| Date/ Opened |
Show Name |
Details |
| January 1 |
SHANGO DE IMA |
Adaptation: Pepe Carril (Cuba), Susan
Sherman
Director: Joe Busch
Composer: Walter Burns |
| January 6 |
PARAPET |
Playwright: David Mueller
Director: David Mann |
| January 14 |
THE ONLY JEALOUSY OF EMER
& RENARD THE FOX
|
Company: ETC Company
Playwright: W.B. Yeats & Igor Stravinsky
Director: John Braswell & Wilford Leach
Composer: Barbara Benary & IgorStravinsky |
| January 28 |
BUT MOST OF US CRY AT THE MOVIES |
Playwright: Bruce Kirle
Director: Robin Hirsch
Composer: Bruce Kirle |
| January 29 |
GLORIA AND ESPERANZA |
Playwright: Julie Bovasso
Director: Julie Bovasso |
| February 6 |
UBU
& ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM |
Playwright: Alfred Jarry & Anonymous
Director: Andrei Serban
Composer: Lamar Alford |
| February 11 |
BUFFALO MEAT |
Playwright: Chico Garvin
Director: Spencer Trova |
| February 18 |
QUAD |
Playwright: Merrill Harris
Director: Daniel Landau |
| February 20 |
SON OF COCKSTRONG
|
Company: Playhouse of the Ridiculous
Playwright: Tom Murrin
Director: John Vaccaro
Composer: Ralph Czitrom, George Basley, John Madera, John Vaccaro |
| February 24 |
HEAVEN GRAND IN AMBER ORBIT |
Company: Playhouse of the Ridiculous
Playwright: Jackie Curtis
Director: John Vaccaro
Composer: Ralph Czitrom, John Madera, George Basley, John Vaccaro |
| February 25 |
VAN GOGH |
Playwright: Arthur Sanier
Director: Larry Loonin |
| March 4 |
APPROACHING SIMONE |
Playwright: Megan Terry
Director: Maxine Klein
Composer: William S. Fischer |
| March 5 |
COCKSTRONG |
Company: Playhouse of the Ridiculous
Playwright: Tom Murrin
Director: John Vaccaro
Composer: The Silver Apples, Ralph Czitron & John Vaccaro |
| March 11 |
ELEGY FOR A DOWN QUEEN |
Playwright: Leslie E. Lee
Director: Robert Hedley
Composer: Dominic Garvey |
| March 23 |
UBU
& ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM |
Playwright: Alfred Jarry & Anonymous
Director: Andrei Serban
Composer: Lamar Alford |
| March 25 |
BLUEBEARD |
Company: Ridiculous Theatre Compnay
Playwright: Charles Ludlam
Director: Charles Ludlam
Composer: David Scott |
| March 26 |
WHAT IS MAKING GILDA SO CRAZY |
Playwright: Tom Eyen
Director: Neil Flanagan |
| March 26 |
RAT'S MASS |
Playwright: Adrienne Kennedy
Director: Seth Allen
Composer: LaMar Alford |
| March 28 |
HEIMSKRINGLA! OR THE STONED ANGELS |
Playwright: Paul Foster
Director: Ching Yeh
Composer: Lamar Alford |
| April 1 |
SECOND DOOR LEFT |
Playwright: Alexander Popovich
Director: Alexander Popovich
Composer: Tom & Vikki Wagner |
| April 3 |
CAPTAIN JACK'S REVENGE |
Playwright: Michael Smith
Director: Michael Smith |
| April 4 |
THE DIRTIEST SHOW IN TOWN |
Playwright: Tom Eyen
Director: Tom Eyen |
| April 4 |
BANG TOO |
Director: Lamar Alford |
| April 9 |
BAUDELAIRE |
Playwright: Antoine Bourseiller
Director: Antoine Bourseiller
Composer: Lamar Alford |
| April 22 |
PIG OR HIGH ON THE HOG |
Playwright: Sydney Andreani & John
Driver
Director: John Driver
Composer: John Driver |
| April 23 |
OUR PLAY ON THE FUTURE HAS NO NAME |
Playwright: Harold Greenberger & Robert
Reinhold
Director: Harold Greenberger & Don Price
Composer: Charley Cuva |
| April 25 |
THE DIRTIEST SHOW IN TOWN |
Playwright: Tom Eyen
Director: Tom Eyen
In May THE DIRTIEST SHOW IN TOWN by Tom Eyen opened at the Astor
Place Theatre |
| April 30 |
HOW THEY MADE IT |
Playwright: Nancy Fales
Director: Gale Julian
Composer: Gale Meyers & Robert Fleishman |
| April |
UBU,
ARDEN FAVERSHAM,
HEIMSKRINGLA
& RATS MASS |
The Repertory Company under the direction
of Andrei Serban and Ching Yeh, made their first European tour.
