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New York, NY, (March 12, 2016) – The Wendy Osserman Dance Company will celebrate its 40th Anniversary season with four performances, running April 20 – 23, 2016 at 8 pm. Presented by the Theater for the New City (155 1st Avenue), the season will feature two world premieres with live music by Skip La Plante and Harry Mann, and Osserman's Udjat (1985).
Theater for the New City Executive Director Crystal Field is presenting a night of two plays based on short stories by Ghassan Kanafani, an award-winning Palestinian journalist, playwright and novelist whose work has been presented around the world.
The Wendy Osserman Dance Company will celebrate its 40th Anniversary season with four performances, running April 20 – 23, 2016 at 8 pm. Presented by the Theater for the New City (155 1st Avenue), the season will feature two world premieres with live music by Skip La Plante and Harry Mann, and Osserman's Udjat (1985).
Wendy Osserman spoke to BWW on the phone from New York. Osserman is a bright, youthful 74-year-old, reflecting on a life that exemplifies her peerless character as a fixture of downtown New York dance since the late '60s. Her light-hearted, joyful voice touched on themes ranging from her first memories dancing as a child in front of the mirror, to producing a dance festival on the Greek island of Paros while considering the current crisis of human movement in Greece. The Wendy Osserman Dance Company will perform two world premieres at the Theater for the New City from April 20-23, featuring her new solo work, 'Timed' alongside her classic, 'Udjat' inspired by ancient Egyptian motifs. With a comfortable modesty, she speaks to overcoming the challenges of being a woman in the dance world and of the irresistibility of her continuing aspirations as the leader of a company signature that she has fostered for the last four decades.
Theater for the New City Executive Director Crystal Field is presenting a night of two plays based on short stories by Ghassan Kanafani, an award-winning Palestinian journalist, playwright and novelist whose work has been presented around the world.
While the nation transitions from Black History Month to Women's History Month, Theater for the New City is presenting an evening of one-act plays from the Harlem Renaissance, including four by women and a fifth focusing on women's right to vote.
Some people walk on tightropes literally, staring down at the crowd below. Artists do it figuratively, trying new things in the hope of reaching a higher level of the comprehension of humanity.
Seanie Sugrue, called by Patrick Hickey of ReviewFix as 'one of the most intriguing and witty playwrights in New York City today' has gathered an impressive team of arts journeymen for ONE WAY TO PLUTO!, the next in his riveting Punk Theater journey.
Complete casting is announced for Charles Busch's return to Theater for the New City (Crystal Field, Executive Artistic Director) in his new comedy Charles Busch's CLEOPATRA, directed by Busch's longtime collaborator Carl Andress (The Tribute Artist, Judith of Bethulia, The Divine Sister).
Theater for the New City Executive Director Crystal Field is presenting 'Skip to My Lou,' Steve Romagnoli's new play inspired by the true story of a Congolese pygmy put on exhibit in the Bronx Zoo.
Back in 1992, Fernando Bermudez, a Washington Heights resident, was convicted of a homicide that occurred in Greenwich Village. Eyewitnesses recanted soon after, but he remained in prison. Bermudez was exonerated in 2009, after serving nearly 18 years, going on to win the biggest settlement for an exoneree in the history of New York State. Another event in Bermudez's journey occurred just a few days ago.
Theater for the New City Executive Director Crystal Field and the Textile Company are presenting 'Pedro Castillo is Innocent,' by Claude Solnik, a playwright who reported on the case.
Charles Busch will return to Theater for the New City (Crystal Field, Executive Artistic Director) this spring with his new comedy Charles Busch's CLEOPATRA for a limited premiere showcase engagement at Theater for the New City'sCommunity Theater (155 First Avenue). The premiere production, directed by Busch's longtime collaborator Carl Andress (The Tribute Artist, Judith of Bethulia, The Divine Sister) will play a limited engagement of 22 performances fromFriday, March 25 through April 17, 2016.
Alan Dershowitz, one of the nation's best known attorneys, will speak to the audience of Pedro Castillo is Innocent at Theater for the New City after the Feb. 7 show.
Veteran playwright Andrea J. Fulton's play ONE DROP will get 2 free performances in February in Brooklyn on Sat. 2/13 at 7pm at the Weeksville Heritage Center (158 Buffalo Avenue) and on Sat. 2/20 at 7pm at the PE Gorman Community Center (1381 Linden Blvd). In ONE DROP, welcome to the world of Charley Cade, a mulatto whose story in 1800's Louisiana is told by a multi-cultural cast and a small, live idiosyncratic band. His journey is one where triumph reigns despite power, love, faith and fear colliding all because of the color of his skin.
?Belgian playwright Serge Goriely turns conventional notions of voodoo on their heads with his Strindbergian play of magic, lies and intolerance, 'The Sorcerers.' Theater for the New City will present the work's world premiere March 3 to 20, translated and directed by David Willinger.
Theater for the New City Executive Director Crystal Field and the New York Theatre Academy are presenting 'Brilliant Traces' directed by Michael Luggio Jan. 28-30 and Feb. 4-6 at 7:30 p.m.at Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave
Theater for the New City Executive Director Crystal Field is presenting 'Skip to My Lou,' Steve Romagnoli's new play inspired by the true story of a Congolese pygmy put on exhibit in the Bronx Zoo.
New York, NY, January 19, 2016 – The Wendy Osserman Dance Company will celebrate its 40th Anniversary season with four performances, running April 20 – 23, 2016 at 8 pm. Presented by the Theater for the New City (155 1st Avenue), the season will feature two world premieres and Osserman's Udjat (1985).
Two New Yorkers who have been staunch advocates of new works for the theater - the late actress and philanthropist Betsy Von Furstenberg, along with sculptor and painter Donn Russell - will be honored when Theater for the New City, the Lower East Side theater complex now in its 30th year, presents its annual fundraising gala LOVE N' COURAGE on February 22 at 6 pm at the National Arts Club (15 Gramercy Park South in Manhattan), it has been announced by Crystal Field, TNC's Executive Director.
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