11 Shows To See This Fall

DETROIT
Playwrights Horizons
(now in previews; opens 9/18)
David Schwimmer and Amy Ryan headline Lisa D'Amour’s Pulitzer-finalist comedy, DETROIT. Anne Kaufman directs the NY premiere at Playwrights Horizons.
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JOB
The Flea
(now in previews; opens 9/19)
Thomas Bradshaw, author of last seasons controversial BURNING is back with his take on the Biblical character. Benjamin H. Kamine directs a company of Bats (The Flea’s resident acting company). Note: strong language, violence, and nudity.
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TEN
Partial Comfort Productions @ Wild Project
(performances begin Sept. 18th)
Partial Comfort Productions celebrates its tenth anniversary with TEN, described as: “10 Plays. 10 Nights. 10 Actors. 10 Playwrights. 10 Directors. $10.” Playwrights include Thomas Bradshaw (see JOB above), Greg Keller, Sam Marks and PC’s own Chad Beckim.
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WE ARE LIVE
The Live Source Collective @ Access Theater
(performances begin Sept. 27th)
Set in a fictional New York City broadcasting studio, WE ARE LIVE centers on the young characters of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, merging his text with Shakespeare's Hamlet, and featuring original music by the company.
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THE BLOOD BROTHERS PRESENT...RAW FEED
Nosedive Productions @ Brick Theater
(performances begin Oct. 4th)
Nosedive productions has been keeping the tradition of Grand Guignol alive in NYC. This year, just in time for Halloween they give us THE BLOOD BROTHERS PRESENT...RAW FEED which includes gay porn stars, game show contestants, Christian ventriloquists and most likely buckets of blood.
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BARBICIDE
The Theatre Project @ Players Theater
(performances begin Oct. 4th)
Sean Pomposello’s new variation on Sweeney Todd is directed by Christian Amato, described as an unauthorized parody of Sweeney Todd is if written by Jack Kerouac, Jim Thompson & Mario Puzo.
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IVANOV
Classic Stage Company
(performances begin Oct. 17th)
Austin Pendleton helms a new production of Chekhov’s IVANOV at Classic Stage Company with a company that includes Ethan Hawke, Maxwell and Juliet Rylance. Given CSC track record with Chekhov productions lately, this is surely not to be missed.
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VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE
Lincoln Center Theater @ Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
(performances begin Oct. 25th)
Sigourney Weaver, David Hyde Pierce and Kristine Nielsen star in Christopher Durang’s new comedy which transports Chekhov's characters to present day Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Nicholas Martin directs.
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SORRY
Public Theater
(performances begin Oct. 30th)
The third installment of Richard Neilson’s look at the Apple family of Rhinebeck again takes place on the date of its official opening: November 6th, 2012, the day of the 2012 presidential election. These plays have become the highlight of the fall season each year, and given the importance of this installment expect no different this year. And tickets are only $15.
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A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS
New York Theater Workshop
(performances begin Nov. 13th)
Paula Vogel’s A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS finally comes to NYC. Tina Landau directs this epic story of Christmas at wartime that mixes historical and fictional characters and period music and Christmas hymns.
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WHAT RHYMES WITH AMERICA
Atlantic Theater
(performances begin Nov. 19th)
The amazing playwright, Melissa James Gibson, has a new play and it will be at the Atlantic Theater Company and it will be directed by Daniel Aukin. Really, do you need to know anything else?
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The 2011 OBIE Awards

The winners of the 2011 OBIE Awards were announced tonight at Webster Hall. And the winners are:

Best New American Play
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity by Kristoffer Diaz (Second Stage)


Lifetime Achievement
Repertorio Espanol and its co-founder and artistic director, René Buch


Performance
F. Murray Abraham, sustained excellence of performance
André Braugher, The Whipping Man (Manhattan Theatre Club)
Michael Chernus, In the Wake (Public Theater)
Ethan Hawke, Blood from a Stone (The New Group)
Hamish Linklater, The School for Lies (Classic Stage Company)
Laurie Metcalf, The Other Place (Manhattan Class Company)
Thomas Sadoski, Other Desert Cities (Lincoln Center Theater)
Scott Shepherd, Gatz (Elevator Repair Service / Public Theater)
Brenda Wehle, The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the Scriptures (Signature Theatre / Public Theater)
Charlayne Woodard, The Witch of Edmonton (Red Bull Theater)

Playwriting
Samuel D. Hunter, A Bright New Boise (Partial Comfort Productions)
Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Invasion! (The Play Company)

Direction
Austin Pendleton, Three Sisters (Classic Stage Company)
Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, Peter and the Starcatcher (New York Theatre Workshop)
Leigh Silverman [pictured right], In the Wake (Public Theater) and Go Back to Where You Are (Playwrights Horizons)

Design
Jill BC Du Boff, sustained excellence of sound design
Donyale Werle, sustained excellence of set design

Special Citations
Design and choreography, Sleep No More (Punchdrunk Theatre) Felix Barrett, Livi Vaughan, Beatrice Minns, Maxine Doyle, Stephen Dobbie, Euan Maybank, and David Israel Reynoso
Young Jean Lee, We're Gonna Die (13P / Joe’s Pub)
debbie tucker green and Leah C. Gardiner, Born Bad (Soho Rep)

Obie Grants ($2,500 to each theater)
Metropolitan Playhouse
Wakka Wakka

The Ross Wetzsteon Award
Belarus Free Theatre