book and lyrics by JASON GROTE

music by MARISA MICHELSON

based on the play 1001 by Jason Grote

April 4 – 29, 2018 – strictly limited run at the A.R.T. / New York Theatres (502 West 53rd St., NYC)

 

This kaleidoscopic reinvention of “The Arabian Nights” wraps stories within stories, deconstructing and examining narrative, the Middle East, and identity through a 21st-century lens: the love story of a Jewish man and Palestinian woman in New York City.

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directed by ERIN ORTMAN

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“People and their passions fly off the page in Jason Grote’s dynamic, intellectually agile 1001,
a postmodern epic about the cultural narratives that shape our lives.”

– Time Out New York, Five Out of Five Stars, One of the Year’s 10 Best New Plays (2007)

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“Michelson’s challenging and tonally complex music is some of the most unique and beautiful
I’ve heard in musical theater.”

– Theatermania, on Tamar of the River

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at the new ART/NY Mezzanine Theatre (502 West 53rd St., NYC)

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sponsored in part by the Ted and Mary Jo Shen Charitable Gift Fund and the National Endowment for the Arts