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COMING UP:
Murray Hill's New Year's Eve!
Scroll down for a complete calendar of upcoming shows and appearances...
PLUS, IN 2009 -- OUR HIT PARADE BECOMES A MONTHLY EVENT AT THE ZIPPER FACTORY! NEAL GOES ON TOUR! NEW WORKS WITH MIGUEL GUTIERREZ, DAVID NEUMANN! MORE!

IN OTHER NEWS:

A foil star I made to throw at people during WILL DRINK POISON UNTIL HE DIES! is on the back cover of a wonderful kid's book by Jennifer Holm and pal o' mine Elicia Castaldi. Get it and look for me star in the cupcake HERE

Buy NEAL MEDLYN merchandise online! Official t-Shirts, tote bags, thongs, mugs, caps, teddy bears, yard signs, all sorts of stuff! Just go here: CafePress.com/NealMedlyn

Also, here's some pictures from my recent performance in a SAM'S CLUB PARKING LOT in Meridian, Mississippi! I attempted to sing all my favorite tunes from the back of a truck for the enjoyment of the patrons...

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2008

DECEMBER 31, 2008 -- Neal in MURRAY HILL'S NEW YEAR'S EVE EXTRAVAGANZA; 10:30 p.m.; THE ZIPPER FACTORY (336 West 37 Street, between 8 & 9th Avenues) TIX ON SALE NOW: Zipper Factory.com "Nightlife superstar MURRAY HILL, Mr. Showbiz himself, once again rings in the New Year with a laugh-tastic, boozy, bodacious variety show with New York's finest, wildest and wackiest performers: DIRTY MARTINI, NEAL MEDLYN, WORLD FAMOUS *BOB*, TRIXI LITTLE & EVIL HATE MONKEY, BRIDGET EVERETT, KENNY MELLMAN, and LIL MISS LIXX. DJ MEL HUCKABEE spins after the show to keep the party going. This line-up is certain to dazzle you, maybe frighten you, and will make you forget about the recession, at least for a night! Don't miss this New Year's Eve Showbiz Elixir Extravaganza to wash down 2008, and come in swingin', swirlin', and feelin' fine in 2009! For more info: www.mistershowbiz.com

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DECEMBER 14, 2008 -- CHRISTMAS, WHERE ARE YOU? An all new show about a Christian contemporary music family and their holiday TV special. Recorded at home with the whole family reunited after a long absence by the sister, played by Everett, two brothers, Mellman and Medlyn and Bridget's son, played by Covelli, set out to brighten the hearts and souls of their audience through sacred song. Songs by 2nd Chapter of Acts, Sandi Patti, Amy Grant and R. Kelly! Hope, faith, love, ex-gay rehabilitation, crystal meth addiction and holiday cheer! Zipper Factory Theater, 336 West 37th Street, 7pm, $15

CHRISTMAS, WHERE ARE YOU?
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DECEMBER 7, 2008 -- OUR HIT PARADE - NEW YORK PREMIERE!! at the Zipper Factory Theater 7pm, $15! "Our Hit Parade was inspired by the 1950s TV musical sketch series "Your Hit Parade," where cast members performed the week's most popular songs as comically literal skits. Here, Bridget Everett, Neal Medlyn, Kenny Mellman and other stars from the downtown performance world do their renditions of the year’s Top Ten hits live on stage at The Zipper. Come see the hottest songs in America interpreted by the hottest musicians, actors and comedians in New York!" Go HERE for Tickets and info

OUR HIT PARADE at the Zipper!
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OCTOBER 27, 2008 -- NEAL MEDLYN RISES AGAIN my all new COUNTRY MUSIC show at La Mama E.T.C.! Bare chests, scruffly facial hair, Country music, Civil War re-enactments, beer drinking (mostly by me), special guests, and dreams of a rhinestone happiness that probably get crushed under the lonesome weight of contemporary Southern existence! Rip roaring good times! I’ve wanted to do a country show for a long time so I got a lot of Southern-ness pent up inside me and I am ready to explode it all over you!! 8pm, $15, at La Mama E.T.C.; 74A East 4th Street, NYC; Box Office (212) 475-7710; Online ticketing available at LaMama.Org

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NEAL MEDLYN RISES AGAIN!!

OCTOBER 4, 2008 -- I perform an extra super special, not to be missed performance outdoors in Riverside Park South as part of LIVE ARTS IN THE PARKS; 12-4PM, FREE!

OCTOBER 2,3 2008 -- in shows by the WAU WAU SISTERS in LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY!

