Sidney Fortner

Metropolitan Brings The East Village Up Close Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Apr 18, 2023

Metropolitan Playhouse presents new solo-performances drawn from oral histories of East Village residents May 18 - June 4, 2023.  Directed by Sidney Fortner and Alex Roe, performances  will be in-person at the Playhouse home at 220A E 4th Street.

RADIUM GIRLS Comes to Metropolitan Playhouse Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Sep 29, 2021

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse returns to in-person performance with the New York premiere of D.W. Gregory's RADIUM GIRLS, newly revised for a limited run from October 28 through November 21, 2021, in person at the Playhouse: 220 E 4th Street. Laura Livingston (State of the Union, The Jazz Singer) directs.

Metropolitan Playhouse Presents THE SLEEPING CAR
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 20, 2021

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse presents its next free 'screened' readings, live-streamed at no charge, with talkback to follow: THE SLEEPING CAR, William Dean Howells. A silly play of repeatedly mistaken identities and misplaced infants, The Sleeping Car is another Howells probe of social norms in direct conflict with personal distress.

Metropolitan Playhouse to Present Free Screened Reading of Alice Gerstenberg's EVER YOUNG
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 3, 2020

In its ongoing series, Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse will present a free 'screened' reading of Alice Gerstenberg's EVER YOUNG, via live stream video, with talkback to follow, on Saturday, June 6th, 2020 at 8 PM, EST.

RADIUM GIRLS Comes to Metropolitan Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Feb 22, 2020

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse presents the New York premiere of D.W. Gregory's RADIUM GIRLS, newly revised for a limited run from March 19 through April 12, 2020, at the Playhouse home: 220 E 4th Street. Laura Livingston (State of the Union, The Jazz Singer) directs.

Metropolitan Playhouse Announces Playwright Opportunity
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 22, 2019

Now entering its 28th season, Obie Award-winning Metropolitan Playhouse is currently accepting submissions for its 15th presentation of East Village Chronicles, a festival of previously un-produced, one-act plays inspired by the diverse population, culture and history of Manhattan's Lower East Side. Playwrights of all races, religions, ethnicities, nationalities, gender identities, backgrounds, and political views are encouraged to submit. There is an honorarium of $100 for each script accepted for production. 

THUNDER ROCK Comes to the Metropolitan Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Nov 21, 2019

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse revives Robert Ardrey's THUNDER ROCK for a limited run from January 16 through February 9, 2020, at the Playhouse home: 220 E 4th Street. Artistic Director Alex Roe directs.

Metropolitan Revives THE POOR OF NEW YORK
by Julie Musbach - Apr 2, 2019

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse revives Dion Boucicault's THE POOR OF NEW YORK, with music from the era. The limited run from April 19 through May 19, 2019, plays at the Playhouse home at 220 E 4th Street. Artistic Director Alex Roe directs.

Metropolitan Playhouse and Next Stage Studio Present Linda Kuriloff's Solo Performance LINDA MEANS TO WAIT
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 18, 2018

Race and Reckonings on a journey from South Africa  to South Side to South Bronx, January 10 - 13, 2019

SHADOW OF HEROES Plays Through December 9 at Metropolitan Playhouse
by Julie Musbach - Nov 20, 2018

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse brings Robert Ardrey's documentary play to the stage for its first New York revival.  The limited run, closing December 9, 2018, plays at the Playhouse home at 220 E 4th Street.  Alex Roe directs.

Metropolitan Playhouse Revives Robert Ardrey Drama SHADOW OF HEROES
by Julie Musbach - Oct 16, 2018

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse brings Robert Ardrey's documentary play to the stage for its first New York revival.  The limited run from November 9 to December 9, 2018, will be at the Playhouse home at 220 E 4th Street.  Alex Roe directs.

Theater For The New City To Present ARENDT-HEIDEGGER: A LOVE STORY
by Julie Musbach - Aug 29, 2018

Martin Heidegger and Hannah Arendt were leading intellectuals of the twentieth century. In the 1920's, they had a passionate affair. In the 1930's, Heidegger became an ardent Nazi while Arendt became an ardent Zionist. Nevertheless, after the war, they still continued to correspond and to meet. Douglas Lackey dramatizes their relationship in 'Arendt-Heidegger: A Love Story,' a five-character play to be presented by Theater for the New City from September 27 to October 14. Its dialogue and action go beyond known facts, but everything in the play is consistent with them. Alexander Harrington directs.

THE JEWISH KING LEAR Now Playing At Metropolitan Playhouse to Close On Sunday, May 27
by Julie Musbach - May 23, 2018

The Obie Award winning Metropolitan Playhouse (220 E. 4th Street) current production of Jacob Gordin's The Jewish King Lear, one of the foundational works of the "Golden Age of American Yiddish theater," closes on Sunday, May 27.   

Augustin Daly's A MARRIAGE CONTRACT Opens To Rave Reviews At Metropolitan Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Mar 11, 2018

Metropolitan Playhouse (220 E. 4th Street) welcomes back Victorian impresario Augustin Daly with A Marriage Contract now on stage through Sunday, March 18. This riotous 1892 comedy of a marriage caught between the big city and a small town, makes a triumphant return to the New York stage for the first time since its premiere.