The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

John Lee Beatty
Set Designer

Joe John Battista
Director, Artistic Director, Photographer, Musician, Founder, Screaming Mimes Theater Company

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

William Ivey Long
Costume Designer

Tom Jones
Playwright, Lyricist

Robert LuPone
Dancer, Actor, Director, Producer, Artistic Director Co-Founder Manhattan Class Company

Elise Stone and Craig Smith
Actors, Directors, Producers, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Founders, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble

Barry Grove
Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Mari-Claire Charba
Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation
Composer, Sound Designer

Charles Busch
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Jean-Claude van Itallie
Playwright, Actor

Barbara Dana
Actress, Playwright

Roscoe Orman
Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

Richard Frankel
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

John Lee Beatty Set Designer

Joe John Battista Director, Artistic Director, Photographer, Musician, Founder, Screaming Mimes Theater Company

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer

William Ivey Long Costume Designer

Tom Jones Playwright, Lyricist

Robert LuPone Dancer, Actor, Director, Producer, Artistic Director Co-Founder Manhattan Class Company

Elise Stone and Craig Smith Actors, Directors, Producers, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Founders, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble

Barry Grove Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Mari-Claire Charba Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

Guy Sherman A.k.a. Aural Fixation Composer, Sound Designer

Charles Busch Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Jean-Claude van Itallie Playwright, Actor

Barbara Dana Actress, Playwright

Roscoe Orman Actor, Director, Founding Member New Lafayette Theatre

Richard Frankel Producer