Cherry Lane

The depression continues to deliver a body blow to the country's arts non-profits. Most recently I read of the Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village. This is a veneralbe arts icon. From its beginning in 1924, it has attracted the top writing talent of the day: F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Dos Passos, Edward Albee, Harold Pinter. I can remember the names associated with the Theatre in the 60s and 70s, people who went on to have careers in television and film, starting on the tiny stage on Commerce Street. John Malkowich, Bob Dylan, Harvey Keitel, Sam Shepard.

Because of a loss of donation income, the Theatre has been forced to close indefinitely. This economic disaster is leaving so many dead in their tracks.