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Fires in the Mirror
First Preview: Oct 22, 2019
Opening Date: Oct 22, 2019
Closing Date: Dec 22, 2019
Running Time: 01:50
Playing @
The Pershing Square Signature Center
480 West 42nd Street, New York City, NY 10036
There are three sides to every story: yours, mine and the truth.
Following the deaths of a Black American boy and a young Orthodox Jewish scholar in the summer of 1991, underlying racial tensions in the nestled community of Crown Heights, Brooklyn erupted into civil outbreak. Fires in the Mirror was Anna Deavere Smith’s groundbreaking response. Birthed from a series of interviews with over fifty members of the Jewish and Black communities, the Drama Desk award-winning work translated their voices verbatim, and in the process revolutionized the genre of documentary theatre.
As much provocation as it is exploration, this landmark play launches Anna Deavere Smith’s Residency 1 at Signature.
Following the deaths of a Black American boy and a young Orthodox Jewish scholar in the summer of 1991, underlying racial tensions in the nestled community of Crown Heights, Brooklyn erupted into civil outbreak. Fires in the Mirror was Anna Deavere Smith’s groundbreaking response. Birthed from a series of interviews with over fifty members of the Jewish and Black communities, the Drama Desk award-winning work translated their voices verbatim, and in the process revolutionized the genre of documentary theatre.
As much provocation as it is exploration, this landmark play launches Anna Deavere Smith’s Residency 1 at Signature.
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 13
Audience Advisory: Production contains the use of herbal cigarettes. Performance in the Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre
Performance Schedule
TUESDAY thru FRIDAY @ 7:30 PM
SATURDAY @ 2 PM & 8 PM
SUNDAY @ 2 PM & 7:30 PM
Written By
- Anna Deavere Smith
Director
- Saheem Ali
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Accessibility
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Assisted Listening System
Signature Theatre offers patrons assisted listening devices for each of our theatres per ADA requirements. Assisted listening devices can be found in our central lobby prior to every performance. -
Elevator\Escalator
Elevators are available on street level; one stop to theatre -
Entrance
Entrance has Automatic Door System • Street to Lobby (on the 2nd floor): 34 steps, available elevator -
Parking
MPG Parking - 475 West 41st Street -
Telephone
None on premises -
Water Fountain
Central lobby level; outside Men's Room; accessible -
Wheelchair Info
The Pershing Square Signature Center is fully wheelchair accessible and restrooms are located on the same level. Accessible seats are available for each performance, please inform the box office at the time of purchase about any special needs. -
Box Office
Box Office is wheelchair accessible with a lowered window -
Curb Ramps
There are curb ramps on Ninth Avenue and Dyer Avenue -
Passenger Loading Zone
Front of Entrance - limited -
Restroom
The bathrooms are on the second floor lobby area and are fully accessible -
Seating
Wheelchair Seats: all seats are removable, companion seats in parenthesis Diamond: Orch G: 105 (106), 107 (108), 109 (110); Box L: 104 (105); Box R: 204 (203) Griffin: Box L: D 1 (3, 5); Box R: D 2 (4, 6); Balcony: A 2 (4) Linney: Flexible space, changes each show. -
Visual Assistance
Large print programs available • Increased floor staff for audio-described performances • Signs in braille









