Cherry Lane Theatre

Cherry Lane Theatre
38 Commerce St
New York, NY 10014
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About

This tiny theater is located in the West Village on a charming residential street. The playhouse was founded in 1924 by the poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. The best seats are located behind Row H, especially Row J, seats 2-10.

Current Productions

We have no current productions for this theater right now.

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Past Productions

Drama

Gum

New York City

Closed: October 31, 1999

Musical

Stars In Your Eyes

New York City

Closed: November 20, 1999

Comedy

Fully Committed

New York City

Closed: May 27, 2001

Drama

Our Place in Time

New York City

Closed: February 20, 2000

Concert/Event

Sweet Motions/Mean Moments

New York City

Closed: March 14, 2000

Cherry Lane Alternative, Mentor Project 2000

New York City

Closed: June 16, 2000

Play

Two-Headed

New York City

Closed: May 28, 2000

Comedy

Hard Feelings

New York City

Closed: November 4, 2000

50 Minutes with Harriet and Phillis

New York City

Closed: February 24, 2001

Musical

Leaving Queens

New York City

Closed: March 18, 2001

Wild Carnations – Spins on the World’s First Novel

New York City

Closed: March 12, 2001

The Dark River

New York City

Closed: April 9, 2001

Play

Blood Orange

New York City

Closed: April 21, 2001

Zoetrope: All Story Magazine

New York City

Closed: April 16, 2001

Musical

O Pioneers!

New York City

Closed: May 13, 2001

Tandem Acts: Not For Love Or…

New York City

Closed: May 7, 2001

Play

Concertina’s Rainbow

New York City

Closed: May 19, 2001

The Comedy of Errors

New York City

Closed: May 20, 2001

Play

The Shoebox of Ebbets Field

New York City

Closed: June 2, 2001

Play

Strange Attractors

New York City

Closed: June 16, 2001

Play

The Allegory of Painting

New York City

Closed: June 30, 2001

Play

Saint Lucy’s Eyes

New York City

Closed: September 2, 2001

Play

Mirita

New York City

Closed: August 5, 2001

Concert/Event

The Machado Dialogues

New York City

Closed: October 21, 2001

Musical

The Strange Case of Mary Lincoln

New York City

Closed: October 21, 2001

Play

Havana Is Waiting

New York City

Closed: November 25, 2001

Young Playwrights Festival 2001

New York City

Closed: December 8, 2001

Concert/Event

Young Playwrights Tuesday Talks

New York City

Closed: November 27, 2001

60 Minutes in Negroland

New York City

Closed: December 10, 2001

Women’s Project and Productions First Looks Readings

New York City

Closed: March 18, 2002

Play

Carson McCullers (Historically Inaccurate)

