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45 Years of Rock ’n’ Roll Theater at St. Ann’s Warehouse

“St. Ann’s Warehouse… has provided a bounty of … moments — for me, more than any other New York performing arts institution in this century…”

By Ben Brantley
November 25, 2025

‘Every so often, certain images may float into your head that feel so strange, so revelatory and so immediate that you may assume, at first, that they must be vestiges of a dream…

St. Ann’s Warehouse… has provided a bounty of such moments — for me, more than any other New York performing arts institution in this century…

The latest offering is a reimagining of Eugene O’Neill’s “Anna Christie,” directed by Thomas Kail (“Hamilton”) and starring Michelle Williams. Presumably, it too will reflect [Susan] Feldman’s ideal of theater that is close kin to rock ’n’ roll… that has “a certain madness, an energy that’s over the top,” as well as “a kind of truth that you can’t really put your finger on…”

I have rarely been to a St. Ann’s production that did not awaken me to a sense of new possibilities in theater. It’s where I first experienced live the work of artists from Cillian Murphy and Vanessa Kirby to the lyrical stage crafters John Tiffany and Steven Hoggett.

What follows is a list of 10 shows that made this inveterate playgoer believe anew, again and again, in theater’s singular power to shock, illuminate and, yes, shake, rattle and roll.’ Read the full article here >>

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