January 2010
3 posts
New Forms... We need NEW FORMS!
I see a lot of theatre but to be honest I just love OFF OFF Broadway theatre (or as Martin Denton of nytheatre.com and Indietheater.org calls it “INDIE” Theater.) Why? Because in Indie Theatre, one can take risks. You can try stuff out to see if it works. You can play.
But on Off-Broadway or Broadway when you have a capitalization for a show at at least 1 million dollars, playing...
Creative Adventures in this economy
As we move into the new year in this challenging economy, it becomes increasingly more difficult to self-produce theatre. Theatre rentals costs are high, rehearsal space prices are going up and the monthly income is staying the same or slowly decreasing. And raising money for a production is getting harder and harder to do, for everyone is holding tight to their cash.
So how do you get a new play...
On Creating
Wow, a new year. New adventures and lots of new plays! And we are just thrilled out of our minds to be creating theatre here at Manhattan Rep. Next week, we begin our Winterfest 2010 play festival with two very exciting new plays and we are in the process of revamping our facilities to make them more user friendly, more adaptable and more comfortable for the creative teams who put up their work...