Blue Man Group's longtime home will stage dramas

For 34 years, the Astor Place Theater, a humble venue in a historic building in New York's lower Manhattan, was occupied by a single show, Blue Man Group, which spun profits out of performance art.

- MICHAEL PAULSON

But Blue Man Group closed its New York production in February, and now another company will take a turn making art in the space: No Guarantees Productions, a company established in 2017 that has put money into several Broadway and West End shows.

“We love the location, and the theatre is in fabulous condition,” said Megan O'Keefe, executive vice-president of No Guarantees. She said the company hoped to present three or four shows a year at Astor Place, some of which it will produce, and some of which will be projects developed by other producers who would rent the space.