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| What cities have theater districts for original works? | |
| Posted by: Zelgo 10:26 am EDT 10/10/23 | |
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| Other than NYC and London, what other cities have a concentration of theaters showing original works? | |
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| re: What cities have theater districts for original works? | |
| Last Edit: singleticket 09:32 pm EDT 10/10/23 | |
| Posted by: singleticket 09:31 pm EDT 10/10/23 | |
| In reply to: What cities have theater districts for original works? - Zelgo 10:26 am EDT 10/10/23 | |
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| Moscow has something like twenty theaters more or less concentrated in the Tsverkoy District. For ballet and opera Petersburg was and probably still is the town to be in but Moscow is the theater town. I’ve never been and have always wanted to go but probably never will in this lifetime. | |
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| Times article on Berlin. | |
| Posted by: portenopete 12:11 pm EDT 10/10/23 | |
| In reply to: What cities have theater districts for original works? - Zelgo 10:26 am EDT 10/10/23 | |
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| Assuming you saw this this morning? | |
| Link | NYT article on Berlin theatre offerings. |
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| re: What cities have theater districts for original works? | |
| Posted by: sf 11:26 am EDT 10/10/23 | |
| In reply to: What cities have theater districts for original works? - Zelgo 10:26 am EDT 10/10/23 | |
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| In North America, the biggest would be Toronto. In the UK, you'll find theatres showing original works in a lot of cities; depending on whether you count fringe festivals, the city with the most would probably be either Edinburgh or Manchester. Europe: the biggest is probably Paris - but you'll find new writing pretty much everywhere where there's a theatre scene. There's certainly a lot going on in Germany, but Germany's history means that Berlin doesn't have quite the same gravitational pull as London or Paris or New York or Toronto. |
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| In Chicago | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 11:25 am EDT 10/10/23 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 11:24 am EDT 10/10/23 | |
| In reply to: What cities have theater districts for original works? - Zelgo 10:26 am EDT 10/10/23 | |
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| Steppenwolf, Goodman, Chicago Shakespeare, and others (particularly Victory Gardens) have in the past introduced new works on their various stages. Also, Raven Theatre and even Northwestern University's theatre operation have done the same. In addition, Timeline Theatre occasionally. | |
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| But those are several miles apart | |
| Posted by: dramedy 12:06 pm EDT 10/10/23 | |
| In reply to: In Chicago - BroadwayTonyJ 11:24 am EDT 10/10/23 | |
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| Not a district with theaters clustered together. | |
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| More in Chicago | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 04:06 pm EDT 10/10/23 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 04:05 pm EDT 10/10/23 | |
| In reply to: But those are several miles apart - dramedy 12:06 pm EDT 10/10/23 | |
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| Well, here's a different example: Raven Theatre, Rivendell Theatre, and Lifeline Theatre. All 3 are in the Rogers Park area of Chicago within a radius of 10 blocks of each other, sort of in a cluster. All 3, on occasion anyway, have presented new works on their stages. | |
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| Well, pick one! | |
| Last Edit: Ann 12:52 pm EDT 10/10/23 | |
| Posted by: Ann 12:51 pm EDT 10/10/23 | |
| In reply to: But those are several miles apart - dramedy 12:06 pm EDT 10/10/23 | |
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| I didn't take the poster literally - I thought they were looking for a regional theatre area that did a lot of new works. | |
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| re: Well, pick one! | |
| Posted by: ryhog 01:22 pm EDT 10/10/23 | |
| In reply to: Well, pick one! - Ann 12:51 pm EDT 10/10/23 | |
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| I took it the same way. I mean, on the more limited geographic basis, even New York City fails. Is Chelsea in the same district as HK, or the West Village, or the East Village? To me, the answer is we have a "district" encompassing 3+ boroughs and 2+ states. I don't not go to BAM because it is not in some district. Same seems true in Chicago, SF, LA, Toronto, London, DC, and quite a few others I can think of. | |
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| What do you consider a concentration—5 or more? | |
| Posted by: dramedy 10:59 am EDT 10/10/23 | |
| In reply to: What cities have theater districts for original works? - Zelgo 10:26 am EDT 10/10/23 | |
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| Not many have that in a few block area. San Fran does have union square area with Curran, Geary, sf playhouse and a few small theaters that don’t do much new works. magic is in a different part of the city. Berkeley rep and theater works are outside the city. | |
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| New conservatory does new gay works | |
| Posted by: dramedy 12:09 pm EDT 10/10/23 | |
| In reply to: What do you consider a concentration—5 or more? - dramedy 10:59 am EDT 10/10/23 | |
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| But it is in civic center and not union square. | |
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| re: What cities have theater districts for original works? | |
| Posted by: Ann 10:56 am EDT 10/10/23 | |
| In reply to: What cities have theater districts for original works? - Zelgo 10:26 am EDT 10/10/23 | |
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| There are others, but Minneapolis/St. Paul has a very large number of world premiere productions. Lots. | |
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