CCNY Launches New Haarlem Arts Theatre; First Up, BLUES FOR MISTER CHARLIE
The City College of New York (CCNY) and its Department of Theatre and Speech are launching the New Haarlem Arts Theatre (NHAT), a new professional theater company in residence at Aaron Davis Hall, which will produce its first season in the summer of 2011. The objective is to establish a professional theater uptown that will rank among the best in the country and to produce bold theatrical works that express the true history, culture, and diversity of America.
New Haarlem Arts Theatre (NHAT) will produce James Baldwin‘s “Blues for Mister Charlie,” directed by Eugene Nesmith, NHAT’s founder and Artistic Director, June 23 to July 17 and the musical revue, “It Ain’t Nothin’ but the Blues,” directed by Alfred Preisser, co-founder and former Artistic Director of the Classical Theatre of Harlem, July 27 to August 21. Performances will be in Theatre B of Aaron Davis Hall, located at W. 135th Street and Convent Avenue. Both productions will run Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:00 PM, with matinees Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 PM. Tickets are $25-15. Box office is SMARTTIX, (212) 868-4444, www.smarttix.com.