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59 E. 59th St. New York, NY 10022

212-279-4200

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Best Theater for Cash-Strapped Producers
Award Winner 2009

Hours: Mon 12pm-6pm, Thu-Sat 12pm-8:30pm

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Take What Is Yours

7:15 p.m. every Thu. from May 3 until May 27

Erica Fae and Jill A. Samuels present their play dipicting the true story of how women won the right to vote. 212-279-4200.
Murder in the First

7:00 p.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu., Sun. from May 27 until July 1

Prisons are rarely lauded for their kindness, clemency, and fine conditions and Alcatraz certainly wasn’t a model of the form. Dan Gordon’s play, b...
Evolution

7:30 p.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu. from April 26 until May 20

Patricia Buckley performs her drama about family, the search for identity, and the evolutionary history of whales. 212-279-4200.

2009 | Best Theater for Cash-Strapped Producers

In New York theater, actors and directors are important, of course--playwrights and designers, too. But in this city, the biggest role in theater is played by real estate--the cost of renting a decent theater can be a killer. So it's with constant awe that we contemplate 59E59 Theaters, which provides one of the greatest rental deals in town. Take their Theater B, for example--the kind of 99-seater very much in demand for productions operating under Equity's showcase code.... More »

Eternal Equinox

By Alexis Soloski | Wed, March 07, 2012

When not climbing up mountains, explorer George Mallory apparently enjoyed climbing into the beds of the Bloomsbury Group, at least according to Eternal Equinox, a docuplay by Joyce Hokin Sachs. When Mallory arrives at the home of artists Vanessa ... More »
Rx

By Alexis Soloski | Wed, February 01, 2012

You don’t need a doctor’s prescription to enjoy Rx and luckily for you, your ticket stub doesn’t come with a lengthy list of potential side effects and drug interaction precautions. Kate Fodor’s absurdist comedy—starring Michael Bakkensen, Marylou... More »
Farm Boy

By Alexis Soloski | Wed, December 21, 2011

Did you ever wonder what happened to Joey and Albert at the conclusion of War Horse? Happily Michael Morpurgo supplied a sequel, which New Perspectives Theater Company have adapted into a play at 59E59. In this tale, a grandfather and grandson dev... More »
Kissing Sid James

By Alexis Soloski | Wed, December 21, 2011

Carry on, British theater. The newest entry at 59E59’s Brits Off-Broadway concerns an unlikely pair of not-yet lovers who decamp to a depressing seaside town for a weekend that’s more dingy than dirty. Will “warm beer, cold fish and chips,” and th... More »
Neighbourhood Watch

By Alexis Soloski | Wed, December 14, 2011

Alan Ayckbourn has long allowed delighted audiences to spy on the lives of middle-class Brits. But in this new play (his 75th!), the Brits are spying on each other. When a devoutly Christian brother and sister move to Bluebell Hill, they launch a ... More »
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59E59 Theaters

59 E. 59th St. New York, NY 10022

212-279-4200

Description

7:15 p.m. every Thu. from May 3 until May 27

7:00 p.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu., Sun. from May 27 until July 1

7:30 p.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu. from April 26 until May 20

2009 | Best Theater for Cash-Strapped Producers

By Alexis Soloski | Wed, March 07, 2012

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