A MOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS, NAKED HOLIDAYS et al. Set for Holiday Season at Spin Cycle

Spin Cycle has announced its upcoming 2011 Holiday Season, which will feature shows like NAKED HOLIDAYS and A MOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS.  

The schedule is as follows: 

November 27 - 29
DINA MARTINA: AN EARLY HOARFROST
Laurie Beechman Theater (407 West 42nd Street -- at Ninth Avenue).
Cult sensation Dina Martina returns to New York with a magical night of joyful song, cherished reminiscence, sparkling fashion errors, festive video and a shopping bag full of holiday gifts for lucky audience members. In shows past, Dina has blanketed NYC audiences in her tradeMark Holiday cheer with "perineum" favorites like Tracy Chapman's "Fast Sleigh", Rick Springfield's "Jesus' Girl and Alice Cooper's "Mrs. Claus She Bleeds"". Talk about WOW! November 27-29 at 9:30pm. Tickets are $22 plus a $15 food/drink minimum, available at 212-352-3101 or www.SpinCycleNYC.com.

November 30 - December 10:
LITTLE LORD'S BABES IN TOYLAND
The Brick (575 Metropolitan Ave. between Union Ave. and Lorimer, Williamsburg).
In this anarchic and awkwardly sincere holiday incarnation, the members of Little Lord theater company strip down Victor Herbert's 1903 operetta Babes in Toyland to make the most of its absurd, nonsensical plot about a pair of young lovers and their fantastical journey from Mother Goose Village to Toyland. Staged as a "recession spectacular," its world is one of brightly painted cardboard and shoddy spectacle, with a cast of five playing over two-dozen gender-bending roles. Not recommended for children. It is adapted and directed by Michael Levinton with musical direction by Kate Marvin. Wednesdays - Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 8pm & 10:30pm. Tickets are $18, available at 212-352-3101 or www.bricktheater.com.

December 6 - 22:
A MOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS
Laurie Beechman Theater (407 West 42nd Street -- at Ninth Avenue).
After an acclaimed debut at FringeNYC this summer, poet/elementary school security guard Molly "Equality" Dykeman presents her first Christmas variety show. Will she be able to muck her way through musical numbers, choreography, and a glittering array of guest stars in the Percocet-fogged haze that is her mind? Will she finally land the lady...or ladies... of her dreams? December 6, 9, 13, and 22 at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $18 ($20 at the door) plus a $15 food/drink minimum, available at 212-352-3101 or www.SpinCycleNYC.com.

December 8 - 30:
NAKED HOLIDAYS
Times Square Arts Center at 300 West 43rd Street (at 8th Avenue, 4th fl.).
EndTimes Productions presents the 5th annual edition of this is a darkly comic -- and scantily clad --Yuletide bacchanalia. This gleeful evening of naughty short plays puts a theatrical spin on some of our best-loved winter traditions. Highlights include: "The Annihilator" by Steve Strangio, about Xmas at a professional wrestler's house; "Dead Nosed" by Oliver Thrum, in which Santa's reindeer plot the assassination of Rudolph; "Fear the Nog" by R.I. Stokes, Orwell's 1984 is re-visited with Santa as Big Brother; "A Very Special Hannukah Special" by Mark Harvey Levine, a Jewish-themed spoof of It's A Wonderful Life; "The Naked People Play" by Stacy Lane, the traditional full monty Naked Holidays closer. December 8-10, 15-17, 19-22, & 27-30 at 8pm and December 11 & 18 at 7pm. Roy Arias Stage 4 is located inside the Times Square Arts Center at 300 West 43rd Street (at 8th Avenue, 4th Floor). Tickets are $47.50, available at 212-352-3101 or www.EndTimesProductions.org.

December 14 - 18:
Jackie Beat: THE NUTCRACKER
Laurie Beechman Theater (407 West 42nd Street -- at Ninth Avenue)
Drag star Jackie Beat' continues her mission to poison every sacred belief and tradition in her 14th annual holiday show. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa or Ramadan, an evening with Jackie Beat is always the perfect antidote to holiday cheer. This new holiday show wraps hilarious new seasonal material including "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Syphilis" about the gift that keeps on giving: STD's! with some Christmas classics including Jackie's cocaine-fueled rewrite of "Let It Snow," the pregnancy confessional "Santa's Baby," a menorah-loving "Jew Christmas," a booze-infused spin on "Happy Holidays" called "Alcoholidaze," and the self-explanatory "I Saw Daddy Doin' Santa Claus." Wednesday, Dec. 14 - Sunday, Dec. 18 at 7:30pm with an added 10pm show on Saturday, Dec. 17. Tickets are $20 - $22 plus a $15 food/drink minimum, available at 212-352-3101 or www.SpinCycleNYC.com.

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