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origination: Manhattan Theatre Club
date statement: 1964-2004 [bulk 1970-1994]
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abstract: {"value"=>"The Manhattan Theatre Club was founded in 1970 by Albert E. Jeffcoat, Margaret Kennedy, Philip Barber and A. Joseph Tandet. In 1972, Lynne Meadow was hired as Artistic Director. In 1975, Barry Grove was hired as Managing Director. Due to their working relationship, one of the most long-standing in the non-profit community, the Manhattan Theatre Club produces \"works of the highest quality by both established and emerging American and international playwrights\" (website quote)-e.g. Bad Habits, Crimes of the Heart, Ain't Misbehavin', The Singular Life of Alfred Nobbs, and Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune. Correspondence with financial and theatre related agencies, artistic personnel connected with both proposed and produced productions, and with Manhattan Theatre Club staff makes up a considerable portion of this collection. This collection also contains papers that illustrate the practical business of running a theater company such as literary office reports, meeting minutes, and guidelines, as well as a significant amount of production related material including casting information, production reports, programs, and general publicity."}
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bioghist: {"value"=>"In 1970, \"a small group of business and professional people concerned about the lack of serious theater in what was a rather barren New York theater scene\" created the Manhattan Theatre Club (Jeffcoat, 1). Inspired by the Arts Theatre Club of London and the Theatre Guild, the objectives set forth by the founding board members (Albert E. Jeffcoat, Margaret Kennedy, Philip Barber and A. Joseph Tandet), and prevalent in its current existence, are: \"the close identification of the subscriber audience with the institution-through subscriptions and through the mixing of artists and audiences in social settings; the diversity of entertainment that is required to keep such an audience year after year; and the effort to help breed serious American Theater by providing a non-commercial home for the development of new work and new talent\" (Jeffcoat, 4). Overcoming its need to develop successful fundraising endeavors and hire an artistic director appropriate for its organization--Philip Barber, Nikos Psacharopoulos and Robert Sinkinger were consecutively hired for this position--the Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) from 1970-1972 produced and nurtured numerous American playwrights at its five-story building (of which it occupied three floors) located at the National Bohemian Hall at 321 East 73rd Street. This location was comprised of three separate theatres: the Cabaret, complete with stage, tables, and licensed bar; Stage 79, a three-quarter-round tiered amphitheatre; and Stage 73, a 174-seat off-Broadway house (1972-1973 Fact Sheet). In July of 1972, at the age of 25, Lynne Meadow (née Carolyn Meadow; married name Carolyn Meadow Schechtman), directed Anthony Scully's play All Through the House. From this experience, an initial three month contract as the new Artistic Director for MTC was offered. Lynne Meadow (graduate of Bryn Mawr and Yale School of Drama student from 1968-1970) accepted the leadership position in September 1972. On June 23, 1975, Barry Grove (Herbert F. Grove II), former general manager for the New Repertory Project at the University of Rhode Island and a graduate of Dartmouth College with high distinction in theater, joined MTC as Managing Director. By the end of the 1983-1984 season (the final year on 73rd street), in an effort to expand production facilities and earned income, a long range plan was formulated to expand the physical plant. These efforts dissolved into protracted litigation with the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association of the City of NY (the owners of the National Bohemian Hall), the unavoidable eradication of the cash reserve and MTC's first budgetary debt. Negotiations to move MTC to City Center started in Oct 1984, and were fully realized in early 1985 [see Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association of the City of NY files in box 193-198]. Subscriber and single ticket sales demands necessitated MTC's need to expand once again. The Biltmore Theatre, a Broadway house, on 261 W. 47th St, although in need of major renovations, suited the needs of the organization. Manhattan Theatre Club opened at this site in October 2003. Meadow and Grove's reliance on MTC officers, early recognition of talent, and strong desire to foster artist growth shaped the organization; Jonathan Alper, who started as Literary Manager (ca 1980) and soon after was promoted to Artistic Associate (1984-1991), had a very strong impact on the organization's artistic direction. MTC created long term associations with numerous playwrights-e.g. John Patrick Shanley, Alan Ayckbourn, Athol Fugard, A.R. Gurney, Stephen Metcalfe, Beth Henley, Terrence McNally, Donald Margulies, Richard Wesley, Richard Greenberg, and Richard Maltby Jr. MTC's many tributes include fifteen Tony Awards (e.g. Ain't Misbehavin' and Proof), four Pulitzer Prizes (i.e. Crimes of the Heart, The Piano Lesson, Proof and Doubt), 45 Obies (e.g. Children, Bad Habits, Mensch Meier and Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune) and 25 Drama Desk Awards (e.g. Lips Together Teeth Apart, Italian American Reconciliation and Love! Valour! Compassion!), as well as numerous Drama Critics Circle (e.g. Aristocrats and Mass Appeal), Outer Critics Circle (e.g. Loot and After Play) and Theatre World Awards (e.g. Eleemosynary and What the Butler Saw). In addition, the Manhattan Theatre Club has won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Achievement, a Drama Desk for Outstanding Excellence, and a Theatre World for Outstanding Achievement. It is under \"the dynamic leadership of Artistic Director Lynne Meadow and Executive Producer Barry Grove\" that the Manhattan Theatre Club \"has grown in three decades from a prolific Off-Off Broadway showcase into one of the country's most acclaimed theatre organizations\" (\"About Us\" page on the Manhattan Theatre Club website.) <ul class=\"list\"> <li>Sources:<ul class=\"list\"> <li>Board of Directors-History of Manhattan Theatre Club-Box 149, Folder 11</li> <li>Pereira dissertation-Box 167, Folders 8-14</li> <li>\"About Us\" page on the Manhattan Theatre Club website. Retrieved on Oct 4, 2006 from http://www.mtc-nyc.org/about/index.htm</li></ul></li></ul> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>Productions (within collection) <ul class=\"list\"> <li>1971 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-May 6: The Disintegration of James Cherry by Jeff Wanshel [Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center, Inc, National Theatre Institute, Bus Company performance]</li> <li>-July-Aug: Black Dance Festival. [The nine dance companies / performers represented at this NYSCA grant funded event: Oino Africa, Morse Donaldson's Company, George Faison Universal Dance Experience, Chuck Davis Dance Company, Rod Rodgers' Company, Glen Brooks' Company, Novella Nelson's Company, Michaels Olatunji and Arthur Wilson]</li> <li>-1971 Oct 13-1972 Jan 2: New York Theater of the America's First Festival of Latin American Theatre (Studio II)</li> <li>-ca. Oct-Dec: The Web and the Rock by Dolores Sutton</li> <li>-Nov?: Love Suicide by unknown</li> <li>-1971 ca. Nov-ca. 1972 Apr: Poets and Other Performing