VIDEO: American Theatre Wing's Love Letter to New York's Sing-along Showtune Bar, Marie's Crisis

The American Theatre Wing's latest Working in The Theatre video is a love letter to one of New York's most special places for people who love musicals, Marie's Crisis.

If you've never walked down the thin staircase into the sea of Sondheim obsessives, Kander and Ebb celebrants and Rodgers and Hammerstein aficionados, you'll get a very clear idea of what a night at Marie's Crisis is all about in this 17 minute profile where employees and regulars sing praises in between singing Gershwin.

As pianist Jim Allen says, "I call it the Fellini version of The Waltons. It is a place where you can feel at home and do the things you love that other people just don't understand."

Click here for a BroadwayWorld article about the history of Marie's Crisis.

In 2017, The American Theatre Wing will celebrate 100 years of service to the American Theatre. Their mission is to be tirelessly committed to championing and honoring American Theatre. By creating the Tony Awards®, developing educational programs and through distributing thousands of dollars of grants and awards each year, the American Theatre Wing is dedicated to preserving the past, celebrating the present, and fostering the future of American theatre nationwide. Visit americantheatrewing.org.