New 42nd Street Inc

THE NEW 42ND STREET, INC. CATALYZES THE POWER OF PERFORMING ARTS TO SPARK NEW PERSPECTIVES, INCUBATE NEW WORKS AND CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR US ALL. THROUGH THE NONPROFIT'S SIGNATURE PROJECTS, NEW 42 MAKES EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMING ARTS A VITAL PART OF EVERYONE'S LIFE, FROM THE EARLIEST YEARS ONWARD. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO STEWARDS SEVEN HISTORIC THEATER PROPERTIES ON 42ND STREET, ENSURING THE LEGACY AND VITALITY OF AMERICA'S MOST ICONIC THEATER DISTRICT.

THE NEW VICTORY THEATER'S MUCH ANTICIPATED RETURN TO LIVE PERFORMANCES WAS ON NOVEMBER 5, 2021, WITH AUDIENCES AND STAFF THRILLED TO SEE THE HISTORIC STAGE AND THEATER ONCE AGAIN FILLED WITH LIFE. THE 2021-22 NEW VICTORY SEASON COMPRISED FIVE SHOWS, INCLUDING TWO WORKS THAT WERE DEVELOPED IN THE NEW VICTORY LABWORKS PROGRAM. THE PRESENTATIONS INSPIRED AUDIENCES THROUGH IMAGINATIVE PUPPETRY, THEATER, CIRCUS AND MORE. SEVERAL WORKS ALSO ENGAGED PATRONS IN DISCUSSIONS ON TIMELY TOPICS SUCH AS SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND ALL SHOWS HELPED STUDENTS, KIDS, AND FAMILIES DISCOVER THE JOYOUS EXPERIENCE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS. ALTHOUGH 41 PERFORMANCES WERE CANCELED DUE TO COVID RELATED CIRCUMSTANCES, THE THEATER WELCOMED 11,582 KIDS AND FAMILIES INTO THE HISTORIC NEW VICTORY THEATER IN THE 2021-22 SEASON. (CON'T ON SCH O)IN ADDITION TO OFFERING A WONDERFUL SEASON OF LIVE SHOWS, THE NEW VICTORY WAS THRILLED TO SHARE THE 2021-22 SEASON DIGITALLY THROUGH RECORDED PERFORMANCES AVAILABLE TO STREAM VIA THE THEATER'S WEBSITE. DIGITAL PRESENTATIONS ENABLED NEW VICTORY TO REACH WIDER AUDIENCES, AND ENSURED TICKET-BUYING AUDIENCES WERE STILL ABLE TO ENJOY THE SHOWS DURING THOSE PERFORMANCES THAT WERE UNFORTUNATELY CANCELED DUE TO COVID. IN ADDITION TO VIDEOS OF THE FIVE LIVE PRESENTATIONS DURING THE THEATER'S 2021-22 SEASON, NINE ADDITIONAL SHOWS WERE AVAILABLE FOR FAMILIES AND CLASSROOMS TO VIEW AT ANY TIME. IN TOTAL, THE LINEUP OF DIGITAL SHOWS RECEIVED 1,936 VIEWS. DURING THE 2021-22 SEASON, NEW 42 CONTINUED ITS MISSION OF PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS TO KIDS AND FAMILIES LOCALLY, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY VIA THE CREATION OF 16 NEW EPISODES OF THE POPULAR ONLINE PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAM, NEW VICTORY ARTS BREAK. IN THE 2021-22 SEASON, 73 PARTNER SCHOOLS FROM ACROSS NEW YORK CITY PARTICIPATED IN THE NEW VICTORY EDUCATION PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDED 25,839 PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE STUDENTS WITH SAFE, COVID-CONSCIOUS IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS, DIGITAL ARTS PROGRAMMING (WHICH RECEIVED 50,000 VIDEO VIEWS) AND LIVE PRESENTATIONS OF THREE SHOWS OF THE NEW VICTORY SEASON. STAFF NOTED THAT STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WERE THRILLED AT THEIR RETURN TO THE THEATER FOR STUNNING PERFORMING ARTS EXPERIENCES, WITH MANY OF THE YOUNGER STUDENTS MARVELING AT THE THEATER AND ONE TEACHER EMPHATICALLY ANNOUNCING, "...IT'S BEEN TOO LONG. WE ARE COMING TO EVERY SHOW THIS SEASON!" IN TOTAL, 819 STUDENTS AND CHAPERONES ATTENDED NINE EDUCATION PERFORMANCES. DIGITAL