Covering 50 years of theatre, here, there, mostly New York City Off-off Broadway.
Information and observations for several hundred theatre productions.
Information and observations for several hundred theatre productions.
Contact Information
Contents:
"Xircus, the Private Life of Jesus Christ"
"Superfreak, the Death of Joe Cino"
"Infinity"
"The Trojan Women of Euripides"
"The Tempest"
"In Search of the Cobra Jewels"
"Jim, the Lionhearted"
"Pink Narcissus" (film)
"FLY", LaMama ETC
Rochelle Owens' "Beclch"
"The Secret of Tabu Mt.!" (Wonder Woman) at Caffe Cino
Soren Agenoux' "Chas. Dickens' Christmas Carol" at Caffe Cino
Michael Smith's "Trouble" TNC
Posters, Flyers
Set Designs
Harvey Fierstein
Robert Dahdah
Theater for the New City
LaMaMa ETC
Caffe Cino
Quotation from Ronald Tavel's "Disputing the Canon of American Dramatic ‘Literature’"
New Theatre Quarterly, Vol. 13, No. 49, Feb. 1997 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge Univ. Press
Off-Broadway
"Superfreak, the Death of Joe Cino"
"Infinity"
"The Trojan Women of Euripides"
"The Tempest"
"In Search of the Cobra Jewels"
"Jim, the Lionhearted"
"Pink Narcissus" (film)
"FLY", LaMama ETC
Rochelle Owens' "Beclch"
"The Secret of Tabu Mt.!" (Wonder Woman) at Caffe Cino
Soren Agenoux' "Chas. Dickens' Christmas Carol" at Caffe Cino
Michael Smith's "Trouble" TNC
Posters, Flyers
Set Designs
Harvey Fierstein
Robert Dahdah
Theater for the New City
LaMaMa ETC
Caffe Cino
Quotation from Ronald Tavel's "Disputing the Canon of American Dramatic ‘Literature’"
New Theatre Quarterly, Vol. 13, No. 49, Feb. 1997 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge Univ. Press
Off-Broadway
Donald L. Brooks is a playwright, director, designer and actor who has worked Off-Off-Broadway with Soren Agenoux, Edward Albee, Ross
Alexander, Michael Allinson, Word Baker, Bashkar, ‘Ntoni Bastiano, George Barteneiff, James Bidgood, Julie Bovasso, Kenny Burgess, Dorothy
Cantwell, Al Carmines, Joseph Cino, Jacque Lynn Colton, Ralph Cook, Jackie Curtis, Robert Dahdah, Joseph C. Davies, Divine, Johnny Dodd,
Magie Dominic, Roslyn Drexler, Helen Duberstein, Joan Durant, Ethyl Eichelberger, Tom Eyen, Ron Faber, Edie Falco, Crystal Field, Harvey
Fierstein, Richard Foreman, Maria Irene Fornes, Kevin Geer, Amlin Gray, John Guare, James Jennings, George Harris, The Harris Family, Robert
Heide, Lee Kissman, Arthur Kopit, H. M. Koutoukas, Russell Krum, Don Kvares, Deborah Lee, Ralph Lee, .Rosetta LeNoir, Jacques Levy, Barbara
Loden, Lucille Lortel, Charles Ludlam, Gretchen MacLane, Adele Mailer, Bill Maloney, Marshall W. Mason, Taylor Meade, Murray Mednick, John
Herbert McDowell, Andy Milligan, Mabou Mines, Meredith Monk, Mario Montez Tiger Morse, Richard Morse, Larry Myers, Odetta, Ondine,
Joel Oppenheimer, Rochelle Owens, Sally Ordway, Robert Patrick, Austin Pendleton, Bernadette Peters, Gerry Ragni, Christopher Reeve, Tim
Robbins, Natalie Rogers, Arthur Sainer, Stuart Sherman, Sam Shepard, Michael Smith, Lewis J. Stadlin, Charles Stanley, David Starkweather, Ellen
Stewart, Lincoln Swados, Harvey Tavel, Ronald Tavel, Megan Terry, David Tice, John Vaccaro, Jean-Claude van Itallie, Herve Villechaize, James
Waring, Jeff Weiss, Arthur Williams, David Willinger, Lanford Wilson and Mary Woronov. He has been active Off-Off-Broadway continuously for
over forty years and is numbered among the innovators of the movement -- indeed, having given the name “Off-Off-Broadway” in jest to a Village
Voice writer who subsequently created listings headed as “Off-Off-Broadway”. His plays have often been controversial, most notably “Xircus, the
Private Life of Jesus Christ” and "Superfreak, the Death of Joe Cino", both of which he was the author.
Alexander, Michael Allinson, Word Baker, Bashkar, ‘Ntoni Bastiano, George Barteneiff, James Bidgood, Julie Bovasso, Kenny Burgess, Dorothy
Cantwell, Al Carmines, Joseph Cino, Jacque Lynn Colton, Ralph Cook, Jackie Curtis, Robert Dahdah, Joseph C. Davies, Divine, Johnny Dodd,
Magie Dominic, Roslyn Drexler, Helen Duberstein, Joan Durant, Ethyl Eichelberger, Tom Eyen, Ron Faber, Edie Falco, Crystal Field, Harvey
Fierstein, Richard Foreman, Maria Irene Fornes, Kevin Geer, Amlin Gray, John Guare, James Jennings, George Harris, The Harris Family, Robert
Heide, Lee Kissman, Arthur Kopit, H. M. Koutoukas, Russell Krum, Don Kvares, Deborah Lee, Ralph Lee, .Rosetta LeNoir, Jacques Levy, Barbara
Loden, Lucille Lortel, Charles Ludlam, Gretchen MacLane, Adele Mailer, Bill Maloney, Marshall W. Mason, Taylor Meade, Murray Mednick, John
Herbert McDowell, Andy Milligan, Mabou Mines, Meredith Monk, Mario Montez Tiger Morse, Richard Morse, Larry Myers, Odetta, Ondine,
Joel Oppenheimer, Rochelle Owens, Sally Ordway, Robert Patrick, Austin Pendleton, Bernadette Peters, Gerry Ragni, Christopher Reeve, Tim
Robbins, Natalie Rogers, Arthur Sainer, Stuart Sherman, Sam Shepard, Michael Smith, Lewis J. Stadlin, Charles Stanley, David Starkweather, Ellen
Stewart, Lincoln Swados, Harvey Tavel, Ronald Tavel, Megan Terry, David Tice, John Vaccaro, Jean-Claude van Itallie, Herve Villechaize, James
Waring, Jeff Weiss, Arthur Williams, David Willinger, Lanford Wilson and Mary Woronov. He has been active Off-Off-Broadway continuously for
over forty years and is numbered among the innovators of the movement -- indeed, having given the name “Off-Off-Broadway” in jest to a Village
Voice writer who subsequently created listings headed as “Off-Off-Broadway”. His plays have often been controversial, most notably “Xircus, the
Private Life of Jesus Christ” and "Superfreak, the Death of Joe Cino", both of which he was the author.
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