Are You Now or Have You Ever Been
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Full guide →Getting there. Everything in this building shares one stage door, round the back on W 56th St. — a small vestibule roughly opposite the 55th St. entrance, next to a driveway. For Manhattan Theatre Club shows the cast most often comes out through the 55th St. lobby the audience uses, so wait there first and try 56th St. as the backup.
When to go. Head straight out at curtain call. Two-show days are the worst bet at both performances — the cast rests through the matinee and is spent by the evening. A Sunday matinee is the best single bet, because it is a one-show day. In bad weather the barricades sometimes never go up at all.
Who comes out. Anywhere from nobody to most of the cast. Nobody can tell you in advance which three — not us, not the theatre. Treat any list that claims otherwise with suspicion.
What to bring. Tonight’s Playbill and a fine-tip Sharpie, held open to the page you want signed. Ask before you photograph anyone, and keep the pavement clear — it is a working door, not a red carpet.
Shared door. This door also serves the New York City Center, so some of the crowd is waiting for a different show.
Why “still confirming”. The theatre details above are solid. What we haven’t nailed down is whether this particular production does a stage door — that changes with the cast, and no source publishes it. We’d rather say so than guess.
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The Lowdown
Eric Bentley’s docudrama stitches together actual transcripts from the House Un-American Activities Committee, forcing us to watch history repeat its worst impulses. It is essentially a brutal exercise in choosing between your career and your conscience. With Anna D. Shapiro directing, the production avoids the usual historical fluff in favor of a cold, sharp look at the industry’s capacity for self-preservation. Given the rotating cast, the performances will likely shift the temperature of the room nightly. It is a dense, necessary watch that demands your full attention, even if the prospect of sitting through 1940s interrogation tactics sounds like a long night at the office.
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