RECOGNITION
Dutchman
“An excellent, troubling production at the tiny Cherry Lane Theatre downtown, and it would be a foolish—or patronizing—person who questioned its relevance today."
New York Observer
"The explosive subway-car drama returns, roaring and screeching to the place where it first pulled out of the station."
Associated Press
"So here we are, back in the heat of more questioning times in the lovingly revitalized Cherry Lane playhouse where so many important voices were originally heard.”
Newsday
“Cherry Lane Theatre has taken a big chance with its new production of Amiri Baraka's Dutchman, but it's not the first time. And this time, like the last, the effort appears to have paid off."
OffOffline
“Dutchman has aged gracefully since its premiere (also at the Cherry Lane) in 1964."
The Village Voice
“Bill Duke’s thrilling revival of the show, at the Cherry Lane, where it first opened on March 24, 1964, and created a sensation. The play is still a sensation."
The New Yorker
The Cherry Lane
"I, Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of the city of New York, in recognition of this important [80th] anniversary, do hereby proclaim Sunday, April 3, 2005 in the city of New York: "Cherry Lane Theatre Day."
Office of NYC Mayor, Michael R. Bloomberg
“Once again, I enjoyed sitting in the Cherry Lane Theatre. I have lost count of how many productions I have seen there. It is a choice venue.”
Hal Prince
“Celebrating the contributions made to contemporary American Theatre.”
Berrilla Kerr Foundation
“...the famed Commerce Street institution... staging many of the most cutting-edge and influential plays by young writers.”
The Village Voice
“You are truly providing an artistic home for the future of the American Theatre.”
Young Playwrights, Inc
“In recognition of more than 25 years of service to Greenwich Village.”
Office Of NYC Mayor, Rudolph W. Giuliani
“Cherry Lane Theatre encourages and enables many of the most creative, avant garde talents to establish themselves as writers and performing artists.”
C. Virginia Fields, President, Borough Of Manhattan
“I don’t want to do Broadway. I want to work at the Cherry Lane.”
Jose Quintero
“I applaud all the great artists that have worked at the Cherry Lane Theatre throughout its history. This place is small, but the ideas are big!”
Rod Steiger
“I’m very disappointed to be produced on Broadway. I wanted the Cherry Lane.”
Joe Orton
“Thanks for one of the most memorable times in my life as an actor! Glorious life continued to the Cherry Lane Theatre.”
Ruby Dee
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