Hey folks! The HUB is on a temporary hiatus, and will likely return in the fall. In the meantime, follow us on twitter where I’ll still be retweeting shows and other cool goings-on.

Liars & Believers is taking Le Cabaret Grimm to NYC in July.

Liars & Believers will be bringing our show Le Cabaret Grimm - a punk cabaret fairy tale {sans fairies} to New York this July for the New York Musical Theatre Festival. First premiering in Boston in 2010, Le Cabaret Grimm is a punk cabaret adaptation of the “Tales of the Brothers Grimm”, with dance, songs, puppetry and mask. It is a dark and sexy ride through the subconscious.

Le Cabaret Grimm Book and Lyrics by Jason Slavick Music by Cassandra Marsh Directed by Jason Slavick Music Direction by Cassandra Marsh Choreography by Michelle Chasse

Rehearsals June 25 - July 23 in Boston. Performances in New York July 23-28 with a possible extension of a couple of days. You will need to find your own housing and transportation to and from NY. This is a paid gig with exposure to NY audiences, critics and producers.

Audition Information: Auditions: Monday May 7th 9am-2pm Callbacks: Wednesday May 9th 9am-2pm Location: The Boston Conservatory at 31 Hemenway street studio 003. The Boston Conservatory is near the intersection of Boyleston and Mass Ave.

Audtions will begin with a dance call 9am-11am. Followed by 1 minute song and 1 minute monologue.

Come with sheet music. Anything will do but it must be accompanied and you must have sheet music.

Non-equity.

email Kate@liarsandbelievers.com to book an audition.

More info on Le Cabaret Grimm: http://www.liarsandbelievers.com/Shows/past-shows More info on New York Musical Theatre Festival: http://www.nymf.org/

Okay, maybe I’m a little bit biased because we’re in the midst of a collaboration with one of the bands playing this show, but HOLY SMOKES, what a line-up! Black Thai, Sidewalk Driver, Planetoid, and Walter Sickert & the ARmy of BRoken TOys, and hosted by Mary Widow.

Some trivia:

The Eschaton 2012: Black Thai, Sidewalk Driver, Planetoid, Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys, hosted by Mary Widow, March 16 @8, Brighton Music Hall, 158 Brighton Avenue, Boston, MA 02134, $12adv, 18+

Here’s a secret: The best way to get featured on the HUB? Give your show a theme. I’m a sucker for themes.

Tomorrow is a themed-show I’ve been amped about since it was announced: Rock ‘n’ Roll High School: Clique Wars with The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library as The Nerds, The Zambonis as The Jocks, and Sarah RabDAU and Self-Employed Assassins as The Freaks, and hosted by J. Krafty.

It should come as no surprise that I was a drama geek in high school. As the two groups who stayed late at school for rehearsal/practice, we had an uneasy sort of alliance with the jocks. The gym and the theater were adjacent, so we had to bear with the sounds of dribbling basketballs and sneakers skidding on the court and they had to put up with our loudly projected and over-enunciated vocal warm-ups. Good times, good times.

Do you want to relive YOUR high school years without having to relive the acne and the angst? More importantly, do you want to have a rockin’ good time at a show that you can post pictures of to Facebook to make yourself feel better with your life than the popular kids from high school? I know I do!

Rock ‘n’ Roll High School: Clique Wars, Thursday, March 8th @8:pm Radio, 379-381 Somerville Ave, Somerville, MA, $7, 21+

New music video from You Won’t! You Won’t opened for our last two performances of “Song of Songs,” and I hear yesterday was drummer Raky’s birthday :)

In other new releases from “Song of Songs” openers, The Doctors Fox released a new single, “Gauge.” Check it out at http://thedoctorsfox.bandcamp.com/track/gauge-single

March 10, 8pm – 1am

45 Danforth St, Jamaica Plain (Spontaneous Celebrations)

Sliding scale $10 – 20

**Music by Cirkestra and DJ Ross of Love**

**Costume contest**

**Cash bar**

**Political Theater**

Like an old-school mic check, the gragger is a Jewish noisemaker traditionally used to lift up our voices in the name of liberation and justice. This year, we will celebrate the ways that our communities create collective opportunities for living, from credit unions to CSAs and everything in between. So come – turn the world on its head and make some serious noise in a rowdy call for justice and joy!   

Co-sponsored by Moishe Kavod House and Keshet

Questions? Contact Leah at leah@circleboston.org or 617-566-6281

We here at the LAB are big fans of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and madness. The OG (Original Greek) version of the Bacchanalia festival, the Dionysia, were - according to the all-knowing Wikipedia - the driving force behind Greek theater.

We’re also big fans of the Boston Circus Guild, our local modern-day purveyors of bacchanalian revelry and merry-making.

This week’s performances feature music from Johnny Blazes & the Pretty Boys and Emperor Norton’s Stationary Marching Band. The press release also promises acrobat, aerialists, stilt-walkers, jugglers, and burlesque. Don’t miss it.

Bohemian Bacchanalia February 23 & 24 at 8pm OBERON, 2 Arrow St, Cambridge, MA $18 standing/$24 seated in advance, or $24 standing/$30 seated at the door 18+

Rogue Burlesque and Sirlesque! bring you Sirlesque! Guys, Gals & Glitter at Club Cafe in February.

What a line-up! I guess that’s why they’re calling it “a tour of Boston’s Best Burlesque.” If burlesquers were Boston landmarks, this would be the Freedom Tail.

Also: they’re promising fart jokes.

February 5, 8pm Oberon, 2 Arrow St, Cambridge, MA

Boston has any number of takes on Tchaikovsky’s seasonal classic, from the traditional Boston Ballet Nutcracker to the more recent hit, The Slutcracker. The most fun you will have at a -cracker this year, however, will be at The Buttcracker. Now in its second year, The Buttcracker features butt-themed drag, burlesque, spoken word, and other callipygian shenanigans.

Sunday, December 18th at The Midway Cafe in JP. Doors at 7:30, show at 8:00. $10, 18+