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Linus Karp and Joseph Martin in Gwyneth Goes Skiing, which is running at Soho Playhouse. Photo by Jonny Ruff.
Catch a song-filled satire about Gwyneth Paltrow, Tony nominee Austin Pendleton in a new take on Midsummer and other Off-Off Broadway picks
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Adventurous audiences know that some of New York City's biggest theatrical thrills—and lowest tickets prices—are found on the smallest stages. But with dozens of shows running Off-Off Broadway every day, it's tough to figure out what's worth your time and money. That's why we've rounded up 10 promising indie theatre productions opening in October, all offering tickets starting at $35 or less. Even better, TDF members can see some of these shows for as little as $11 to $27! Not a TDF member? Consider joining our Go Off-Off and Beyond program, which gives you access to discount tickets to Off-Off Broadway shows for a one-time fee of five bucks.
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Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie Street between Rivington and Delancey Streets on the Lower East Side
Begins October 1. Closes October 25. Tickets are $33-$55.
Hannah Gadsby is an expert at transforming stand-up into award-winning solo shows, so it's quite the endorsement that she's presenting Abby Wambaugh's one-person play The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows. As the title of this Edinburgh Festival Fringe favorite suggests, the format allows the comedian to showcase their range as they share the beginnings of multiple projects, some silly (puppets, prop comedy and punch lines), others more reflective, such as how a miscarriage inspired them to leave teaching for a comedy career.
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Soho Playhouse, 15 Vandam Street between Sixth Avenue and Varick Street in Soho
Begins October 8. Closes November 16. Tickets are $45.50, but if you're a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase $15 tickets.
Another Edinburgh Festival Fringe hit comes to NYC! The ripped-from-the-headlines romp Gwyneth Goes Skiing is inspired by the viral pop-culture court case when a retired optometrist sued much-maligned movie star Gwyneth Paltrow for allegedly knocking him down on a Utah ski slope. Written by and starring Linus Karp and Joseph Martin, this genre-defying show features original songs (the actors lip-synch to vocals by Darren Criss and Cat Cohen!), a special video performance by drag favorite Trixie Mattel and a lot of campy comedy.
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Sheen Center, 18 Bleecker Street between Mott and Elizabeth Streets in Noho
Previews begin October 11. Opens October 15. Closes November 2. Tickets are $44.52, but if you're a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase $21 tickets.
Perpetually busy, Tony-nominated actor-director-writer-teacher Austin Pendleton headlines this unconventional adaptation of Shakespeare's beloved rom-com. The inaugural production from The Resident Acting Co., this Midsummer is told from the perspective of the mechanicals, with second bananas Nick Bottom, Peter Quince, Tom Snout and their pals putting their own spin on this tale of young lovers and mischievous fairies crossing paths in a magical forest.
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The Bushwick Starr, 419 Eldert Street between Covert and Halsey Streets in Bushwick, Brooklyn
Previews begin October 14. Opens October 18. Closes November 22. Tickets are $27.85-$48.75.
Celebrated performer-playwright David Cale (Harry Clarke, We're Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time, The Redthroats) premieres his latest solo show at The Bushwick Starr. Like most of Cale's oeuvre, Blue Cowboy is darkly funny and sexual frank as it explores the unexpected connection between an out NYC writer and a closeted ranch hand who meet at an Idaho sheep festival. Tony nominee Les Waters (Dana H., In the Next Room) directs.
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Soho Playhouse, 15 Vandam Street between Sixth Avenue and Varick Street in Soho
Begins October 15. Closes November 2. Tickets are $29.50, but if you're a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase $12 tickets.
Comedian Olivia Levine shares her hilarious and harrowing struggles with OCD in her acclaimed autobiographical solo show Unstuck. While others may wash their hands over and over and continuously tidy up their homes, Levine's case is a bit more disturbing, including managing frequent fears about committing patricide or unwittingly hurting her girlfriend.
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Little Egg, 657 Washington Avenue between St. Marks Avenue and Bergen Street in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Previews begin October 16. Opens October 17. Closes November 7. Tickets are $28.52-$87.21.
After a lauded premiere last fall, Ugly Face brings its site-specific drama oh, Honey back for an encore run. It's a piercing portrait of four disparate mothers bonded by a shared shame who meet once a month to unload, dish and dine. Jeana Scotti's eye-opening play takes place at the Brooklyn eatery Little Egg, where theatregoers receive a complimentary mug of tomato soup with the option to purchase other fare.
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The Tank, 312 West 36th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues in Midtown West
Begins October 16. Closes November 9. Tickets are $28-$53, but if you're a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase $15 tickets.
A smash in Chicago, this queer spin on Shakespearean comedies is set in a faraway farcical land full of cross-dressing, secret identities and crushes, and outrageous humor, all delivered in rhyming verse. The winner of the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Work in 2022, Malapert Love comes to NYC with its original cast intact courtesy of The Tank and Chicago's The Artistic Home.
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59E59 Theaters, 59 East 59th Street between Madison and Park Avenues in Midtown East
Begins October 18. Closes November 23. Tickets are $32.
In Susannah Dalton's comedy The Importance of Doing Art, two average schmoes pose as artists in order to hook up with the ladies. But it turns out everyone in this sex comedy is a pretender. José Ignacio Vivero directs this Fringe favorite.
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154, 154 Christopher Street between Greenwich and Washington Streets in the West Village (moved from The Brick due to a fire)
Previews begin October 22. Opens October 28. Closes November 7. Tickets are $27.04 - $73.24.
With The Workshop and Off Broadway, playwright Torrey Townsend interrogated the contemporary theatre scene. With Jewish Plot, he looks to theatre's past... sort of. Billed as an adaptation of an 1889 English melodrama written by I.W. Bruntmole, who turns out to be fictional, Jewish Plot is all Townsend and uses political satire and outrageous songs to explore antisemitism then and now. Sarah Hughes directs a cast that includes American Pie's Eddie Kaye Thomas.
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Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, 304 West 47th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues in Midtown West
Begins October 23. Closes November 16. Tickets are $32.50-$64.50, but if you're a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase $12 tickets.
Acclaimed Latine company Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater presents Baile Cangrejero, a theatrical concert celebrating the thrilling diversity of Afro-Caribbean music. Bomba, plena and bolero are all represented in this production, which also includes poetry by Luis Palés Matos, Julia de Burgos and Nicolás Guillen.
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