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self-deprecation, while getting in a few jokes about audience members as well. It's a fun
and unpretentious place, and certainly not for the bashful.
(
212-255-5438;
www.theduplex.com
;
61 Christopher St; cover $5-15, 2-drink minimum;
4pm-4am;
1 to Christopher St-Sheridan Sq)
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Chelsea Bow Tie Cinema
CINEMA
In addition to showing first-run films, this multiscreen complex hosts weekend midnight
showings of the
Rocky Horror Picture Show,
as well as a great Thursday-night series,
Chelsea Classics, which sees local drag star Hedda Lettuce hosting old-school camp fare
from Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Barbra Streisand and the like.
(
212-777-3456;
www.bowtiecinemas.com
;
260 W 23rd St btwn Seventh & Eighth Aves;
C/E to 23rd St)
Local Life
Marie's Crisis
Aging Broadway queens, wide-eyed out-of-town gay boys, giggly tourist girls and other miscellaneous fans of
musical theater assemble around the piano at
Marie's Crisis
(E4; 212-243-9323; 59 Grove St btwn Seventh
Ave & Bleecker St; 4pm-4am; 1 to Christopher St-Sheridan Sq) , a one-time whorehouse, and take turns
belting out campy numbers, often joined by the entire crowd. It's infectious, old-school fun, no matter how jaded
you were when you went in.
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Atlantic Theater Company
Founded by David Mamet and William H Macy in 1985, the Atlantic Theater is a pivotal
anchor for the off-Broadway community, hosting many Tony Award and Drama Desk
winners over the last 25-plus years.
(
THEATER
212-691-5919;
www.atlantictheater.org
;
336 W 20th St btwn
Eighth & Ninth Aves;
C/E to 23rd St, 1 to 18th St)
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Joyce Theater
DANCE
