
The prompt for December 2024 is:
A liar’s prompt, Part II. For every successful lie, there’s someone who believes it. Write a 10-page maximum scene or an 8-page max monologue of someone who, when confronted with facts, still believes the lie. No other qualifiers or examples—just the warning from Voltaire: “Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
***
We are currently accepting submissions for the 2026-27 Woodward/Newman Award. The award recipient will be announced by May 15, 2026. The winner will be awarded $3,000 and a full production.“Full-length” plays should have a complete running time of between 1 hour 15 minutes (75 minutes) to 2 hours 15 minutes (135 minutes).
***
The Robert J. Pickering / J.R. Colbeck Award for Playwriting Excellence 2025
This annual award was established to honor past member and playwright, Bob Pickering, and to provide a vehicle for playwrights to see their works produced. In 2020, the award was renamed to also honor longtime BCCT member and Pickering director, J.R. Colbeck.
$200 is awarded for first place, $50 for second place and $25 for third place.
Seeking full length, unproduced plays and musicals. Children's plays are accepted. We are unable to return without a self-addressed stamped envelope.
*** FOR MORE INFORMATION about these and other opportunities see the web site at https://www.nycplaywrights.org ***
*** FAERIE TALE THEATRE ***
For those of us of a certain age, the show FAERIE TALE THEATRE, which ran on Showtime from 1982 to 1987 and later in syndication, was a big part of our childhood. Whether or not we had actually read, or had read to us, these stories, their enactments on the show, produced and hosted by Shelley Duvall, were frequently fascinating and often kind of weird.
Most young people today are unfamiliar with the show, but it’s eminently worthy of visiting (or revisiting as the case may be) because its casts, directors and story-lines are so unusual, and because the show is so well produced and entertaining.
Segment directors included Eric Idle, Ivan Passer (CUTTER’S WAY), Roger Vadim (PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW), Tim Burton, Francis Ford Coppola and others.
The parade of stars is long, distinguished, and appropriately counter-culture heavy: Vanessa Redgrave, Klaus Kinski, Alfre Woodard, Helen Mirren, Alan Arkin, Vincent Price, Susan Sarandon, Leonard Nimoy, James Earl Jones, Harry Dean Stanton, Sofia Coppola, Robin Williams, Mick Jagger, Barbara Hershey, Christopher Lee, Frank Zappa, Anjelica Huston, Paul Rubens, Carol Kane, Elliott Gould, Jeff Bridges, Art Carney, Ben Vereen, Gena Rowlands, Dianne Ladd, Roddy McDowell, Teri Garr, Ned Beatty, Van Dyke Parks, Carrie Fisher, Paul Dooley, Bud Cort, Herve Villechaize, Malcolm McDowell, Jeff Goldblum, Liza Minnelli, Hoyt Axton, Gregory Hines, Dick Shawn, Karen Black and Zelda Rubinstein, among others
More...
https://www.austinfilm.org/2016/07/once-upon-a-time-shelley-duvalls-strange-great-faerie-tale-theatre/
Segment directors included Eric Idle, Ivan Passer (CUTTER’S WAY), Roger Vadim (PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW), Tim Burton, Francis Ford Coppola and others.
The parade of stars is long, distinguished, and appropriately counter-culture heavy: Vanessa Redgrave, Klaus Kinski, Alfre Woodard, Helen Mirren, Alan Arkin, Vincent Price, Susan Sarandon, Leonard Nimoy, James Earl Jones, Harry Dean Stanton, Sofia Coppola, Robin Williams, Mick Jagger, Barbara Hershey, Christopher Lee, Frank Zappa, Anjelica Huston, Paul Rubens, Carol Kane, Elliott Gould, Jeff Bridges, Art Carney, Ben Vereen, Gena Rowlands, Dianne Ladd, Roddy McDowell, Teri Garr, Ned Beatty, Van Dyke Parks, Carrie Fisher, Paul Dooley, Bud Cort, Herve Villechaize, Malcolm McDowell, Jeff Goldblum, Liza Minnelli, Hoyt Axton, Gregory Hines, Dick Shawn, Karen Black and Zelda Rubinstein, among others
More...
https://www.austinfilm.org/2016/07/once-upon-a-time-shelley-duvalls-strange-great-faerie-tale-theatre/
***
Pinnochio
When lonely puppet maker Geppetto wishes with all his might to have a real son, the Blue Fairy grants him and a wooden puppet named Pinocchio the chance to make that wish come true.
