Curated by Michal Gamily Coffeehouse Chronicles #154: TAYLOR MAC honors the career and achievements of American actor, playwright, performance artist, director, producer and MacArthur Fellow recipient Taylor Mac with panelists, live performances and archival materials.  Moderated by Gabriel Berry with Morgan Jenness, Melanie Joseph, Niegel Smith, Barbara Maier Gusten, Timothy White Eagle, Linda Brumbach and […]

La MaMa Presents: Perform #2 Choreographies by Raymond Pinto, Feng Jiang, and Susannah Yugler An evening of performance featuring work by Feng Jiang, Raymond Pinto, and Susannah Yugler.  About La Galleria Founded in 1984, La MaMa’s La Galleria is a nonprofit gallery committed to nurturing artistic experimentation. La Galleria serves its neighborhood as a venue […]

Book and Lyrics by William Electric Black Director is William Electric Black The reworked piece for a smaller ensemble tells the story of three white female singers from Detroit, circa 1963, who struggle to change a racially divided society by singing for a Black record label. Music is by William Electric Black, Valerie Ghent (arranger/keyboards for Ashford & […]

La MaMa is excited to announce La MaMa Café new partnership with Palenque Homemade Colombian Food! Palenque will serve delicious gourmet Colombian fusions, ‘home­style’ cooking to our audiences in both of our theaters. Concessions will be open one hour before and thirty minutes after performances, so please browse the menu below and join us in […]

By The Bearded Ladies Cabaret Cake, coffin, gavel, choir, composers, live musical trolling! On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the much lauded homo poet Walt Whitman’s birth and the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall, The Bearded Ladies Cabaret is throwing a pageant for the ancestors.  Part trial, part birthday, part funeral, this spectacle will feature […]

Written & Directed by Byungkoo Ahn Song Cycle by Gihieh Lee Lyrics by Lorca, Wilde and Other Queer Poets Electronic Music by Los Angeles Laptop Collective Filled with movement and music, 13 Fruitcakes is a series of 13 staged musical vignettes about 13 significant LGBTQ figures that influence humanity through their great achievements in the arts, politics, philosophy, […]

Directed by Salvino Raco Designed by Salvino Raco Dramaturgy by Micol Bez and Angelo Vannini Freely Inspired by the book Global Gay by Frédéric Martel Based on a book by French author/journalist Frédéric Martel, Global Gay is a compelling dramatization of the cruelty facing queer people around the world by state-sanctioned methods as well as deeply […]

Join the La MaMa Archive at Pratt Institute for a screening and discussion of excerpts from La MaMa performances from the 1970s, now viewable after a 2-year long digitization project funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). Archive Director Ozzie Rodriguez, Project Manager Sophie Glidden-Lyon, and Archive Intern Kate Philipson will speak […]

Walk with friends, family and others touched by HATTIE HATHAWAY aka Brian Butterick, who died in the early hours of January 30 2019. This public funeral of our beloved friend and NYC icon begins in Tompkins Square Park, continues down Avenue A past the Pyramid Club, west on 4th St. to La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart […]