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| Address | 136 East 13th Street Manhattan, New York City United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°43′58″N73°59′18″W / 40.732781°N 73.988309°W /40.732781; -73.988309 |
| Type | Off-Broadway |
| Capacity | 199 |
| Opened | 1967 |
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Classic Stage Company, orCSC, is a classicalOff-Broadway theater company. Founded in 1967, Classic Stage Company is one of Off-Broadway's oldest theater companies.
CSC is led by Producing Artistic Director Jill Rafson.John Doyle previously served as Artistic Director from 2016 until 2022. CSC's 199-seat Lynn F. Angelson Theater is the former Abbey Theatre[1] located at 136East 13th Street betweenThird andFourth Avenues in theEast Village nearUnion Square, Manhattan, New York City.
CSC's productions have been cited repeatedly by the major Off-Broadway theater awards:Obie Award,Drama Desk Award,Outer Critics Circle Award,Drama League Award and 1999Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Body of Work.[2]
Recent productions include:Turgenev'sA Month in the Country withPeter Dinklage andTaylor Schilling;Rodgers & Hammerstein'sAllegro;Brecht'sThe Caucasian Chalk Circle withChristopher Lloyd, andGalileo withF. Murray Abraham;Stephen Sondheim andJames Lapine'sPassion withMelissa Errico,Judy Kuhn, and Ryan Silverman;Chekhov'sIvanov withEthan Hawke,The Cherry Orchard withDianne Wiest andJohn Turturro,Three Sisters withMaggie Gyllenhaal,Jessica Hecht,Juliet Rylance andPeter Sarsgaard,Uncle Vanya with Maggie Gyllenhaal,Denis O'Hare, and Peter Sarsgaard, andThe Seagull with Dianne Wiest andAlan Cumming;David Ives'The Heir Apparent,Venus in Fur withNina Arianda (Broadway transfer 2011/2012, Tony Award nom., Best Play),The School for Lies withHamish Linklater, andNew Jerusalem withRichard Easton;Unnatural Acts, conceived by Tony Speciale;Anne Carson'sAn Oresteia; andShakespeare'sHamlet with Peter Sarsgaard,The Tempest withMandy Patinkin,A Midsummer Night's Dream withBebe Neuwirth, andRichard III,Richard II, andHamlet withMichael Cumpsty.
Prominent artists who have worked at Classic Stage Company includeF. Murray Abraham,Wes Bentley,Zoe Caldwell,Kathleen Chalfant,Alan Cumming,Peter Dinklage,Mamie Gummer,Maggie Gyllenhaal,Ethan Hawke,Amy Irving,Bill Irwin,Cherry Jones,Ron Leibman,Taylor Mac,Camryn Manheim,Frances McDormand,Kate Mulgrew,Bebe Neuwirth,Cynthia Nixon,Chris Noth,Jim Parsons,Mandy Patinkin,Christina Ricci,Joely Richardson,Amber Chardae Robinson,Juliet Rylance,Ruben Santiago-Hudson,Peter Sarsgaard,Liev Schreiber,Taylor Schilling,Tony Shalhoub,Mira Sorvino,Jean Stapleton,David Strathairn,Michael Stuhlbarg,Jason Sudeikis,John Douglas Thompson,Uma Thurman,Stanley Tucci, andJohn Turturro.
Classic Stage Company has won awards for many of its productions.[3]
Presented by Musical Theaterworks at the Abbey Theatre, 136 East 13th Street