Starring Paul Reubens as Pinocchio, Carl Reiner as Geppetto, Lainie Kazan as Sofia the Blue Fairy, James Coburn as the Gypsy, Jim Belushi as Mario, Michael Richards as Vince, and Vincent Schiavelli as the Priest. Narrated by Don Novello. Written by Rod Ash and Mark Curtiss. Directed by Peter Medak.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTPCQ6kzH6g
***
Rapunzel
A beautiful and young girl named Rapunzel is taken from her parents by an evil witch and brought up in an isolated tower that can only be accessed by climbing her unnaturally long and blonde hair until a handsome prince goes there to rescue her.
Starring Shelley Duvall as Rapunzel and Rapunzel's mother, Jeff Bridges as the Prince and Rapunzel's father, and Gena Rowlands as the Witch. Narrated by Roddy McDowall. Written by David Wyles. Directed by Gilbert Cates.
https://archive.org/details/fgtd5r
***
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
A boy who doesn't know what fear is sets out into the world, hoping to learn for himself what it means to be afraid.
Starring Peter MacNicol as Martin, Dana Hill as Princess Amanda, Christopher Lee as King Vladimir V, David Warner as Zandor the Innkeeper, Jack Riley as the Deacon, and Frank Zappa as Atilla. Narrated by Vincent Price. Written by Bruce Franklin Singer. Directed by Graeme Clifford.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcVZiu-Zno0
***
The Tale of the Frog Prince
A spoiled princess is forced to keep her promise to a talking frog who is an enchanted prince when he retrieves her golden ball from the bottom of a well.[1]
Starring Robin Williams as the Frog Prince, Teri Garr as the Princess, René Auberjonois as King Ulrich, Candy Clark as Queen Gwynneth, Roberta Maxwell as Queen Beatrice and Griselda, and Michael Richards as King Geoffrey. Narrated, written, and directed by Eric Idle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9Z-IV-mzSs
***
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
A common boy named Aladdin has big dreams, which he finds coming true when he is approached by a Moroccan magician who presents him an offer he can't refuse.
Starring Robert Carradine as Aladdin, James Earl Jones as the Genie of the Lamp and Genie of the Ring, Leonard Nimoy as the Evil Moroccan Magician, Valerie Bertinelli as Princess Sabrina, Joseph Maher as the Sultan, Rae Allen as Aladdin's Mother, and Ray Sharkey as the Grand Vizier. Written by Rod Ash and Mark Curtiss. Directed by Tim Burton.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hDTxK4xfCA
***
The Little Mermaid
A young and beautiful mermaid named Pearl falls in love with a human prince named Andrew and sacrifices everything to be with him.
Starring Pam Dawber as Pearl, Treat Williams as Prince Andrew, Helen Mirren as Princess Emilia, Karen Black as the Sea Witch, Brian Dennehy as King Neptune, and Laraine Newman and Donna McKechnie as Pearl's sisters. Written by Anne Beatts. Directed by Robert Iscove.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMuBPz4O5Oc
***
The Princess and the Pea
A bored prince decides that the best way to cheer himself up is to get married. As he goes through his mother's list of eligible princesses, an outspoken young candidate appears at the castle with raucous claims.
Starring Liza Minnelli as Princess Alecia, Tom Conti as Prince Richard, Beatrice Straight as Queen Veronica, Pat McCormick as King Fredrico, Tim Kazurinsky as the Fool, and Nancy Allen as Princess Elizabeth. Written by Rod Ash and Mark Curtiss. Directed by Tony Bill.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRRy1EpTZVY
***
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