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		<title>Recapping the CW&#8217;s Ringer: Episode 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the Christmas hiatus, many Ringer fans feared it might be hard to get into the increasingly complicated plotline again, but not so. Don’t worry—the twins are still as scheming and manipulative as ever. Siobhan is still in New York looking for some incriminating evidence that will prove once and for all that Andrew is ]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After the Christmas hiatus, many Ringer fans feared it might be hard to get into the increasingly complicated plotline again, but not so. Don’t worry—the twins are still as scheming and manipulative as ever.</p>
<p>Siobhan is still in New York looking for some incriminating evidence that will prove once and for all that Andrew is cooking the books at his company. Her lover (and one of Andrew’s employees) Tyler is still in Paris footing the bill, in large part because Siobhan has convinced him that he is the father of her unborn child &#8211; the father is in fact, for those keeping track her ex-lover Henry.<span id="more-5328"></span></p>
<p>Siobhan hacks into Andrew’s computer and attempts to copy files in the hopes of uncovering the truth about his company. Just as she is doing so Andrew and Bridget almost catch her in the act. Along with stealing the files she also takes a diamond ring, which Andrew recently gifted.</p>
<p>She goes to see Henry and organizes a meeting so she can explain why she has been so distant and clear up what she knows about Gemma’s murder. Due to miscommunications and Siobhan almost getting caught by Andrew and Bridget, she misses their date and the next time Henry confronts her, he is actually confronting Bridget, which leads to more confusion. Henry decides to end his relationship with her once and for all.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Henry also calls Agent Machado in the hopes of being able to find out more information about Gemma’s murder. While the police believe it was a murder-suicide committed by Charlie, evidence found at the scene has Bridget’s fingerprints.</p>
<p>And what about Juliet? Well, she still hasn’t told her parents about her English teacher, Mr. Carpenter, forcing her to have sex with him but her close friend at school is urging her to fess up. When Siobhan (Bridget) offers up the apartment for a school benefit, Juliet is horrified to find out that her English teacher will be in attendance. She promptly gets tanked and starts verbally attacking him. When she finally spills and tells Siobhan (Bridget) what happened, Siobhan punches Mr. Carpenter in the face and tells him to leave the party. Juliet finally comes clean to her dad about what she says happened but like with everything else this family does, we believe there must be a twist or lie somewhere in the mix….</p>
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		<title>Recapping The CW&#8217;s Ringer: Episode 10</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the standard holiday hiatus, which felt like eternity, Ringer is finally back. Malcolm and Bridget are still on the hunt for the truth about Charlie. They find out that the phone Malcolm swiped while searching Charlie’s secret house belongs to Gemma. Malcolm decides to tip off the police investigating Gemma’s disappearance. But it’s too ]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After the standard holiday hiatus, which felt like eternity, Ringer is finally back.</p>
<p>Malcolm and Bridget are still on the hunt for the truth about Charlie. They find out that the phone Malcolm swiped while searching Charlie’s secret house belongs to Gemma. Malcolm decides to tip off the police investigating Gemma’s disappearance. But it’s too late, as Charlie has already moved Gemma by the time the police search his house. Malcolm is now the number one suspect in Gemma’s disappearance.<span id="more-3473"></span></p>
<p>Back in Paris, the real Siobhan is trying desperately to convince Tyler (who saw Bridget and Andrew together while he was in New York and assumed it was Siobhan) that she is no longer in love with Andrew. She gives herself a black eye and tells Tyler that Andrew punched her, but Tyler doesn’t fall for it, especially after realizing that Siobhan was only with him for insider information he had on Andrew’s company.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Juliette’s inappropriate relationship with her English teacher takes a turn when she confides in a friend that he forced himself upon her….</p>
<p>Back in the primary mess of things, Charlie calls the real Siobhan (who is still in Paris) and informs her that he is planning to kill Gemma to keep her quiet, despite Siobhan’s best attempts to change his mind.</p>
<p>Charlie then confronts Bridget (who is still pretending to be Siobhan) and tells her that he does in fact have Gemma and will return her safely in return for money. She agrees but because the police are trailing her the deal is called off and Charlie shoots Gemma. As he’s discarding the body, the real Siobhan shows up and decides she no longer needs Charlie to complete her mysterious plan and she kills him, then stages it to look like a murder-suicide.</p>
