{"id":260,"date":"2007-09-25T18:46:47","date_gmt":"2007-09-25T22:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonsobel.com\/?p=260"},"modified":"2007-09-25T18:50:21","modified_gmt":"2007-09-25T22:50:21","slug":"2007-new-york-innovative-theatre-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonsobel.com\/?p=260","title":{"rendered":"2007 New York Innovative Theatre Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyitawards.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">New York Innovative Theatre (NYIT) Awards<\/a> were presented last night at a semi-star-studded event.  It was my first time attending the awards and I was quite impressed with the sheer size and grandness of the show.  When you think &#8220;Off-Off-Broadway&#8221; you think theaters that seat fewer than 100, presenting plays with extremely low budgets, so being at FIT&#8217;s huge Haft Auditorium &#8211; filled almost to capacity &#8211; was quite a change.<\/p>\n<p>Production numbers, big-screen video feeds, and beautiful dresses lit up the stage.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juliehalston.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Julie Halston<\/a> was the funniest awards show host I&#8217;ve seen in some time &#8211; which isn&#8217;t saying much, actually, so I&#8217;ll put it this way: Julie Halston was seriously funny.  <i>(Photo credit: Marc Goldberg for the New York Innovative Theatre Awards)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/30536365@N00\/1438944493\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1205\/1438944493_e5a09c1478_o.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" vspace=\"3\" hspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" alt=\"Julie Halston\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was pleased to see that <i><a href=\"http:\/\/blogcritics.org\/archives\/2007\/04\/03\/091153.php\" target=\"_blank\">f-ckplays<\/a><\/i> got some nominations, as did Brian Linden for his portrayal of Sparkish in <i><a href=\"http:\/\/blogcritics.org\/archives\/2007\/01\/08\/025004.php\" target=\"_blank\">The Country Wife<\/a>,<\/i> which also got nods, not surprisingly, for costume and set design.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Off-Off-Broadway&#8221; isn&#8217;t the best-defined term in the world.  You can draw the line between Off- and Off-Off- based on theater size, budget, or other factors.  It would be nice to see a list of every production that NYIT considered eligible.  I wouldn&#8217;t want to be the person tasked with maintaining such a list, though.  The NYC small-theater scene is big and seems to sprawl everywhere.  The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offbroadwayonline.com\/page.php?key=aboutartny\" target=\"_blank\">Alliance of Resident Theatres\/New York<\/a>, for example &#8211; which received a Stewardship Award, presented by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn &#8211; serves almost 400 theater companies, more than half of which count as Off-Off-Broadway.  But in any case, judging from the energy and attendance at the awards show last night, the scene is clearly thriving.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyitawards.com\/anr\/2007honorees.asp\" target=\"_blank\">complete list of nominees and winners<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Innovative Theatre (NYIT) Awards were presented last night at a semi-star-studded event. It was my first time attending the awards and I was quite impressed with the sheer size and grandness of the show. 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