Off-Off Broadway Off-Off-Broadway Off-Off-Broadway theatrical productions in New York City are those in theatres that are smaller than Broadway and Off-Broadway theatres. Off-Off-Broadway theaters are often defined as theaters that have fewer than 100 seats, though the term can be used for any show in the New York City area that...  Theatre
Manhattan Theatre Source
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Owner	Fiona Jones, Ed McNamee, Daryl Boling, Amber Estes, Nancy Sirianni Nancy Sirianni - Career :With her band, The Scoldees, Sirianni has performed at major festivals: Woodstock '99, and Mountain Stage New Song Festival, and well-known venues such as The Bottom Line and The Whisky A-Go-Go... , Lanie Zipoy
Current Production	MACBETH
Capacity	45-55 Seats
Date Opened	February 22, 2000

The Manhattan Theatre Source is an Off-Off-Broadway

Off-Off-Broadway

Off-Off-Broadway theatrical productions in New York City are those in theatres that are smaller than Broadway and Off-Broadway theatres. Off-Off-Broadway theaters are often defined as theaters that have fewer than 100 seats, though the term can be used for any show in the New York City area that...

 not for profit art service organization located in Manhattan

Manhattan

Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

 near Washington Square Park

Washington Square Park

Washington Square Park is one of the best-known of New York City's 1,900 public parks. At 9.75 acres , it is a landmark in the Manhattan neighborhood of Greenwich Village, as well as a meeting place and center for cultural activity...

. A café

Café

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 and art gallery

Art gallery

An art gallery or art museum is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.Museums can be public or private, but what distinguishes a museum is the ownership of a collection...

 occupy the lower level of "The Source", a 160 year old brick building, while the upper story contains a library and the theatre proper. It is the current home of Ground UP Productions, BridgeClub Theatre Company, Invisible City Theatre Company and the EstroGenius Festival.

The venue and its productions have generally been favorably received. Theatre reviewers Tyler Pray and Stephen Morgan-Mackay both considered the "intimate" setting to be positive, with Pray considering it "one of the most enjoyable small venues for theater in the Village" although it has also been described as "claustrophobic".

The Source's premiered Gregory Fletcher's Stairway to Heaven in 2004, which received the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival

Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival

The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival is a national theatre program dedicated to the improvement of collegiate theatre in the United States...

's National Ten-Minute Play Award In 2005, the Manhattan Theatre Source debuted Coronado, the first play by Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane is an American author. He has written several award-winning novels, including A Drink Before the War and the New York Times bestseller Mystic River, which was later made into an Academy Award-winning film. Another novel, Gone, Baby, Gone, was also adapted into an Academy...

, author of Mystic River

Mystic River (novel)

Mystic River is a novel by Dennis Lehane that was published in 2001. It won the 2002 Dilys Award and was made into an Academy Award-winning film in 2003.-Plot summary:...

, to "packed houses" and a "sold-out run".