<p>After the formalities of grief are over, we find out that Siobhan is planning on staying in New York, and while Charlie’s death causes Bridget some relief, she is still full of questions, and determined to find some answers. Here&#8217;s hoping we find out more soon.</p>
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		<title>Recapping The CW&#8217;s Ringer: Episode 9</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week’s episode finally provided some answers to the questions we’ve had for weeks. The biggest piece of information that we find out early on is that Gemma is indeed alive and has been kept captive by Charlie in an apartment in Brooklyn. But then come more riddles. While looking for more answers as to ]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This week’s episode finally provided some answers to the questions we’ve had for weeks. The biggest piece of information that we find out early on is that Gemma is indeed alive and has been kept captive by Charlie in an apartment in Brooklyn.</p>
<p>But then come more riddles. While looking for more answers as to the mysteries of Siobhan’s life, Bridget finds a prescription for anti-depressants and schedules an appointment with the psychiatrist who prescribed the meds in the hopes of uncovering something. Bridget steals the doctor’s notes from Siobhan’s last session and finds out that Siobhan was convinced she had a stalker who was out to get her. During the course of the session (in which, she of course is pretending to be Siobhan) Bridget realises she’s actually falling in love with Andrew.<span id="more-5625"></span></p>
<p>Meanwhile, a newly sober Malcolm begins to become suspicious of Charlie and with Bridget’s help, starts to uncover the truth about him. They find out his name is actually John, he’s not a sponsor and is most definitely not living a sober life. Malcolm also uncovers his second residence in Brooklyn and is seconds away from finding a captive Gemma when he has to flee for fear of being caught.</p>
<p>When Charlie gets a call from the real Siobhan who is still in Paris, we find out the second juicy nugget in this, the first episode to finally shed some light: Siobhan organized to have a fake cop minding Bridget before Bottway’s trial. It was that fake police officer that convinced Bridget to flee witness protection to see Siobhan. So now we know that Siobhan’s plan all along was to have Bridget assume her identity but we still have no idea why…. Here’s hoping next week’s episode is as revealing as this one.</p>
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		<title>Recapping the CW&#8217;s Ringer: Episode 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week’s episode ended with a petrified Siobhan (who is really Bridget) in the hospital about to receive an ultrasound for a baby that she isn’t pregnant with. Luckily, it was assumed to be a miscarriage and Siobhan’s husband Andrew didn’t suspect any lies. Bridget goes to meet Malcolm who is still in New York ]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last week’s episode ended with a petrified Siobhan (who is really Bridget) in the hospital about to receive an ultrasound for a baby that she isn’t pregnant with. Luckily, it was assumed to be a miscarriage and Siobhan’s husband Andrew didn’t suspect any lies.</p>
<p>Bridget goes to meet Malcolm who is still in New York after having escaped Bottoway’s thugs.  Malcolm tries to convince her do go away with him, but she informs him that she has to stay for her safety.<span id="more-5622"></span></p>
<p>Agent Machado brings Malcolm into questioning in the hopes of being led to Bridget. Malcolm refuses to speak but is running out of options.</p>
<p>Bridget soon realizes that Malcolm is using drugs again and offers him a place to stay and puts him in contact with her New York sponsor – or rather, the man who she thinks is her sponsor but is really a goon hired to by Siobhan.</p>
<p>Back in Paris, the real Siobhan is still scheming a way to ‘fix her situation’ with the man pretending to be Bridget’s sponsor. Things get more complicated when we find out that Tyler, the man Siobhan has been living with in Paris, is flying to New York to meet with his boss—Siobhan’s husband Andrew.  Things take an awkward turn when Bridget shows up at the meeting, which only confuses Tyler and makes for an uncomfortable night for all involved. After the dinner Tyler calls the real Siobhan and informs her that he is cutting her off and will no longer be paying for her stay in Paris.</p>
<p>Still no indication as to what the real Siobhan is going to do about her very real pregnancy, or why exactly she&#8217;s out to kill her sister Bridget, but considering we&#8217;re only halfway through the season, things are bound to get much, much more complicated.</p>
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		<title>Recapping the CW&#8217;s Ringer: Episode 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a week off, Ringer is back with an increasingly complex band. The police are still looking for Gemma and since they found Bridget’s fingerprint on some evidence they ask to question Siobhan (who is actually Bridget). Soon after Gemma’s disappearance, Bridget told both her &#8220;husband&#8221; and Gemma’s husband, Henry, that she has a twin ]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After a week off, <em>Ringer</em> is back with an increasingly complex band. The police are still looking for Gemma and since they found Bridget’s fingerprint on some evidence they ask to question Siobhan (who is actually Bridget).</p>
