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Magic Time at the Caffé Cino

index.phpFrom 1958 to 1968 the Caffé Cino in the West Village provided a safe haven to the adventurous performers and playwrights that invented the Off-Off-Broadway scene. Seated under a canopy of twinkle lights, among a clutter of curiosities that made up the Cino’s decor, audiences found themselves immersed in a play, as performers entered and exited scenes through the front door or from behind the coffee counter. The Broadway hit Dames at Sea, was, in fact, premiered at the Caffe Cino in 1966, as were other groundbreaking theater works by Sam Shepard, Doric Wilson, John Guare, Tom Eyen, and Lanford Wilson, among others. Artist and memoirist, Magie Dominic, the accidental archivist of the Caffe Cino, comes to the library to share remarkable stories of the birthplace of Off-Off Broadway, illustrated by one-of-kind artifacts from the Library’s Caffé Cino collection.

Reserve your seat HERE starting November 7. (If you need assistance with online reservations, please visit the welcome desk at the Library for the Performing Arts’ Lincoln Center Plaza entrance, where volunteers will make a reservation for you, even if you do not use email. All registered seats are released 15 minutes before start time, so we recommend that you arrive early.)











When: Mon., Dec. 7, 2015 at 6:00 pm
Where: New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
212-870-1600
Price: Free
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index.phpFrom 1958 to 1968 the Caffé Cino in the West Village provided a safe haven to the adventurous performers and playwrights that invented the Off-Off-Broadway scene. Seated under a canopy of twinkle lights, among a clutter of curiosities that made up the Cino’s decor, audiences found themselves immersed in a play, as performers entered and exited scenes through the front door or from behind the coffee counter. The Broadway hit Dames at Sea, was, in fact, premiered at the Caffe Cino in 1966, as were other groundbreaking theater works by Sam Shepard, Doric Wilson, John Guare, Tom Eyen, and Lanford Wilson, among others. Artist and memoirist, Magie Dominic, the accidental archivist of the Caffe Cino, comes to the library to share remarkable stories of the birthplace of Off-Off Broadway, illustrated by one-of-kind artifacts from the Library’s Caffé Cino collection.

Reserve your seat HERE starting November 7. (If you need assistance with online reservations, please visit the welcome desk at the Library for the Performing Arts’ Lincoln Center Plaza entrance, where volunteers will make a reservation for you, even if you do not use email. All registered seats are released 15 minutes before start time, so we recommend that you arrive early.)

Buy tickets/get more info now