Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Primary Stages Launches Oral History Project, a Video Archive of Pioneers Who Created Off-Broadway Movement
Playbill.com: Primary Stages has launched the Primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral History Project, a new endeavor to capture the oral history of the New York Off-Broadway and Off Off-Broadway theatre movement through first-hand accounts of the pioneers who created it.
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What a cool project. I love that Primary Stages is giving some attention to the establishment and rise of Off-Broadway, since it seems all the attention is always given to Broadway history, Broadway shows, Broadway awards, Broadway actors and designers and managers and technicians. But how about the people with equal talent who didn't fit in the 40 available houses? I also think it's great that this is the format it is being done in. By conducting interviews and producing a film, we are able to capture the essence of the people involved in the pioneering of Off-Broadway while giving them a chance to relive their experiences and tell the story with their own words. The pioneers are writing (or perhaps, speaking) their own history, and I think that's pretty cool.
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