Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Look back at the Off and Off-Off Broadway theater scene of the 1990s. This 1996 City Arts episode explores the extraordinary range of playwrights, directors, and performers whose theatrical works appeared across New York City’s boroughs in venues that are not big Broadway theaters.
Off and Off-Off Broadway artists who share their insights on their creativity include Jon Robin Baitz, Amiri Baraka, Eric Bogosian, Lee Breuer, Tony Kushner, Romulus Linney, Arthur Miller, Suzan-Lori Parks, Richard Schechner, and Nicky Silver.
Go behind the scenes of Richard Foreman’s rehearsal process. Discover Dixon Place’s living-room theater experiments and Ensemble Studio Theatre’s influential playwright development program.
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City Arts was THIRTEEN's program featuring the tri-state area's arts and culture, delivering insightful introductions, on-location features, profiles, news segments, and more.
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Look back at the Off and Off-Off Broadway theater scene of the 1990s. This 1996 City Arts episode explores the extraordinary range of playwrights, directors, and performers whose theatrical works appeared across New York City’s boroughs in venues that are not big Broadway theaters.
Off and Off-Off Broadway artists who share their insights on their creativity include Jon Robin Baitz, Amiri Baraka, Eric Bogosian, Lee Breuer, Tony Kushner, Romulus Linney, Arthur Miller, Suzan-Lori Parks, Richard Schechner, and Nicky Silver.
Go behind the scenes of Richard Foreman’s rehearsal process. Discover Dixon Place’s living-room theater experiments and Ensemble Studio Theatre’s influential playwright development program.
Subscribe to a THIRTEEN newsletter to stay informed: qrco.de/BroadwayAndBeyond2026
The WNET Group presents Broadway and Beyond, a special collection of Broadway and arts programming, and archival selections from the THIRTEEN Vault, premiering in May and June.
City Arts was THIRTEEN's program featuring the tri-state area's arts and culture, delivering insightful introductions, on-location features, profiles, news segments, and more.
#OffBroadway #Theater #NYCArts #THIRTEEN #Broadway #OffOffBroadway #Play #Stage #Playwright #ArthurMiller #JonRobinBaitz #AmiriBaraka #EricBogosian #LeeBreuer #Tony Kushner #RomulusLinney #SuzanLoriParks #RichardSchechner #Nicky Silver #Performance #TheaterDistrict
Please SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed: youtube.com/@ThirteenWNET?sub_confirmation=1
For full episodes, check out thirteen.org
Facebook: facebook.com/thirteenwnet
Instagram: instagram.com/thirteenwnet
TikTok: tiktok.com/@thirteenwnet
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THIRTEEN is one of America’s most respected and innovative public media providers. Part of The WNET Group, THIRTEEN is a unique cultural and educational institution that harnesses the power of television and electronic media to inform, enlighten, entertain and inspire. The flagship public television station of the New York City tri-state area and the most-watched public television channel in the nation, THIRTEEN reaches millions of people with programming that celebrates arts and culture, offers insightful commentary on the news of the day, explores the worlds of science and nature, and invites people of all ages to have fun while learning.
