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we are plastic ono band – l.a. show on sale today

08/07/2010
The February “We Are Plastic Ono Band” show — at BAM — has already become kinda legendary.

Today the LA show is going on sale, with special guests to be announced shortly.

“duality” at edinburgh fringe – 5 star review

David Strassman’s play, DUALITY, opened this week at the Edinburgh Fringe. (Pleasance Two,  nightly at 7pm.)

The List gave it a 5 Star  review… “The writing is truly superb and the performance – or should that be performances? – breathtaking in linguistic and ventriloquistic dexterity. Absolute genius.”

UPDATE: 5 stars from The Mirror too: “Duality is a fabulous achievement which manages to be many different things all at once. Duality is mind-blowing and I urge you to see it.”

kevin smith at sydney opera house

08/06/2010
After presenting him at Carnegie Hall last year, we have Kevin Smith at the Sydney Opera House this weekend. The plan was for one show…but it sold out, and a second show has been added in the Concert Hall!

Featured in the GRAPHIC festival, he appears alongside artists like Neil Gaiman and Aussie band Regurgitator plaing a live score to Akira.

stephen lynch…australian debut

08/05/2010
Comedian Stephen Lynch plays Sydney’s Metro Theatre and Melbourne’s Crown Casino this weekend, his first Australian dates.

rap guide to evolution – new york times says “astonishing”

05/06/2010
This week we’re introducing “The Rap Guide to Evolution”  at the Bleecker St Theatre. And it’s  it’s already on the front page of www.nytimes.com!

The Times calls the show “astonishing, and brilliant…this week, Darwin got it going on for a few days at the Bleecker Street Theatre, off Broadway. If you are in New York — go.” Here’s the whole review.

christina aguilera says “best night ever”

03/26/2010
This week, Christina Aguilera came to one of our LA performances of “Puppetry of the Penis”.

Radaronline.com said: Christina Aguilera called into Ryan Seacrest’s KIIS FM show and dished that she recently went to see the adult only, racy, Tony award winning show Puppetry of the Penis. Christina raved about the show, telling Ryan.

“It was amazing! It was so great, we had the best time. It was the best night ever! It’s crazy what those guys can do. I took a picture of the “hamburger” and sent it to my mom!”

rave reviews for plastic ono at bam

02/18/2010
Unanimous raves for our We are Plastic Ono Band concert, featuring Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, Bette Middler and many others.

After the jump, reviews from The New York Times, Reuters, New York, Time Out NY, New York Daily News, Rolling Stone, Spin, Stereogum, the Hollywood Reporter,Pitchfork, Village Voice and more…

(Reviews here)

on tour this week…

02/14/2010
This week, we’ve opened a six-week engagement of “Puppetry of the Penis” at L.A.’s Coast Playhouse, and a four-week David Strassman tour in New Zealand and Australia.

pee-wee opening

01/24/2010
Pee-wee is a hit!

The New York Post demands“Come to NYC, Pee-wee”

Rave reviews from the L.A. Times, Entertainment Weekly, Variety, the Hollywood Reporter and the Orange County Register.

Meanwhile, the L.A. Times’ “Ministry of Gossip” reports “Hasselhoff, Arquette, Tomei, Samberg and more flock to the L.A. after-party”.

yoko ono, thurston and kim, eric clapton, bette midler: together at last!

01/11/2010
ono1Pitchfork.com has just announced the Yoko Ono show we’re producing in February at BAM. Here it is!