Theater for New City’s Virtual Pride
Off-Off-Broadway vet marks 50 years since the fi rst march
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Peter Zachari.
BY PAUL SCHINDLER
The Theater for the New
City (TNC) is marking the
50th anniversary of the
fi rst Christopher Street
Liberation Day March with a series
of free virtual performances
that will be available on the organization’s
website throughout the
weekend of June 26-28.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Off-
Off-Brodway theater, located on
First Avenue between Ninth and
10th Streets, has been an inclusive
performance space since its founding,
and in its 49-year history has
produced works from LGBTQ artists
including Maria Irene Fornes,
Harvey Fierstein, H.M. Koutoukas,
Charles Busch, and Moises Kaufman,
among many.
Among the video performances
available this weekend will Don Arrington,
singing “Back Again,” from
his musical revue “Back Again: On
the Block.” The song looks back at
previous decades while also reminiscing
about his years in the city
dating back to 1966, including the
Stonewall era.
Other performers include Ayana
Lowe, who TNC describes as “a
regular at Greenwich Village’s 55
Bar.” Lowe is bringing “her unique
style to ‘I Am What I Am’” and her
original song ‘Free, Black, and 61,”
TNC said in a press release.
Amanda Boekelheide, meanwhile,
will perform an excerpt from
Barbara Kahn’s “Cyma’s Story.”
Playwright Kahn, who is curating
the weekend performances,
produces a new play each year at
TNC. Her most recent works are
“Where Do All the Ghosts Go?,”
“Verzet Amsterdam (Resistance
Amsterdam),” and “Ghost Light
Now & Then.” “Cyma’s Story” was
produced as part of the 2010 Fresh
Fruit Festival.
Performer and choreographer
Terry Lee King, as the Legendary
Amaz’n Grace is portraying
“What Is America to Me,” while Peter
Zachari is putting on “Coming
In at Theater for the New City,” a
comedy featuring parents who receive
unwelcome news from their
son. Zachari is joined in the show
by Lori Funk and Joey Mirabile.
TNC regular Robert Gonzales,
Jr., an emcee at the Lower East
Festival of the Arts, will sing “Stars
and the Moon” from Jason Robert
Brown’s “Songs for a New World.”
TNC was founded in 1971 by
Crystal Field, who sought to create
an accessible center for the community,
discover new writing, and
welcome in visions not subjected
to commercial constraints, among
other goals.
TNC’s Pulitzer Prize came for its
1978 production of Sam Shepard’s
“Buried Child,” the fi rst Off-Off-
Broadway show to win that accolade.
The theater has also been
awarded 43 Obie Awards.
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Ayana Lowe.
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