RECORDINGS OF THE SEASON WERE PLAYED 429 TIMES IN PARTNER CLASSROOMS, ENGAGING 10,725 STUDENTS. TWO-MEMBER TEAMS OF NEW VICTORY TEACHING ARTISTS CONDUCTED 315 CLASSROOM WORKSHOPS, 301 OF WHICH WERE CONDUCTED IN-PERSON AND 14 OF WHICH WERE CONDUCTED VIRTUALLY. IN SUMMER 2021, NEW VICTORY DANCE WAS DEVISED AS A DIGITAL PROGRAM WITH SUBSTANTIAL IN-PERSON ACTIVITIES. THE PROGRAM WAS BASED UPON THE TREMENDOUS WORK OF FIVE STELLAR NYC-BASED DANCE COMPANIES. EACH COMPANY WAS ENGAGED TO RECORD 10-MINUTE EXCERPTS OF THEIR WORK ON THE NEW VICTORY THEATER STAGE, WHICH WERE THEN EDITED TOGETHER INTO A SINGLE VIDEO COMPLETE WITH INTERSTITIALS LED BY NEW VICTORY TEACHING ARTISTS THAT ENCOURAGED VIEWERS TO GET UP AND MOVE. THE NEW VICTORY DANCE DIGITAL PROGRAM WAS HOSTED ON THE NEW VICTORY WEBSITE, WHERE IT WAS AVAILABLE FOR ALL FAMILIES TO VIEW AT NO COST. NVD'S DIGITAL PRESENTATION WAS VIEWED 1,007 TIMES BY 717 HOUSEHOLDS, AND WAS ALSO SHARED WITH 900 KIDS ACROSS 30+ SUMMER PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. DURING THE 2021-22 SEASON, THE NEW 42 YOUTH CORPS PROGRAMS SERVED A TOTAL OF 54 YOUNG NEW YORKERS AGED 16+ THROUGH 4,819 HOURS OF PAID EMPLOYMENT, JOB TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP. THE THREE BRANCHES OF THE NEW 42 YOUTH CORPS INCLUDE THE NEW VICTORY USHERS, THE COLLEGE CORPS USHERS AND THE NEW 42 FELLOWS. NEW VICTORY LABWORKS SUPPORTS ARTISTS WHO IDENTIFY AS BLACK, INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND WHO MAY ALSO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ+ AND/OR DISABLED, IN THEIR CREATIVE PROCESS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. IN FY22, NEW VICTORY LABWORKS SUPPORTED THE WORK OF FIVE ARTISTS EXCITED TO CREATE ART FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILY AUDIENCES. ARTISTS RECEIVED A SUBSTANTIAL FEE, REHEARSAL SPACE, RESOURCES, DRAMATURGICAL FEEDBACK AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. THE 2021-22 ARTISTS PRACTICED AN ARRAY OF ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES, INCLUDING DANCE, KHOREOPOETRY, PUPPETRY AND MORE. THE 10-STORY NEW 42ND STREET STUDIOS BUILDING COMPRISES 14 STATE-OF-THE-ART REHEARSAL STUDIOS, THE DUKE ON 42ND STREET BLACK BOX THEATER, AND OFFICE SPACES FOR NEW 42 AND FOUR NON-PROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS. THE STUDIOS BUILDING PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN THE PERFORMING ARTS COMMUNITY, AND TYPICALLY SERVES 14,000 ARTISTS FROM NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMERCIAL BROADWAY, OFF-BROADWAY, AND TOURING PRODUCTIONS EACH YEAR. IN 2021-22, NEW 42ND STREET STUDIOS WERE REOPENED WITH STRICT COVID GUIDELINES PUT FORTH BY FEDERAL, CITY AND STATE AGENCIES AS WELL AS THE ACTORS EQUITY UNION. ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO OCCUPY SELECT OFFICE SPACES ON A HYBRID WORK SCHEDULE WHILE ADHERING TO THESE PROTOCOLS.AS LANDLORD TO COMMERCIAL AND NONPROFIT CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS SUB-LEASING FIVE HISTORIC PROPERTIES ON 42ND STREET, NEW 42 CONTINUED TO WORK HAND-IN-HAND WITH ITS TENANTS DURING THIS CHALLENGING TIME TO COLLECTIVELY BUILD TOWARDS THE REVITALIZATION OF TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK CITY, AND THE PERFORMING ARTS INDUSTRY.