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词条 The Tank (theater)
释义

  1. History

  2. Operations

  3. Reception

  4. References

  5. External links

{{Infobox venue
| name = The Tank
| image = The Tank exterior, September 2018.jpg
| image_alt=A yellow brick building with two double glass doors, one to the left, the other to the right, runs out of the frame at the top. A person is entering through the left glass doors. A black and white banner hangs from the second story with The Tank's logo and the words "THE TANK".
| image_caption= The Tank's entrance (left), 2018
| logo_image = The Tank logo.jpg
| logo_caption = The Tank's logo
| address = 312 West 36th Street, Manhattan, New York
| coordinates = {{Coord|40.7535298|-73.9932606|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| type = Off-Off-Broadway
| genre = Dance, theater, music, film, comedy
| opened = {{Start date|2003|05}}
| website = {{URL|thetanknyc.org}}
}}

The Tank is a nonprofit Off-Off-Broadway performance venue and producer in Manhattan, New York. The organization was founded in May 2003 and has since moved several times, currently residing on 36th Street. The Tank presents art across several disciplines (comedy, dance, theater, music, film), produced at no fee for use of the venue to the presenting artists. In addition to its space in Manhattan, The Tank produces shows performed elsewhere throughout New York City, collectively presenting as many as 350 events each year.

History

The Tank was founded in May 2003 in Manhattan, New York, by eight artists, all recent college graduates in their mid-20s.[1][2][3] Its founders, mostly graduates of Yale University, Oberlin College, and Harvard University, included playwright Amy Herzog, playwright and director Alex Timbers, Justin Krebs, Rachel Levy, Mike Rosenthal, and Randy Bell, who collectively expressed the goal of offering young artists across disciplines the space to create work in the center of New York City.[1][2][3][4][5]

The organization was first housed on 42nd Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues.[3] The Tank leased the space on a month-to-month basis from a landlord who intended to sell the building in which the theater was housed, and within 10 months, they had repaid their startup loans. The company derived its name from the architecture of its first space: three large windows overlooking 42nd Street led to someone calling the space The Fishtank and later the Fish was dropped in favor of The Tank.[2][3] By 2006, the company had moved twice and by 2007, it had won an unsolicited grant of $10,000 from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and was receiving money from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.[2] The Tank's third location, into which it moved in 2006, was on Church Street in the Tribeca neighborhood, where the organization shared space with Unconscious as late as 2008.[1][2][6]

By 2010, The Tank had returned to Manhattan's midtown Theater District, occupying the Davenport Theatre on 45th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues.[1][7] The Tank had moved to 46th Street by 2013, where it resided until 2017.[4][8] That year, The Tank signed a ten-year lease on and moved to a two-stage venue on 36th Street, the former home of Abingdon Theatre Company, with one 56-seat black box theater and one 98-seat proscenium theater.[9][10][11] The Tank's move coincided with the relocations of several other New York City theaters in mid-2017, including the Flea Theater and the Chocolate Factory.[11]

A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant, which premiered at The Tank in 2003, received an Obie Award special citation in 2004.[12] The Tank has received six Drama Desk Award nominations. Two shows, ADA/AVA and YOUARENOWHERE, were nominated in 2016, and another two, the ephemera trilogy and The Paper Hat Game, were nominated in 2017, all in the category of Unique Theatrical Experience.[13][14] In 2018, Sinking Ship Productions' A Hunger Artist received two nominations: Outstanding Solo Performance and Outstanding Puppet Design.[15]

The Tank's artistic directors are Rosalind Grush and Meghan Finn as of 2017.[9]

Operations

Categorized as an Off-Off-Broadway venue, The Tank presents up to 350 events each year across several disciplines.[1][16] Each discipline–including dance, music, theater, comedy, and film–is curated by one or more curators.[1][2] Artists do not pay to use the venue and are paid a portion of the ticket sales, a practice made sustainable by surplus value generated by better-selling shows.[1] As a nonprofit producer, the organization relies heavily on volunteers.[1][17] Oftentimes, The Tank runs multiple shows in a single night.[1] In addition to presenting shows at its 36th Street location, artists have also produced pieces with The Tank at other venues in New York City, such as the 3LD Art and Technology Center in Lower Manhattan and Standard ToyKraft in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.[17][18] The theater runs several festivals each summer, including LadyFest and DarkFest, the latter of which requires performers to create shows using no stage lighting.[19][20]

