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Thursday, August 31, 2017

Indie Theater Now is Closing Down by Martin Denton

Dear Friends and Colleagues, Today I have an important announcement about Indie Theater Now. Indie Theater Now will cease operations on September 26, 2017.  On Monday, September 4, 2017, we…

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 03:12PM
Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Chris Harcum, Chris Harcum by Martin Denton

Chris Harcum is writing a play about me called Martin Denton, Martin Denton. So it seems only fair and fitting that I should write a blog post about him called Chris Harcum, Chris Harcum. Ch…

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 09:54AM
Monday, May 8, 2017

Re-living My Life by Martin Denton

These past few months have been exceeding strange for me. Since the end of 2016, I have essentially been re-living the last 20 years of my life.

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 01:48AM
Thursday, May 4, 2017

A Play Called “Martin Denton, Martin Denton” by Martin Denton

Announcing a new play about yours truly, coming to the Kraine Theatre in July.

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 11:18AM
Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Carol Carpenter’s SWEET, SWEET SPIRIT in Northampton, Massachusetts by Martin Denton

Debra J’Anthony, the executive director of the Academy of Music Theatre in Northampton, Massachusetts, has just sent me a press release about an upcoming production of Carol Carpenter&…

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 02:24PM
Thursday, February 23, 2017

Your Program is Your Ticket by Martin Denton

Sean Chandler, whose play At The Flash is on Indie Theater Now, has just launched a new podcast series about independent/fringe theater. It’s called Your Program is Your Ticket, and yo…

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 03:48PM
Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Marc Spitz by Martin Denton

Today my sad duty is to report that one of the members of that family has passed away. Marc Spitz, whose play Shyness Is Nice is in Plays and Playwrights 2002, died last week at the much-too…

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 03:12PM
Wednesday, February 1, 2017

nytheatre.com is back by Martin Denton

Folks, with pride and excitement I announce today that the nytheater indie archive launches today. It’s online and live RIGHT NOW, at the old familiar address for indie theater in NYC …

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 06:54PM
Friday, December 23, 2016

What I Learned in 2016 by Martin Denton

I thought it might be interesting to look back over the past 12 months and take note of some of the new stuff I learned this year.

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 04:12PM
Sunday, December 18, 2016

2017 by Martin Denton

So: 2017. A milestone, because nytheatre.com was born 20 years ago (in February 1997).

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 08:33PM
Sunday, December 4, 2016

Announcing Plays and Playwrights 2017 by Martin Denton

It’s time for our other annual announcement on Indie Theater Now (following last week’s announcement of the 12 most popular plays of the year)! Yes, it’s time to share my …

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 09:02PM
Wednesday, November 30, 2016

ITN’s Best Sellers by Martin Denton

As we head toward the end of 2016, I am happy to announce the most popular plays on Indie Theater Now during the past 12 months. It’s a grand, eclectic list — with several repeat…

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 01:06AM
Monday, November 28, 2016

nytheater technologies by Martin Denton

One of the major challenges we’re facing in pulling together 20 years of content for the nytheater indie archive is the fact that the technology we’ve used to build our websites …

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 12:24AM
Thursday, November 17, 2016

What About Indie Theater Now? by Martin Denton

How the NYTE online ecosystem, which has always been dedicated to the proposition that it should be EASY and CONVENIENT to find and explore great American indie theater, will get that much m…

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 09:03PM
Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Taming the Maze of Reviews by Martin Denton

Our new search resource (look at the prototype) is the engine for the nytheater indie archive project. But the real meat of the project will be the components of the archive that context…

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 08:12PM

Nothing’s Lost Forever by Martin Denton

Today we launch the nytheater indie archive community project. I've built a prototype of the search resource that is the engine of our archive and I want everybody to see it now.

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 02:06PM
Friday, October 28, 2016

The nytheatre indie archive project on Facebook by Martin Denton

The nytheatre indie archive project has a big presence on Facebook! If you haven’t liked it yet, I hope you will do that soon! The Facebook page for our project is really important for…

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 07:01PM
Thursday, October 27, 2016

The Archive NYC Indie Theater Deserves by Martin Denton

Today we officially announce the nytheatre indie archive project.

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 06:36PM
Sunday, October 16, 2016

Using ITN with Students – by Lynda Crawford by Martin Denton

Indie Theater Now is a rich resource for teaching playwriting. One way that we use it in the playwriting lab at SUNY/Empire State College is by having students view plays by Indie Theater No…

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 09:00PM

NYC Theater Archives by Martin Denton

This week we are retiring two of NYTE’s elder websites – nytheatre.com and nytheaternow.com. We’re giving them each gold watches and thanking them for years of service. We&…

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 09:00PM
Thursday, October 13, 2016

NYTE Small Press Is Relaunching by Martin Denton

Indie Theater Now has its roots in NYTE Small Press, the publishing arm of our parent nonprofit that began in 2000. Back then, the only way to get a play script out into the world was to put…

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 02:20PM
Saturday, September 24, 2016

Out of Print…but Not Out of Reach by Martin Denton

Many of you know that before we brought Indie Theater Now to the digital universe we used to publish an annual anthology of new indie plays called the PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS series. We actual…

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 02:48PM
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Kevin Augustine and THE GOD PROJEKT by Martin Denton

Kevin Augustine is best known as a master puppet theater creator: if you've ever seen his work, you have experienced a form of 3-D animation that's literally breathtaking.

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 02:02PM
Monday, September 19, 2016

Third Time’s the Charm? by Martin Denton

By Mark Rigney, playwright: Conventional wisdom still insists that the only thing harder than getting a play produced is getting it produced a second time. In the case of Bears, the first tw…

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 07:20PM
Sunday, September 18, 2016

About the Rising Sun 15th Anniversary Play Collection by Martin Denton

We’ve just added a new play anthology on Indie Theater Now: the Rising Sun Performance Company 15th Anniversary Collection. It’s a celebration of the work and legacy of one of NY…

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 01:10PM
Saturday, September 17, 2016

Announcing New Collection of Plays from SUNY Empire State by Martin Denton

Indie Theater Now has just published a new collection of plays from a distinguished playwriting program in NYC. Here’s Lynda Crawford, one of the faculty advisors, to tell folks about …

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 07:03PM
Sunday, September 11, 2016

Keeping Up with Kevin Doyle by Martin Denton

I first got to know Kevin Doyle about a dozen years ago when I saw his play Styrofoam at Feed the Herd’s Stampede Festival. Styrofoam is a sharp satire of consumer culture — very…

SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 05:21PM
Friday, September 9, 2016

United Solo uAward Nominations Announced by Martin Denton

United Solo–the remarkable celebration of solo performance that happens every fall at Theater Row Studio Theater in Times Square–has just announced the nominees for this yearR…

SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 05:02PM
Monday, August 29, 2016

ITN’s FringeNYC Plays Win Awards by Martin Denton

Last night, FringeNYC came to its conclusion, ending as it always does with a big party for the participants where, among other things, the festival’s awards are announced. I’m d…

SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 06:43PM
Sunday, August 28, 2016

Tweet of the Week by Martin Denton

@unitedsolo @Backstage @indietheaternow 25 Tix left! YEAH, THAT HAPPENED. Encore Performance 9/18 6pm See info below pic.twitter.com/965vg8Y3xw — Nick Rafello (@NICKRAFELLO) August 19,…

SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 06:16PM

ITN Sunday Scoop by Martin Denton

Here’s important ITN stuff you need to know to get ready for the upcoming week! We published three new plays on ITN this past week, including Planet Connections award winner The Social…

SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 06:16PM

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Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
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Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
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Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
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