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Sunday, October 6, 2013

Off Broadway Near Broadway: The New Group Theaters

Hell's kitchen now has a big population of people in the Arts, especially the theater arts.

There are all kinds of smaller stages there now, including these. 

Located at 410 West 42nd Street, check out the website at

http://www.thenewgroup.org/


The New Group

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The New Group, an Off-Broadway theater company located at Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street, is an artist-driven company with a commitment to developing and producing powerful, contemporary theater. Founded by Artistic Director Scott Elliott, The New Group produced its first play, Mike Leigh's Ecstasy, in 1995. Notable productions include This is Our Youth, Curtains, Goose Pimples, Aunt Dan and Lemon, Hurlyburly, Abigail's Party, Rafta, Rafta..., The Starry Messenger, and A Lie of the Mind.
In fourteen years, The New Group has received over seventy awards and nominations for excellence. The New Group's first musical, Avenue Q, won three Tony Awards, for Best Book, Best Score, and Best Musical, in 2004.
The New Group is run by founding Artistic Director, Scott Elliott, and Executive Director, Geoff Rich.

Artists

Notable playwrights, directors, actors, and theater artists who have worked at The New Group include Adam Alexi-Malle, Matthew Broderick, Mark Brokaw, David Cale, Keith Carradine, Sarita Choudhury, Jim Dale, Paul Dano, Peter Dinklage, Kevin Elyot, Lisa Emery, Raúl Esparza, Josh Hamilton, Ethan Hawke, Danny Hoch, Marin Ireland, Judith Ivey, Kristen Johnston, Zoe Kazan, Ayub Khan-Din, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mike Leigh, Kenneth Lonergan, Natasha Lyonne, Jena Malone, Derek McLane, Laurie Metcalf, Pat Metheny, Alessandro Nivola, Cynthia Nixon, Brian F. O'Byrne, Sam Rockwell, Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Mark Ruffalo, Anabella Sciorra, Chloë Sevigny, Cara Seymour, Wallace Shawn, Betty Shamieh, Jonathan Marc Sherman, Lili Taylor, Sam Trammell, Frank Whaley, and Michelle Williams.

Production history

2009-2010
The Kid by Andy Monroe, Michael Zam and Jack Lechner, based on the book by Dan Savage, directed by Scott Elliott (spring 2010)
A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard, directed by Ethan Hawke (winter 2010)
The Starry Messenger written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan
2008-2009
Groundswell by Ian Bruce, directed by Scott Elliott
Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O'Neill, directed by Scott Elliott
Mouth to Mouth by Kevin Elyot, directed by Mark Brokaw
2007-2008
Rich Boyfriend by Evan Smith, directed by Ian Morgan
Rafta, Rafta... by Ayub Khan-Din, directed by Scott Elliott
Two Thousand Years by Mike Leigh, directed by Scott Elliott
Things We Want by Jonathan Marc Sherman, directed by Ethan Hawke
2006-2007
Expats by Heather Lynn MacDonald, directed by Ari Edelson
Strangers Knocking by Robert Tenges, directed by Marie Masters
The Accomplices by Bernard Weinraub, directed by Ian Morgan
The Fever by Wallace Shawn, directed by Scott Elliott
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Jay Presson Allen, directed by Scott Elliott
2005-2006
Everythings Thurning into Beautiful by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, directed by Carl Forsman
Jayson with a Y by Darci Picoult, directed by Sheryl Kaller
A Spalding Gray Matter written and performed by Michael Brandt, directed by Ian Morgan
The Music Teacher words by Wallace Shawn, music by Allen Shawn, directed by Tom Cairns
Abigail's Party by Mike Leigh, directed by Scott Elliott
2004-2005
Terrorism by The Presnyakov Brothers, translated by Sasha Dugdale, directed by Will Frears
Critical Darling by Barry Levey, directed by Ian Morgan
Hurlyburly by David Rabe, directed by Scott Elliott
A Likely Story by David Cale, directed by Tamara Jenkins
SIN (A Cardinal Deposed) by Michael Murphy, directed by Carl Forsman
2003-2004
Roar by Betty Shamieh, directed by Marion McClinton
Aunt Dan and Lemon by Wallace Shawn, directed by Scott Elliott
2002-2003
The Women of Lockerbie by Deborah Brevoort, directed by Scott Elliott
Avenue Q music & lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, book by Jeff Whitty, directed by Jason Moore
Comedians by Trevor Griffiths, directed by Scott Elliott
2001-2002
Smelling a Rat by Mike Leigh, directed by Scott Elliott
Good Thing by Jessica Goldberg, directed by Jo Bonney
2000-2001
Servicemen by Evan Smith, directed by Sean Mathias
Paradise Island by Benjie Aerenson, directed by Andy Goldberg
What the Butler Saw by Joe Orton, directed by Scott Elliott
1999-2000
Betwixt by David Cale, directed by Scott Elliott and Andy Goldberg
Another American: Asking and Telling by Marc Wolf, directed by Joe Mantello
Cranes by Dmitry Lipkin, directed by Scott Elliott
1998-1999
East is East by Ayub Khan-Din, directed by Scott Elliott
Halfway Home by Diane Bank, directed by Stephen Williford
Some Voices by Joe Penhall, directed by Frank Pugliese
1997-1998
The Flatted Fifth by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, directed by Jo Bonney
Hazelwood Jr. High by Rob Urbinati, directed by Scott Elliott
Goose-Pimples by Mike Leigh, directed by Scott Elliott
1996-1997
The Fastest Clock in the Universe by Philip Ridley, directed by Jo Bonney
My Night With Reg by Kevin Elyot, directed by Jack Hofsiss
This is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan, directed by Mark Brokaw
1996
Curtains by Stephen Bill, directed by Scott Elliott
1995
Ecstasy by Mike Leigh, directed by Scott Elliott

