Around this time, the company transitioned from the smaller Off-off-Broadway model of less than 100 seats to an Off-Broadway contract, typically reserved for theatres with a 100-499 seat capacity. Sarah Benson was appointed as Artistic Director in 2007. The company was run by Artistic Director Daniel Aukin from 1998 to 2006, and he produced new work by artists including Adam Bock, Young Jean Lee, Richard Maxwell, Melissa James Gibson, and María Irene Fornés.
Among the many new works presented were plays by Americans Len Jenkin and Mac Wellman.Īfter 1989, Swartz partnered with English director Julian Webber, and they worked together for the next decade until Swartz departed in 1999. In 1981, after producing works from Shakespeare to Shaw, the company produced its first new play: Stephen Davis Parks' The Idol Makers. Since its early days, the company's focus has shifted to contemporary avant-garde theatrical works. The founding duo produced more than a hundred plays until Engelbach left in 1989. By 1979, the company was sometimes producing two shows per night, allowing audiences to see both plays in succession on a Saturday night. Their initial focus was on rarely seen classical plays, such as works by Aristophanes, Shakespeare, Molière, Jean Anouilh, Michel de Ghelderode, Eugene O'Neill and Samuel Beckett. They produced their first play, Maxwell Anderson's Key Largo, on September 25th.
They wanted the space to feel "light and informal" so the audience would feel comfortable. From June through September of 1975, they remodeled a former textile factory in SoHo. The Soho Repertory Theatre company was founded in 1975 by Jerry Engelbach and Marlene Swartz. Photo: New Jersey-born playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury. Soho Rep is a favorite venue to launch experimental new plays. Benson has imbued each work with a tough, unsentimental core she’s also made the plays into distinct visual works that help us see the words. Her deeply individual sensibility is not compromised by needs other than those of the work at hand, and it’s that freedom, structured around shows that I may not agree with but always learn from, that distinguishes the SoHo Rep. Under her directorship I have never seen a boring production-a very rare thing, indeed. New Yorker theatre critic Hilton Als wrote about current director Sarah Benson: Critics note the “jaw dropping premieres” and “big plays in a small room” as defining features of the theater’s programming. The New York Times has described it as a "safer home for dangerous plays". Notable artists who have recently created work at the theater, often early in their careers, include: David Adjmi, César Alvarez, Annie Baker, Alice Birch, Christopher Chen, Jackie Sibblies Drury, debbie tucker green, Aleshea Harris, Lucas Hnath, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Daniel Alexander Jones, Young Jean Lee, Richard Maxwell, Nature Theater of Oklahoma and Anne Washburn. A recent highlight was winning the Drama Desk Award for Sustained Achievement for "nearly four decades of artistic distinction, innovative production, and provocative play selection." The company, and the projects it has produced, have won multiple prizes and earned critical acclaim, including numerous Obie Awards, Drama Desk Awards, Drama Critics' Circle Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize. The company, described as a "cultural pillar", is currently located in a 65-seat theatre in the TriBeCa section of lower Manhattan. Studies indicate that there is a lower exposure risk when outdoors, but the level of risk involved with patio dining is contingent on restaurants following strict social distancing and other safety guidelines.The Soho Repertory Theatre, known as Soho Rep, is an American Off-Broadway theater company based in New York City which is notable for producing avant-garde plays by contemporary writers.
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Here are the 131 restaurants that made the list, including 30 new additions this year.Ī number of NYC restaurants are offering indoor dining, outdoor dining, and takeout and delivery service. The Bibs, considered a serious accolade among some chefs and observers, are deemed a consolation prize by others, as these venues will be ineligible for stars this year. These are all restaurants where diners can, in the eyes of the Michelin inspectors, order two courses and a glass of wine or dessert for under $40. The 2021 Michelin Bib Gourmands are here, marking the Red Guide’s return to New York City as the pandemic-stricken hospitality industry slowly continues the process of rebuilding itself.