The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

Celebrating the visionaries who created New York's vibrant Off- and Off-Off-Broadway theater.

Ted Story
Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Larry Pine
Actor

Fred Papert
Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

Robert Patrick
Playwright, Caffe Cino

Richard Maltby Jr.
Director, Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Screenwriter

Willa Kim
Costume Designer

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor
Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Dana Ivey
Actress

Black-Eyed Susan
Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

B.H. Barry
Fight Director, Choreographer

Joseph Hardy
Director

Anne Hamburger
Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

Stuart Ross
Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Charles Busch
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Tony Walton
Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

MUSINGS

Posted Thursday, March 2, 2017

The Off-Broadway Oral History Project
by: Casey Childs

I have always had a curiosity with the people who create theatre out of pure passion and, like many artists, I have always been frustrated by the sad, ephemeral nature of producing plays.

FROM THE STAGE

Posted Thursday, August 15, 2019

KINESTHETICS BY Laurence Luckinbill

FROM THE HOUSE

Posted Thursday, March 2, 2017

Casting about Off-Broadway
by: Rosemarie Tichler

As a casting director for over 25 years, from 1967 to 1991, my night job was being an audience member.

The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

Ted Story Co-Founder of the Impossible Ragtime Theater (IRT), Artistic Director, Actor, Director, Author

Larry Pine Actor

Fred Papert Advertising Executive, Preservationist, Founder of the 42nd Street Development Corporation

Robert Patrick Playwright, Caffe Cino

Richard Maltby Jr. Director, Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Screenwriter

Willa Kim Costume Designer

Deborah (Lee) Lawlor Performance Artist, Actor, Dancer, Producer

Dana Ivey Actress

Black-Eyed Susan Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

B.H. Barry Fight Director, Choreographer

Joseph Hardy Director

Anne Hamburger Founder, Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

Stuart Ross Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Charles Busch Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Tony Walton Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer