This ensures TNC will remain a permanent fixture on the landscape of Theater in New York City. The Cino Theater is named after Joe Cino and is the third space in TNC's history to bear Cino's name. From 2006 to 2008, TNC presented the NY Uke Fest, a 4 night, 3 day celebration of ukulele music, under the direction of Uke Jackson and the New York Ukulele Ensemble. HOUSE IS OPENShow starts at 2:00 PMDon't forget to vote!www.vote.gov, Written and Directed by Crystal Field, Composed by Joseph Vernon Banks, Cast: Matthew Angel, JC Augustin, Alexander Bartenieff, Celeste Bradsher, Celestina Bradsher, Crystal Field*, Cheryl Gadsden, Michael-David Gordon*, Sam Gutierrez, Ben Harburg, Dan Kelley, Terry Lee King, T. Scott Lilly*, Mark Marcante*, Jessy Ortiz, Allison Patrick, Christopher Pereyra, Emily Pezzella, Justin Rodriguez, Michael Sanders, Ebonaya Smallwood, Natasha Velez, Juan Villegas, Lei Zhou. ONLINE ONLY Mabou Mines found a home at Theater for the New City as did playwrights such as Romulus Linney, Harvey Fierstein, H. M. Koutoukas, Arthur Sainer and Maria Irene Fornes. Donations Gratefully Accepted. The first completed theater was created with the help of sculptor John Seward Johnson II of the Johnson & Johnson family and his wife Joyce. The benefit in 2013 will honor Charles Busch. "... you to the cast and crew for all the hard work and effort it takes to bring … Awards for past productions include: the Pulitzer Prize, 43 Village Voice OBIE Awards, 8 Audelco Awards, 2 Bessie Awards, 5 ASCAP Awards, 10 Rockefeller Playwrights Fellowships, The Mayors Stop the Violence Award, the Manhattan Borough President’s Award for Public Service and Artistic Excellence in Theater, and NY City Council Proclamation paid tribute to TNC’s contributions to improving the quality of life in the City by its “rich tradition of bringing theater to people in multi-cultural neighborhoods.”. ONLINE via ZOOM It has 91 seats and a sprung wood dance floor. Join 145 theater groups, artists, painters, sculptures, dancers, actors, puppet makers, poets, musical comedy stars, kid performers and Street performers, in an extraordinary experience as New York’s finest artistic talents grace the Festival Stage, reaching out to the public with the passionate embrace that only the arts can provide. PLEASE ARRIVE AT LEAST TEN MINUTES EARLY. FREE theaterforthenewcity.net Scratch Night at TNC (works-in-progress) is a new program that invites artists to try out their ideas in front of an audience at any stage of development. The building currently consists of four theaters: The Seward and Joyce Johnson Theater was the first theater to finish renovation in 1991. IMPORTANT: If you wish to be added to our e-mail list, and you use a spam filter or your e-mail service blocks mass e-mails, be sure to add the e-mail address info@theaterforthenewcity.net to your safe list or allow list, otherwise you will not recieve our e-mails. This event often features a star-studded lineup of performers; it has been hosted by Charles Busch and Julie Halston, and performers have included Kitty Carlisle Hart, Elaine Stritch, Patricia Neal, Tammy Grimes, F. Murray Abraham, Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson. Its purpose and thrust, since its inception in 1971, has always nurtured and realized the playwrights’ vision through the actual testing ground of production and to establish a nurturing relationship, which invites the author to create new works for the following season. Folks WE ARE 75% of the way there and the Reeve Foundation has been a beautiful and important part of our struggle to be totally accessible to all of our audience. Begun in the early 1970s and embodying the grassroots ideals of that decade, Street Theater aims to raise social awareness in the communities it performs in, creating civic dialogue that inspires a better understanding of the world beyond the communities' geographic boundaries. The Halloween Ball showcases over 450 artists and performers at a multi-level theatrical event, with performances that spill out onto the street. Funding for the theater was provided by sculptor John Seward Johnson II of the Johnson and Johnson family, and his wife Joyce. In addition to their Community Festivals, several outside groups are presented at TNC. Responding to the homeless problem of the late 1980s and government cutbacks in the arts, TNC created an after school Arts-in-Education program for shelter children in 1990. 4PM - 6PM Young Audiences [8] The Faustian deal was somewhat sweetened by giving TNC an extension on their mortgage and allowing the theater to have one seat on the condo board. 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