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Save Beth Israel coalition holds ‘victory march’ after recent wins
BY PHYLLIS ECKHAUS | Chanting “Save Our Community Hospital!” activists with the Campaign to Save Beth Israel and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary braved...
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Police arrest suspect in brutal sucker-punch of young woman in Greenwich Village
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A 6th Precinct detective recently arrested a man accused of randomly punching a young woman in Greenwich Village — so hard...
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‘Blank ballot’ protest scores 15% in NYC in Dem presidential primary
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Showing the ongoing divide among Democrats over the Israel-Gaza conflict, 15 percent of the party's New York City voters submitted...
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Jose Pepe Flores, Loisaida raconteur and record collector, realizes his dream
BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | For a number of years, Jose Pepe Flores, ethnomusicologist and record collector extraordinaire, dreamed about creating a Puerto Rican cultural center...
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Erik Bottcher unveils ‘fang-tastic’ rat-control plan
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | One of Erik Bottcher's top issues is sanitation, so perhaps it's not so surprising that he is proposing a groundbreaking...
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Posts tagged as “Off-Off-Broadway”

From left, Muriel Miguel, director of Spiderwoman Theater; Mia Yoo, La MaMa’s artistic director; and Truth Future Bachman, a composer, vocalist and artist in residence at La MaMa, in The Club, the building’s second-floor space. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Bells a-ringing, La MaMa reopens 74A

March 4, 2023

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | La MaMa ETC, which has been dedicated to presenting experimental works for more than 60 years, celebrated the reopening of…

Theater great Harvey Fierstein gives back to La MaMa with $250,000 grant for renovation

Harvey Fierstein made his acting debut at La MaMa and premiered his "Torch Song Trilogy" there.

Theater great Harvey Fierstein gives back to La MaMa with $250,000 grant for renovation

January 5, 2023

La MaMa ETC has announced a $250,000 matching grant from the actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein, one of La MaMa’s most beloved and iconic artists,…

George Bartenieff, influential actor and mentor, is remembered at Theater for the New City memorial

George Bartenieff in 2009.

George Bartenieff, influential actor and mentor, is remembered at Theater for the New City memorial

September 25, 2022

BY RACHEL de ARAGON | The passing of George Bartenieff, the co-founder of the iconic Theater for the New City, could not go by unmarked…

Theater for New City’s hopes fade for outdoor show, September reopening

From left, Dale Soules, Natalie Mosco, James Rado and Marjorie Lipari performing "Aquarius (Let the Sunshine In)" from Rado's iconic 1960s musical "Hair" at Theater for the New City's Love N' Courage benefit on Feb. 24 at The Players Club. Rado was the night's honoree. (Photo by Jonathan Slaff)

Theater for New City’s hopes fade for outdoor show, September reopening

July 22, 2020

BY ISAAC SULTAN | The curtain closed indefinitely on theater in New York City when coronavirus shutdowns began in March. With summer halfway over, playhouses…