Maxamoo’s November HOT List
There are so many good shows in New York this November it’s hard to prioritize. Do not let this month go by without getting yourself to the theater as many times as possible and at the very least once.
Here are the 13 shows we’re most excited about: Maxamoo’s November HOT List.
The Patron Saint of Sea Monsters
A colorful play with an array of bizarre characters, The Patron Saint of Sea Monsters at Playwrights Horizons is a saccharine story that revels in the complexity of true love and the stunning potency of belief.
Playwrights Horizons
155 W. 65th St.
New York City
November 3 to December 1, 2013
Regular price: $60-$80 (click here for tickets)
Maxamoo discount: $40 (click here for tickets and enter discount code SAINTBLOG)
Domesticated
Pulitzer and Tony Award winning playwright Bruce Norris (Clybourne Park) presents a new play at Lincoln Center about the tangled mess of sex, power, and politics that emerges in a private relationship following a public scandal, starring Laurie Metcalf and Jeff Goldblum.
The Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center
155 West 65th Street
New York City
October 10, 2013 – Open run
$77-$87 (click for tickets)
The Jacksonian
The Jacksonian is suspenseful play filled with dark humor set in 1964 at a seedy hotel in Jackson, Mississippi, the hometown of its author, celebrated playwright Beth Henley. It stars Ed Harris, Glenne Headly, Amy Madigan and Bill Pullman.
The Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row
410 West 42nd Street
New York City
October 25 – December 15, 2013
Tickets are $75-$95 (click here for tickets)
Sunset Baby
In Sunset Baby a former black revolutionary hopes to reconnect with his estranged daughter in a production that melds the personal with the political by heralded, young playwright Dominique Morisseau (Detroit ’67) at Labyrinth Theater Company.
Bank Street Theater
155 Bank Street
New York City
November 6 – December 8, 2013
$20 (if purchased before performances begin on November 6th) & $35 (if purchased after performances begin) (click here for tickets)
How to Make Friends and then Kill Them
In How to Make Friends and then Kill Them by Halley Feiffer at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, three troubled girls form a childhood bond and face life’s ups and downs together, until a tragedy forces their adult selves to decide between maintaining their codependent relationship or breaking free from the lifelong cycle.
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
224 Waverly Place
New York City
October 23 – December 8, 2013
$55 (click here for tickets)
SOLOCOM
SOLOCOM from Toby Knops and Peter Michael Marino at The People’s Improv Theater or The PIT is a celebration jamboree of comedy solo performers – sketch artists, storytellers, stand ups and more – performing never-before-seen material.
The PIT
123 East 24th Street
New York City
November 9 – 10, 2013
A Bed and A Chair, A New York Love Affair
A Bed and A Chair, A New York Love Affair is an original musical production from New York City Center and Jazz at Lincoln Center. It features more than two-dozen songs from the legendary Stephen Sondheim, as reimagined by jazz king Wynton Marsalis, the cast includes Cyrille Aimée, Jeremy Jordan, Norm Lewis, and Bernadette Peters.
New York City Center
131 West 55th Street
New York City
November 13 – 17, 2013
$30-$150 (click for tickets)
LIFT
Making its American premiere, this hit from the U.K. starts off with eight strangers entering an elevator on an ordinary day. This new musical explores the notion of good, bad, and missed connections.
The Richmond Shepard Theatre
309 East 26th Street
New York City
November 13 – 24, 2013
$18 (click here for tickets)
One Night…
One Night… at Cherry Lane Theatre is a world premiere play by Pulitzer Prize- winner Charles Fuller. It examines the disturbing reality faced by many women serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.
The Cherry Lane Theatre
38 Commerce Street
New York City
November 6 – December 15, 2013
$66 – $86 (click here for tickets)
Small Engine Repair
With a cast Buzzfeed called “quite possibly the most attractive cast ever,” Small Engine Repair from MCC Theater finds four friends entangled in an explosive evening of long-simmering bitterness and rage.
The Lucille Lortel Theater
121 Christopher Street
New York City
October 30 – December 8, 2013
$69 – $89 (click here for tickets)
Analog.Ue
Daniel Kitson is a genius comedian and monologist. He has a rabid following and his shows in New York have been uniformly excellent and unforgettable. He returns to St. Ann’s Warehouse with a mess of cables and a mound of electronic junk.
St. Ann’s Warehouse
29 Jay Street
New York City
November 22 – December 21, 2013
$25 (click here for tickets)
Too Gay for Brooklyn: An Evening of Cabaret with Julie Klausner
Too Gay for Brooklyn at Joe’s Pub is a new cabaret show filled with upbeat tunes and comic repartee led by hilarious HOW WAS YOUR WEEK podcast host Julie Klausner.
Joe’s Pub
425 Lafayette Street
New York City
November 22 – 26, 2013
$20-$25 (click here for tickets)
Family Furniture
The Flea Theater, a small venue in New York’s Tribeca neighborhood, has been on a roll this year with several excellent consecutive productions. Next up is a coming of age tale from A.R. Guerney, directed by Tony Award nominee Thomas Kail (In The Heights) and starring Carolyn McCormick (Law & Order), Peter Scolari (Girls, Newhart, Bosom Buddies), and Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Newsies).
The Flea Theater
41 White Street
New York City
November 12 – December 22, 2013
$15-$100 (click here for tickets)