The New Group


The New Group is an artist-driven company with a commitment to developing and producing powerful, contemporary theater. Founded by Artistic Director Scott Elliott, The New Group produced its first play, Mike Leigh's Ecstasy, in 1995. Notable productions include This Is Our Youth, Curtains, Goose Pimples, Aunt Dan and Lemon, Hurlyburly, Abigail's Party, Rafta, Rafta..., The Starry Messenger, and A Lie of the Mind, The Kid, Intimacy, The Sticks and Bones, and The Spoils.
Over the past 20 years, The New Group has received more than 100 awards and nominations for excellence. The New Group's first musical, Avenue Q'', won three Tony Awards, for Best Book, Best Score, and Best Musical, in 2004.
The New Group is run by founding Artistic Director, Scott Elliott, and Executive Director, Adam Bernstein.

Home theatre history

Since 2003 the home theatre for the group has mostly been on West 42nd Street on Theatre Row. Below is a history of the main theatres:
Notable playwrights, directors, actors, and theater artists who have worked at The New Group include Adam Alexi-Malle, Matthew Broderick, Mark Brokaw, David Cale, Bobby Cannavale, Keith Carradine, Richard Chamberlain, Sarita Choudhury, Jim Dale, Paul Dano, Peter Dinklage, Kevin Elyot, Lisa Emery, Jesse Eisenberg, Raúl Esparza, Josh Hamilton, Ed Harris, Ethan Hawke, Beth Henley. Danny Hoch, Holly Hunter, Marin Ireland, Judith Ivey, Kristen Johnston, Zoe Kazan, Ayub Khan-Din, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mike Leigh, Kenneth Lonergan, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Madigan, Jena Malone, Derek McLane, Laurie Metcalf, Pat Metheny, Megan Mullally, Kunal Nayyar, Alessandro Nivola, Cynthia Nixon, Brian F. O'Byrne, Nick Offerman, Tonya Pinkins, Bill Pullman, Sam Rockwell, Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Mark Ruffalo, Anabella Sciorra, Chloë Sevigny, Cara Seymour, Wallace Shawn, Betty Shamieh, Jonathan Marc Sherman, Lili Taylor, Sam Trammell, Frank Whaley, Dianne Wiest, Michelle Williams, and Michael Zegen.

Production history

The New Group's past productions have received over 100 awards and nominations, include the Tony Award for Best New Musical.
The New Group has produced numerous world premieres including Steve, The Spoils, Intimacy, Burning, Russian Transport, Blood From a Stone, The Starry Messenger, The Accomplices, and Avenue Q.