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Penny Arcade: Longing Lasts Longer

First Preview: Jul 29, 2019
Opening Date: Aug 6, 2019
Closing Date: Aug 27, 2019
Running Time: 01:15
Penny Arcade: Longing Lasts Longer

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Playing @
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10003
Trigger Warning!
No Jargon, High Potency, High Satire, Original Thinking


After 4 years of touring their award winning show LONGING LASTS LONGER to 40 cities worldwide. Penny Arcade and longtime collaborator Steve Zehentner bring it all back home as they return this master work to the stage at Joe’s Pub where it was created improvisationally in front of live audiences over ten performances.

No one in theatre, comedy or rock and roll does anything even remotely similar to Penny Arcade, where she combines poetics, comedy, and rock and roll into what can only be called cultural critique you can dance to!  The camaraderie between her and Steve Zehentner as he live mixes the unique sound score made up of 100 song loops from some of the best popular music of the past 60 years, is infectious! You will be dancing in your seat!

In Longing Lasts Longer, Penny Arcade dares. to tackle the straight jacket that binds today's youth culture to the normalization of self-censorship and injects fresh air in the current lockdown of gentrification, the erasure of history and the cultural amnesia  affecting not only our cities but our minds.

“I couldn't afford the price of approval when I was young and approval has no value when you are old” 
 - Penny Arcade  - Axiom #16    
Off BroadwayConcertPerformance Art
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 18
Audience Advisory: Adult language and themes. Please note there is a $12 food minimum or two drink minimum in the room. As a courtesy to the artists we recommend arriving no later than thirty minutes before show time to place your food and beverage orders.

Performance Schedule

TUESDAY @ 7 PM


Written By
  • Penny Arcade

Director
  • Steve Zehentner

TDF Tickets Offers:

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Full-price tickets:

$20.00 - $25.00

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Reviews

  • “I couldn't afford the price of approval when I was young and approval has no value when you are old” 

    - Penny Arcade  - Axiom #16     
  • “I couldn't afford the price of approval when I was young and approval has no value when you are old” 

    - Penny Arcade  - Axiom #16     
  • “I couldn't afford the price of approval when I was young and approval has no value when you are old” 

    - Penny Arcade  - Axiom #16     
  • “I couldn't afford the price of approval when I was young and approval has no value when you are old” 

    - Penny Arcade  - Axiom #16     

Accessibility

  • Restroom

    handicapped accessible.
  • Elevator/Escalator

    yes.
  • Entrance

    There are steps and a ramp leading up to the entrance.
  • Water Fountain

    wheelchair accessible.
  • Assisted Listening System

    yes.
  • Wheelchair Info

    the number of wheelchair locations varies fir each theater but most theaters have 3 locations for wheel chairs.

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