92YTribeca Presents JOHN LAHR AND DAVID IVES: THE CREATIVE PROCESS Conversation, 4/17

John Lahr AND David Ives: THE CREATIVE PROCESS opens at 92YTribeca on Tuesday, April 17 at 7pm.  Tickets from $15 advance or $20 day of show are available for purchase.  For more information, log on to:  www.92YTribeca.org.  

Acclaimed author and Senior New Yorker Drama Critic John Lahr joins playwright David Ives, currently represented on Broadway with Venus in Fur, for a lively conversation at 92YTribeca on the art of creating new works for the stage.

Ives has adapted 32 American musicals for modern audiences – and that’s just for the celebrated Encores! series. Lahr earned a Tony Award for co-writing Elaine Stritch at Liberty. Lahr and Ives explore the unique creative challenges in developing new plays and adapting existing source materials for the stage today. How much “poetic license” does a writer have with someone’s real-life story? How do you decide what to change and what to honor in an adaptation? Listen in as one of contemporary theater’s most celebrated playwrights and one of its most respected critics ponder these questions and generate lots of other quandaries.

92YTribeca is 92nd Street Y’s downtown arts and culture venue in New York City. Opened in October 2008, 92YTribeca presents music, comedy, film, theater, talks, classes, family events, and Jewish community and holiday programs in a versatile, street-level, modern space at 200 Hudson Street. In addition to the mainstage and screening room, the venue houses an art gallery, lounge, bar, café, seminar and meeting rooms, and free Wi-Fi around the space. With programs developed by a professional curatorial team in partnership with staff, local artists and arts organizations, new-media companies, fellow presenters, and community and cause-based organizations, 92YTribeca aims to engage a diverse community of young people from around the New York area with smart, relevant programming that encourages participation and conversation. For more information, visit www.92YTribeca.org

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