New York City

Closed: February 3, 2002

Cherry Lane Alternative Mentor Project 2002

New York City

Closed: June 29, 2002

Cherry Lane Alternative Black History Celebration

New York City

Closed: March 2, 2002

Concert/Event

Cherry Lane Alternative Women’s History Celebration

New York City

Closed: March 23, 2002

Tandem Acts Festival: Here/Not Here

New York City

Closed: April 29, 2002

21 Dog Years: Doing Time @ Amazon.com

New York City

Closed: August 31, 2002

Cherry Lane AlterNATION One-Act Festival

New York City

Closed: June 29, 2002

Return to the Upright Position

New York City

Closed: September 9, 2002

Play

Cheat

New York City

Closed: October 3, 2002

Young Playwrights Festival 2002

New York City

Closed: October 26, 2002

Play

Happy Days

New York City

Closed: October 24, 2002

Play

Cheat

New York City

Closed: November 3, 2002

Comedy

The Wake of Jamey Foster

New York City

Closed: November 24, 2002

Temporary Help

New York City

Closed: December 8, 2002

Play

It Just Catches

New York City

Closed: February 23, 2003

Concert/Event

Women’s Project & Prods’ 25th Anniversary: First Looks Reading Series

New York City

Closed: March 24, 2003

Cherry Lane Mentor Project

New York City

Closed: May 24, 2003

Musical

Kiki & Herb: Coup de Théatre

New York City

Closed: October 4, 2003

Concert/Event

A Theatre for Women’s Voices: Plays and History from the Women’s Project at 25

New York City

Closed: May 12, 2003

Play

Grasmere

New York City

Closed: June 15, 2003

Comedy

Madonna In The Title

New York City

Closed: August 22, 2003

Play

A Discouraging Word

New York City

Closed: August 22, 2003

3 Weeks After Paradise

New York City

Closed: September 11, 2003

Play

Touch

New York City

Closed: October 26, 2003

Tongues: A Reading Series

New York City

Closed: November 26, 2003

Play

Birdy

New York City

Closed: December 21, 2003

Play

By the Bier

New York City

Closed: December 13, 2003

Women on Fire

New York City

Closed: February 8, 2004

Young Playwrights Festival XXII

New York City

Closed: February 20, 2004

Play

Double Sophia

New York City

Closed: March 27, 2004

Mentor Project 2004

New York City

Closed: May 22, 2004

Musical

Open Heart

New York City

Closed: April 25, 2004

Play

Wordsworth

New York City

Closed: April 24, 2004

Play

Thunderbird

New York City

Closed: May 22, 2004

Concert/Event

It’s Happened Before: A History of U.S. Military Occupation

New York City

Closed: May 24, 2004

Play

Miss Julie

New York City

Closed: July 18, 2004

3 Weeks After Paradise

New York City

Closed: September 11, 2004

My Chekov Light

New York City

Closed: September 26, 2004

Voices: Poems by Women of All Ages

New York City

Closed: October 4, 2004

Play

Eve-olution

New York City

Closed: December 12, 2004

Play

Slag Heap

New York City

Closed: May 7, 2005

Play

Bhutan

New York City

Closed: June 4, 2005

Drama

Dottie Hope

New York City

Closed: June 11, 2005

Play

Huck & Holden

New York City

Closed: February 25, 2006

Black Girl You’ve Been Gentrified

New York City

Closed: February 11, 2006

Play

Hoodoo Love

New York City

Closed: April 15, 2006

Play

On the Line

New York City

Closed: April 23, 2006

Play

Girl.

New York City

Closed: May 6, 2006

Musical

Mental the Musical

New York City

Closed: May 16, 2006

Play

All That Fall

New York City

Closed: June 3, 2006

Downtown Urban Theater Festival 2006

New York City

Closed: June 24, 2006

Play

The Brighter Burn

New York City

Closed: June 14, 2006

Play

Black at Michigan & Call Me Crazy…

New York City

Closed: June 15, 2006

Play

When Santo Domingo Isn’t Enough

New York City

Closed: June 23, 2006

Play

Georgia & Speak Your Mind

New York City

Closed: June 17, 2006

touch

New York City

Closed: June 20, 2006

Trans Plantations

New York City

Closed: June 21, 2006

Play

Freedom; Karen & Tomas (I Touch Myself)

New York City

Closed: June 22, 2006

Play

El Building

New York City

Closed: June 23, 2006

Concert/Event

Let’s Celebrate!

New York City

Closed: June 24, 2006

Play

Hearts and Minds

New York City

Closed: June 24, 2006

The Middle East, In Pieces

New York City

Closed: August 18, 2006

Concert/Event

Wes Hutchinson with Benji Rogers

New York City

Closed: September 14, 2006

Good Night, Mr. Jefferson

New York City

Closed: September 27, 2006

Play

Drug Buddy

New York City

Closed: October 21, 2006

Play

Bhutan

New York City

Closed: December 9, 2006

Top Girls

New York City

Closed: November 6, 2006

Play

The Van Driver Experience!

