59E59 Theaters
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59E59 Theaters is an Off Broadway theater complex located in New York City, USA. Comprising three theater spaces, the complex is owned and operated by the Elysabeth Kleinhans Theatrical Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation that is dedicated to bringing innovative and experimental work to the under-served East Side of Manhattan.
Since 2004, 59E59 has been the home of Primary Stages who are now entering their 26th season.
59E59 presents the New York premieres of Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway
productions by not-for-profit companies across America and around the world. The complex hosts two annual festivals: Brits Off Broadway, which brings new work from British playwrights to New York and East to Edinburgh, a preview of new plays going to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The 2010 Brits Off Broadway Festival featured Haunted by Edna O'Brien
Starring Brenda Blethyn
, Peter Nichols' Lingua Franca, An Audience with Mrs Moneypenny, Cabaret with Bonnie Langford
, as well as new plays by Hywel John, Carl Caulfield, Inspector Sands, and a rediscovered and newly uncensored play by John Osborne & Anthony Creighton.
The Winter 2011 Season features: A Primary Stages Production of Black Tie by A.R. Gurney, Screenplay by Scott Brooks, Room 17B by Mike Dobson & Joel Jeske, In Your Image by Ron Benson, The Body Politic by Richard Abrons & Margarett Perry, Clifford Chase's Winkie Adapted by Matt Pelfrey, Play Nice! by Robin Rice Lichtig, and The Promise by Douglas Maxwell, which is part of Scotland Week in New York.
for Excellence in Theater.
Since 2004, 59E59 has been the home of Primary Stages who are now entering their 26th season.
59E59 presents the New York premieres of Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway
Off-Off-Broadway
Off-Off-Broadway theatrical productions in New York City are those in theatres that are smaller than Broadway and Off-Broadway theatres. Off-Off-Broadway theaters are often defined as theaters that have fewer than 100 seats, though the term can be used for any show in the New York City area that...
productions by not-for-profit companies across America and around the world. The complex hosts two annual festivals: Brits Off Broadway, which brings new work from British playwrights to New York and East to Edinburgh, a preview of new plays going to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The 2010 Brits Off Broadway Festival featured Haunted by Edna O'Brien
Edna O'Brien
Edna O'Brien is an Irish novelist and short story writer whose works often revolve around the inner feelings of women, and their problems in relating to men and to society as a whole.-Life and career:...
Starring Brenda Blethyn
Brenda Blethyn
Brenda Anne Blethyn, OBE is an English actress who has worked in theatre, television and film. Blethyn has received two Academy Award nominations, two SAG Award nominations, two Emmy Award nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one...
, Peter Nichols' Lingua Franca, An Audience with Mrs Moneypenny, Cabaret with Bonnie Langford
Bonnie Langford
Bonita Melody Lysette "Bonnie" Langford is an English actress, dancer and entertainer. She came to prominence as a child star in the early 1970s then she subsequently became a companion of Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy's Doctor Who and has appeared on stage in various musicals such as Peter Pan:...
, as well as new plays by Hywel John, Carl Caulfield, Inspector Sands, and a rediscovered and newly uncensored play by John Osborne & Anthony Creighton.
The Winter 2011 Season features: A Primary Stages Production of Black Tie by A.R. Gurney, Screenplay by Scott Brooks, Room 17B by Mike Dobson & Joel Jeske, In Your Image by Ron Benson, The Body Politic by Richard Abrons & Margarett Perry, Clifford Chase's Winkie Adapted by Matt Pelfrey, Play Nice! by Robin Rice Lichtig, and The Promise by Douglas Maxwell, which is part of Scotland Week in New York.
Recognition
In 2008, 59E59 Theaters was awarded a Drama Desk AwardDrama Desk Award
The Drama Desk Awards, which are given annually in a number of categories, are the only major New York theater honors for which productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway compete against each other in the same category...
for Excellence in Theater.