The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Jacque Lynn Colton
Actor, Director, Teacher

Marylouse Burke
Actress

Stuart Ross
Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Barry Grove
Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Marilyn Chris
Actress

Lois Smith
Actress

David Greenspan
Actor, Playwright, Director

Tina Howe
Playwright

Rosemarie Tichler
Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

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

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell)
Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

Charles Busch
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Doris Blum (Gorelick)
Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

Donn Russell
Foundation Director, Author

Fyvush Finkel
Actor, Comedian

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

Jacque Lynn Colton Actor, Director, Teacher

Marylouse Burke Actress

Stuart Ross Director, Playwright, Lyricist

Barry Grove Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Marilyn Chris Actress

Lois Smith Actress

David Greenspan Actor, Playwright, Director

Tina Howe Playwright

Rosemarie Tichler Casting Director and Artistic Producer of NYSF/The Public

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

Lee Breuer (and Maude Mitchell) Playwright, Director, Producer, Co-Founder Mabou Mines

Charles Busch Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

Doris Blum (Gorelick) Stage Manager, Producer Production Associate to Robert Whitehead

Donn Russell Foundation Director, Author

Fyvush Finkel Actor, Comedian