The plays were UBU & ARDEN FAVERSHAM directed by Andrei Serban,
HEIMSKRINGLA
& RATS MASS directed by Ching Yeh, and CINQUE by Leonard
Melfi directed by Wilford Leach. They went to Loenersloot, Holland,
London, Munich, Belgrad, Spoleto and Vienna |
| May 6 |
FEMME FATALE |
Playwright: Jackie Curtis
Director: Anthony J. Ingrassia
Composer: Tom Marcus |
| May 13 |
JULIA CAESAR |
Playwright: Allan Causey
Director: Allan Causey
Composer: Richard DeMone |
| May 20 |
MIRA |
Playwright: Gucharan Das
Director: Martin Brenzell
Composer: David Walker |
| May 27 |
LA RECLUSA
|
Company: LaMama Bogota
Playwright: Paul Foster
Director: Gustavo Mejia |
| May 28 |
THE MARTYR
|
Company: Niagra Community College
Playwright: Gerald L. Miller
Director: Gerald L. Miller |
| June 3 |
CHARLIE & OUT AT SEA
|
Company: ETC Company
Playwright: Slawomir Mrozek
Director: John Braswell & Wilford Leach
Composer: Zizi Mueller & Sandy Spencer |
| June 3 |
PLAYING WITH DOLLS
& THE MAN WHO KILLED TINKERBELL |
Playwright: Julian Anderson & Robert
Reiser
Director: Peter L. Feldman |
| June 4 |
THE MAIDS |
Playwright: Jean Genet
Director: Jeffrey Herman |
| June 10 |
SALOME |
Adaptation: Andy Robinson
Director: William Lee Kinsolving |
| June 17 |
THE GOLDEN BAT |
Playwright: Higashi Yutaka
Director: Shimoda Itsuro
GOLDEN BAT later this month opened at the Sheridan Square Playhouse |
| June 29 |
TA TA TA |
Adapted by: Rina Yerushalmi
Director: Rina Yerushalmi |
| July 8 |
ENDGAME |
Playwright: Samuel Beckett
Director: Michael F. Kalinowski |
| July 8 |
LA MARIE VISION |
Playwright: Shuji Terayama
Director: Shuji Terayama |
| July 15 |
ALLEGROS |
Playwright: Donald Harrington & Mark
Brimijohn
Director: Donald Harrington & Mark Brimijohn
Composer: Donald Harrington |
| July 20 |
SHAVED SPLITS |
Playwright: Sam Shepard
Director: Bill Hart |
| August 6 |
THREE TRAVELERS WATCH THE SUNRISE |
Playwright: Wallace Stevens
Director: Ching Yeh & LaMama Chinatown |
| August |
|
La MaMa closed for a vacation. In this
month we purchased 47 Great Jones Street for additional rehearsal
space. Two years later the third floor rehearsal space in the
main building were turned into offices |
| September 9 |
GERTRUDE, OR WOULD SHE BE PLEASED TO
RECEIVE IT |
Company: ETC Company
Playwright: Wilford Leach
Director: John Braswell & Wilford Leach
Composer: Ben Johnston |
| September 11 |
THE SWINGER |
Playwright: Alan Rubenstein
Director: Bob Reilly |
| September 16 |
GRAND MAGIC CIRCUS |
Company: MAGIC CIRCUS
Playwright: Jerome Savary
Director: Jerome Savary
Composer: Baby & Chicken |
| September 17 |
NIGHTCLUB |
Company: Playhouse of the Ridiculous
Playwright: Kenneth Bernard
Director: John Vaccaro
Composer: John Vaccaro |
| September 17 |
THE ONLY JEALOUSY OF EMER
& RENARD, THE FOX |
Playwrights: W.B. Yeats & Igor Stravinsky
Directors: John Braswell & Wilford Leach
Composers: Barbara Benary & Igor Stravinsky |
| September 23 |
PHOTOGRAPHER
& CARNIVAL |
Playwright: Otto Dyjk & Alberd Maurits
Director: Peter Van Den Hurk |
| September 28 |
MONKEYS OF THE ORGAN GRINDER |
Company: Playhouse of the Ridiculous
Company: LaMama London
Playwright: Kenneth Bernard
Director: John Vaccaro |
| October 7 |
LA CABEZA DEL BAUTISTA
& LA ROSA DE PAPEL |
Playwright: Valle-Inclan
Director: Delfor Peralta |
| October 14 |
STREET SOUNDS |
Company: LaMama GPA Nucleus Co.