Reception

The Village Voice listed The Tank in its Best of NYC poll in 2004, describing the theater as the city's "Best Broadway theater turned hipster hangout".[21]

References

1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite news|last1=Hodges|first1=Mary Love|title=Spotlight on The Tank|url=http://brooklynrail.org/2010/02/dance/spotlight-on-the-tank|accessdate=January 27, 2017|work=The Brooklyn Rail|date=February 3, 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512063126/http://brooklynrail.org/2010/02/dance/spotlight-on-the-tank|archivedate=May 12, 2013}}
2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite news|last1=Lambert|first1=Craig|title=Avant-Garde Incubator|url=http://harvardmagazine.com/2007/03/avant-garde-incubator.html|accessdate=January 28, 2017|work=Harvard Magazine|date=March–April 2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809010232/http://harvardmagazine.com/2007/03/avant-garde-incubator.html|archivedate=August 9, 2016}}
3. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|title=Downtown Edge in Midtown Venue|last1=Eichna|first1=Charlotte|work=West Side Spirit|date=June 17, 2004|page=26}}
4. ^1 {{cite news|title=The Tank: A Theasy Interview with Josh Luxenberg, curator of the Flint & Tinder theater series at The Tank|url=http://www.theasy.com/FeaturedArtist/thetank.php|accessdate=January 27, 2017|work=Theatre Is Easy|date=June 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013063555/http://www.theasy.com/FeaturedArtist/thetank.php|archivedate=October 13, 2015}}
5. ^{{cite news|title=Subterranean 'Tank' Hosts New Music|last1=Pinto|first1=Nick|page=43|date=February 2008|work=The Tribeca Trib}}
6. ^{{cite book|editor1-last=Williams|editor1-first=James R.|title=Inside New York 2008|date=2007|publisher=Inside New York|location=New York City|isbn=978-1892768407|page=158|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtY1xdbFJz0C&pg=PA158}}
7. ^{{cite news |last1=La Rocco |first1=Claudia |title=A Long Swim Looking for Laughs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/theater/reviews/the-umbrella-plays-at-the-tank.html |accessdate=March 27, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=April 5, 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328001030/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/theater/reviews/the-umbrella-plays-at-the-tank.html |archivedate=March 28, 2019}}
8. ^{{cite news|last1=Heins|first1=Scott|title=5 Fun Things To Do In NYC This Week|url=http://gothamist.com/2017/01/16/5_things_jan_2017.php|accessdate=January 28, 2017|work=Gothamist|date=January 16, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129015925/http://gothamist.com/2017/01/16/5_things_jan_2017.php|archivedate=January 29, 2017}}
9. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Fujishima|first1=Kenji|title=The Tank Announces New Season, New Home|url=http://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/the-tank-announces-new-season-home_82204.html|accessdate=August 28, 2017|work=TheaterMania|date=August 25, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828225955/http://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/the-tank-announces-new-season-home_82204.html|archivedate=August 28, 2017}}
10. ^{{cite news|last1=Clement|first1=Olivia|title=The Tank Finds New Home in Old Abingdon Theatre Company Space|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/the-tank-finds-new-home-in-old-abingdon-theatre-company-space|accessdate=September 14, 2017|work=Playbill|date=August 31, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914172942/http://www.playbill.com/article/the-tank-finds-new-home-in-old-abingdon-theatre-company-space|archivedate=September 14, 2017}}
11. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Felton-Dansky|first1=Miriam|title=This Fall, Rent-Challenged Downtown Theaters Are Battling to Stay in Place|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/09/12/this-fall-rent-challenged-downtown-theaters-are-battling-to-stay-in-place/|accessdate=October 7, 2017|work=The Village Voice|date=September 12, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913052850/https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/09/12/this-fall-rent-challenged-downtown-theaters-are-battling-to-stay-in-place/|archivedate=September 13, 2017}}
