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Blog posted Tuesday, September 15, 2009
To paraphrase Mark Twain, the rumors of Avenue Q’s death have been greatly exaggerated. At its closing performance Sunday evening at Broadway’s Golden Theatre, lead producer Kevin McCollum announced onstage that after 2534 performances over six years, the 20th longest-running show in Broadway history would transfer to Off-Broadway’s New World Stages, where it will resume performances on October 9.
A conversation with creators Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen
Now playing through October 4, 2009
Blog posted Saturday, September 5, 2009
In August 2007, Jessica Blank, a New York Theatre Workshop resident artist in residence at Dartmouth College working on Liberty City, was talking with NYTW artistic director James C. Nicola about the paucity of theatre featuring the stories of ordinary middle-eastern citizens affected by recent conflicts and wars. Fast-forward 25 months, and Blank and her co-author husband, Erik Jensen, are putting the finishing touches on Aftermath, a documentary-style theatre piece based on their interviews with displaced Iraqi refugees.
SEPTEMBER OFF-BROADWAY NEWS
Blog posted Tuesday, September 1, 2009
The sleepy summer months are officially over as a crazy number of new productions preview and open this month, including:
DRAMAS
Blog posted Sunday, August 30, 2009.
Are you ready for some seriously meaty theatre? Check out one (or preferably more!) of the dramas opening this fall. It's a fine, fine line between a tragic farce and a farcical tragedy, so click HERE to preview this autumn's comedies, too. (Shows are arranged in chronological order.)
COMEDIES
Blog posted Sunday, August 30, 2009
In the mood for something a little lighter? Try some of these comedies on for size! (The line between comedy and drama and be fuzzy, so be sure to click HERE to see a list of upcoming dramas, too!) Arranged in chronological order.
REVIVALS
Blog posted Sunday, August 30, 2009
A certain sense of déjà vu sets in this fall as revivals of legendary dramas as well as neglected plays take up residence Off-Broadway – but knowing the powerhouse talents involved, these productions will be anything but dusty! (Arranged in chronological order.)
Blog posted Sunday, August 30, 2009
Off-Broadway’s toes are tapping as several new musicals this fall have a song in their heart and a spring in their step (arranged in chronological order).
ONE-PERSON SHOWS
Blog posted Sunday, August 30, 2009
Sometimes, all you need to make a theatrical splash is a great script and one phenomenal performer. A quartet of talented ladies and a phenomenal gentleman will be seen in Off-Broadway solo acts this fall (arranged in chronological order).
Now playing through August 28, 2009
Blog posted Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Cows that type? Animals on strike? 20,000 tickets given away for FREE? Sounds crazy, no? But that’s exactly what Theatreworks USA has been doing all summer long at The Lucille Lortel Theatre.
Now playing through September 5, 2009
Blog posted August 12, 2009
Over the past quarter century, Primary Stages has given life to over 100 new plays, many of which have gone on to be produced all over the nation to critical and popular acclaim, including David Ives’ All in the Timing, Horton Foote’s Dividing the Estate, Danai Gurira and Nikkole Salter’s In the Continuum, as well as new works by Christopher Durang, Terrence McNally, John Patrick Shanley, and many more. In honor of their twenty-fifth year, Primary Stages is devoting their entire season to female playwrights, including Cusi Cram, whose A Lifetime Burning kicks off their silver anniversary.