New York City

Closed: November 11, 2006

Twigs

New York City

Closed: November 20, 2006

Vita and Virginia

New York City

Closed: December 11, 2006

Drama

Dutchman

New York City

Closed: February 24, 2007

Mentor Project 2007

New York City

Closed: May 12, 2007

Play

Fugue

New York City

Closed: April 21, 2007

Play

Training Wisteria

New York City

Closed: May 12, 2007

Play

Phallacy

New York City

Closed: June 10, 2007

Concert/Event

SeaChange: Reversing the Tide

New York City

Closed: June 7, 2007

FUCT: The Tip Doesn’t Count

New York City

Closed: June 23, 2007

Concert/Event

Cavalcade of Fruits

New York City

Closed: July 10, 2007

Slam Poetry Showcase

New York City

Closed: July 10, 2007

Cabaret

The Art of Drag

New York City

Closed: July 11, 2007

Voyage d’une Jongleuse: Journey of a Female Juggler

New York City

Closed: July 12, 2007

Debutante Balls

New York City

Closed: July 13, 2007

Play

Fading to Grey

New York City

Closed: July 16, 2007

What Do Men Want?

New York City

Closed: July 14, 2007

Play

Monroe Bound

New York City

Closed: July 17, 2007

Play

Mentor

New York City

Closed: July 17, 2007

Stripped and Teased: Scandalous Stories with Subversive Subplots

New York City

Closed: July 19, 2007

Play

William & James

New York City

Closed: July 21, 2007

Love Scenes

New York City

Closed: July 21, 2007

Play

The Long Ride Home

New York City

Closed: July 22, 2007

A.Gender

New York City

Closed: July 22, 2007

Play

An Air Balloon Across Antarctica

New York City

Closed: August 24, 2007

Drama

The Mercy Swing

New York City

Closed: August 25, 2007

Play

Lucid

New York City

Closed: August 25, 2007

Play

Madonna and Child and Other Divas

New York City

Closed: August 24, 2007

Play

Lost: How A Certain TV Mega Hunk Stole My Identity

New York City

Closed: August 23, 2007

Asking For It

New York City

Closed: August 24, 2007

Play

Roxy Font

New York City

Closed: August 25, 2007

Family/Kids

Earth’s Vacation

New York City

Closed: August 22, 2007

Vengeance

New York City

Closed: December 1, 2007

Play

Harry The Hunk On His Way Out

New York City

Closed: November 10, 2007

Play

Hoodoo Love

New York City

Closed: December 8, 2007

Play

The Past is Still Ahead

New York City

Closed: December 15, 2007

Comedy

Best of FUCT

New York City

Closed: December 15, 2007

Cherry Lane Mentor Project 2008

New York City

Closed: May 17, 2008

Play

New York Playwrights Lab

New York City

Closed: January 10, 2008

The Self Tormentor

New York City

Closed: March 10, 2008

The American Dream and The Sandbox

New York City

Closed: May 3, 2008

The Swamp Dwellers

New York City

Closed: April 14, 2008

Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF)

New York City

Closed: June 29, 2008

Play

Edgewise

New York City

Closed: August 9, 2008

Play

Hidden Fees

New York City

Closed: August 22, 2008

Drama

The Alice Complex

New York City

Closed: August 24, 2008

Play

BOUND IN A NUTSHELL

New York City

Closed: August 23, 2008

Comedy

KABOOM!

