Metropolitan
Playhouse
The American Legacy
The American Legacy
220
East
Fourth
Street
-- New York,
New York 10009
(212) 995 8410
(212) 995 8410
"Theatrical archaeologist
extraordinaire" - - Back Stage
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Metropolitan
Playhouse
The American Legacy 220
East
Fourth
Street
-- New York,
New York 10009
(212) 995 8410 "Theatrical archaeologist
extraordinaire" - - Back Stage
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| Fall 2009 | |
| East Village Theater
Festival August 3 - 23 |
A celebration of the life and lore of the East Village, including 6 new Alphabet City Monologues, 8 new East Village Chronicle plays, plus a panel discussion on the changing neighborhood, exhibitions of the art of James Romberger and Little Annie, and a reading of Judy Chicurel's "Tales from Beautiful Pearl's." |
| The Contrast by Royall Tyler
October 2 -November 1 |
In 1787, The Contrast became the first play by an American to ever receive a professional production. But it is because the play is a sophisticated, subversive, and dead funny piece of theater that it truly merits the title of First American Play, and that it is very worthy of a new look today. |
| Adventure
Theater December 5, 6, 12, &13 For Families and Children |
ADVENTURE
THEATER is an interactive, theatrical experience designed for family
audiences, and especially for children age 5 – 13. The audience is an
intrinsic part of the show. Led by the improvisers, they invent the
plot, provide the sound effects, become the scenery, and play important
characters – including the Hero! |
| Under the Gaslight by Augustin Daly November 20- December 19 |
An earnest lover, a poor
but honest heroine, a dastardly villain, and a good man tied to the railroad tracks The play that defined the genre.... |
| Its a Wonderful Life December 20 |
Our annual Act Along Christmas special |
| January
2010 -
Living Literature |
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| Another
Sky January 18 - 31 |
In
January, Metropolitan celebrates our literary heritage with --a
festival of new works by many companies, all
inspired
by the life and writing of women of the 19th century. |
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Spring 2010
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| The
Festival
of
the
Vegetables By: Michael and Rachael Kosch February 6 - 21 |
New and FDA
approved: The Metropolitan's popular family fare has been rinsed and
polished off
for 2010. Set in a huge
supermarket where a toddler nods off to sleep
and dreams dreams of bravery, and bounciness in Brussels (sprouts), the Festival is
a music-dance-theater piece
featuring a series of witty poems set to music and dances that reveal
the secret life of
vegetables.
Our props are crops! |
| Give
and
Go Learning from Losing to the Harlem Globetrotters by Brandt Johnson February 11 - 27 |
He was a
basketball star and a Wall Street Wiz, but he never really won until he
lost.... Every Day. Brandt Johnson's semi-autobiographical journey is a touching and funny discovery of a man's perspective following a young boyhood dream. |
| The Return of Peter Grimm by David Belasco March 13 - April 11 |
From
the
vivid
theatrical imagination of the greatest impressario of the age: A tale of a good hearted man whose blind eye to the hopes of the ones he loves may lead them to ruin, unless he can save them from themselves....after he has died. A sentimental ghost story and a marvelous work of the theater. Directed by Alex Roe |
| Dodsworth by Sidney Howard and Sinclair Lewis May 2 - 31 |
From
Lewis' novel, a man of affairs looks forward to a peaceful retirement,
but his wife (and fate) have some very different plans.
A story of finding a second life, against all expectation. |
| Family
Fare IVAN ULZ dates tba |
Ivan Ulz--troubadour and author
brigns his unique blend of humor and music to the Metropolitan Stage. |
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Schedule subject to change. Metropolitan reserves the right to
substitute alternate productions for any scheduled programs. |
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