Playwrights Horizons to Host Off-Bway Sidewalk Sale, 8/4

Playwrights Horizons will host an Off-Broadway Sidewalk Sale on Saturday, August 4 from 10 AM to 3 PM in Playwrights Horizons' air-conditioned Ford Motor Company Lobby (416 West 42nd Street).  For the first time ever, Playwrights Horizons will join forces with New York Theatre Workshop, Second Stage Theatre and Signature Theatre Company to sell years' worth of authentic memorabilia and merchandise from past shows.

At this one-day-only sale, theater fans will be able to purchase everything from autographed posters and scripts to authentic costume pieces worn in past shows to opening night gifts, CDs, DVDs and more.  Items on sale include: 

The pink dress worn by Kristine Nielsen in Crazy Mary
The wolf man mask and yellow self-defense suit worn by Paul Sparks in Essential Self-Defense
An Industrial Singer Sewing Machine
T-shirts from The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Little Dog Laughed and A Soldier's Play 

Refreshments will be served. Please note, cash payments only.

Playwrights Horizons, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, is a writer's theater dedicated to the support and development of contemporary American Playwrights, composers and lyricists, and to the production of their new work.  In its 37 years, Playwrights Horizons has presented the work of more than 375 writers and has received numerous awards and honors.  

For more information on New York Theatre Workshop, visit www.nytw.org.  For more on Second Stage Theatre, visit www.2st.com.  For more on Signature Theatre Company, visit www.signaturetheatre.org, and for more on Playwrights Horizons, visit www.playwrightshorizons.org.

Photo of Paul Sparks in Essential Self-Defense by Joan Marcus