The venue for Long Wharf Theatre’s production of A View From The Bridge is actually viewable from two bridges. Staging at the Canal Dock Boathouse, the backdrop for the play by Arthur Miller is a view across New Haven Harbor, cast here as the workplace of an Italian American community of longshoremen in 1950s Brooklyn. […]
Edge States
Live From the Edge presented by Long Wharf Theatre exists in finely honed edge states: on the shifting precipice of a set not in stone; near the upper limit of artistic virtuosity; and with the sharpened courage required to express genuine heterodoxy. The “fusion theatre” performance, a non-linear showcase of work written, adapted and performed […]
House Inspection
As you find your seat at Long Wharf Theatre, the stage is already set for Eliana Pipes’s Dream Hou$e—specifically, the living room. (more…)
This Week in New Haven (March 14 – 20)
Miracles and their makers are analyzed, celebrated and, by local sports fans, prayed for. (more…)
Playing It Back
In order to understand what happened in the Crown Heights neighborhood of New York City in August of 1991, you need some context. (more…)
On Display
The first Chinese woman to arrive in America is believed to have been a teenager named Afong Moy, who was put on public display, beginning in New York City in 1834, as The Chinese Lady. “AFONG MOY is a native of Canton city, about sixteen years of age, mild and engaging in her manners,” reads […]
This Week in New Haven (October 11 – 17)
Step outside, inside, up and around, and not just while learning a few new moves. Monday, October 11 At 1 p.m., an Indigenous Peoples’ Day event celebrates “indigenous peoples from Turtle Island and beyond” outside City Hall (165 Church St, New Haven). Tuesday, October 12 The Yale Latino Networking Group closes out Hispanic Heritage Month […]