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[mrs-ssa-hotch]

Can’t wait to go back and see this next weekend! 😍🔥

[frontmezzjunkies]

Primary Stages' "DIG" Does Exactly That Into What's Underground

#frontmezzjunkies posts a review by #DennisW @PrimaryStages' #DIG @59E59 Theaters written/directed by #TheresaRebeck w/ #JefferyBean #TrineySandoval #AndreaSyglowski #GregKeller #MaryBacon #DavidMason #PrimaryStagesDig #PrimaryStages #59E59Theaters

David Mason in Primary Stages’ DIG at 59E59 Theaters. Photo by James Leynse. The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Primary Stages’ DIG By Dennis White The theater is filled with eerie almost tribal music with birds chirping as the audience finds their seats for Primary Stages’ production of DIG at 59E59 Theaters. It’s a new play written by Theresa Rebeck (Bernhardt/Hamlet) who also directs and as…

[ssamorganhotchner]

yalllll 3 min till I see my HUSBAND on stage 💕

for the second time 😉

[therogerclarkfanclub]

ROGER CLARK as Chris in:

In Your Image • By Rob Benson • Directed by Deborah Wolfson

In Your Image was performed at 59E59 Theaters in New York in 2011

Summary: In a small town just outside Manchester, England, a man dies alone in his rubbish-strewn flat. His two sons, forced to pick over the remnants of his life, must confront the ghosts of their past before they can lay him to rest.  "In Your Image" is a tautly drawn drama about the bond between two brothers broken by the father they never knew.

[thequeereview]

Theatre Review: Judy Gold in Yes, I Can Say That! (59E59 Theaters, New York) ★★★★★

Based on her on 2020 book—Yes, I Can Say That: When They Come for the Comedians, We Are All in Trouble—Emmy-winning veteran comedian Judy Gold’s thrillingly ambitious new one-woman show—Yes, I Can Say That!—examines stand-up comedy’s ability to speak truth to power, and the dangers of censoring and silencing comedians. Not only is it provocative, thought-provoking, and moving, it’s continually…

[jml726]

Found out Thomas Gibson is doing a play at 59E59 and I immediately bought a ticket for the performance with the talkback. I’m being delulu, but I need him to see me and fall in love with me. K thanks bye

[unproduciblesmackdown]

more from the 2011 "the bus" kickstarter's updates via james lantz:

2. We're designing and building our set. We're so lucky to have Michael Schweikardt designing our set. Our director, John Simpkins, and Michael have been working together for years, so it's great to have this team behind The Bus. To give you some idea of some of the talent behind our show, The Wall Street Journal recently said of Michael's set for the acclaimed Goodspeed Musical's production of Showboat, "Michael Schweikardt's compact yet rich-looking sets deserve a prize for sheer ingenuity." Michael is definitely bringing some of that ingenuity to our show at 59E59 -- check out the photo essay below of our work-in-progress set for The Bus. Pictured are our Vermont artisans, John Maurier of Champlain Metals who is building the platform structure, and Mark Dabelstein, our set builder (who worked outside in the rain today ripping out an old gas pump!) 

I have to be quiet right now because I'm preparing this update in the middle of rehearsal so that's why I'm typing lightly (tap, tap, tap...) but I couldn't wait because I really wanted to share an idea with you.... [...] ps. This is my view of rehearsal right now (plus 2 other pics from rehearsal)

Last night I was walking from the rehearsal studio to grab a bite to eat and I passed by our soon-to-be home, 59E59 Theaters -- and there, in front of the theater, was a postcard kiosk with the brand new postcards for The Bus loaded and ready for people to pick up.  Suddenly feels like we're official! (In a couple of days, I can't wait for our two actors, Will and Bryan to see their faces on a HUGE 10' poster in the theater windows!)  [...] You're becoming a topic of conversation, too! New Yorkers are interested in how we crowd-funded our entire play. One industry guy told me, "Look, I'm used to dealing with a handful of wealthy investors to put on my plays -- but 450 people, some who've donated less than $10 -- never heard of that before!" We also got a call from a publicist who inquired about the possibility of a reporter following us to Topeka to write about a crowd-funded play on the road. We'll be sure and keep you posted. Oh, and Thank You to our backers who wrote personal notes to some key press and industry folks -- we were able to get about 55 hand-written notes to some of the most influential theater folk in the city. Thank you!

Okay, so we're minutes away from our first NYC performance and we're sold out! I don't have much time so I'm sending you a photo essay of our first couple of days here at 59E59 that should tell you what we've been up to and, in a small way, let you know that we wish you were here. This is, after all, your show too!

