The Drama Desk hosted a panel discussion moderated by Randy Gener, the George Jean Nathan Award winning editor/critic, and Drama Desk Vice President Leslie Hoban Blake about the remarkable breakthrough productions and performances taking place on the New York stage this season.
  Photography: Barry Gordin

Panelists included Douglas Carter Beane (book writer LYSISTRATA JONES), Lewis Flinn (composer/lyricist, LYSISTRATA JONES), David Henry Hwang (playwright, CHINGLISH), David Ives (playwright, VENUS IN FUR), Samuel L. Jackson (actor, THE MOUNTAIN TOP), Dan Knechtges (director/choreographer, LYSISTRATA JONES), Kenny Leon (director THE MOUNTAINTOP and STICK FLY), Jennifer Lim (actor, CHINGLISH), Liz Mikel (actor, LYSISTRATA JONES), and Leigh Silverman (director, CHINGLISH). The event took place at the Pope Auditorium on Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus.