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2008

New York Theater Review 2008
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Drawing from among the best and the brightest in contemporary NYC alt-theater, NYTR's 2008 edition contains three new plays, three original commissioned essays, an extended roundtable chat with six leading NYC theater and performance bloggers, and a sit-down give and take with that singular sonic performance onslaught also known as Reggie Watts.

In plays, Taylor Mac's funny, deeply personal and visually stunning The Young Ladies Of ... seeks out the macho, Texas farm-boy father he never really knew; 2008 P73 Playwriting Fellow Tommy Smith's explosively visceral White Hot rips the calm exterior off a bourgeois couple's seemingly placid existence to expose the despairing core festering beneath; six Asian-Americans from widely different backgrounds share their stories of immigration, migration and cultural identity in Ping Chong & Sara Michelle Zatz' Undesirable Elements.

In essays specifically commissioned for the 2008 edition, Victoria Linchong of NYC's Direct Arts, Zachary R. Mannheimer of Brooklyn's Subjective Theatre Co., and Marya Sea Kaminski of Seattle's Washington Ensemble Theatre contribute fresh takes on the NYC alt-theater of today, and a look back fifty years to where it all began.

A reception will follow.

*The 2008 Edition will be available at Manhattan's Drama Book Shop beginning Friday, April 11, and on Amazon.com asap thereafter.

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The 2007 edition of the New York Theater Review features essays from Playgoer's Garrett Eisler, Alan Lockwood, Brook Stowe and Caridad Svich, and the complete texts of new, full-length plays by Quiara Alegria Hudes, a 2007 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue (introduced by P73's Liz Jones & Asher Richelli); Adam Szymkowicz' Food for Fish (introduced by fellow playwright Crystal Skillman) and Anne Washburn's I Have Loved Strangers (introduced by fellow playwright Jeffrey M. Jones). Plus a great big, juicy group interview with some of the top movers and shakers in contemporary alternative New York theater and a photo recap of last Fall's fundraiser at the Brick Theater that helped make this issue possible. Introduction by Superfluities' George Hunka. Cover design by Savage Candy.

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The New York Theater Review was launched in 2005 to help increase recognition of downtown New York theater artists and productions. Our debut release features new plays from Sheila Callaghan (the critically-acclaimed New Georges hit Dead City), August Schulenburg (Riding the Bull) and Ken Urban (The Female Terrorist Project ) plus essays and reviews ranging from Julian Beck's Living Theatre to SoHo's own legendary Wooster Group.

The debut edition of the New York Theater Review is available from Amazon and NYC's Drama Book Shop.