<p>Soon after Gemma’s disappearance, Bridget told both her &#8220;husband&#8221; and Gemma’s husband, Henry, that she has a twin sister who is a suspect in the case. Down at the police station, &#8220;Siobhan&#8221; (who doesn’t get booked, fingerprinted or asked anything of substance by the police) tells agent Machado that Bridget has left her a message telling her she’s fled town, thinking it will buy her more time.</p>
<p>While trying to find out what really happened to Gemma, Bridget asks her new sponsor Charlie, who is also an ex-cop, to help him uncover what happened, and Charlie agrees to help.</p>
<p>Juliet—who has been trying to clean up her act—goes to a party to take care of her drunken friend and ends up in a car accident. As punishment her dad cuts her off. No trust fund, no credit cards&#8230; nothing.</p>
<p>Malcolm, who has been held captive by Bottoway, escapes and heads to New York to find Bridget. When Bridget sees him, she immediately faints and is rushed to hospital for a concussion. While in the hospital, the doctors ask to perform an ultrasound to see if the baby is OK. Little does everyone know the baby doesn’t actually exist&#8230;. How in the hell is Bridget going to get out of this one?</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Charlie finds Gemma’s missing car and promptly places a call to Siobhan in Paris, who has solicited him to get rid of Gemma because she knew too much&#8230; what is the reason?</p>
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		<title>Recapping the CW&#8217;s Ringer: Episode 6</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week’s episode begins with Henry ridding his home of any evidence that  Gemma was harmed. When Siobhan (Bridget) goes looking for her, Henry informs her that he has no idea of her whereabouts and simply cleaned up the crime scene. He then accuses her of committing the crime saying that he came home to ]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This week’s episode begins with Henry ridding his home of any evidence that  Gemma was harmed. When Siobhan (Bridget) goes looking for her, Henry informs her that he has no idea of her whereabouts and simply cleaned up the crime scene. He then accuses her of committing the crime saying that he came home to find blood on the walls and a broken vase but no Gemma. (Siobhan) Bridget tips off the police and anonymously delivers evidence in the form of the bloody cloths Henry  used to clean the crime scene.<span id="more-1805"></span></p>
<p>Meanwhile Juliette surrenders her stash of drugs to Bridget in the hopes of making a fresh start, which leaves Bridget feeling torn and unable to get rid the drugs. It’s also Juliette’s first day of public school and she’s already making enemies but a hot young teacher comes to her defense with the principal. No doubt there will be a story unfolding there.</p>
<p>The police begin their investigation into Gemma’s disappearance by questioning Henry, but let him go when they find Bridget’s prints on the evidence. The police investigating the murder call agent Machado, who calls who he believes is Siobhan to inform her of the evidence.</p>
<p>During the last moments of the show, in a flashback, we see that Bridget purposely left a fingerprint on the evidence. We also see the real Siobhan who is still hiding out in Europe, and we learn that she really ordered for Gemma to be kidnapped and maybe even killed. But why?</p>
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		<title>Recapping The CW&#8217;s Ringer: Episode 5</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week’s episode picks up the day after episode four ended. Siobhan, her husband Andrew and  her ex-lover/ best friend&#8217;s husband Henry are on their way back to the city from the Hamptons. We learn that Gemma, Siobhan&#8217;s best friend, left early after finding out that Siobhan and Henry were having an affair. While Bridget ]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This week’s episode picks up the day after episode four ended. Siobhan, her husband Andrew and  her ex-lover/ best friend&#8217;s husband Henry are on their way back to the city from the Hamptons. We learn that Gemma, Siobhan&#8217;s best friend, left early after finding out that Siobhan and Henry were having an affair. While Bridget (pretending to be Siobhan) tries to explain who she really is, Gemma isn’t hearing any of it and leaves for the city.<span id="more-1661"></span></p>
<p>When they return, they find that Andrew’s daughter Juliet has trashed the apartment and shows no remorse. Siobhan convinces Andrew that Juliet has a drug problem and needs help. When Juliet returns and sees that they’ve gone through her room, she seeks revenge by trashing Siobhan’s closet.  By the end of the episode it appears that the two are making amends.</p>