Our last show at 59E59 Theaters was this afternoon -- lots of tears, hugs and a standing ovation. A nice way to end our run at one of the best Off Broadway venues in New York City (Thank you for having us 59E59! We loved being at your theater!). So we loaded up the truck, said our goodbyes to our cast and crew (until December) and soon, we'll be Vermont-bound with our set, costumes and an old Texaco gas pump. Now it's time to turn our sights toward Kansas where we'll be taking our show in December (in our next post, we'll give you more details about our forthcoming performance). In the meantime, we're pretty exhausted here. We'll leave you with some pictures of our load-out and one last shot of us standing in front of 59E59 Theaters.  Oh, one more thought -- there wasn't a single show that YOU weren't present -- you were in the program, on our website, and on our mind every time The Bus took to the stage in NYC. We're not done yet -- we still have our backer rewards to get to you (I'm so sorry for the delay; producing our show has been a much bigger and time-consuming task than I had expected!) and we've got our show in Kansas to produce, too -- but we just cleared a big hurdle and now seems like a good time to say, 'We couldn't have done it without you! Thank you!' 

During the shows I stood in the back of the theater and watched as The Bus unfolded for some of the most attentive audiences we've ever played for. The cast felt it, too -- one of our actors, Bryan Fitzgerald, said that, 'Like no other time, he felt every eye focused on the show like a laser.' It was fascinating to listen to our audiences, too -- what they laughed at, when they were quiet, and when a few of them audibly gasped. Some jokes in the script that never got a response in New York, got hearty and sustained laughter from our generous folks in Kansas. At the end of every show our cast received standing ovations -- lots of tears, smiles and people saying how much they appreciated us bringing the show to their state. We were so moved. 

Nate Phelps, Steph Mott (KEC) and the cast doing a talk back following a performance at The Blue Planet Cafe.

Bryan Fitzgerald, Will Roland and Travis Mitchell during a talkback.

l. to r. Bryan Fitzgerald, Steph Mott (Kansas Equality), Nate Phelps, Jim Lantz, Shepherd Michael, Travis Mitchell, Will Roland, Julia Lawler, Bob Nuner, Kerry McGann and Josh Wright. (not pictured: our incredible director John Simpkins)

Loading the set into MCC Church, Topeka. / Prepping set and sound at MCC Church.

[will-davision]

Now, I know this isn't the actual 59e59 performance, but I LITERALLY just found this little excerpt from the bus and I just HAD to share it!!! Its so neat to see this actually being performed!!

[honorrollplaywrights]

Broadway World on The Invisibility Project: Women on the Verge

THE INVISIBILITY PROJECT: WOMEN ON THE VERGE Festival to be Presented at Polaris North

Performances run November 15-17

By: Chloe Rabinowitz Nov. 15, 2024

"The Invisibility Project: Women on the Verge" is a New York play festival produced by Rose-Marie Brandwein that will have performances on Friday, November 15, 16 and 17 at Polaris North (245 W. 29th Street) starting at 7 pm, with a Sunday Matinee at 3 pm.

This festival, which launched on November 14, is co-sponsored by Honor Roll!, a grassroots program that advocates for women+ playwrights over 40.

The Invisibility Project was conceived to provide female playwrights over the age of 40 with greater visibility and an opportunity to give voice to their creativity. Their works collectively and individually honor the female spirit of resilience, passion and determination.

https://79ab01ed62760c74c50aff1a643da15d.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html Rose-Marie Brandwein says, "As female playwrights, theatre is no longer as welcoming- rendering many of us invisible with limited opportunities to see our works staged. The Invisibility Project turns that around."

The five playwrights in the festival are D-Davis ("What's What"), Hortense Gerardo ("Winds of Change), Pamela Kingsley ("Sleepwalking'), Vita Patrick Morales ("The Gift"), and Tracie E. Morrison ("Bare Chicken").

The cast includes Ange Berneau*, Carol Carter*, Ms. D, Mary Keefe*, Kassie Kole, Lucy McMichael*, Vivian Meisner*, John L. Payne*, Alexis Schreiber, William Shuman*, Barbie Seigle, and Diane Tyler* (*Members, AEA).

Plays are directed by Eric Diamond, Edgar Chisholm, John L.Payne and D.B. Smith.

https://79ab01ed62760c74c50aff1a643da15d.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html Producer Rose-Marie Brandwein received her M.F.A. in professional writing from the University of Southern California where she studied playwriting and screenwriting. She studied playwriting with Larry Carr,Jack Gelber, David Scott Milton and Walter Hadler at Roundabout Conservatory Theatre's Playwriting Unit and with directors Andrew Leynse and Tyler Marchant of Primary Stages. This is her third festival at Polaris North. Her full length play "Expiration Date" was first performed as a staged reading at Stage Left Studio's Women at Work Festival before going onto productions at the East of Edinburgh Festival at 59E59 Theaters and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She's a member of the Dramatists Guild.

