Five La MaMa Alumni Receive Tony Nominations

Congratulations to all the 2019 Tony Nominees especially 
our La MaMa Alumni on Broadway!

Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song, which began its life at La MaMa as three one-act plays that eventually became the Torch Song Trilogy. Torch Song is nominated for Best Revival of a Play.  Harvey made his acting debut at La MaMa in 1971 in Andy Warhol's only play, Pork.  He went on to write and perform in many shows at La MaMa in the 1970s, 80s & 90s.

Heidi Schreck is nominated for both writing and staring in her play What The Constitution Means to Me, now playing at the Helen Hayes Theater. Heidi played the title role in Shaw's Major Barbara directed by Brooke O'Harra for her company The Theater of a Two-headed Calf  at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre in 2006.

Taylor Mac's play Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus is nominated for Best Play. Taylor has performed numerous times at La MaMa including Walk Across America for Mother Earth (with Talking Band) in 2011, The Foundry Theater's production of Good Person of Szechwan in 2013 and The Be(A)st of Taylor Mac in The Club at La MaMa in 2007.

David Neumann is nominated for Best Choreography for Hadestown on Broadway! Neumann most recently performed in the Jane Comfort: 40th Anniversary Retrospective in 2018. 

André De Shields is nominated for Supporting Actor in a Musical for his fierce performance in Hadestown. André began performing at La MaMa on the 1970s and appeared in such shows as Ken Rubenstein's Sacred Guard (1973), Lamar Alford's Thoughts (1974), Haarlem Nocturne (1984) and the Cotton Club Gala with music by Aaron Bell and directed by Ellen Stewart (1985). 

Congratulations again to these and all the nominees and good luck on June 9th!

OUTER STAGE talks to John Gutierrez and Glory Kadigan of The Floor is Lava

John Gutierrez and Glory Kadigan talk  to Outer-Stage about working together on Alex Riad's play The Floor is Lava, working at La MaMa and what's next for both of them.

Read the full piece on Outer-Stage: HERE

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La MaMa presents

THE FLOOR 
IS LAVA

written by Alex Riad
directed by Glory Kadigan


May 09 - May 19, 2019
Thursday - Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 5pm

The Downstairs @ La MaMa
66 East 4th Street
(between Bowery and Second Avenue)
New York, NY 10003

Tickets: $25 Adults; $20 Students/Seniors

For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE

The New York Times Says: See GRUPPO NANOU at La MaMa

The 2019 La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival kicks off tonight with we want miles, in a silent way by Italy's Groupo Nanou - and The New York Times says it's one of the 10 dance performances to see this weekend.

You can read the full article: HERE

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La MaMa presents

we want miles, 

in a silent way

by Groupo Nanou

Part of the 2018 La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival

April 26 - April 28, 2019
Friday and Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 3pm

The Downstairs at La MaMa
66 East 4th Street
(between Bowery and Second Avenue)
New York, NY 10003

Tickets: $25 Adults; $20 Students/Seniors

For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE

Nicky Paraiso in The New York Times

The New York Times' Gia Kourlas spoke to La MaMa's Nicky Paraiso about curating the La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival, his own recent show at La MaMa, now my hand is ready for my heart: intimate histories, and the idea of curating as "curing."

"Mr. Paraiso was — and remains — the festival’s curator. The word eclectic would be a kind way to describe his early programming, which, in keeping with the mission of La MaMa’s founder, Ellen Stewart, was to include artists from as many different disciplines as possible."

You can read the full article: HERE

The 2019 La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival begins this Friday, April 26, 2019, with Gruppo Nanou's we want miles, in a silent way

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La MaMa presents

The 2019 
La MaMa Moves! 
Dance Festival

curated by Nicky Paraiso

April 26 - May 26, 2019

The Ellen Stewart Theatre and The Downstairs @ La MaMa

66 East 4th Street

(between Bowery and Second Avenue)

New York, NY 10003

Tickets: $25 Adults; $20 Students/Seniors

For more information about La MaMa Moves! and to buy tickets: CLICK HERE

2019 Summer Rentals @ La MaMa

Every summer, La MaMa offers our historic venues for rent!  This year's rental season is from 

June 14 through September 8, 2019.

The Ellen Stewart Theatre

Stage: 57' x 36’ 

Height to Grid: 23' 6" 

Capacity: 299

The Downstairs

Stage: 45’ x 59’ 

Height to grid: 11’ 8" 

Capacity: 150

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La MaMa also rents their Gallery space and has several rehearsal spaces for rent year-round, located at 47 Great Jones Street.

La MaMa Galleria

47 Great Jones Street rehearsal studio

47 Great Jones Street rehearsal studio

For more information about any of La MaMa's rentals, please CLICK HERE or email: rentals@lamama.org