New York City

Closed: August 23, 2008

Play

Ascension

New York City

Closed: August 21, 2008

Play

Thumbelina

New York City

Closed: August 23, 2008

Comedy

Walls

New York City

Closed: August 17, 2008

Drama

III

New York City

Closed: August 23, 2008

Comedy

Creena DeFoouie

New York City

Closed: August 23, 2008

Play

Keep Your Eyes Open

New York City

Closed: August 23, 2008

Dottie Hope

New York City

Closed: September 20, 2008

Play

Fault Lines

New York City

Closed: November 9, 2008

Play

Aliens with Extraordinary Skills

New York City

Closed: October 26, 2008

Spin

New York City

Closed: November 8, 2008

Play

The Daughters Of Eve

New York City

Closed: December 13, 2008

Our Time’s One-Act Play Program

New York City

Closed: December 13, 2008

Drama

The Amish Project

New York City

Closed: January 31, 2009

The New York Playwrights Lab Readings of New Works

New York City

Closed: January 23, 2009

Play

Telephone

New York City

Closed: February 28, 2009

In Paradise / She Plundered Him

New York City

Closed: March 7, 2009

Play

The Unseen

New York City

Closed: March 28, 2009

Play

Locker Room Talk

New York City

Closed: March 14, 2009

Play

Housebreaking

New York City

Closed: April 4, 2009

Play

Bertha – The Other Love Story

New York City

Closed: April 18, 2009

Drama

As It Is In Heaven

New York City

Closed: June 11, 2011

From Breast Cancer to Broadway

New York City

Closed: June 27, 2011

Play

Manipulation

New York City

Closed: August 21, 2011

Play

Crane Story

New York City

Closed: October 1, 2011

10 Years After Paradise

New York City

Closed: September 11, 2011

Play

Charles Winn Speaks

New York City

Closed: October 1, 2011

Play

Raft of the Medusa

New York City

Closed: October 22, 2011

Play

Asuncion

New York City

Closed: December 18, 2011

Play

Verse Chorus Verse

New York City

Closed: November 12, 2011

Play

Gloucester Blue

New York City

Closed: December 3, 2011

Play

F**king Vigwan (Or Swag)

New York City

Closed: December 2, 2011

Comedy

HIM

New York City

Closed: January 6, 2012

Comedy

Where’s My Money

New York City

Closed: February 12, 2012

Play

Relative Pitch

New York City

Closed: April 14, 2012

Drama

Teresa’s Ecstasy

New York City

Closed: April 1, 2012

Drama

Mamma Roma

New York City

Closed: April 14, 2012

Play

Psycho Therapy

New York City

Closed: May 26, 2012

Play

We Play For the Gods

New York City

Closed: June 23, 2012

Drama

This is Fiction

New York City

Closed: June 30, 2012

Comedy

Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness!

New York City

Closed: August 16, 2012

Comedy

Right on Target

New York City

Closed: August 24, 2012

Drama

Pieces

New York City

Closed: August 19, 2012

MisSpelled

New York City

Closed: August 26, 2012

Comedy

The Egg Play

New York City

Closed: August 16, 2012

Comedy

Art for Sale

New York City

Closed: August 25, 2012

Comedy

Pulp Shakespeare

New York City

Closed: August 24, 2012

Drama

Vacuum

New York City

Closed: August 24, 2012

Musical

The Dick and the Rose

New York City

Closed: August 25, 2012

Comedy

Rated M for Mature

New York City

Closed: August 26, 2012

Play

Red-Handed Otter

New York City

Closed: October 6, 2012

Drama

Asking For It

New York City

Closed: September 22, 2012

What I Thought I Knew

New York City

Closed: September 28, 2012

Speak Up Connie

New York City

Closed: September 23, 2012

Drama

Appearance of Life

New York City

Closed: September 23, 2012

A Womb With A View

New York City

Closed: September 21, 2012

Drama

No Parole

New York City

Closed: September 29, 2012

You Want Me to Do WHAT?!?