People Series</li></ul></li> <li>1972 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-1971 Oct 13-1972 Jan 2: New York Theater of the Americas' First Festival of Latin American Theatre (Studio II)</li> <li>-1971 ca. Nov-ca. 1972 Apr: Poets and Other Performing People Series</li> <li>-Aug 3-18: Awake and Sing by Clifford Odets (Stage 73)</li> <li>-Aug 21-Sept 8: Darryl, Carol, Kenny and Jenny by Chris Durang (Cabaret) [end date from ad / clipping]</li> <li>-Sept 6-23: New York City Mime Duet starring Louis Gilbert and Rene Houtrides (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Oct 5-8: Well . . . Fair by Anne Roby (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Oct 17-18: Cinema of the Year Zero by Ira Hauptman (Staged Reading / Cabaret)</li> <li>-Oct 19-21: The Revue staged by John Pleshette and Edward Pomerantz (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Oct 22-23: Room 47 by Arnold Meyer (Cabaret, staged rdg)</li> <li>-Oct 22-27: La Ronde by unknown (Stage 73) [ca 1972]</li> <li>-Oct 26-Nov 12: Four Tales from the Decameron by Boccaccio (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Oct 26-Nov 13: Happy Days are Here Again by Cecil P. Taylor (Stage 73)</li> <li>-Oct: Poetry of the Vietnam War</li> <li>-Nov 9-27: Inner Limits by Martin Duberman (Stage 79)</li> <li>-Nov 14-15: Chekhov(Stage 79)</li> <li>-Nov 14-15: Strings Snapping by Andy Wolk (Stage 79, staged reading)</li> <li>-Nov 16-Dec 4: Canadian Gothic / American Modern by Joanna Glass (Cabaret) [see also Mar 1973]</li> <li>-Dec 7-31: Off the Wall (A Revue) directed by Michael McGuire (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Dec 17-18: Pine Tree and the Elm by Neal Bell (Stage 79, staged reading)</li> <li>-Dec 18: Beethleem [sic] Steel by unknown (Cabaret)</li></ul></li> <li>1973 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-Jan 9-10: Orfeo for Me by Albert Fiorella (Cabaret) [staged reading]</li> <li>-Jan 12-14: I Don't Generally Like Poetry But Have You Read 'Trees'? Yale School of Drama revue by and with Chris Durang and Albert Innaurato (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Jan 18-29: Lunch Hour by Craig Clinton (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Jan 23-24: Come True by unknown (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Feb 1-19: Crunch by John Buskin (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Feb 15-26: Charlie the Chicken / Master Class by Jonathan Levy (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Mar 1-18: Big Broadcast on East 53rd by Dick Brukenfeld (Stage 73)</li> <li>-Mar 1-11: Canadian Gothic / American Modern by Joanna Glass (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Mar 12-13: The Zykovs by Maxim Gorky translated by Alexander Bakshy in collaboration with Paul S Nathan (Cabaret 73 / Staged reading)</li> <li>-Mar 22-Apr 1: Jesus As Seen by His Friends by Amos Kennan (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Apr 3-8: Luminosity Without Radiance: A Self Portrait by Diane Kagan and Avra Petrides (Stage 79)</li> <li>-Apr 5-8: Auto Destruct by Jeff Wanshel (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Apr 12-14: Complaint Department Closes at Five by Edward M. Cohen (Stage 79)</li> <li>-Apr 12-29: Little Mahagonny by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, translated by Michael Feingold</li> <li>-Apr 19-21: The Petition by Donald Flynn</li> <li>-Apr 19-21: A Little Singing, A Little Dancing by Robert Kimmel Smith [O'Neill Series #3]</li> <li>-Apr 26-28: Solitude, Frenzy, and the Revolution by Tobi Louis (Stage 79 / Cabaret) [O'Neill Playwright's series #4]</li> <li>-May 4-13: The Lesson by Eugene Ionesco</li> <li>-May 15-July 8: New York Theater Strategy Festival (NYTSF) <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-May 15-20: Terrence McNally's Bad Habits</li></ul> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-May 16-20: Leonard Melfi's Eddie and Susanna in Love</li></ul> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-May 16-27: David Starkweather's The Family Joke</li></ul> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-May 17-20: Tom Eyen's The White Whore and the Bit Player</li></ul> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-May 17-27: Kenneth Bernard's Mary Jane</li></ul> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-May 24-27: Megan Terry's Susan Peretz at the MTC</li></ul> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-May 30-June 3: Murray Mednick's The Hawk and</li> <li>Ronald Tavel's Kitchenette</li></ul> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-May 30-June 10: Robert Patrick's Play by Play</li></ul> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-June 6-10: Rochell Owens' The String Game and</li> <li>Rosalyn Drexler's Soflty and Consider the Nearness</li></ul> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-June 6-17: Robert Heide's Moon</li></ul> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-June 13-17: Ed Bullins' It Has No Choice,</li> <li>William H. Hoffman's A Quick Nut Bread to Make Your Mouth Water,</li> <li>Adrienne Kennedy's A Rat's Mass and</li> <li>Julie Bovasso's Schubert's Last Serenade</li></ul> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-June 15-July 8: Ronald Tavel's Canticle of the Nightingale</li></ul> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-June 20-24: Israel Horovitz's Shooting Gallery and</li> <li>Maria Irene Fornes' Molly's Dream</li></ul></li> <li>-May 18-27: Death of Bessie Smith by Edward Albee</li> <li>-June 1-10: Dutchman by Imamu Baraka (Chamber Theatre production)</li> <li>-June 15-24: The Indian Wants the Bronx by Israel Horovitz (Chamber Theatre Production)</li> <li>-June 26-27: Marco Polo: A Fantasy in Two Acts and a Harlequinade by Jonathan Levy (staged reading)</li> <li>-June 28-30: Zoo Story (Chamber Theatre Production) [1973?]</li> <li>-July 5-14: Soil by Meyer Portner / Mimi Lights the Candle by Edith Isham Coulter (Cabaret)</li> <li>-July 17-18: Rules of the Game by Steve Shea (Studio 72)</li> <li>-July 19-28: I'd Go to Heaven if I Was Good by Carole Leslie Thompson (Stage 73)</li> <li>-July 26-Aug 4: Juncture of Billie Mapes by Susan Jack (Cabaret)</li> <li>-July 26-Aug 4: Dr. Kheal by Maria Irene Fornes (Cabaret)</li> <li>-July: The War of the Worlds by Howard Koch (Chamber Theatre Production: informal productions followed by discussion with cast, usually in Studio 72)</li> <li>-Aug 2-4: Wicked John and the Devil by Jeff Sweet (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Aug 10-13 and Oct 16- Nov 3: Circle of Sound: An Evening of Songs Composed and Sung by Women by Christopher Alden</li> <li>-Aug 10-13: Nancy Ford and Gretch Cryer songs performed</li> <li>-1973 Aug 17-1974 Apr 14: The Proposition: a musical revue-conceived and directed by Allan Albert (Stage 73) [dates from Box Office statements]</li> <li>-Aug: A Phoenix Too Frequent by Christopher Fry (Chamber Theatre readings)</li> <li>-Sept 6-29: Waiting for Lefty by Clifford Odets (Chamber Theatre Production)</li> <li>-Sept 18-Oct 6: Yucca Flats by Adam Le Fevre (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Sept 20-Oct 6: Martha Schlamme in Concert</li> <li>-Oct 18-27: Markheim by Carlisle Floyd (Opera)</li> <li>-Nov 1: Chela & Leon with Carlos, two Flamenco dancers with guitarist</li> <li>-Nov 7-10: By Mutual Consent (In the Works #1 / Cabaret)</li> <li>-Nov 14-17: Office Murders by Martin Fox (In the Works #2)</li> <li>-Nov 20-Dec 8: Gershwin! by Christopher Alden (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Nov 21-24: Hocus Pocus Dominocus by Jim Doyle (In the Works #3)</li> <li>-Nov 28-Dec 1: Masha by Tim Kelly (In the Works #4)</li> <li>-Dec 7-29: Marouf by Kenneth Cavander</li></ul></li> <li>1974 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-1973 Aug 17-1974 Apr 14: The Proposition: a musical revue- conceived and directed by Allan Albert (Stage II) [dates from Box Office statements]</li> <li>-Jan 17-27: Suddenly Last Summerby Tennessee Williams (Chamber Theatre Production; with Mortimer Levitt)</li> <li>-Jan 24- Mar 2: Allergy by Cecil Taylor</li> <li>-Jan 24- Mar 2: The Creten Bull by Kenneth H. Brown</li> <li>-Jan 25-Feb 23: Little Eyolf by Henrik Ibsen</li> <li>-Jan 29-Feb 23: The Wager by Mark Medoff</li> <li>-Jan 31-Feb 10: Design for Living by Noel Coward (Chamber Theatre Production)</li> <li>-Feb 14-Mar 3: Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin (Chamber Theatre Production)</li> <li>-Mar 7-24: A Day in the Death of Joe Eggby Peter Nichols (Chamber Theatre Production)</li> <li>-Mar 14-25: Hopscotch and Spared by unknown(Cabaret)</li> <li>-Mar 21- Apr 6: Say It With Music: An Irving Berlin Celebration conceived and directed by Barry Moss, John Meyer, and Judith Haskell (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Mar 28-Apr 14: Luv by Murray Schisgal (Chamber Theatre Production) (Stage II)</li> <li>-Apr 10-13: Landlord in Winter by unknown</li> <li>-Apr 12-27: Breasts of Tiresias (Les Manelles de Teirisias) by Francis Poulenc</li> <li>-Apr 18-20: Candle in the Wind by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Stage 39)</li> <li>-May 15-?: The Sirens by Richard Wesley [Ed Bullins / Richard Wesley production in association with MTC]</li> <li>-May 16-18: Winter Chicken by Jennifer Jarrett (Cabaret)</li> <li>-June 14-July 6: Morning After Optimism by Thomas Murphy (Stage 39, Stage 73 and Stage 3)</li> <li>-July 18-Aug 4: The Caretaker by Harold Pinter (The Chamber Theatre Production-Mortimer Levitt)</li> <li>-Aug: One Sunday Afternoon by James Hagan (Chamber Theatre Production)</li> <li>-Sept 10-Nov 17: Naomi Court by Michael Sawyer</li> <li>-Oct 8-27: An Evening with Cole Porter directed by Norman Berman</li> <li>-Oct 17-Nov 3: Look Back in Anger by John Osborne (Chamber Theatre Production)</li> <li>-Oct 29-30: Theatre Carnival(Cabaret and other stages / rooms)–benefit organized by O'Neill Theater Center, MTC and Rehearsal Club</li> <li>-Nov 5-17: Bits and Pieces by Corinne Jacker (Chamber Theatre production)</li> <li>-Nov 5-23: Blessing by Joseph Landon</li> <li>-Nov 21-Dec 8: End of Summer by S.N. Behrman (Stage39)</li> <li>-Dec 6-19: Signor Deluso by Thomas Pasatieri (Opera)</li> <li>-Dec 10-29: The Runner Stumbles by Milan Stitt Junkyard</li> <li>-Joe and the Hobos by Youtheatre Inc.</li></ul></li> <li>1975 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-Jan 23-Feb 2: Gretchen Cryer / Nancy Ford (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Jan 23-Feb 9: Bus Stop by William Inge</li> <li>-Jan 29-Feb 16: The Seagull by Anton Chekhov</li> <li>-Feb 11-23: Best is Yet to Be by Margie Appleman</li> <li>-Feb 16-Mar 2: Pornographer's Daughter by Jonathan Levy</li> <li>-Feb 18-23: Autumn Ladies and Their Lovers' Lovers by Susan Nanus</li> <li>-Feb 27 -Mar 16: Three by Offenbach by Jacques Offenbach [see also Offenbach Country]</li> <li>-Mar 12-30: The Sea by Edward Bond (Stage I)</li> <li>-Mar18-30: Death Story by David Edgar</li> <li>-Apr 1-12: Peregrine's by Gretchen Cryer and Nancy Ford (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Apr 3-20: Staircase by Charles Dyer</li> <li>-Apr 22-May 4: Battering Ram by David Freeman</li> <li>-Apr 27-May 11: The Past is the Past by Richard Wesley</li> <li>-Apr 27-May 11: The Breakout by Oyamo</li> <li>-May 8-25: East Lynne adapted and directed by David Chambers</li> <li>-May 29-June 8: Valentine's Day book and lyrics by Ron Cowen and music by Saul Naishtat</li> <li>-May 29-15: Operetta! An Evening of Romance-staged by Christopher Alden</li> <li>-Oct 23-Nov 9: Sea Marks by Gardner McKay</li> <li>-Oct 23-Nov 9: Songs From Ruby's Palace: music / lyrics by Elli Frye (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Oct 24-Nov 9: Golden Boy by Clifford Odets (DownStage)</li> <li>-Nov 13-30: Basement & A Slight Ache by Harold Pinter (UpStage)</li> <li>-Nov 13-30: Marvin's Garden by Mel Marvin (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Dec 4-21: Geography of a Horse Dreamer by Sam Shepard (UpStage)</li> <li>-Dec 4-21: Life Class by David Storey (DownStage)</li> <li>-Dec. 4-21: Fred Coffin / Dorothea Joyce (Cabaret)</li></ul></li> <li>1976 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-Feb 4-22: Patrick Henry Lake Liquors by Larry Ketron</li> <li>-Feb 5-22: A Kander & Ebb Cabaret: Conceived and directed by Seth Glassman (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Feb 12-29: Blood Knot by Athol Fugard (DownStage)</li> <li>-Feb 26-March 14: Pins & Needles</li> <li>-Mar 3-21: The Voice of the Turtle by John van Druten (UpStage)</li> <li>-Mar 3-21: Sholom Aleicheim (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Mar 18-Apr 4: The Son by Gert Hofmann translated from the German by Jon Swan (DownStage)</li> <li>-Mar 18-21: Jane Ranallo (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Mar 25- Apr 4: People's Songs</li> <li>-Mar 31-Apr 18: Dearly Beloved by John Raymond Hart (UpStage)</li> <li>-Apr 8-18: Devils & Diamonds by Stephanie Cotsirillos (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Apr 21-May 16: In the Wine Time by Ed Bullins [in assoc with NYSF / Joseph Papp producer]</li> <li>-Apr 22-May 9: Lynn Gerb (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Apr 21-May 7 and Oct 29-30: Cracked Tokens! (Cabaret) [Manhattan Theatre Club's resident improvisational group]</li> <li>-May 1-16: Kit & Kaboodle (Children's Theatre)</li> <li>-May 5-23: Noel Coward (Cabaret)</li> <li>-May 5-22: The Pokey by Stephen Black (UpStage)</li> <li>-May 13-June 6: Jazz Babies: Musical revue conceived by Marc Jordan Gass and Jez Davidson (Cabaret)</li> <li>-May 18-June 6: Transformations: text by Anne Sexton, music by Conrad Susa (DownStage)</li> <li>-May 28-June 12: The Human Voice by Francis Poulenc and Jean Cocteau, English version by Joseph</li> <li>-June 2-12: Life is Like a Musical Comedy: Songs by George M. Cohan (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Oct 20-Nov 14: Children by A.R. Gurney Jr.-based on a story by John Cheever (DownStage)</li> <li>-Oct 27-Nov 21: Two on the Town: Some of the Lyrics of Comden and Green-conceived and directed by Norman L. Berman (Cabaret) [information from clippings; alt titles: Comden and Green Revue and A Toast to Comden and Green]</li> <li>-Nov 4- 21: Claw by Howard Barker (UpStage)</li> <li>-1976 Nov 24-1977 Jan 2: An Evening of Theatre Songs by Maltby and Shire by Richard Maltby Jr and David Shire (Cabaret) [information from clippings]</li> <li>-Nov 26: Pendleton Brown (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Dec 2-19: Ballymurphy by Michael Neville (UpStage)</li> <li>-1976 Dec 8-1977 Jan 2: Ashes by David Rudkin (DownStage)</li></ul></li> <li>1977 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-1976 Nov 24-1977 Jan 2: An Evening of Theatre Songs by Maltby and Shire by Richard Maltby Jr and David Shire (Cabaret)</li> <li>-1976 Dec 8-1977 Jan 2: Ashes by David Rudkin (DownStage) [first production to transfer to Broadway]</li> <li>-Jan 12-23: An Evening with Dan Goggin and Robert Lorick (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Jan 19-Feb 13: Boesman and Lena by Athol Fugard (DownStage)</li> <li>-Jan 26-Feb 20: Songs from Nell by Peter Schickele and Diane