THEATER: Let’s never take for granted that we live in a city where, tonight, for instance, we can stop on our way home from work and peer into a storefront window, where video screens broadcast a live criminal confession being performed inside. The storefront belongs to theater production company chashama; the “happening” tonight is the concluding part of Televised Confession, a multimedia performance installation by Stephanie Vella. “Inspired by the use of televised confession by oppressive regimes throughout the world, Televised Confession explores how the televised image changes our experience of guilt, accountability and social order. On stage, a performer confesses to a crime. Live-feed video and amplified sound carry her mediated image out to the sidewalk and the passerby. The spectator must choose between the broadcast image and the real person.” - John Del Signore
5pm // chashama [266 West 37th St] // Free
MOVIE: Tuesday night is Movie Night! Come by the Elevated Acre for popcorn, a musical performance by Bliss Blodd and the classic film Breakfast at Tiffany's.
8pm // The Elevated Acre [55 Water St] // Free
MUSIC: Damon Gough, aka Badly Drawn Boy, is at Spiegeltent tonight in support of his latest release, Born in the UK. This may be the perfect setting to see the storytelling songwriter.
10pm // The Spiegeltent, Pier 17 at South Street Seaport // $35
Want to take the party off land? There are still tickets available for Kevin Devine's show on the Rocks Off vessel christened The Half Moon.
7pm // The Half Moon, board at Skyport Marina 23 Street & FDR // $25
COMEDY: Rob Cantrell is still standing after being a finalist on season three of Last Comic Standing. He headlines show Chronic Comedy at Comix tonight - which is all about, you know, "saving the planet by going green and rolling joints on old Led Zeppelin albums."
Other comedians performing: Tony Camin, Mike Buschetti, Esther Ku and Rondell Hartley.
8pm // Comix [353 West 14th St] // $10
Right now we suggest you brush those teeth, pucker up and get yourself over to Times Square!