12. ^{{cite news|last1=Hernandez|first1=Ernio|title=A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant Returns to NYC|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/a-very-merry-unauthorized-childrens-scientology-pageant-returns-to-nyc-com-134954|accessdate=October 3, 2018|work=Playbill|date=September 15, 2006|archivedate=June 30, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630052745/http://www.playbill.com/article/a-very-merry-unauthorized-childrens-scientology-pageant-returns-to-nyc-com-134954}}
13. ^{{cite news|author1=Editorial staff|title=Shuffle Along, The Humans, and More Take Home 2016 Drama Desk Awards|url=http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/2016-drama-desk-award-winners_77336.html|accessdate=May 14, 2017|work=TheaterMania|date=June 5, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812083221/http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/2016-drama-desk-award-winners_77336.html|archivedate=August 12, 2016}}
14. ^{{cite news|last1=Gerard|first1=Jeremy|title='Hello, Dolly!' And 'The Hairy Ape' Lead Drama Desk Musical, Drama Nominations|url=http://deadline.com/2017/04/hello-dolly-and-the-hairy-ape-lead-drama-desk-nominations-1202078367/|accessdate=May 14, 2017|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=April 27, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428110204/http://deadline.com/2017/04/hello-dolly-and-the-hairy-ape-lead-drama-desk-nominations-1202078367/|archivedate=April 28, 2017}}
15. ^{{cite web|title=2018 Nominees|url=http://dramadeskawards.com/2018-nominees|website=Drama Desk Awards|publisher=Drama Desk|accessdate=April 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427175821/http://dramadeskawards.com/2018-nominees|archivedate=April 27, 2018|date=April 26, 2018}}
16. ^{{cite web|title=Study of Off-Off-Broadway Performance Venues|url=http://www.nyitawards.com/survey/OOBSpaceReport2.pdf|publisher=New York Innovative Theatre Foundation|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151216160155/http://www.nyitawards.com/survey/OOBSpaceReport2.pdf|archivedate=December 16, 2015|date=December 2008|accessdate=January 28, 2017}}
17. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Roberts|first1=Shoshana|title=Vera & Valya & The Magical One Cat Circus|url=http://www.theasy.com/Reviews/2016/V/veraandvalyaandthemagicalonecatcircus.php|accessdate=January 29, 2017|work=Theatre Is Easy|date=November 15, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129212200/http://www.theasy.com/Reviews/2016/V/veraandvalyaandthemagicalonecatcircus.php|archivedate=January 29, 2017}}
18. ^{{cite news|last1=Brantley|first1=Ben|title=Review: Urban Nightmares as Puppets in 'The Paper Hat Game'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/27/theater/review-urban-nightmares-as-puppets-in-the-paper-hat-game.html|accessdate=January 29, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=June 26, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722150341/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/27/theater/review-urban-nightmares-as-puppets-in-the-paper-hat-game.html|archivedate=July 22, 2016}}
19. ^{{cite news |last1=Vincentelli |first1=Elisabeth |title=Review: Besties With Rasputin in 'Red Emma and the Mad Monk' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/theater/review-red-emma-and-the-mad-monk-the-tank.html |accessdate=September 16, 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=August 21, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830114424/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/theater/review-red-emma-and-the-mad-monk-the-tank.html |archivedate=August 30, 2018}}
20. ^{{cite news |last1=van Laarhoven |first1=Kasper |title=Let There Be Dark! at This Electricity-Free Theater Festival |url=http://bedfordandbowery.com/2017/07/let-there-be-dark-at-this-electricity-free-theater-festival/ |accessdate=September 16, 2018 |work=Bedford + Bowery |publisher=New York |date=July 27, 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018074841/http://bedfordandbowery.com/2017/07/let-there-be-dark-at-this-electricity-free-theater-festival/ |archivedate=October 18, 2017}}
21. ^{{cite news|title=Best Broadway theater turned hipster hangout|work=The Village Voice|page=88|date=October 6–12, 2004}}

External links

  • {{official website|http://www.thetanknyc.org/}}
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