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008 -- the world premiere and perhaps only showing ever of my newest show NEAL MEDLYN'S THE PASSION OF KANYE WEST as part of the PRELUDE 08 FESTIVAL! It's a tone poem/choral reading made from Kanye West's marvelous blog posts! Free! in the Elebash Theatre at CUNY's Graduate Center: 365 5th Ave (bet 34 & 35 Sts), My program starts at 8PM, but events are scheduled all day, visit PreludeNYC.org for more info

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008 -- I present a very brief all new, all sappy, all sweater clad show called NEAL MEDLYN'S SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION in HOT WET CAKE at Dixon Place, 8PM, an evening of "Decadent, Gooey, Too-Soon-Out-of-the-Oven New Work" by some of the world's most amazing folks. Visit DixonPlace.org for more...

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008 -- performing a shortened version of GENESIS, NO! at a private benefit

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 -- PERFORMING AT THE BESSIE AWARDS! I'll be doing a piece of ADRIENNE TRUSCOTT's dance "Genesis, No!"Click the link for more info

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 -- Perform with the WAU WAU SISTERS at the SpiegelTent in NYC!

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008 -- TBA! The WORLD PREMIERE of OUR HIT PARADE a show conceived by Kenny Mellman, Ada Calhoun, Brendan Kennedy and myself in which we perform the Top 10 of the day! With special Portland Rock Star Celebrity Guests!! More info HERE!!

SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 -- TBA! NEAL ON A PANEL! "Women and Men: Gender In and As Performance" More info HERE

SEPTEMBER 6, 2008 -- Neal performs as part of the first public performance associated with THE 40 DEGREE PERFORMANCE TOUR! (((How will I do this when I'm supposed to be in Portland, Oregon? Hmmmm...you better come and see!)))

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008 -- TBA! THE NEAL MEDLYN EXPERIENCE LIVE in Portland, Oregon!! My re-creation of Beyonce's 2006 concert DVD is on the road and visiting the unbelievably great TBA FESTIVAL! Go here for more info and tickets: TBA08

AUGUST 30, 2008 -- Neal DJs the closing night of CAMP SUMMER CAMP at PS122!! Oh, if you knew how long I have waited for someone to ask me to be to be a guest DJ....

JULY 9 - 20, 2008 -- NEAL MEDLYN'S UNPRONOUNCEABLE SYMBOL world premiere at PERFORMANCE SPACE 122, 150 First Avenue at 9th Street, NYC. Shows Wednesdays - Sundays at 8PM, additional late shows Saturdays at 11PM. Tickets $20, $15 students/seniors, $10 members available at PS122.org or by calling 212-352-3101

NEAL MEDLYN'S UNPRONOUNCEABLE SYMBOL
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June 20, 2008 -- THE NEAL MEDLYN EXPERIENCE LIVE AT JOE'S PUB! To raise funds and awareness for my big PRINCE SHOW AT PS122 IN JULY, we'll be performing my staging of THE BEYONCE EXPERIENCE LIVE concert DVD at Joe's Pub! 11:30PM, Tickets $12 in advance $15 at the door

JUNE 16, 2008 Neal as Andy Warhol in WASP COVE by my pal RACHEL SHUKERT at COMIX. MORE INFO HERE

JUNE 14TH, 2008 -- THE ACCURSED ITEMS AND BENEFIT PARTY Andrew Dinwiddie's much-anticipated workshop performance of his new piece is part benefit, part mind-blowing extravaganza. I'll do my best to meausre up. MORE INFO HERE

JUNE 10, 2008 -- Performing in a benefit for the marvelous, tall, and seductive WILL RAWLS and DANCE GANG at MONKEYTOWN! (I'm also doing a duet with KARINNE KEITHLEY taht I do not feel it would be wise to miss! MORE INFO HERE

April 25, 26, 2008 -- NEAL MEDLYN'S LIONEL RICHIE OPERA in Austin Texas! As part of the Fuse Box Festival, "A confluence of innovative new theater, film, dance, visual art and music from around the world @ various galleries and performance venues across Austin", 10PM, $10 at the Blue Theater: 916 Springdale Rd. More info at RefractionArts.Org/FuseBox

April 19, 2008 -- Neal performs at a benefit for the wonderful band NA+AN! Two shows: 8PM and 10PM at the Bushwick Starr, 207 Starr St. (bet. Irving and Wyckoff), Bushwick, Brooklyn. More info here: NatalieAgee.com

APRIL 4, 2008 -- THE NEAL MEDLYN EXPERIENCE LIVE! at the NEW MUSEUM! an all-new, all live staging of Beyonce's popular concert DVD from 2006, featuring backup dancers (headed up by special guest and half of Dance Gang, Will Rawls) a special appearance by the other members of Destiny's Child and a guest rapper (all presented by surprise guests!), video, birthday cake, oh God, everything really! Showtime is 7:30. $10 general, $8 New Museum members. More info here: NewMuseum.Org BUY OUR TICKETS NOW BY GOING HERE

MARCH 19 - 22, 2008 -- GENESIS, NO! returns! Adrienne Truscott's wondrous dance in which I am a performer is being re-staged by Dance Theater workshop! Go to DTW'S WEBSITE for more info AND TO SEE A MOST EXCELLENT VIDEO TEASER!