<p>Bodaway’s men still have Malcolm and are still injecting him with drugs in the hopes that Malcolm’s will to stay clean will force him to divulge information about Bridget’s whereabouts, but as yet he won’t give any information.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Gemma has been looking back at old photos and has figured out that Bridget was telling the truth about who she really is. Gemma decides to make a deal with Bridget: she will keep the truth about Bridget secret but in exchange for keeping her mouth shut, Gemma asks Bridget to stage sex with Henry so that she can divorce him without him gaining any of her wealth. When Bridget refuses and tells Henry Gemma’s plans, Gemma calls Siobhan’s husband Andrew in tears to tell him the truth about who he thinks is his wife. When Andrew arrives at Gemma’s house, Henry opens the door and asks Andrew to leave, telling him everything is fine. The episode ends with Henry walking through his blood-stained house in tears….</p>
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		<title>Ringer Recap Episode 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s Siobhan and Bridget’s birthday and Siobhan’s husband decides to take Siobhan (who is really Bridget) to the Hamptons to celebrate with Henry and Gemma. While there, Bridget discards the remaining evidence of what has happened but Agent Machado catches her doing so on film. Agent Machado confronts Gemma and informs her that Siobhan has ]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It’s Siobhan and Bridget’s birthday and Siobhan’s husband decides to take Siobhan (who is really Bridget) to the Hamptons to celebrate with Henry and Gemma. While there, Bridget discards the remaining evidence of what has happened but Agent Machado catches her doing so on film.<span id="more-1415"></span><br />
Agent Machado confronts Gemma and informs her that Siobhan has a twin who is on the run – something that no one in Siobhan’s life knows. She confronts Siobhan and in order to cover her tracks, she lies and says she doesn’t know where Bridget is.</p>
<p>Back in Paris, the real Siobhan is running out of money and options and is all alone on her birthday until the mystery man she encountered last week decides to take her out and pay for her stay in Paris. She quickly goes behind his back continues to make mysterious calls to people about &#8220;the plan.&#8221;</p>
<p>Agent Machado finds evidence that Siobhan (actually Bridget) has been contacting Malcolm, Bridget’s sponsor. He believes Siobhan is doing so in order to find Bridget, unaware that he’s been talking to Bridget all along. Things get worse in the Hamptons when Henry once again confronts Siobhan about their affair and her pregnancy, only this time, Gemma overhears. Gemma confronts who she thinks is Siobhan about the affair and pregnancy, and in order to keep her sister’s life and marriage together, Bridget tells Gemma who she really is…</p>
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		<title>Recapping The CW&#8217;s Ringer (Episode 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, so here’s what we know from the first two episodes. Bridget and Siobhan are identical twins that have completely different lives. Bridget is a recovering drug addict who witnessed a murder and is due to stand trial but runs, for fear of being killed by Bodaway Macawi, the man she’s testifying against. Conversely, Siobhan ]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK, so here’s what we know from the first two episodes. Bridget and Siobhan are identical twins that have completely different lives. Bridget is a recovering drug addict who witnessed a murder and is due to stand trial but runs, for fear of being killed by Bodaway Macawi, the man she’s testifying against. Conversely, Siobhan lives a charmed life as an Upper East Side trophy wife. Bridget escapes witness protection and runs to Siobhan, who she hasn’t seen in six years, for help. As they begin to reconnect on a boat in the Hamptons, Siobhan kills herself, or so Bridget thinks.<span id="more-1170"></span></p>
<p>Bridget assumes Siobhan’s identity, thinking she’ll be safe but runs into problems when she realises Siobhan is in a loveless marriage, is pregnant by her best friend’s husband and that someone is looking to have her killed. Come the end of the first two episodes we see that Siobhan has fled to Paris and is organizing to have Bridget killed in her place. Sisters really do think alike.</p>
<p>To complicate things even more, Bridget shot a man in self-defense when he was trying to kill who her when he thought was Siobhan. This week, as Bridget continues to find out more about Siobhan’s life and she begins to piece together why someone might be after Siobhan.</p>
<p>Bridget postpones fleeing New York to be with her beau/NA sponsor Malcolm. While Bridget is trying to uncover who may be after her sister, Bodaway Macawi (who, just quietly looks way too much like Iggy Pop for it not to be a distraction), has captured Malcolm and is threatening him. Not with death, but with a hit of drugs, cause y’know, there’s nothing a recovering addict hates more.</p>
<p>Malcolm won’t talk, and since Bridget is desperate after finding out the people who are after Siobhan may be closer than she thinks, she goes to Agent Machado – the FBI agent who is trying to track down the real Bridget. (Is it just us or does Agent Machado always look like he’s wearing mascara?) By going to Agent Machado Bridget thinks she had bought Siobhan, and therefore herself, more time.</p>