Lampert (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Jan 27-Feb 13: Billy Irish by Thomas Babe (UpStage)</li> <li>-Jan 28-Feb 19: Notes: an evening of songs by Craig Carnelia (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Feb 23-Mar 6: C.C. Pryor and Friends (Cabaret) [various shows, including one called Kinky Disco! which also features Martin Silverman and Brian Walkley]</li> <li>-Feb 24-Mar 13: Quail Southwest by Larry Ketron (UpStage)</li> <li>-Mar 2- 27: The Gathering by Edna O'Brien (DownStage)</li> <li>-Mar 9-Apr 3: Songs by Donald Siegal and Robert Joseph (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Apr 6-May 1: Songs from \"The Confidence Man\" by Ray Errol Fox and Jim Steinman (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Apr 7-24: Statues, Exhibition and the Bridge at Bel Harbour: Three One Acts by Janet Neipris (UpStage)</li> <li>-May 4-22: Four Years After the Revolution: Theater Songs by Richard Peaslee (Cabaret)</li> <li>-May 4-29: In the Summer House by Jane Bowles (DownStage)</li> <li>-May 12-29: The Last Street Play by Richard Wesley (UpStage)</li> <li>-May 25-June 12: A Salute to New Composers staged by Jack Allison (Cabaret)</li> <li>-May 31-June 11: Clamma Dale in Concert: To Benefit the Manhattan Theatre Club (DownStage)</li> <li>-June 3-12: Wise Woman and the King by Carl Orf (Upstage / Opera)</li> <li>-Sept 25-27: Jim Wann's Original Coney Island Hot Dog Revue (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Oct 26-Nov 27: Chez Nous by Peter Nichols (DownStage)</li> <li>-Nov 2-13: An Evening with Peter Sindall (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Nov 2-27: Wayside Motor Inn by A.R. Gurney (UpStage)</li> <li>-Nov 9-Dec 18: By Strouse: An Evening of Music by Charles Strouse (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Nov 18-Dec 3: An Evening with Martin Charnin (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Dec 12-13: R by Charlie Peters (In-House reading)</li> <li>-1977 Dec 14-1978 Jan 15: Play and Other Plays: three short one act plays by Samuel Beckett (DownStage) [The Play, That Time and Footfalls, information from clippings]</li> <li>-1977 Dec 28-1978 Jan 22: Dory Previn: A Lady With a Braid by Dory Previn (Cabaret)</li> <li>-1977 Dec 28-1978 Jan 22: Frankie and Annie by Diane Simkin (UpStage)</li></ul></li> <li>1978 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-Jan 31: By Strouse: An Evening of Music by Charles Strouse (Cabaret) [Ballroom production]</li> <li>-Feb 1-Mar 5: Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act by Athol Fugard (DownStage)</li> <li>-Feb 8-Mar 13?: Ain't Misbehavin' (a revue of Fats Waller's songs) Based on an idea by Richard Maltby Jr. and Murray Horwitz (Cabaret) [dates from clippings]</li> <li>-Mar 1-26: Red Fox / Second Hangin' by Don Baker and Dudley Cocke (UpStage)</li> <li>-Mar 8-Apr 2: Has Anybody Here Found Love? Lyrics by Lois Wyse and music supplied by Carol Frankel (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Apr 5-May 7: Catsplay by Istvan Orkeny, translated by Clara Gyorgyey (DownStage)</li> <li>-Apr 5-30: Jim Wann's Country Cabaret by Jim Wann (Cabaret) [an evening featuring songs from Diamond Studs, Hot Grog and Smooch]</li> <li>-Apr 5-30: Safe House by Nicholas Kazan (UpStage)</li> <li>-May 3-28: Happy With the Blues: The Music of Harold Arlen (Cabaret)</li> <li>-1978 May 9-1979 Jan 28: Ain't Misbehavin' (a revue of Fats Waller's songs) Based on an idea by Richard Maltby Jr. and Murray Horwitz (Longacre Theatre) [information from Internet Broadway Database (www.IBDB.com)]</li> <li>-May 17-June 4: Rib Cage by Larry Ketron (UpStage)</li> <li>-May 24-June 18: Strawberry Fields by Stephen Poliakoff (DownStage)</li> <li>-May 30-July 16: Catsplay by Istvan Orkeny, translated by Clara Gyorgyey (Promenade Theatre) [Extension with NYSF]</li> <li>-Nov 7-Dec 10: The Rear Column by Simon Gray (DownStage)</li> <li>-Nov 15-Dec 10: A Lady Needs a Change: A Tribute to Dorothy Fields (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Nov 15-Dec 10: Nongogo by Athol Fugard (UpStage)</li> <li>-1978 Dec 26-1979 Jan 28: Grand Magic by Eduardo de Filippo translated by Carlo Ardito (Stage 73)</li></ul></li> <li>1979 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-1978 Dec 26 -1979 Jan 28: Grand Magic by Eduardo de Filippo translated by Carlo Ardito (Stage 73)</li> <li>-Jan 3-28: Beethoven / Karl by David Rush (UpStage)</li> <li>-Jan 3-Feb 3: Dancing in the Dark: The Music of Arthur Schwartz: directed and choreographed by Christopher Chadman (Cabaret)</li> <li>-1979 Jan 29-1981 Jan 24: Ain't Misbehavin' (a revue of Fats Waller's songs) Based on an idea by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Murray Horwitz (Plymouth Theatre) [information from Internet Broadway Database (www.ibdb.com)]</li> <li>-Feb 7-Mar 4: Give My Heart an Even Break: A Tribute to George Quincy-Thayer Burch directed by Jim Kramer; musical direction by George Quincy (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Feb 7-Mar 4: Stevie by Hugh Whitemore (UpStage)</li> <li>-Feb 13-Mar 18: Artichoke by Joanna McClelland Glass (DownStage)</li> <li>-Mar 28-Apr 22: Losing Time by John Hopkins (UpStage)</li> <li>-Mar 28-Apr 22: Songs From the City Streets by Jake Holmes (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Mar: Rokko and the Hatby unknown (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Apr 3-May 6: Don Juan Comes Back From the War by Ödon Von Horváth-translated by Christopher Hampton (DownStage)</li> <li>-May 9-27: At Home with Margery Cohen (Cabaret)</li> <li>-May 9-June 3: Just a Little Bit Less Than Normal by Nigel Baldwin (UpStage)</li> <li>-May 22-June 24: The Arbor by Brother Jonathan, O.S.F. [Jonathan Ringkamp referenced in clippings]</li> <li>-May 30-June 3: Jim Wann, Cass Morgan & Friends (Cabaret)</li> <li>-July 12-?: The Greatest of All Time by Maurice Kamhi</li> <li>-Sept 11-Oct 21: Losing Time by John Hopkins (DownStage)</li> <li>-Oct 9-Nov 4: Ice by Michael Cristofer (UpStage)</li> <li>-Nov 6-Dec 16: The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs-adapted by David Edgar (DownStage)</li> <li>-Nov 9: The Yankee Wives by David Rimmer (Studio 39 / In-House reading)</li> <li>-Nov 14-16: A Play of Consciousness by Arnold Weinstein (In-House reading)</li> <li>-Nov 20-Dec 16: Nacha Guevara with Alberto Favero (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Dec 4-16: Weeden, Finkle & Fay (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Dec 18-23: A Christmas Garland devised by Eileen Atkins and Helen Dawson</li></ul></li> <li>1980 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-1979 Jan 29-1981 Jan 24: Ain't Misbehavin' (a revue of Fats Waller's songs) Based on an idea by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Murray Horwitz (Plymouth Theatre) [information from Internet Broadway Database (www.ibdb.com)]</li> <li>-Jan 1- Feb 10: Endgame by Samuel Becket (DownStage) [Feb 18-23 1980: Paris production]</li> <li>-Jan 8-Feb 3: One Wedding, Two Rooms, Three Friends: Three One-Act Plays by John Gwilym Jones (UpStage Cabaret)</li> <li>-Jan 15: Renascence by Terri Wagener (In-House reading)</li> <li>-Jan 24-25: Honkytonk Highway by Jim Wann (Studio 39 / In-House reading)</li> <li>-Feb 19-Mar 16: Dusa, Fish, Stas & Vi by Pam Gems (UpStage Cabaret)</li> <li>-Feb 26-Apr 6: Biography by S.N. Behrman (DownStage)</li> <li>-Feb 28-Mar 8: An Evening with Margery Cohen and Jonathan Hadary (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Mar 11-23: An Evening with Viveca Lindfors and Kristopher Tabori in My Mother, My Son (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Mar: A Play About Lovers adapted by Robert Wallsten (Downstage and Room 27)</li> <li>-Apr 8-May 4: Sidewalkin' by Jake Holmes (UpStage Cabaret)</li> <li>-Apr 10-19: An Evening with Larry Marshall and Alan Weeks (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Apr 22-July 27: Mass Appeal by Bill C. Davis</li> <li>-May 13-June 8: Styne After Styne music composed by Jule Styne, book by Jonathan Reynolds, based on a concept by Fritz Holt and Jonathan Reynolds (Cabaret)</li> <li>-May 22: One Tiger to a Hill by Sharon Pollock [In-House reading]</li> <li>-Oct 21-Nov 30: Vikings by Stephen Metcalfe (DownStage)</li> <li>-Oct 30-Nov 30: One Tiger to a Hill by Sharon Pollock [UpStage]</li> <li>-1980 Dec 9-1981 Jan 11: Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley (Upstage)</li> <li>-1980 Dec 16-1981 Jan 25: American Days (Stage 73) by Stephen Poliakoff</li></ul></li> <li>1981 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-1979 Jan 29-1981 Jan 24: Ain't Misbehavin' (a revue of Fats Waller's songs) Based on an idea by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Murray Horwitz (Plymouth Theatre) [information from Internet Broadway Database (www.IBDB.com)]</li> <li>-1980 Dec 9-1981 Jan 11: Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley (UpStage)</li> <li>-1981 Jan 26 – 1982 Feb 21: Ain't Misbehavin' (a revue of Fats Waller's songs) Based on an idea by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Murray Horwitz (Belasco Theatre) [information from Internet Broadway Database (www.IBDB.com)]</li> <li>-Jan 27-Mar 1: Real Life Funnies Reported by Stan Mack, Adapted by Howard Ashman, based on an idea by Lawrence Kramen (UpStage)</li> <li>-Feb 10-22: An Evening with . . . Shiffman and Vance: material by Tim Grundmann (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Feb 10-Mar 22: Close of Play by Simon Gray (DownStage)</li> <li>-Mar 17-29: After All by Vincent Canby (In the Works Series / UpStage Theatre)</li> <li>-Mar 19-28: Jake Holmes and Friends Sing Songs About Manhattan with Wayne Cohen and Towny Carpenter (Cabaret)</li> <li>-Mar 31-Apr 12: The Chisholm Trail Went Through Here by Brady Sewell (UpStage / In-the-Works)</li> <li>-Mar 30: Independence by Mustapha Matura (In-house reading)</li> <li>-Apr 7-May 17: Translations by Brian Friel (DownStage)</li> <li>-Apr 14-26: A Call From the East by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (In the Works series / UpStage)</li> <li>-Apr 28-May 10: Scenes from La Vie De Boheme by Anthony Giardina (In the Works Series / UpStage)</li> <li>-June 2-July 5: Hunting Scenes From Lower Bavaria by Martin Sperr (DownStage)</li> <li>-June 9-July 3: Harry Ruby's Songs My Mother Never Sangco-conceived by Michaels S Roth and Paul Lazarus based on an original idea by Michael S Roth (UpStage)</li> <li>-Oct 20-Nov 29: Crossing Niagara by Alonso Alegria (DownStage)</li> <li>-Oct 20-Nov 22: The Resurrection of Lady Lester by Oyamo (UpStage)</li> <li>-1981 Nov 4-1983 Feb 13: Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley (John Golden Theatre)</li> <li>-1981 Nov 12-1982 May16: Mass Appeal by Bill C. Davis (Booth Theatre)</li> <li>-Nov 3-Dec 20: And I Ain't Finished Yet by Eve Merriam (UpStage)</li> <li>-1981 Dec 15-1982 Jan 24: No End of Blame by Howard Barker (DownStage)</li></ul></li> <li>1982 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-1981 Nov 4-1983 Feb 13: Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley (John Golden Theatre)</li> <li>-1981 Nov 12-1982 May16: Mass Appeal by Bill C. Davis (Booth Theatre)</li> <li>-Jan 31-Feb 21: Strange Snow by Stephen Metcalfe (UpStage)</li> <li>-Feb 9-Mar 28: Sally and Marsha by Sybille Pearson (UpStage)</li> <li>-Mar 9-Apr 11: Livin' Dolls by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (UpStage)</li> <li>-Apr 13-May 23: Gardenia by John Guare (DownStage)</li> <li>-May 4-30: Scenes from La Vie De Boheme by Anthony Giardina (UpStage)</li> <li>-June 7-July 10: Singular Life of Albert Nobbs written and directed by Simone Benmussa; translated by Barbara Wright (DownStage)</li> <li>-Sept 21-Nov 7: Talking With by Jane Martin (DownStage)</li> <li>-Oct 12-Nov 14: Standing On My Knees by John Olive (Upstage)</li> <li>-Nov 9-21: Don't Start Me Talkin' or I'll Tell Everything I know Sayings from the Life and Writings of Junebug Jabbo Jones by John O'Neal with Ron Castine and Glenda Linsday</li> <li>-1982 Nov 30-1983 Jan 9: Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov; a new English version by Jean-Claude Van Itallie (DownStage)</li> <li>-1982 Dec 21-1983 Feb 20: Skirmishes by Catherine Hayes (Upstage)</li></ul></li> <li>1983 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-1981 Nov 4-1983 Feb 13: Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley (John Golden Theatre)</li> <li>-1982 Dec 21-1983 Feb 20: Skirmishes by Catherine Hayes (Upstage)</li> <li>-Jan 17: Three by Van Itallie by Jean-Claude Van Itallie [Bag Lady, Sunset Freeway and Trigger Point]</li> <li>-Jan 25-Mar 6: Summer by Edward Bond (DownStage)</li> <li>-Feb 1-6: Touchdowns by Bill C. Davis (In the Works / Staged Reading)</li> <li>-Feb 25-Mar 12: About Face with Stephanie Cotsirilos (After Hours series)</li> <li>-Mar 8-Apr 10: Triple Feature (UpStage) [Slacks and Tops by Harry Kondoleon / Half a Lifetime by Stephen Metcalfe / The Groves of Academe by Mark Steinl]</li> <li>-Mar 10-19: A Vaudeville with Camille Saviola [After Hours series]</li> <li>-Mar 22-May 1: Elba by Vaughn McBride (DownStage)</li> <li>-Mar 25-Apr 9: New Tunes Lyrics by Alan Mark Poul and Music by Jonathan Sheffer (After Hours series)</li> <li>-Apr 26-May 29: Early Warnings by Jean-Claude Van Itallie (UpStage)</li> <li>-May 24-June 26: On the Swing Shift-music by Michael Dansicker; lyrics by Sarah Schlesinger</li> <li>-May 31-June 5: In the Valentine Lounge by David Kranes (In-the-Works series)</li> <li>-Sept 27-Nov 20: The Philanthropist by Christopher Hampton (DownStage)</li> <li>-Oct 12: Jay by Anthony Giardina (In-House reading)</li> <li>-Oct 18-Nov 27: Blue Plate Special Book by Tom Edwards, Music by Harris Wheeler and Lyrics by Mary L. Fisher (UpStage) [extension information from clipping]</li> <li>-Oct 19: Life and Limb by Keith Reddin (In-House reading)</li> <li>-Nov 4: Ohio Tip-Off by James Yoshimura (In-House reading)</li> <li>-Nov 19-20: Split Decision by Kevin Heelan (In-House reading)</li> <li>-1983 Dec 9-1984 Jan 15: Friends by Lee Kalcheim (DownStage)</li> <li>-1983 Dec 20-1984 Jan 29: A Backers' Audition by Douglas Bernstein and Denis Markell (UpStage)</li></ul></li> <li>1984 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-1983 Dec 9-1984 Jan 15: Friends by Lee Kalcheim (DownStage)</li> <li>-1983 Dec 20-1984 Jan 29: A Backers' Audition by Douglas Bernstein and Denis Markell (UpStage)</li> <li>-Feb 11-Mar 18: Mensch Meier by Franz Xaver Kroetz translated by Roger Downey (DownStage)</li> <li>-Mar 6-Apr 15: Park Your Car in Harvard Yard by Israel Horovitz (UpStage)</li> <li>-Apr 3-May 20: Other Places: Three Plays by Harold Pinter (DownStage) [Victoria Station, One for the Road and A Kind of Alaska]</li> <li>-Apr 24-29: Americans Abroad by Andrew Foster (In the Works / Staged Reading)</li> <li>-May 1-June 24: Miss Firecracker Contest by Beth Henley (UpStage)</li> <li>-May 15-20: Warning Signals by Nancy Donohue (In the Works / Staged Reading)</li> <li>-1984 Oct 15-1985 Jan 20: Miss Firecracker Contestby Beth Henley (DownStage)</li> <li>-Oct 30-Dec 2: In Celebration by David Storey</li> <li>-Nov 27-Dec 23: Husbandry by Patrick Tovatt (DownStage)</li> <li>-1984 Dec 11-1985 Jan 13: Messiah by Martin