The Strike is Over! Murray's Annual OSCAR Party goes on!!
There will be no blood, but plenty of laughs!!



**CLICK HERE FOR ADVANCE TICKETS!!**

You can see me stretch my heart out as part of SEXERCISE LIVE! the terribly exciting Millie Jackson program created and starring Mr. Kenny Mellman and Ms. Bridget Everett and it is playing every Sunday night in February at Joe's Pub. Go. See. It. More info here: Sexercise on MySpace

FEBRUARY 9, 2008 -- Feedforward at Alverno College in Milwaukee. Visit Alverno.edu for more!
 
JANUARY 31- FEBRUARY 2, 2008 -- Feedforward at the WALKER ART CENTER! Visit WalkerArt.org for more info. Great reviews and great reception in Minneapolis! Feedforward was called "hilarious" and I was called "gawky, sometimes spastic!" by the Star Tribune!
 
JANUARY 27, 2008 -- Neal premieres a smidge of his upcoming PRINCE SHOW while in MINNEAPOLIS! as part of Catch 28 at the Bryant Lake Bowl, 7PM

JANUARY 15 - 19, 2008 -- NEAL GUEST STARS IN C'EST DUCKIE!! I'm doing a week of shows with this super high profile Olivier Award winning London show and I have some very surprising things in store!!! Go here for more info and for your tickets:PS122.ORG . THIS SHOW IS SELLING LIKE CRAZY SO GET TICKETS NOW!

JANUARY 11, 2008 -- Performing a brief section of FEEDFORWARD at Alvin Ailey, as part of APAP.

JANUARY 9, 2008 -- singing WE'VE GOT TONIGHT as a special guest in tonight's set by the MARVEMAZING JIM ANDRALIS at Sugarland. Visit JimAndralis.com for more.

2007



DECEMBER 31, 2007 -- Neal in THE MURRAY HILL SHOW: NEW YEAR'S EVE EXTRAVAGANZA! at the Zipper (336 W. 37th Street, bet. 8th & 9th) Get your tickets now for what is sure to be the most amazing night of your life! Show starts at 10:30, features Murray, Adrienne Truscott, Bridget Everett, World Famous Bob, Dirty Martini, Tigger, and Carmine Covelli, and at midnight, A BOOB DROP, courtesy of Bob! Tickets and info at MrMurrayHill.com

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DECEMBER 22, 2007 -- Neal in CATCH 27 at PS 122! Those hard-working Catch fellows have contrived to take over PS122 for 2 weekends! I'm performing some brand spanking new COUNTRY AND WESTERN material for you to enjoy! More info at CATCHSERIES.ORG

DECEMBER 13, 2007 -- Neal performs R.I.P. STEVEN "BABY" MEDLYN, hip-hop requiem for my dead friend with BACK-UP DANCERS and VIDEO by BRENDAN KENNEDY and SPECIAL GUESTS! at the InterArts Annex: 500 W. 52nd Street (between 10th & 11th Ave.s), 10PM, $5, unless you see the 8PM show, in which case it's free to stay!

DECEMBER 2, 2007 -- NEAL MEDLYN'S POCKET WHITNEY, a brand new and perhaps ill-advised short show in which I take a lot of drugs and sing until I cry, at Natalie Agee's Ruby Streak Trapeze Studio! Part of the huge BUSHWICK OPEN STUDIOS from 12-8, POCKET WHITNEY will be performed at 5:30PM. Go HERE TO NAT'S WEBSITE for more info on all the events!

NOVEMBER 13, 2007 -- Neal performs as part of Chashama's annual benefit at Cafe Un Deux Trois!

NOVEMBER 7, 2007 -- Neal performs a set at new Williamsburg nightspot SUGARLAND, as part of their weekly TUFF LOVE party, hosted by Basic Black! Also performing are Clint & Amy! Begins at 10PM, FREE, 221 N. 9th Street, between Driggs and Roebling in Williamsburg, Brooklyn 718-599-4044, or visit the

OCTOBER 23-NOVEMBER 3, 2007 -- Neal in David Neumann's newest dance FEED FORWARD at Dance Theater Workshop. We've been working on it for a long time, it was a big hit as a work-in-progress at MASS MoCA last month, so come see the premiere! Click the links above for more info and to buy tickets. Showtimes are 7:30PM nightly Tuesdays through Sundays. I'M REALLY THRILLED TO BE IN THIS SHOW, SO YOU BETTER COME SEE IT, BY GOD!

Come see FEEDFORWARD! The New York Times called it "ELEGANT!" "MIRACULOUS!" "IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A BETTER LINEUP!" and called me "DELICIOUS!" in it!

