The Vineyard Theatre is a non-profit, Off-Broadway theatre located in New York City. Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City. Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one The City of New York It is best known for its productions of the Tony award-winning musical Avenue Q, Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning play How I Learned to Drive and Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell's Obie award-winning musical title of show. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Avenue Q is a musical conceived by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, who wrote the music and lyrics and directed by Jason Moore. Paula Vogel (born November 16 1951, in Washington DC) is an American Pulitzer Prize -winning playwright and university professor The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, How I Learned to Drive is a play written by American playwright Paula Vogel. The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards bestowed by The Village Voice newspaper to Off-Broadway Theater of show is a musical with music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen and a book by Hunter Bell.
Other notable productions include Edward Albee's Three Tall Women, Nicky Silver's Pterodactyls, Becky Mode's Fully Committed, Craig Lucas's The Dying Gaul, Christopher Shinn's Where Do We Live, Cornelius Eady's Brutal Imagination, Gina Gionfriddo's After Ashley, the Laura Nyro musical Eli's Comin. Edward Franklin Albee III ( "AWL-bee" born March 12 1928 is a three time Pulitzer Prize winning American playwright known for works including Three Tall Women is a play by Edward Albee, which won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Albee's third Nicky Silver is an American playwright formerly of Philadelphia, who currently resides in New York City. Craig Lucas is an American Playwright, Screenwriter, Theatre director musical actor and film director Christopher Shinn is an American playwright He was born in Hartford Connecticut in 1975 Cornelius Eady (born 1954 is an American Poet focusing largely on matters of race and Society, particularly the trials of the African-American Gina Gionfriddo After Ashley is a 2004 play written by Gina Gionfriddo. The play was the hit of the 2004 Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville Laura Nyro (born Laura Nigro) ( October 18, 1947 – April 8, 1997) was an American Composer, Lyricist
The Vineyard describes itself as "dedicated to new work, bold programming and the support of artists. "[1]
The company is the recipient of special OBIE, Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel awards for Sustained Excellence. The Drama Desk Award, created in 1955, is an award which recognizes shows produced on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-off-Broadway, and Lucille Lortel ( December 16, 1900 – April 4, 1999) was an American actress and theater producer who is remembered as the namesake It celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2007.
The Vineyard is also home to the Vineyard Community of Artists, an alliance of playwrights, composers, actors, designers, and directors that provides artists with a broad range of opportunities to develop their work, strike new collaborations, and participate in the ongoing life of the theatre. It sponsors panel discussions, guest speakers, informal readings of works-in-progress and full readings of new plays.
Address: 108 East 15th Street New York, NY 10003
Neighborhood: Union Square
Location: South side of East 15th Street, between Union Square East & Irving Place.
Directions: Closest subway: 4, 5, 6 to Union Square-14th Street. Walk north on Union Square East to East 15th Street, then east to the theatre.
Seating Capacity: 120
Stage Type: Proscenium
Building Description: Office/residential building
Accessibility Info: Restrooms are located down one flight from the theatre. The lobby is located on the street level. The entrance to the building is street level. The theatre is located down one flight of stairs. Air Conditioned