Sherman (City Center)</li></ul></li> <li>1985 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-1984 Dec 11-1985 Jan 13: Messiah by Martin Sherman (City Center)</li> <li>-Jan 22-Feb 24: Hang on to the Good Times conceived by Richard Maltby Jr, Gretchen Cryer and Nancy ford; songs by Gretchen Cryer and Nancy Ford (Stage I)</li> <li>-Jan 29-Feb 17: What's Wrong With this Picture? by Donald Margulies (DownStage)</li> <li>-Mar 8-Apr 7: Digby by Joseph Dougherty</li> <li>-Mar 19-24: Portable Pioneer and Prairie Show, lyrics by David Chambers and Mel Marvin [a musical dev. project]</li> <li>-Mar 26-31: A Backers' Audition by Douglas Bernstein and Denis Markell</li> <li>-Apr 16-May 19: California Dog Fight by Mark Lee</li> <li>-Apr 24-May 11: Secrets of the Lava Lamp adapted from characters and stories created by Camille Saviola, written by Adriana Trigiani (UpStage)</li> <li>-Oct 29-Dec 1: Oliver Oliver by Paul Osborn (City Center)</li> <li>-1985 Dec 17-1986 Jan 26: It's Only a Play by Terrence McNally</li></ul></li> <li>1986 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-1985 Dec 17-1986 Jan 26: It's Only a Playby Terrence McNally</li> <li>-Feb 4-Mar 15: Loot by Joe Orton (City Center)</li> <li>-Mar 25-Apr 27: Principia Scriptoriae by Richard Nelson (Stage I)</li> <li>-Apr 10-June 28: Loot by Joe Orton (Music Box Theatre)</li> <li>-May 13-June 15: Women of Manhattan by John Patrick Shanley (Stage I)</li> <li>-Oct 30-Dec 7: The Hands of Its Enemy by Mark Medoff (Stage I)</li> <li>-Nov 10: Ain't Misbehavin' (a revue of Fats Waller's songs) Based on an idea by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Murray Horwitz [Fall Benefit]</li> <li>-1986 Dec 18-1987 Jan 25: Bloody Poetry by Howard Brenton (Stage I)</li></ul></li> <li>1987 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-1986 Dec 18-1987 Jan 25: Bloody Poetry (Stage I)</li> <li>-Feb 12-Mar 22: Hunting Cockroaches by Janusz Glowacki, translated by Jadwiga Kosicka (StageI)</li> <li>-Apr 9-May 17: Lucky Spot by Beth Henley (Stage I)</li> <li>-Apr 21-May 3: Death of a Buick by John Bunzel (Stage I)</li> <li>-June 2-14: Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune by Terrence McNally (Stage II)</li> <li>-June 10: Tea by Velina Hasu Houston (In House Reading)</li> <li>-June 14-July 5: Claptrap by Ken Friedman (Stage I)</li> <li>-Oct 6-25: Tea by Velina Hasu Houston (Stage I)</li> <li>-Oct 13-Nov 29: Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune by Terrence McNally (Stage I) [this production transferred to the Westside Arts Theatre (Dec 4,1987-March 12, 1989)]</li> <li>-Nov 10-29: One Two Three Four Five book by Larry Gelbart / music by Maury Yeston (Stage II)</li> <li>-1987 Dec 8-1988 Jan 17: Day Room by Don DeLillo (Stage I)</li></ul></li> <li>1988 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-1987 Dec 8-1988 Jan 17: Day Room by Don DeLillo (Stage I)</li> <li>-Feb 2-Mar 20: Woman in Mind by Alan Ayckbourn (Stage I)</li> <li>-Mar 15-Apr 3: April Snow by Romulus Linney (Stage II)</li> <li>-Mar 29-May 8: Emily by Stephen Metcalfe (Stage I)</li> <li>-Apr 5: Urban Blight lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr / composed by David Shire (In House Reading)</li> <li>-Apr 26-May 15: Debutante Ball by Beth Henley (Stage II)</li> <li>-May 18-June 26: Urban Blight lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr / composed by David Shire (Stage I)</li> <li>-1988 Aug 15-1989 Jan 15: Ain't Misbehavin' (a revue of Fats Waller's songs) Based on an idea by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Murray Horwitz [Ambassador Theatre, information from Internet Broadway Database (www.IBDB.com)]</li> <li>-Oct 11-Dec 4?: Eastern Standard by Richard Greenberg (Stage I)</li> <li>-Oct 18-Dec 18: Italian American Reconciliation by John Patrick Shanley (Stage II)</li> <li>-1988 Dec 20-1989 Feb 5: One Two Three Four Five-book by Larry Gelbart / music by Maury Yeston (Stage I)</li></ul></li> <li>1989 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-1988 Aug 15-1989 Jan 15: Ain't Misbehavin' (a revue of Fats Waller's songs) Based on an idea by Richard Maltby Jr. and Murray Horwitz [Ambassador Theatre, information from Internet Broadway Database (www.IBDB.com)]</li> <li>-1988 Dec 20-1989 Feb 5: One Two Three Four Five-book by Larry Gelbart / music by Maury Yeston (Stage I)</li> <li>-Jan 5-Mar 25: Eastern Standard by Richard Greenberg (John Golden Theatre)</li> <li>-Feb 15-May 10: What the Butler Saw by Joe Orton (Stage I)</li> <li>-Feb 28-Mar 26: The Talented Tenth by Richard Wesley (Stage II)</li> <li>-Apr 14-Sept 24: Aristocrats by Brian Friel</li> <li>-Apr 25-May 21: Eleemosynary by Lee Blessing (Stage II)</li> <li>-May 23-July 2: Lisbon Traviata by Terrence McNally (Stage I)</li> <li>-May 30-June 11: Eleemosynary by Lee Blessing (Spoleto Festival)</li> <li>-June 6-July 2: The Loman Family Picnic by Donald Margulies (Stage II) [also produced in 1993]</li> <li>-Oct 9-Nov 22: The Talented Tenth by Richard Wesley (Stage I) [MTC and AT & OnStage production]</li> <li>-1989 Oct 31-1990 Jan 31: Lisbon Traviata by Terrence McNally [Promenade Theater]</li> <li>-Oct 31-Nov 26: The Wolf-Man by Elizabeth Egloff (Stage II)</li> <li>-Nov 9: The American Plan by Richard Greenberg (In House Reading)</li> <li>-1989 Dec 5-1990 Feb 4: The Art of Success by Nick Dear (Stage I)</li></ul></li> <li>1990 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-1989 Dec 5-1990 Feb 4: The Art of Success by Nick Dear (Stage I)</li> <li>-Jan 23-Feb 18: The American Plan by Richard Greenberg (Stage II)</li> <li>-Feb 22: Love Diatribe by Harry Kondoleon (In House Reading)</li> <li>-Feb 27-Apr 22: Bad Habits by Terrence McNally (Stage I) [information from program and correspondence]</li> <li>-Mar 27-Apr 22: Downtown-Uptown Festival-Curated by Matthew Maguire [sponsored by the Philip Morris Companies Inc] <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-Cities Out of Print by Susan Mosakowski</li> <li>-PS 122 Field Trips (various artists)</li> <li>-Orange Grove by Sidney Goldfarb</li> <li>-This is Not a Soap Box written/performed by Richard Elovich and Gregg Bordowitz</li> <li> -Terminal Hip by Mac Wellman</li> <li> -World Without End written/performed by Holly Hughes</li> <li> -Radiant City by Theodora Skipitares</li> <li> -Greeks by Suzan-Lori Parks</li> <li> -Crazy Plays written/directed by Jeffrey M. Jones</li></ul></li> <li>-Mar 27- ?: Love Letters by A. R. Gurney [start date from Lortel website]</li> <li>-1990 Apr 16-1991 Jan 27: The Piano Lesson by August Wilson (Walter Kerr Theatre, presented in New York in association with the Manhattan Theatre Club) [Closing date from NY Times Proquest article dated 12/30/90]</li> <li>-May 8-June 3: Mi Vida Loca by Eric Overmyer (Stage II)</li> <li>-May 22-July 6: Prin by Andrew Davies (Stage I)</li> <li>-Oct 4-Nov 25: Abundance by Beth Henley (Stage I)</li> <li>-Oct 22-Nov 12: Mexico Literary Festival (WIP) <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-Oct 22: Alice Adams, Harriet Doerr and George Szanto, North American novelists in Mexico</li> <li>-Oct 29: Robert Creeley and Margaret Randall, North American poets in Mexico</li> <li>-Nov 12: Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz a dramatic reading from the poems and letters of a major figure in Mexican culture with Kathryn Walker, Paul Schmidt and James Maraniss</li></ul></li> <li>-Oct 23-Nov 18: The Wash by Philip Kan Gotanda (Stage II)</li> <li>-1990 Dec 4-1991 Jan 18: The American Plan by Richard Greenberg (Stage I)</li> <li>-Dec 19: The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel (In House Reading)</li></ul></li> <li>1991 