FEED FORWARD at DTW!
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OCTOBER 14, 2007 -- see a preview bit of FEED FORWARD in Battery Park as part of Culture Fest! around 2PM

OCTOBER 8, 2007 -- Opening for MAXIGEIL & PLAYCOLT whom I have grown to love deeply and sexually, at JOE'S PUB! Yea! 9:30PM. For tickets, follow the Joe's Pub link

OCTOBER 6, 2007 -- CATCH 26, with Neal doing something new and thrilling, probably dressed in something he bought at Woodbury Common Outlet stores, so that's something! the Bushwick Starr, 207 Starr St. bet. Irving & Wyckoff, Brooklyn. (L train to Jefferson)

SEPTEMBER 29, 2007 -- Feed Forward work in progress showing at MASS MoCA, North Adams, Mass, 8PM, $10

SEPTEMBER 8, 2007 -- Neal marches with wondrous artist GREGORY SIFF as a MARSHMALLOW in this year's DEITCH ART PARADE!!! Exciting, no? 4PM, parade runs on West Broadway from Houstonm to Canal Street.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2007 -- MYSTERY! MYSTERY! MYSTERY!Neal performs as part of MIDNIGHT ART SERIES, an event shrouded in mystery! All I can tell you and all I know is "Please join us on Saturday, September 8 at 11:59pm at 87th and Riverside Drive to begin the hour long live art experience. After-party to follow, location will be announced on September 7."

SEPTEMBER 8, 2007 -- Neal does a short set to open the O'DEBRA TWINS Howl Festival program, Bowery Poetry Club, 10PM, Free!

AUGUST 10, 2007 -- Neal in a benefit for Taylor Mac's upcoming show! HERE Arts Center, Midnight

JULY 14, 2007 -- at Supreme Trading opening for the marvelous MAXIGEIL & PLAYCOLT! They'll be playing songs off their new album and I will be in my new gold lame underpants! It's going to be good! 10PM $5, 213 N. 8th St., Williamsburg, Brooklyn

TOUR DATES!

JUNE 22, 2007 -- AUSTIN, TEXAS! Neal at the Blue Theater! 916 Springdale Road, just north of 7th Street

JUNE 19, 2007 -- WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA! Neal at THE GARAGE110 West 7th Street, Winston-Salem (337) 777-1127; 9pm, Pay What You Wish!

MAY 28, 2007 -- Neal guests in Chris Brodeur AKA Touching You's "THE FUTURE OF ROCK" show at Bowery Poetry Club!! 8PM, $5, 308 Bowery at Bleecker

MAY 7, 2007 -- Neal does a short opening set of all sorts of exciting acts you haven't seen as the opener for the O'DEBRA TWINS weekly show at the BOWERY POETRY CLUB! 10PM, $3

APRIL 29, 2007 -- GET MODERN ON ME returns, playing a set for an extra special CATCH at LAMAMA ETC.!!! Excitement!

APRIL 15, 2007 -- show at the ZIPPER THEATER! More info coming soon...

APRIL 2, 2007 -- Neal is a guest in I LOVE THIS SHOW from MintyFresh, an evening of comedians falling in and out of love. at MO PITKINS, 34 Avenue A, 7PM $5. More info at MINTYFRESHCOMEDY.COM

MARCH 29, 2007 -- Neal performs in ROTOZAZA'S DOUBLETHINK at PS122. "Two completely unrehearsed guest performers - different every night - follow instructions from a recorded voice, with a divider between them. They can't see each other; the audience sees both sides, and their differences." Exciting no? Visit PS122.ORG for more Info

MARCH 26, 2007 -- Neal in NIGHT OF A SHITLOAD OF STARS at Bowery Poetry Club

MARCH 22-25, 2007 -- Neal dances in Adrienne Truscott's GENESIS, NO! at PS122

FEBRUARY 4, 2007 -- See a special sneak peek of NEAL MEDLYN'S COMING IN THE AIR TONIGHT at the bi-monthly CATCH Series at Galapagos. Live drumming and blood!

JANUARY 29, 2007 -- Night of a Shitload of Stars at the Bowery Poetry Club!

JANUARY 25, 2007 -- NEAL PERFORMS AT AT LEAST IT'S PINK AFTER-PARTY! Bridget Everett and Kenny Mellman are the super best, so make super sure you see their show at ARS NOVA, for real, it's fantastic and you have to see it or we're not friends.
THEN COME SEE THE AFTER-PARTY AT UNISEX SALON, at which I will be performing. More info on At Least It's Pink HERE


JANUARY 7, 2007 -- NEAL PERFORMS 365 SONGS IN THE PUBLIC THEATER LOBBY! - as part of Suzan Lori-Parks' 365 DAYS/365 PLAYS! 3pm and 7pm, 425 Lafayette Street, FREE