Caffe Cino

Credited as the first Off-Off-Broadway theatre, Caffe Cino began in 1958 as a Greenwich Village coffee house with a tiny makeshift stage. This Bohemian refuge was home to burgeoning gay playwrights and performers, who, inspired by its owner, Joe Cino, were liberated to create their most experimental and daring works of self-expression.

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FOR AN ANNOTATED VERSION OF THIS VIDEO, search on YouTube for

CAFFE CINO "IN THE LIFE" (ANNOTATED)

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@dconflict You may see abou tAndy and other gay theatre pioneers at the Caffe Cino on my site caffecino DOT wordpress

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@ptm1492 I should love to see photos of yoru production of my Play--by-Play. Robert Patrick. I'm on AOL as rbrtptrck

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@ptm1492 Do you have photos of your production of my PLAY-BY-PLAY? I'd love to see them. Robert Patrick rbrtptrck@aol.com

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@dconflict You'll enjoy the references to Andy Milligan here .youtube.com/watch?v=1i1NY4plB­FY

[ashval08]

-3 Wow

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Some photos by James D. Gossage, Conrad Ward, Ben Martin, and Rowland Scherman

[dconflict]

What this segment glosses over is the influence of Andy Milligan who brought works to the Cino that were of a gay influence that got the ball rolling.

[dottyprkr1]

To see 63 pages of Caffe Cino photos, go to caffecino dot wordpress

[ptm1492]

This was beautiful. I have Been lucky to have directed PLAY by PLAY, by Mr Robert Patrick, and acted in some of Landford Wilsons pieces. Thank GOD For Caffe Cino. I wish I would have been older in the 60's to have benefited from the theater in person!!!