Performances of Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf begin October 8 at The Public Theater. The new production of Shange’s groundbreaking choreopoem (originally seen at The Public in 1976 before transferring to Broadway) is directed by Obie winner Leah C. Gardiner with choreography by Tony nominee Camille A. Brown.
READ: What It Takes to Revive Ntozake Shange’s Epic Choreopoem For Colored Girls...
Inspired by personal events, for colored girls weaves poetry, song, and movement to tell the story of seven women of color, each identified solely by a color. With unflinching honesty and emotion, each woman voices her survival story of having to exist in a world shaped by sexism and racism.
The Public revival features an all-women-of-color creative team, with scenic design by Myung Hee Cho, costumes by Toni-Leslie James, lighting design by Jiyoun Chang, sound design by Megumi Katayama, and original composition by Martha Redbone.
Combining DIY robotics, heartfelt storytelling, and traditional magic, Mario the Maker Magician’s show inspires kids and families to embrace the joy of making.
Due to the expansive nature of Off-Broadway, this list is not comprehensive.
The play follows a holiday gathering on January 6, 1904, the Feast of the Epiphany, in the Dublin home of two elderly sisters.
Rory McGregor directs Philip Ridley’s two-hander.
The hit Off-Broadway revival is celebrating its fifth anniversary at the Westside Theatre.
The composer on his Off-Broadway musical about A.I., plus how he got permission to do a Skin of Our Teeth musical.
The play follows a holiday gathering on January 6, 1904, the Feast of the Epiphany, in the Dublin home of two elderly sisters.
T.R. Knight stars in the new staging of the Shakespeare play, directed and adapted by Igor Golyak.
Surrounded by period accurate 19th-century holiday decorations lit via candlelight, the 70-minute production is based on Dickens' own script of the classic.
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