New York City

Closed: September 29, 2012

Comedy

Fruit Fly

New York City

Closed: September 22, 2012

Comedy

Dirty Paki Lingerie

New York City

Closed: September 27, 2012

Drama

The Purpose Project: Thao’s Library

New York City

Closed: September 29, 2012

Drama

A Summer Day

New York City

Closed: December 8, 2012

Play

No Escape

New York City

Closed: November 18, 2012

Concert/Event

Women’s Words

New York City

Closed: December 12, 2012

Drama

Amandine

New York City

Closed: January 26, 2013

An Evening of Solo Performance: Pas de Deux and Joe

New York City

Closed: March 2, 2013

Drama

The Revisionist

New York City

Closed: April 27, 2013

Drama

Lawnpeople

New York City

Closed: March 23, 2013

Drama

Exile

New York City

Closed: April 13, 2013

Play

Different Animals

New York City

Closed: May 26, 2013

Play

Rantoul and Die

New York City

Closed: July 20, 2013

Musical

Waiting… A Song Cycle

New York City

Closed: June 29, 2013

Comedy

Colin Quinn Unconstitutional

New York City

Closed: August 8, 2013

Ashville

New York City

Closed: September 28, 2013

Solo Performance

All For One Theater Festival

New York City

Closed: November 9, 2013

Solo Performance

A Carlin Home Companion

New York City

Closed: October 19, 2013

Solo Performance

Slut Energy Theory

New York City

Closed: October 20, 2013

Family/Kids

The Other Mozard

New York City

Closed: October 27, 2013

Solo Performance

Beyond Words

New York City

Closed: November 2, 2013

Drama

One Night…

New York City

Closed: December 8, 2013

Drama

Another Medea

New York City

Closed: October 30, 2013

Solo Performance

A Little Potato and Hard to Peel

New York City

Closed: November 9, 2013

Solo Performance

Knyum

New York City

Closed: November 8, 2013

Solo Performance

Those Who Can’t Do

New York City

Closed: November 9, 2013

The Mentor Project

New York City

Closed: April 12, 2014

Drama

A Fable

New York City

Closed: June 28, 2014

Play

To the Bone

New York City

Closed: October 4, 2014

Benefit/Fundraiser

Cherry Lane 90th Anniversary Gala Celebration

New York City

Closed: October 6, 2014

Play

Everything You Touch

New York City

Closed: April 14, 2015

Reading

Vanessa Redgrave Reads Passages from Last Train to Paris

New York City

Closed: March 30, 2015

Play

8 Stops

New York City

Closed: May 2, 2015

Musical

Ghostlight 9: A Musical Ghost Story

New York City

Closed: May 3, 2015

Play

Major Tom

New York City

Closed: May 2, 2015

Comedy

The Trail to Oregon!

New York City

Closed: May 31, 2015

Comedy

The Darfur Compromised

New York City

Closed: November 2, 2015

Concert/Event

Oh, Hello On (Off) Broadway

New York City

Closed: December 20, 2015

Comedy

Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King

New York City

Closed: January 30, 2016

The Body of an American

New York City

Closed: March 20, 2016

Festival

Mentor Project 2016

New York City

Closed: April 23, 2016

Play

Exit Strategy

New York City

Closed: May 6, 2016

Play

Out of the Mouths of Babes

New York City

Closed: July 6, 2016

Play

The Roads to Home

New York City

Closed: November 27, 2016

One-acts

Collected Shorts by Theresa Rebeck

New York City

Closed: October 23, 2016

Shades

New York City

Closed: December 17, 2016

Comedy

Fade

New York City

Closed: March 5, 2017

Play

Esai’s Table

New York City

Closed: April 1, 2017

Play

Daniel’s Husband

New York City

Closed: April 28, 2017

Reading

Parading the Noose (Reading)

New York City

Closed: April 24, 2017

Play

Nollywood Dreams

New York City

Closed: May 6, 2017

Play

The Traveling Lady

New York City

Closed: July 30, 2017

Drama

If Only…

New York City

Closed: September 17, 2017

Play

The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens, and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord

New York City

Closed: October 22, 2017

Play

Pride and Prejudice

New York City

Closed: January 6, 2018

Play

American Moor

New York City

Closed: October 5, 2019

Play

How We Love/F*ck

New York City

Closed: October 6, 2019

Benefit/Fundraiser

A Christmas Carol

New York City

Closed: December 19, 2019

Play

The Confession of Lily Dare

New York City

Closed: March 5, 2020

Reading

All the Devils Are Here

New York City

Closed: February 24, 2020

Multimedia

(The Making Of) How to Save the World in 90 Minutes

New York City

Closed: March 14, 2020

Play

(The Making Of) How to Save the World in 90 Minutes

New York City

Closed: March 14, 2020

Play

Esai’s Table

New York City

Closed: April 25, 2020

Play

Bees and Honey

New York City

Closed: April 25, 2020

Play

Alex Edelman: Just For Us

New York City

Closed: February 19, 2022

Musical

Coal Country

New York City

Closed: April 17, 2022

Comedy

Alison Leiby: Oh God A Show About Abortion

New York City

Closed: June 4, 2022

Drama

Lambs to Slaughter

New York City

Closed: July 3, 2022

Comedy

Irregulars

New York City

Closed: July 17, 2022

Play

This Beautiful Future

New York City

Closed: October 30, 2022