This Month in Theatre History
November recalls the play Lincoln first saw Booth in, Kern’s Princess Theatre musicals, a Puerto Rican literary godfather, a gospel Oedipus musical, and a century-defining epic.
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November recalls the play Lincoln first saw Booth in, Kern’s Princess Theatre musicals, a Puerto Rican literary godfather, a gospel Oedipus musical, and a century-defining epic.
Last weekend the seminal New York experimental ensemble feted a formidable legacy of collective creation, cross-pollination, and cultivation of generations of theatremakers.
The co-founder of Mabou Mines never rested on his laurels but kept driving his work forward, on stages large and especially small.
He had a lifelong, almost monk-like devotion to his muses, which included the people he worked with.
The venerable avant-garde company is coming back to the East Village, but don’t expect them to settle down.
The CUNY center’s free programs will also include screenings of films by two avant-garde theatre auteurs, Lee Breuer and Richard Foreman.
An artistic director recalls how an iconoclastic theatre took root in recalcitrant soil.