<p>Meanwhile Siobhan, who has fled to Paris, is indulging in some afternoon delights with an expat, and is seemingly awaiting the news that her sister has been killed. Presumably, she has put the hit out on Bridget, but why?</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Esther Semo</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Phobophilia <br />Jan. 5-9, HERE, 145 6th Ave. (at Dominick St.), 212-647-0202; $20.</strong></p>
<p>Artists Aaron Pollard and Stephen Lawson make up 2boys.tv, a theater troupe that creates interactive pieces to take its audience on a journey through their own emotions. This piece questions the role of the poet in an age characterized by fear. Inspired by the life and art of Jean Cocteau, the performance deals with themes of belonging, citizenship and otherness.</p>
<p><strong>Stories Left to Tell <br />Jan. 5-11, P.S. 122, 150 1st Ave. (at E. 9th St.), 212-477-5829; $30.</strong></p>
<p>Based on the unpublished work of actor, writer and monologist Spalding Gray, Stories Left to Tell is a journey through his life and his contributions. A five-person ensemble performs some of Gray&#8217;s classics as well as unpublished poems letters, diary entries and more.</p>
<p><strong>Dutch A/V <br />Jan. 5-16, La MaMa, 74 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd Ave. &amp; Bowery), 212-475- 7710; $20.</strong></p>
<p>The brainchild of musician, composer and writer Reggie Watts and writer/ director Tommy Smith, Dutch A/V takes the audience into the shoes of a flneur in modern day Holland. Watts and Smith traveled to Holland and shot 26 hours of film through spyglasses that recorded their every move for this multimedia piece. According to the writers, the work hopes to &quot;re-present this footage using projection technology and stereophonic sound, turning the walls of interior spaces into portals to a foreign landscape thousands of miles away.&quot;</p>
<p><strong>Gob Squad&#8217;s Kitchen <br />Jan. 6-8, La MaMa, 66 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd Ave. &amp; Bowery), 212- 475-7710; $20.</strong></p>
<p>Dubbed by The Guardian as &quot;a moving meditation on the nature of self and the unknowability of the past&quot; and based on the Andy Warhol film of the same name, Kitchen revolves around the crazy world of underground cinema in the 1960s. In an effort to bring a piece of history to a new generation, the theater troupe, hailing from England and Germany, hopes to reflect on notions of authenticity, our future and the hidden depths beneath the shiny surfaces of modern life.</p>
<p><strong>The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church <br />Jan. 6-16, St. Ann&#8217;s Warehouse, 38 Water St. (at Old Dock St.), Brooklyn, 718-254-8779; $25.</strong></p>
<p>In this one-man show, which hit big at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Daniel</p>
<p>Kitson tells the tale of a man whose plans of suicide are interrupted and postponed by all the goodbye letters he has to write.</p>
<p><strong>THEM <br />Jan. 8-10, Abrons Art Center, 466 Grand St. (at Pitt St.), 212-598-0400; $15.</strong></p>
<p>Combining dance, text and music, THEM is a collaborative work by Ishmael Houston Jones, Chris Cochrane and Dennis Cooper. The piece (whose original 1986 debut sparked enormous controversy) focuses on the lives of three young gay men and uses dance as a means of communication between the characters. The work is reflective of Jones&#8217; signature style of choreography vivid, raw and improvisationaland is back for the second time in a year as part of CULTUREMART.</p>
<p><strong>Floating Point Waves <br />Jan. 11, HERE, 145 6th Ave. (at Dominick St.), 212-647-0202; 9, $15.</strong></p>
<p>A riveting installation of video projection, Butoh performance, water, live music and dance combined, Floating Point Waves transports the audience to a primitive state in which bodies and elements create a stunning performance. Each motion is reflected on a surface of water, which in turn affects lights and projected images. The brainchild of artists Vimena Garnica and Shinge Moriya, the piece presents the audience with the notion that the only commonality between all elements is instability.</p>
<p><strong>The Walk Across America For Mother Earth <br />Jan. 15 &amp; 16, La MaMa, 66 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd Ave. &amp; Bowery), 212-475- 7710; $20.</strong></p>
<p>A collaboration between Taylor Mac, one of Downtown theater&#8217;s most talked-about performers, and the always experimental theater group The Talking Band, The Walk Across America For Mother Earth has already garnered much critical acclaim. Written by and starring Mac, Walk tells the story of a young man eager to flee his suburban roots embarks on a ninemonth walk across America, from New York to a Nevada nuclear test site.</p>
<p><strong>The Strangest <br />Jan. 17 &amp; 18, HERE, 145 6th Ave. (at Dominick St.), 212-647-0202; $15.</strong></p>
<p>Based on the murder of the unknown Arab character midway through Albert Camus&#8217; The Stranger, Betty Shamieh has crafted a story of the life of the mystery victim. Set in the French Algiers, CULTUREMART&#8217;s The Strangest, which has been labeled an absurdist murder mystery, tells the story of brothers vying for the affection of the same woman. Directed by Jose Zayas, The Strangest showcases Shamieh&#8217;s notorious flair for the art of conversation, once dubbed as &quot;rich, urgent prose&quot; by the New York Times.</p>
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