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-Jan 29-Mar 24: Absent Friends by Alan Ayckbourn (Stage I)</li> <li>-Feb 19-Mar 17: Life During Wartime by Keith Reddin (Stage II)</li> <li>-Apr 2-May 19: Black Eagles by Leslie Lee (Stage I)</li> <li>-Apr 23-May 19: The Stick Wife by Darrah Cloud (Stage II)</li> <li>-1991 May 28-1992 Jan 5: Lips Together, Teeth Apart by Terrence McNally (Stage I)</li> <li>-July 12: The Tuesday Side of the Street by Lee Kalcheim (In House Reading)</li> <li>-Aug 19-?: Still Life Talking by Michael Rafael (Stage II)</li> <li>-Oct 3-Dec 8: Beggars in the House of Plenty by John Patrick Shanley (Stage II)</li> <li>-Oct 15-Nov 24: A Piece of My Heart by Shirley Lauro, suggested by the book by Keith Walker (MTC at Union Square Theater)</li> <li>-Oct 30-Nov 11: The Times-music by Brad Ross and book / lyrics by Joe Keenan (workshop)</li> <li>-Nov 7: Bold Girls by Rona Munro (In House Reading)</li></ul></li> <li>1992 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-Jan 7-Feb 9: An Imaginary Life by Peter Parnell (Stage II)</li> <li>-Jan 7-Mar 22: Sight Unseen by Donald Margulies (Stage II)</li> <li>-Jan 9-June 27: Lips Together, Teeth Apart by Terrence McNally (Lucille Lortel Theatre)</li> <li>-Jan 14-Mar 22: Boesman & Lena by Athol Fugard (Stage I, from Lortel) [1992 Lucille Lortel Award Outstanding Revival; 1992 OBIE Award for Lynne Thigpen's Performance, see also 1977]</li> <li>-Mar 26-Sept 6: Sight Unseen by Donald Margulies (Orpheum Theatre)</li> <li>-Apr 14-May 17: Groundhog by Elizabeth Swados (Stage II)</li> <li>-Apr 27-June 7: A Small Family Business by Alan Ayckbourn (Music Box Theatre)</li> <li>-Apr 28-June 21: The Extra Man by Richard Greenberg (Stage I)</li> <li>-June 2-July 5: The Innocents' Crusade by Keith Reddin (Stage II)</li> <li>-Sept 22-Nov 29: Mad Forest by Carol Churchill (Stage I)</li> <li>-Oct 2: A Name for Himself by Charles Busch (In House Reading)</li> <li>-Oct 27-Dec 20: Joined at the Head by Catherine Butterfield (Stage II)</li> <li>-Dec 8: The Cost of Doing Business by Mark Haskell (In House Reading)</li> <li>-Dec 18: The Tears Will Tell All by Oliver Mayer (In House Reading)</li> <li>-1992 Dec-1993 Mar: Once Removed by Eduardo Machado</li></ul></li> <li>1993 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-1992 Dec-1993 Mar: Once Removed by Eduardo Machado</li> <li>-Jan 5-Mar 7: The Last Yankee by Arthur Miller (Stage II)</li> <li>-Jan 24-Feb 14: The Years by Cindy Lou Johnson (Stage I)</li> <li>-Mar 2-May 23: Putting It Together Stephen Sondheim revue; devised by Sondheim and Julia McKenzie [Mar 11, 1993 special performance for Lynne Meadow twentieth season as Artistic Director for MTC]</li> <li>-Mar 22: Catnap Allegiance by Kia Corthron (In House Reading)</li> <li>-Mar 22-May 2: Jenny Keeps Talking by Richard Greenberg (Stage II)</li> <li>-Mar 26-May 2: Pretty Fire by Charlayne Woodard (Stage II)</li> <li>-May 18-June 27: Playland by Athol Fugard (Stage II)</li> <li>-May 28-June 13: The Last Yankee by Arthur Miller [Spoleto Festival]</li> <li>-May 29-Sept 19: A Perfect Ganesh by Terrence McNally (Stage I)</li> <li>-Oct 12-Dec 5: Four Dogs and a Bone by John Patrick Shanley (Stage II)</li> <li>-1993 Oct 28-1994 Jan 9: The Loman Family Picnic by Donald Margulies (Stage I) [also produced in 1989]</li> <li>-Nov 7-19: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? book and lyrics by Nagle Jackson, music by Robert Sprayberry (Musical presentation / staged reading)</li> <li>-1993 Nov 23-1994 Jan 2: Pretty Fire by Charlayne Woodard (Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse) [Information from stage manager reports]</li> <li>-1993 Dec 9-1994 June 26: Four Dogs and a Bone by John Patrick Shanley (Lucille Lortel Theatre)</li> <li>-1993 Dec 20-1994 Feb 13: Day Standing on Its Head by Philip Kan Gotanda (Stage II) [Knife in the Heart, the working title for the play]</li></ul></li> <li>1994 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-1993 Oct 28-1994 Jan 9: The Loman Family Picnic by Donald Margulies (Stage I) [also produced in 1989]</li> <li>-1993 Nov 23-1994 Jan 2: Pretty Fire by Charlayne Woodard (Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse) [Information from stage manager reports]</li> <li>-1993 Dec 9-1994 June 26: Four Dogs and a Bone by John Patrick Shanley (Lucille Lortel Theatre)</li> <li>-1993 Dec 20-1994 Feb 13: Day Standing on Its Head by Philip Kan Gotanda (Stage II) [Knife in the Heart, the working title for the play]</li> <li>-Jan 25-Mar 30: Three Birds Alighting on a Field by Timberlake Wertenbaker (Stage I)</li> <li>-Mar 1-Apr 10: Arabian Nights by Mary Zimmerman (Stage II)</li> <li>-Apr 26-June 30: Kindertransport by Diane Samuels (Stage I)</li> <li>-May 17-June 5: The Gig by Douglas J. Cohen (Stage II)</li> <li>-June 14-July 3: The Prince and the Pauper by Elizabeth Swados (Stage II)</li> <li>-1994 Oct 11-1995 Jan 1: Love! Valour! Compassion! by Terrence McNally (Stage I)</li> <li>-Nov 14-unknown: Durang / Durang by Christopher Durang (Stage II, Lortel)</li></ul></li> <li>1995 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-1994 Oct 11-1995 Jan 1: Love! Valour! Compassion! by Terrence McNally (Stage I)</li> <li>-Jan 31-Feb 26: After-Play by Anne Meara (Stage II)</li> <li>-Feb 14-Sept 17: Love! Valour! Compassion! by Terrence McNally (Walter Kerr Theatre) [dates from Internet Broadway Database (www.IBDB.com)]</li> <li>-May 2-Sept 23: Sylvia by A.R. Gurney with Derek Smith (Stage I) [Information from Lortel website; 1996 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Costume Design (Jane Greenwood)]</li> <li>-Sept 26-Nov 19: Full Gallop by Mark Hampton and Mary Louise Wilson (Stage II)</li> <li>-1995 Nov 28-1996 Jan 21: Valley Song by Athol Fugard (Stage II) [Information from Lortel website]</li> <li>-Night and Her Stars by Richard Greenberg (MTC at American Place Theatre)</li></ul></li> <li>1996 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-1995 Nov 28-1996 Jan 21: Valley Song by Athol Fugard (Stage II) [Information from Lortel website]</li> <li>-1996 Nov 12-1997 Jan 12: Nine Armenians by Leslie Ayvazian (Stage I)</li></ul></li> <li>1997 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-1996 Nov 12-1997 Jan 12: Nine Armenians by Leslie Ayvazian (Stage I)</li> <li>-Feb 26-Apr 20: Psychopathia Sexualis by John Patrick Shanley (Stage I) [Information from Lortel website]</li> <li>-Apr 8-May 4: Dealer's Choice by Patrick Marber (Stage II)</li> <li>-Apr 10-May 4: The Green Heart by Charles Busch and Rusty Magee (Variety Arts Theatre) [Information from Lortel website]</li> <li>-May 20-July 27: Collected Stories by Donald Margulies (Stage I)</li> <li>-June 17-July 6: Seeking the Genesis by Kia Corthron (Stage II)</li></ul></li> <li>1998 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-Feb 10-Apr 5: Eyes for Consuela by Sam Shepard (from a story by Octavio Paz) (Stage II) [Information from Lortel website]</li></ul></li> <li>1999 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-Feb 16-Apr 4: Captains Courageous, the Musical by Patrick Cook (book / lyrics) and Frederick Freyer (score), based on a book by Rudyard Kipling (Stage I)</li> <li>-June 8-July 18: La Terrasse by Jean-Claude Carrière (Stage II)</li></ul></li> <li>2000 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-Feb 29-Apr 16: The Tale of the Allergist's Wife by Charles Busch (Stage I) [Information from Lortel website; transferred to Broadway Oct 12, information from Internet Broadway Database (www.IBDB.com)]</li> <li>-May 23-July 30: Proof by David Auburn; original music by John Gromada (Stage II) [Information from Lortel website; transferred to Broadway]</li></ul></li> <li>Undated <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-May 13-14: The Music Keeper by Andre Ernotte and Elliot Tiber</li> <li>-Nov 8: Kammertanz Theatre with Gerda Zimmermann and Ensemble</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul>"}
scopecontent: {"value"=>"The Manhattan Theatre Club Records document the development of the creative and the business output of this successful off-Broadway theater company. Materials are arranged according to the Manhattan Theatre Club originating divisions of Artistic Files and General Management. Artistic Files refer to files generated by the Artistic departments under the direct supervision of Artistic Director Lynne Meadow. General Management files refer to files generated by the General Management departments under the direct supervision of Executive Producer Barry Grove. Due to the close working relationship between the Artistic Director and the Executive Producer, numerous artistic materials can also be found in General Management series (e.g. production files). As such, similar sub-series can be found under both series (i.e. administration and production files). While comparable documents can be found within these two series (and specifically within the sub-series mentioned), the notes and departmental handling are unique. Correspondence with financial and theatre related agencies, artistic personnel connected with both proposed and produced productions, and with Manhattan Theatre Club staff makes up a considerable portion of this collection. This collection also contains papers that illustrate the practical business of running a theater company such as box office statements, literary office reports, meeting minutes, and guidelines, as well as a significant amount of production related material including casting information, clippings, production reports, programs, and general publicity. The collection contains a limited amount of personal correspondence or other personal information about the founders, members, writers, directors, or actors. In addition, the collection contains a limited number of scripts, contracts and production photographs. In order to maintain Manhattan Theatre Club's designated divisions of Artistic and General Management departments, similar sub-series can be found under both series (i.e. administration and production files). While comparable documents can be found within these two series (and specifically within the sub-series mentioned), the notes and departmental handling are unique."}

{"value"=>"The Manhattan Theatre Club records are arranged in two series:\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21793#c469587'>Series I: Artistic Files, (bulk dates 1971-1994)</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1964-1997 [bulk 1971-1994]</div>\n<div class='series-description'>The Artistic Files contain materials generated by the departments under the direct supervision of Artistic Director Lynne Meadow. The Artistic Departments focused on creating and producing shows and performances as well as developing and maintaining working relationships with authors, artistic and theatrical agencies, and funding organizations. While every decision was ultimately subject to approval by Lynne Meadow and Barry Grove, Artistic Associate Jonathan Alper is credited with his invaluable assistance in shaping the artistic focus of the agency from 1980 until his death in 1990. Artistic files include show and performance materials related to off-Broadway, Broadway, and Cabaret productions and performances as well as materials related to the Writers in Performance series of readings by authors and performers. Materials include correspondence, scripts, casting lists, financial materials, fundraising materials, stage manager reports, publicity, photographs, and clippings as well as resumes of artistic personal, submissions from writers, artists and agents, and professional files created by Artistic department staff. Due to the close working relationship between the Artistic departments and General Management, assorted management materials can also be found in this series.</div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21793#c472300'>Series II: General Management, (bulk dates 1970-1994)</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1964-2004 [bulk 1970-1994]</div>\n<div class='series-description'>This series contains the files generated under the direct supervision of Executive Producer Barry Grove. The General Management department focused primarily on developing and maintaining working relationships with funding organizations to produce shows and performances yet still maintained the link established by the Artistic Department with authors and the others of the artistic community.</div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
acqinfo: {"value"=>"The Manhattan Theatre Club Records were donated to the Billy Rose Theatre Division in 2004 by the organization."}
separatedmaterial: {"value"=>"<ul class=\"list\"> <li>Audio cassettes-Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound: <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-Alper interview tapes labeled \"Gilbert Parker\" (2 tapes, transcriptions are in collection)</li> <li>-The Art of Success by Nick Dear-NPR Edition 2-1-90, Phyllis Joffe</li> <li>-Judith Dow Regards to Broadway cassette tape referenced in Robert H. Tomplin's letter dated March 21, 1984 Gala folder Box 4 folder 5</li> <li>- Prin by Andrew Davies-Frank Rich on Theatre 6/7/90, WQXR 96.3 FM/1560 AM</li> <li>-Sight Unseen by Donald Margulies <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-Promo tape</li> <li>-W.R.T.N. commercial</li></ul></li> <li>-A Small Family Business by Alan Ayckbourn <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-3/1/92-Bawdy Language</li> <li>-3/17/92-no music</li> <li>-3/26/92</li></ul></li> <li>-Untitled-\"Adam promo\"</li></ul></li></ul> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>Video tapes-Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (TOFT): <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-Polly Draper. Good Morning America AVC-TV Network. Nov 28, 1993</li> <li>-Putting It Together Stephen Sondheim revue; devised by Sondheim and Julia McKenzie. <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-Camera #2 (Stengle) Acts 1 and 2</li> <li>-News programs <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-3/30/93-\"For News Purposes Only\" (2 tapes)</li> <li>-4/1/93-Channel 2 News at Eleven, WCBS-TV (CBS)</li> <li>-4/2/93 <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-Eyewitness News (WABC-TV) and Headline News (Cable News Network) shows</li> <li>-Hourly News, New York 1 Cable</li></ul></li> <li>-4/10/93-Fox News (WNYW-TW)</li></ul></li> <li>-Off Broadway Opening-Julie Andrews back on Broadway Feb 1993</li> <li>-Revised Reviewer's Reel 3/27/93</li></ul></li> <li>-Sight Unseen by Donald Margulies <ul class=\"list\"> <li>-Broadway Beat (Applause Video)</li> <li>-Untitled with note that states \"8:45, Adam Arkin, 5, Good Day NY, star 8:30\"</li></ul></li> <li>-Untitled-Harriet Walter, ch. 13, 9/20/94</li></ul></li></ul>"}
processinfo: {"value"=>"Processed by Whitney E. Berman and Thea Constantine; Machine-readable finding aid created by Thea Constantine."}
userestrict: {"value"=>"For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division."}
date_start: 1964
keydate: 1964
date_end: 2004
date_inclusive_start: 1964
date_inclusive_end: 2004
date_bulk_start: 1970
date_bulk_end: 1994

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