The primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral history Project

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

Mari-Claire Charba
Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

Tony Walton
Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Rene Buch
Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Barry Grove
Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Micki Grant
Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Rosemary Harris
Actress

Peggy Gordon
Actress, Singer, Composer

Jo Sullivan Loesser
Singer, Actress

Crystal Field
Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Charles Busch
Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

David Van Tieghem
Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Richard Frankel
Producer

Woodie King Jr.
Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Black-Eyed Susan
Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

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

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

Mari-Claire Charba Actress, Performance Artist, Painter

Tony Walton Production Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Producer

Rene Buch Co-Founder Repertorio Espanol, Director, Playwright

Barry Grove Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club

Micki Grant Composer, Lyricist, Book-Writer, Actress

Rosemary Harris Actress

Peggy Gordon Actress, Singer, Composer

Jo Sullivan Loesser Singer, Actress

Crystal Field Actor, Director, Choreographer, Producer Co-Founder Theater for the New City

Charles Busch Actor, Playwright, Librettist, Author

David Van Tieghem Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Richard Frankel Producer

Woodie King Jr. Founder of the New Federal Theatre

Black-Eyed Susan Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Actress

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