Playwright: Ed Bullins
Director: Hugh Gittens |
| October 21 |
PHOEBUS
& YOU'VE TURNED ON |
Playwright: Avra Petrides & Diane
Kagan |
| October 28 |
CONEY ISLAND |
Playwright: Higashi Yutaka
Director: Higashi Yutaka
Composer: Shimoda Itsuro |
| October 28 |
MARAT/SADE |
Playwright: Peter Weiss
Director: Ray Rizzo
Composer: Richard Peaslee |
| November 4 |
TOY SHOW |
Playwright: Leon Katz
Director: Rina Yerushalmi
Composer: David Spangler |
| November 11 |
GERTRUDE, OR WOULD SHE BE PLEASED TO
RECEIVE IT |
Company: ETC Company
Playwright: Wilford Leach
Director: John Braswell & Wilford Leach
Composer: Ben Johnston |
| November 18 |
EARLY MORNING |
Playwright: Edward Bond
Director: Mel Bernhardt
Composer: James Reichert |
| November 18 |
BLUEBERRY MUFFIN TWICE REMOVED
& CHAMBER PIECE FOR BEARDED PERCUSSIONIST AND STROVIL |
Company: ETC Company
Playwright: James Cuomo |
| November 20 |
THE ONLY JEALOUSY OF EMER & RENARD,
THE FOX |
Playwrights: W.B. Yeats & Igor Stravinsky
Directors: John Braswell & Wilford Leach
Composers: Barbara Benary & Igor Stravinsky |
| November 25 |
CARMILLA
|
Company: ETC Company
Playwright: Wilford Leach
Director: Wilford Leach & John Braswell
Composer: Ben Johnston |
| November25 |
SABBAT |
Playwright: Gerald Miller
Director: Gerald Miller
Composer: Mark Penque |
| December 2 |
THE TRAGEDY OF HOMER SILLS |
Playwright: Tony Barsha
Director: Tony Barsha |
| December 2 |
GRAVEDIGGERS OF 1971 |
Playwright: Reigh Hagen & Barbara
Kahn
Director: Randy Barcello
Composer: Jean Campbell & Norman Pederson |
| December 9 |
A CHEAP TRICK |
Playwright: Charles Mingus III
Director: Lee Kissman |
| December 16 |
BLACK SUN |
Playwright: Antonin Artaud
Director: Robert Cordier |
| December 16 |
SUICIDE IN ALEXANDRIA |
Playwright: Nelly Vivas
Director: Juan Carlos Uviedo |
| December 24 |
THE RICHEST GIRL IN THE WORLD FINDS
HAPPINESS |
Playwright: Robert Patrick |
| December 30 |
THE CENCI |
Playwright: Antonin Artaud
Director: Martin Brenzell
Composer: David Walker |
| December 30 |
CRANES AND PEONIES |
Playwright: Jing-Jyi Wu & Ching
Yeh
Director: Ching Yeh
Composer: Alessi Brothers & Ching Yeh |