HONOR ROLL! is a grass-roots group whose members self-initiate actions to increase our inclusion in theater. Honor Roll! is an advocacy and action group of women+ playwrights over 40 as well as our women+ over 40 allies. The term "women+" refers to a spectrum of gender identification. Honor Roll members are the generation excluded at the outset of their careers because of sexism, now overlooked because of ageism. The organization celebrates diversity in theater and works to eliminate age discrimination as it intersects with sexism and other biases including those based on race, gender identity, ethnicity, faith, socioeconomic status, disability, and sexual orientation in the American Theater and beyond.

Admission to The Invisibility Project: Women on the Ledge" is free. For reservations, email: WomenHRFEST@outlook.com

[dramatistsguild]

The Pool: Making a Splash at 59E59 Theaters / The Elysabeth Kleinhans Theatrical Foundation

https://www.dramatistsguild.com/thedramatist/pool-making-splash

#TheDramatist 📸 by Rebecca Jimenez

[antonio-velardo]

Antonio Velardo shares: ‘Dig’ Review: At This Shop, Nurturing Plants and Weary Souls by Laura Collins-Hughes

By Laura Collins-Hughes Theresa Rebeck’s play, a Primary Stages production at 59E59 Theaters, is a beautifully acted dramedy exploring the truth and warped perceptions of it. Published: September 21, 2023 at 12:05PM from NYT Theater https://ift.tt/kI9R2Zf via IFTTT

[frontmezzjunkies]

#59E59Pair

#frontmezzjunkies posts a review by #DennisW #PairPlay @No11productions d: #RyanEmmons w/ #StevenConroy #JulieCongress #EmilyBautista #No11Pair @59E59 #Theatres

Is #59E59's #Pair an Entertaining Pear or an Iconic Spoon with a Cherry on Top?

https://frontmezzjunkies.com/2023/11/09/is-59e59s-pair-an-entertaining-pear-or-an-iconic-spoon-with-a-cherry-on-top/

(via Is 59E59's "Pair" an Entertaining Pear or an Iconic Spoon with a Cherry on Top?)

[bigshort2015]

that post about theater being awesome is real but i will say i saw that new dig play at 59e59 on a press pass and honestly? it was balls. like it was comically bad. but the aforementioned post still stands bc the set design objectively ruled

[fringing-with-mr-dennis]

Catching up with our first Saturday

Day 7

August 5, 2023

We’re coming to the close of our first week of this adventure!!! Last Saturday night, we were performing blood(line) at 59E59 Theater C and on Sunday, we did a matinee and then ran off to Newark to board a plane for Edinburgh. And now, we’ve had two Previews—one for bag— and one for blood(line).  We’ll perform box. on Monday.

Today’s show of blood(line) “went without a hitch!”  Though the space, by 4:20 in the afternoon, was worse than a sauna!!!  There’s absolutely no air moving in that room—other than what I’m pushing through my throat!!!  And that’s not enough to cool down anything. Hopefully, someone will find a solution soon.

Brandon took the photo backstage just before the show started--yes, it looks like I have Spock ears--that's part of the pipes in the background.

But, the audience did their best to keep up—it was a challenge because of the warmth!  Got lots of positive feedback . . . even had one young man say, “This is the best thing I’ve seen at the Fringe!” Course, I had to remind him that we were only on Day 2 – the bar can’t be set too high at this point. HA!  But, several folks in the audience seemed eager to come back and see the other shows in the trilogy.

Earlier, I was reading comments on FB from other companies who were expressing concerns having no one in the audience.  And someone mentioned that the average number of audience members at this point is 5.  At today’s show, we had 10 in the audience—I’m feeling ok!

Bit of housekeeping . . . I’m hoping that if you’re reading these blogs that they’re entertaining and informative.  Of course, you don’t have to read them at all—I just promised I’d keep a blog for you and keep you updated on what’s happening here.

It’s good for me to keep a journal—just to have a record of what’s happening.  Plus, this could be useful when I start working on my memoirs entitled, Synchronized Swimming on the 16th Floor. (Don’t you like that title?!?!?—be sure to buy a copy when it goes to print!  HAHAHA!)

If you’d like specific information on other subjects, please let me know.

Tomorrow is Sunday and we don’t have a show!  I may go watch something . . . or not.  I may go out and explore the city . . . or not. I may stay in bed all day long . . . or not. But tomorrow’s blog will not be about me—you’d like that, right?

[citylifeorg]

Casting Announced for Roger Q. Mason’s THE PINK with Breaking the Binary Theatre in association with Primary Stages

Dominic Colón and Roger Q. Mason Monday, April 3 at 59E59 Theaters Casting has been announced for the developmental reading of THE PINK by acclaimed Black Filipinx playwright and Kilroys List honoree Roger Q. Mason, presented by Breaking the Binary Theatre in association with Primary Stages as part of the Creative Access Grant Reading Series with Primary Stages. The reading will take place…