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6 unusual facts about Manhattan Theatre Club


Brooklyn Boy

This was a co-production by South Coast Repertory and the Manhattan Theatre Club, and was commissioned by SCR and developed at the company's 2003 Pacific Playwrights Festival.

Manhattan Theatre Club

Under the leadership of Artistic Director Lynne Meadow and Executive Producer Barry Grove, Manhattan Theatre Club has grown since its founding in 1970 from an Off-Off Broadway showcase into one of the country’s most acclaimed theatre organizations.

Melanie Marnich

Blur received its world premiere Off Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club and also won the Francesca Primus Prize from Denver Center Theatre.

Outside Mullingar

Shanley’s tenth play at MTC is a compassionate, delightful play about how it’s never too late to take a chance on love.

Sendhil Ramamurthy

Ramamurthy has appeared in theatrical productions of A Servant of Two Masters in London's West End, Indian Ink at the Soho Repertory Theatre, and East Is East at the Manhattan Theatre Club.

The Tale of the Allergist's Wife

The original Manhattan Theatre Club production opened on February 29, 2000 and ran for 56 performances.


After the Night and the Music

After 39 previews, the Manhattan Theatre Club production, directed by Daniel Sullivan and choreographed by Randy Skinner, opened on June 1, 2005 at the Biltmore Theatre where, hampered by mostly lukewarm reviews, it ran for only 38 performances.

Italian American Reconciliation

It had its New York premiere on October 18, 1988 at the Manhattan Theatre Club starring John Turturro, Andrea Bianchi, Helen Hanft, John Pankow, and Laura San Giacomo and directed by Shanley.

Jane Greenwood

In addition to her many Broadway credits, she has designed costumes for many productions for the Manhattan Theatre Club, recently Accent on Youth (2009), Lincoln Center Theater, recently Belle Epoque, 2005, and The Roundabout Theatre Company, Waiting for Godot (2009), A Month in the Country (1994–95), Outer Critics Circle Award nomination, and She Loves Me (1992–93).

Joe Hortua

He has written such plays as Burning, Making It, and Between Us which have been performed at The Manhattan Theatre Club, South Coast Repertory Theater.

John Walch

Commissions include: Manhattan Theatre Club, where he was an Alfred P. Sloan playwriting fellow, The Playwrights' Center of Minneapolis, and Actors Theatre of Louisville.

Leslie Ayvazian

Ms. Ayvazian is the recipient of the Roger L. Stevens (1994) and the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize (1996) for her work Nine Armenians, which was produced at Manhattan Theatre Club.

Michael Manuel

He has worked with the Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Repertory, Empty Space Theatre, Seattle Rep, Cornerstone Theatre Company, Pasadena Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival, A Noise Within (where he received both Dramalogue and LADC awards), Interact Theatre Company, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Manhattan Theatre Club, Yale Repertory Theatre, and many others.

Philip Kan Gotanda

Theaters where Gotanda's works have been produced include American Conservatory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Campo Santo+Intersection, East West Players, Manhattan Theatre Club, Mark Taper Forum, Missouri Rep, New York Shakespeare Festival, Playwrights Horizons, Asian American Theater Company, Robey Theatre Company, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, and South Coast Repertory.

Seana Kofoed

Off Broadway credits include several productions at Manhattan Theatre Club, the Atlantic Theatre Company, and Manhattan Class Company, in addition to experiences in Glimmer, Glimmer, and Shine with the late John Spencer and An Experiment with an Air Pump, for which she received a Drama Desk Nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Susan Hilferty

Hilferty has collaborated often with playwright Athol Fugard and has designed for the New York Shakespeare Festival, Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage, New York Theatre Workshop, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Lincoln Center Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Classic Stage Company, and the Roundabout.

Waleed Zuaiter

He also has starred in David Greig's The American Pilot at the Manhattan Theatre Club, Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul, Ilan Hatsor's Masked, Eliam Kraiem's Sixteen Wounded, and Victoria Brittain and Gillian Slovo's Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom.


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Dennis Parichy

He lit many productions for The Manhattan Theatre Club ("Ashes", "End of Play", "Valley Song", "Playland", "The Last Yankee", and "Eleemosynary" among others) and continues to design for regional theatres throughout the country.

Keith Randolph Smith

Off-Broadway credits include Fabulation (Playwrights Horizons), Jitney (Second Stage), Holiday Heart (Manhattan Theatre Club), Before It Hits Home (NYSF) and Auturo Ui (Classic Stage Company).

Paul DeBoy

He has a long history in regional theatre, including Clean House at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Heartbreak House at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, The Real Thing at Pioneer Theatre, Sight Unseen at Manhattan Theatre Club; Sylvia at Cleveland Play House; ...Young Lady From Rwanda at The Kansas City Rep.

Top Girls

During the 2007-2008 New York theatre season, Manhattan Theatre Club presented the play at the Biltmore Theatre in a production starring Mary Catherine Garrison, Mary Beth Hurt, Jennifer Ikeda, Elizabeth Marvel, Martha Plimpton, Ana Reeder, and Marisa Tomei.