These items are listed with the most recent articles first (last updated 5/21/10):
A blog by someone at NYU who seems to be accurately keeping ongoing updates of the construction on the Playhouse: http://blogs.nyu.edu/blogs/tls204/provincetown/
Pics taken 3/15/2010 of the Provincetown Playhouse reconstruction:
December 21, 2009: The demolition of the Provincetown Playhouse reveals John Barrymore's old hideaway rooftop apartment on 4th Street, ironically where he lived when Eugene O'Neill was patiently waiting for him to be available to perform in what was to be first commercially produced play. Playwright Paul Rudnick once rented this apartment and this is where he found the inspiration for his infamous play I Hate Hamlet. Here's an article written by Rudnick in The NewYorker in December 2007 about living there: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/12/24/071224fa_fact_rudnick
Here's the recent article on Barrymore's apartment being revealed by the demolition: http://curbed.com/archives/2009/12/21/barrymores_rooftop_lair_plays_hide_and_seek_on_west_4th_street.php
December 3, 2009: Article in NYULOCAL about NYU's relations with the community over building projects and they're response to promises not kept concerning the demolition of the Provincetown Playhouse: http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2009/12/03/nyu-city-relations-still-on-the-mend/
November 20, 2009: Photos and a report by Bowery Boogie about the construction at the Provincetown Playhouse site: http://www.boweryboogie.com/2009/11/provincetown-playhouse-a-memory-new-nyu-facility-rising.html
October 21, 2009: Photos and a report by Bowery Boogie about the crane brought in and of the construction on the site: http://www.boweryboogie.com/2009/10/provincetown-playhouse-now-with-crane.html
September 15: 2009: An article and photo from Preservation Magazine, the magazine of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, reports on the demolition of the original walls of the Playhouse: http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/2009/todays-news/nyu-razes-most-of-eugene.html
Another report and photo of the wall destruction referred to below from the website Curbed: http://curbed.com/archives/2009/08/20/oops_nyu_tears_down_that_wall_at_provincetown_playhouse.php
Time Out's article on the situation: http://www3.timeoutny.com/newyork/upstaged/2009/08/wall-of-shame-provincetown-playhouse-now-even-less-well-preserved/
August 21, 2009: Information from the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (GVSHP) that claims NYU has broken its promise to preserve the walls of the Provincetown Playhouse that were to be used in the new Playhouse. This includes links to other articles in The Villager and the New York Press, as well as a link to a letter from Borrough President Scott Stringer to NYU President John Sexton condemning this act and asking for a halt to all construction until a review is held: http://www.gvshp.org/_gvshp/enews/gvshp-08-21-09.htm. The Architect's Newspaper website has a vivid photo of the damage and an accompanying article at: http://blog.archpaper.com/wordpress/archives/4231#more-4231.
An article from July 2009 on the Washington Square web site about the construction: http://washingtonsquarepark.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/nyu-thanks-for-your-patience-former-provincetown-playhouse-site/
June 2009 photos of the Provincetown Playhouse demolition and construction on BoweryBoogie.com: http://www.boweryboogie.com/2009/06/provincetown-playhouse-skeleton.html
May 2009 photos of the Provincetown Playhouse demolition and construction on BoweryBoogie.com: http://www.boweryboogie.com/2009/05/update-provincetown-playhouse.html
April 2009 photos of the Provincetown Playhouse demolition and construction on BoweryBoogie.com: http://www.boweryboogie.com/2009/04/provincetown-coming-down.html
Article by NYU's Washington Square News about the beginning of the construction at the Provincetown Playhouse site, plus a new photo of the site: http://www.nyunews.com/features/currents/nyu_to_redevelop_classic_village_playhouse-1.908404
You Tube video of the protests outside the Provincetown Playhouse on October 20, 2008:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUJd7_RSOfE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtGWdWiOsEk&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXALU78_ECk&feature=channel
NYU's Washington Square News report about protests in October 2008 over the university's plans to tear down the Provinceotwn Playhouse: http://www.nyunews.com/news/city_state/1.839172-1.839172
Editorial on Community Board #2 vote to approve NYU's rennovation plans and a response by Community Board #2 chair Brad Holyman on blog dedicated to Washington Square Park (June 25, 2008): (http://washingtonsquarepark.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/what-is-up-with-community-board-2-approves-nyus-demolition-plans-for-133-139-macdougal-street-provincetown-playhouse/
Statement by NYU’S Alicia Hurley On Comm. Bd. 2 Endorsement of Provincetown Plans (June 20, 2008): http://www.nyu.edu/public.affairs/releases/detail/2176
Report on Community Board #2 Meeting from Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (see item 3).
Article on playbill.com by Robert Simonson and the recent events surrounding the Provincetown Playhouse (June 17, 2008): http://www.playbill.com/features/article/118512.html
133-139 Macdougal Street is listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places.
http://www.gvshp.org/documents/PTownSHPO.pdf
New York University’s most recent press release about their most current plans to renovate the Provincetown Playhouse:
http://www.nyu.edu/ogca/pdfs/NYU_PROVINCETOWN_PLAYHOUSE.pdf
The Villager report on the May 28 Community Forum concerning the NYU renovation plans for the Provincetown Playhouse (June 4, 2008):
http://www.thevillager.com/villager_266/dramacarries.html
Photos from the Save the Provincetown Playhouse and Apartments Rally and Press Conference held on May 28, 2008:
http://www.gvshp.org/PTownMay08.htm
Greenwich Village Society for Historical Preservation information about NYU's Provincetown Playhouse renovation plans (May 27, 2008):
http://www.gvshp.org/PTown.htm
Variety’s report about public outcry giving the Playhouse a reprieve (May 18, 2008):
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117986024.html?categoryid=1043&cs=1
New York Times report about changed renovations plans (May 17, 2008):
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/17/theater/17nyu.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Official Response by the Dramatist Guild to NYU altering its renovation plans concerning the Provincetown Playhouse (May 16, 2008):
http://www.dramatistsguild.com/about_statements_playhouse.aspx
The Villager’s response in an editorial to NYU’s altered plans for renovation of the Provincetown Playhouse (May 14, 2008):
http://www.thevillager.com/villager_263/editorial.html
New York Sun article on preserving the Provincetown Playhouse (May 8, 2008):
http://www.nysun.com/arts/questioning-role-preservation
New York Times article concerning NYU’s initial plans for renovating 133 Macdougal (April 30, 2008):
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/theater/30prov.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
New York University’s initial plans for renovating 133-139 Macdougal Street (April 30, 2008):
http://www.nyu.edu/public.affairs/releases/detail/2121