Awards

The New Group's past productions have received 7 Obies, 21 Drama Desk nominations, 6 Lucille Lortel Awards, 3 Tony Awards including Best New Musical, and the Calloway, Kalbie, Taking Off, and Theatre World Awards.
Ecstasy, 1995
OBIE (Overall Excellence) Taking Off Award Calloway Award
Curtains, 1996
2 OBIEs (Direction; Ensemble Acting)
This is our Youth, 1996
Lucille Lortel Award 1999 (Outstanding Actor, Mark Ruffalo) Theatre World Award 1997 (Mark Ruffalo)
Goose-Pimples, 1998
3 Drama Desk Nominations (Outstanding Director of a Play, Scott Elliott; Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Adam Alexi-Malle; Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Caroline Seymour)
Another American: Asking and Telling, 2000
OBIE (Special Citation, Joe Mantello and Marc Wolf) Kalbie Award (Best Male Solo Show, Marc Wolf)
What the Butler Saw, 2001
Lucille Lortel Nomination (Outstanding Revival)
Comedians, 2003
2 Lucille Lortel Nominations (Outstanding Revival; Outstanding Lead Actor, Jim Dale) Drama Desk Nomination (Outstanding Actor in a Play, Jim Dale) Drama League Award (Raúl Esparza) Drama League Nomination (Outstanding Revival)
Avenue Q, 2003 & 2004
3 Tony Awards 2004 (Best Musical; Best Book of a Musical, Jeff Whitty; Best Score, Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx) 2004 GLAAD Media Award (Outstanding NY Theater: Broadway and Off-Broadway) 2 Theatre World Awards 2004 (Stephanie D’Abruzzo, John Tartaglia) 2003-04 Outer Critics Circle Award (Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance and Puppet Artistry) 2 Lucille Lortel Awards 2003 (Outstanding Musical; Sound Design, Brett Jarvis) 3 Lucille Lortel Nominations 2003 (Outstanding Director, Jason Moore; Outstanding Choreographer, Ken Roberson; Outstanding Set Design, Anna Louizos) 5 Drama Desk 2002-03 Nominations (Outstanding Musical; Outstanding Actress in a Musical, Stephanie D’Abruzzo; Outstanding Music, Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx; Outstanding Lyrics, Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx; Outstanding Book of a Musical, Jeff Whitty)
Aunt Dan and Lemon, 2004
2 OBIEs (Performance, Lili Taylor; Design, Derek McLane)
Sin (A Cardinal Deposed), 2005
OBIE (Special Citation) 2 Drama Desk Nominations (Outstanding Play; Outstanding Actor in a Play, John Cullum)
Hurlyburly, 2005
Lucille Lortel Award (Outstanding Featured Actress, Parker Posey) 4 Lucille Lortel Nominations (Outstanding Revival; Outstanding Director, Scott Elliott; Outstanding Lead Actor, Ethan Hawke; Outstanding Featured Actor, Josh Hamilton) 4 Drama Desk Nominations (Outstanding Revival of a Play; Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Josh Hamilton; Outstanding Director of a Play, Scott Elliott; Outstanding Costume Design, Jeff Mahsie) Drama League Award (Ethan Hawke) Drama League Nomination (Outstanding Revival)
Abigail's Party, 2006
Lucille Lortel Award (Outstanding Costume Design, Eric Becker) 7 Lucille Lortel Nominations (Outstanding Revival, Outstanding Director, Scott Elliott; Outstanding Lead Actress, Jennifer Jason Leigh; Outstanding Featured Actor, Darren Goldstein; Outstanding Featured Actress, Lisa Emery; Outstanding Set Design, Derek McLane; Outstanding Sound Design, Ken Travis) 4 Drama Desk Nominations (Outstanding Lead Actress, Jennifer Jason Leigh; Outstanding Featured Actress, Lisa Emery; Outstanding Set Design, Derek McLane; Outstanding Costume Design, Eric Becker)
The Accomplices, 2007
2 Drama Desk Nominations (Outstanding New Play, Outstanding Featured Actor, Andrew Polk)
Mourning Becomes Electra, 2009
Drama Desk Nomination (Outstanding Lighting Design, Jason Lyons)

Premiers

In 2007 The New Group produced the premier of Bernard Weintraub's play The Accomplices, based on the thwarted efforts of Hillel Kook to prod the United States to do more to rescue European Jews during the Holocaust.[1]

References

  1. Jump up ^ Playbill News: Off-Broadway's Accomplices Honors Holocaust Remembrance Day April 15

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