Our Story
The
Management creates a haven for a community of artists and patrons to
experience relevant, moving, unpretentious, aesthetically and
financially accessible theater. We are known for our dark whimsy and
critical exposés on American culture, while building rock-solid,
visceral entertainment.
OUR CURRENT SHOW:
LONESOME WINTER
A Christmas Comedy for the Suicide Set.
Lonesome
Winter is a melancholy Christmas comedy about Winter, a lonely hoarder
who lives alone with her mean spirited cat, Sparkles. Just when Winter
is about to throw in the towel, a mysterious stranger in an skirt suit
shows up- just in time to teach winter how to shine. A hilarious
send-up of Cathy comics, Lifetime movies, and Christmas clichés.
The Impact
This is the first time in almost a decade of The Management's history that we have held a formal fundraiser.
The Management has, up until this point, survived on ticket sales. It is, however, nearly impossible for us to earn back investments and fund future projects from ticket sales alone. This does not deter us from hiring the best theater artists-- actors, directors, and designers-- so that we can continue providing downtown New York with smart, edgy, offbeat plays like recent hits MilkMilkLemonade, Caitlin & the Swan, Song for a Future Generation, and now what New York Press calls, "...the funniest feel-bad show of the holiday season," Lonesome Winter.
The money you donate will go DIRECTLY towards paying artists.
Here is What People are Saying about...
Lonesome Winter
"Joshua Conkel possesses one of the most deliciously off-kilter
imaginations currently being put to use in New York." NY Press
"Plays like Lonesome Winter and playwrights like these are exactly
what New York needs right now...Take my word for it that
Lonesome Winter is the funniest feel-bad show of the holiday
season." NY Press
"...the writing is acute, the cast excellent, and Ms. Hill triumphant.
Go see her." Blogcritics.org
"Exquisitely cast and cleverly directed by Meg Sturiano... under her
guidance, Hill gives a mesmerizing performance..." NY Press
"The Management is an adventurous downtown company good at
tapping into the zeitgeist..." Blogcritics
Song for a Future Generation
"...The Management's latest venture, Song for a Future Generation,
a science fiction spectacle dance party...[is] a party that you should
not miss...Director Meg Sturiano clearly has a keen understanding
of [the play's] style and takes us on a seamless journey from scene to
scene...Nicole Beerman's choreography is exuberant, invigorating,
and both hysterically appropriate and integral to the
storytelling...The Management is among the more imaginative and
resourceful theatre companies in the city. Their fervent energy and
spirit of collaboration is made evident in Song for a Future
Generation; they clearly love making theatre." Hilary Krishnan,
nytheatre.com
MilkMikLemonade
MilkMilkLemonade Voted Best Off-Off-Broadway Show 2009
"Tucked away in the basement theater of Under St. Mark’s,
MilkMilkLemonade opened to rave reviews (including ours) in September.
An angry, bitter and very funny play about growing up gay in middle
America, playwright Joshua Conkel and director Isaac Butler have taken
the limitations of the space and their budget and transformed them into
theatrical gold. This is the kind of political show from up-and-comers
you want but rarely get when you think Downtown theater." New York Press
MilkMilkLemonade mentioned as one of the Best Ensembles of 2009
New York Post
"A welcome breath of fresh downtown air...I could fill an entire review
just quoting my favorite lines...Isaac Butler and his brilliant cast
have taken his lines and situations and run with them...there’s very
little better than MilkMilkLemonade anywhere south of 14th Street." New York Press
"One of the funniest shows in town right now is also one of the most searching. Joshua Conkel's MilkMilkLemonade
is a rollicking, twisting, and twisted coming-of-age tale that's also,
thanks to an excellent cast and Isaac Butler's boisterous, assured
direction, pretty slick for an Off Off Broadway production." Blogcritics
"Joshua Conkel's brilliant new play MilkMilkLemonade is the hilariously absurd and moving tale...The whole cast is great...A must-see." Broadway World
"It feels like something Edward Albee might have written for a pair of
10-year-old protagonists. Conkel's play is bitterly funny and broadly
satiric, abetted in both of these achievements by director Isaac
Butler's superbly accomplished production of it." nytheatre.com
"Clearly the show is on to something. And that something is
old-fashioned stuff like, you know, a funny and poignant play,
inventive direction and ace acting. In the end theater isn't much more
than this, and it shouldn't be any less." New York Post
Four Star Review "Conkel
and director Isaac Butler are unafraid to go for the belly: They want
you laughing, nauseated or both. It’s proof of how desperately comedy
needs audacity: Here, as on your average chicken farm, only the plucky
survive."Also included in "Your Perfect Weekend Sep. 25-27" TimeOutNY
"A smart new comedy from The Management...we are given a comedy infused
with all the quiet seriousness and whimsy of preadolescence...played
with unwavering integrity by the talented cast." OffOffOnline
"Watching MilkMilkLemonade is like taking in an episode of Sesame
Street hosted by the guy from Blue's Clues singing Schoolhouse Rock
tunes while tripping on LSD." Theatre is Easy
"The campy kind of ridiculousness that allows Conkel to delve into the
darker side of childhood...Butler's brisk direction milks the script
for all it's worth...the talented cast serves up scintillating
performances." Backstage