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The Performing Garage is an off-off-Broadway theater in SoHo, New York City. Established in 1968,〔 it is the permanent home of the experimental theater company originally named The Performance Group (under Richard Schechner) that morphed in 1980 into The Wooster Group〔 (under Elizabeth LeCompte), and their primary performance venue. Since 1978, it also hosts their annual "Visiting Artist Series" or "Emerging Artist Series". Located at 33 Wooster Street, it seats approximately 60.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://newyork.timeout.com/arts-culture/theater/120298/performing-garage )〕 Actors such as Willem Dafoe debuted in earnest here〔Dafoe was a member of Theatre X for some years, then moved to New York in 1977 and joined the Performing Garage in late 1977 or early 1978 (see Wooster, "Production History") "during the making of ''Nayatt School''"() (1978), one of the plays of the emerging Wooster Group (of which he was in 1980 a founding member).〕 and regularly come back.〔For instance, Dafoe played at the Garage in ''LSD'', ''Just the High Points'', ''The Road to Immortality'', ''North Atlantic'',(), up to 2001 in ''To You, the Birdie!! (Phèdre)''()().〕 ==History== The location was originally not a garage but a metal stamping/flatware factory,〔Wooster Group, "The Performing Garage".〕 back when SoHo was an empty warehouse district being colonized by artists. It was acquired in 1968 by its first artistic and theater director, Richard Schechner. The Performing Garage was established there in 1968〔NYT (1970). ("Dionysus in 69" ), ''New York Times'', March 23, 1970.〕 as a home for Schechner's company The Performance Group (1967-1980), starting with ''Dionysus in 69''〔 (1968). Because of the group's name, the theater is sometimes erroneously called ''the Performance Garage''. In 1975, some members began to develop their own productions and perform them at the Performing Garage but not under the name of The Performance Group, starting with ''Sakonnet Point'' (1975). In 1980, Richard Schechner resigned as director and the Performing Garage became home to the troupe renamed The Wooster Group under Elizabeth LeCompte, with their 1975-1980 independent works being retroactively considered〔Wooster Group, "Production History since 1975".〕 productions of the new Group. The Performing Garage is owned and operated by the Wooster Group as a shareholder in the Grand Street Artists Co-op〔 (originally established as part of the Fluxus art movement in the 1960s). Located at 33 Wooster Street, it is one block north of Canal Street and one block east of West Broadway in SoHo, New York.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Performing Garage is an off-off-Broadway theater in SoHo, New York City. Established in 1968, it is the permanent home of the experimental theater company originally named The Performance Group (under Richard Schechner) that morphed in 1980 into The Wooster Group (under Elizabeth LeCompte), and their primary performance venue.Since 1978, it also hosts their annual "Visiting Artist Series" or "Emerging Artist Series". Located at 33 Wooster Street, it seats approximately 60.(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://newyork.timeout.com/arts-culture/theater/120298/performing-garage ) Actors such as Willem Dafoe debuted in earnest hereDafoe was a member of Theatre X for some years, then moved to New York in 1977 and joined the Performing Garage in late 1977 or early 1978 (see Wooster, "Production History") "during the making of ''Nayatt School''"() (1978), one of the plays of the emerging Wooster Group (of which he was in 1980 a founding member). and regularly come back.For instance, Dafoe played at the Garage in ''LSD'', ''Just the High Points'', ''The Road to Immortality'', ''North Atlantic'',(), up to 2001 in ''To You, the Birdie!! (Phèdre)''()().==History==The location was originally not a garage but a metal stamping/flatware factory,Wooster Group, "The Performing Garage". back when SoHo was an empty warehouse district being colonized by artists. It was acquired in 1968 by its first artistic and theater director, Richard Schechner.The Performing Garage was established there in 1968NYT (1970). ("Dionysus in 69" ), ''New York Times'', March 23, 1970. as a home for Schechner's company The Performance Group (1967-1980), starting with ''Dionysus in 69'' (1968). Because of the group's name, the theater is sometimes erroneously called ''the Performance Garage''.In 1975, some members began to develop their own productions and perform them at the Performing Garage but not under the name of The Performance Group, starting with ''Sakonnet Point'' (1975).In 1980, Richard Schechner resigned as director and the Performing Garage became home to the troupe renamed The Wooster Group under Elizabeth LeCompte, with their 1975-1980 independent works being retroactively consideredWooster Group, "Production History since 1975". productions of the new Group.The Performing Garage is owned and operated by the Wooster Group as a shareholder in the Grand Street Artists Co-op (originally established as part of the Fluxus art movement in the 1960s).Located at 33 Wooster Street, it is one block north of Canal Street and one block east of West Broadway in SoHo, New York.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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