$10 Million Gift at 59E59 Means Rent-Free Runs for Producing Companies
Companies who stage works at the NYC venue now won’t have to worry about rental costs.
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Offscript: Karen Hartman’s Triple Feature
For this episode we talk to playwright Karen Hartman, who currently has 3 plays making NYC premieres in 59E59’s first VOLT Festival.
59E59 Theaters Announce 5 COVID Relief Grants
The grants, ranging from $10,000 to $25,000, are going to support new work from BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+ artists.
‘Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin’ to Stream Live as Benefit for U.S. Arts Orgs
Proceeds from the musical event, streamed from Florence, Italy, will go 13 theatres and institutions Felder has called home.
An RBG Appearance Isn’t a Talkback, It’s an Event
At a matinee of ‘The Originalist,’ John Strand’s play about Justice Scalia, his old frenemy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, showed up to talk about the state of the Supreme Court and the nation.
‘Beneath the Gavel’: Going Once, Going Twice…
Audiences get to be part of the art—maybe even take some home—with Bated Breath Theatre’s new art auction-themed immersive work.
59E59 Theaters Announces Leadership Transition
Artistic director Elysabeth Kleinhans and executive producer Peter Tear will leave their posts in May. Val Day will be the new artistic director.
59E59 Announces 2016–17 Mainstage Lineup
The NYC presenting house’s mainstage season will include a world premiere musical and Hershey Felder as Leonard Bernstein.
59E59 Announces Brits Off Broadway Lineup
A slew of new British plays will make their way from across the pond to the Upper East Side.
59E59 Theaters Announces Lineup for Fall/Winter 2015
Next season at the Off-Broadway presenting house includes Lauren Gunderson, Aaron Loeb, and an evening of Tennessee Williams short play adaptations.
