Artistic director Christine Jones welcomes adventurous theatergoers back to unique Times Square venue (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
Duffy Square, 46th St. & Broadway
Through June 12
Admission: free (donations accepted)
www.theatreforone.com
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Last May, Tony-nominated set designer Christine Jones (American Idiot, Spring Awakening) opened up a very different kind of theater in Times Square, a unique venue that was not so concerned with glamour, glitz, long runs, and attendance figures. Set in a converted rock-and-roll road box designed by Ada Tolla, Giuseppe Lignano, and Baptiste Thevenon of LOT-EK, Theatre for One is back in Duffy Square, offering private vignettes for one person at a time in a space that is part confessional, part peep show. The short works, written by Zayd Dohrn, Stephanie Fleischman, Jacquelyn Reingold, Emily Schwend, and Beau Willimon, were commissioned specifically for TFO and will be performed by actor and magician Steve Cuiffo, Obie winner Birgit Huppuch (Ariana), Tony nominee Marin Ireland (reasons to be pretty), television and theater actress Tasha Lawrence, and Drama Desk nominee Dallas Roberts (Nocturne, The L Word), who also just happens to be married to Jones. Lighting and costumes are by Ana Cappelluto. Admission is free, but it’s first come, first served, so be prepared for some long lines if you go at prime time. (Afternoon and evening performances are scheduled for Thursday and Friday 7:00 – 11:30, Saturday 4:00 – 6:00 and 7:00 – 11:00, and Sunday 4:00 – 7:30.)