October 2024 City Notes

The mayhem unfolds in real time in this World Premiere uproarious new satire written and directed by Tony Award® nominee ROBERT O’HARA (SLAVE PLAY, MCC’S BLKS, BOOTYCANDY).

Robert O’Hara writes and directs Shit. Meet. Fan., which follows a long line of works he has both written and staged. He won great acclaim with his New York Times Critics Pick Bootycandy at Playwrights Horizons followed by Barbecue at The Public Theater before taking Slave Play to Broadway, earning him a Tony Award nomination for his direction. Now, he returns to MCC, where he previously directed BLKS, another Critic’s Pick.

You trust your friends, right? Experience Shit. Meet. Fan. off Broadway to see just how trusting one particular friend group is. In this world premiere comedy from the writer behind uproarious hits including Bootycandy and Barbecue, one friend group makes the rules of tonight's game very clear: get out your phone, turn up the volume, and face the screen to where everyone can see. Every text, every call, and every email notification, appropriate or not, must be shared aloud. Sounds fun? We’ll see: what starts out as a curious and fun game transforms into something much more revelatory in this satirical, blazing new play.

Kenneth Branagh plays the title role in a new production of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, set in the barbarous landscape of Ancient Britain. Featuring a cast of rising stars from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art co-directed by Rob Ashford, Branagh, and Lucy Skilbeck, 

In playing Lear, Branagh completes a trifecta of great Shakespearean tragic roles, complementing past appearances as Hamlet in his Academy Award–nominated film version of the play (1996) and on stage as Macbeth in a celebrated immersive production (2014). This strictly limited, exclusive US engagement of King Lear runs for 50 performances only

Anchored on the corner of Mulberry and Kenmare Streets in Manhattan's Little Italy, Pasquale Jones features wood-fired food, Neo-NY style pizza, and an extraordinary wine program. Part of Delicious Hospitality Group, Pasquale Jones first opened in 2016 and became an instant success with its signature clam pie and sophisticated wine list.

What's most exciting now is you can buy pizza by the slice at the window!

Borgo is the first Tarlow restaurant to open in a decade since Greenpoint’s Achilles Heel. Before that, he opened Diner over 20 years ago, before Williamsburg was what it is today. He’s also behind Marlow & Sons, Roman’s, and She Wolf, along with natural wine shop, Stranger Wines.

Diner and Marlow & Sons were two of my favorite spots 20 years ago!

where did the time go?

The 140-seat spot, debuts as a trattoria with a wood-burning oven, an open hearth, and a martini cart.

$18,800,000

6 beds, 8 baths

7,000 sf (approx.)

550 Park Avenue

$17,900,000

6 beds, 4 baths

5,600 sf (approx.)

41 Central Park West