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From Up Here 2008

Opened: April 16, 2008
Closing: June 08, 2008

From Up Here - 2008 Off-Broadway History , Info & More

Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I
131 West 55th Street, New York, NY 10019
Run Type Limited Run
Market Off-Broadway
Previews March 27, 2008
Leigh Silverman directs Tony winner Julie White in the world premiere of a darkly funny and unexpectedly moving family story by Liz Flahive.

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Tom Morello released his first solo rock album EVERYONE GETS EVERYTHING THEY WANT via Mom + Pop Music, featuring collaborations with Serj Tankian, Kneecap, and Beartooth, alongside his son Roman on guitar.

B+MOM to Open at Rogue Machine Theatre
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There are shows you see once, treasure, and file away as an artifact of a particular downtown moment that could never happen again. And then, every couple of decades, one of them proves you wrong. Arias with a Twist, back at HERE Arts Center in the very theater where it detonated in 2008, is not a nostalgia trip. It is a resurrection, and it is glorious.

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by Michael Gioia - Sep 19, 2026


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Japan Society will present a multimedia puppet theater work by Maiko Kikuchi based on Japan's oldest chronicle of origin myths. The production features puppets assembled onstage from everyday objects.

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Music Community Mourns Loss, Celebrates Life of Dolly Parton
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From Up Here - 2008 Off-Broadway Awards and Nominations

Note: Award winners are highlighted with a background.
From Up Here awards and nominations
Year Ceremony Category Nominee
2008 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actress in a Play Julie White
2008 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Director of a Play Leigh Silverman
2008 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Play Liz Flahive
2008 Outer Critics Circle Awards John Gassner Playwriting Award Liz Flahive
2008 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play

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