Mr. Perlman, 26, knows less about Ridgewood than he does about historic theaters, on which he possesses an encyclopedic knowledge.
His father, George Izenour, a theater and lighting designer, taught him the delights of architecture, taking him on tours of the theaters on which he worked and of Frank Lloyd Wright's works.
For "The Somnambulists," a 2008 installation also at Bellwether, Ms. Beloff built dollhouse-size theaters on which she projected tiny moving images: archival footage of hysterics filmed by psychologists in the early 20th century as well as stylized recreations of similar scenes.
The charity also sends out expensive junk mail but says it no longer uses the "dime cards," once found frequently in stores and movie theaters, on which donors could insert 10 cent coins.
A cold call to Ms. Taymor — along with pleas and offers to sweep her workshop floors — led to involvement on three Taymor theater productions, on which, Ms. Noble said, she learned the "fine, traditional art" of mold making, a method used to create both static and stop-motion puppets.
Such are the challenges of producing professional theater on Staten Island, which nestles closer to New Jersey than to the rest of New York City.
Mr. Houghton also attended the jubilee performance of Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard" at the Moscow Arts Theater on Jan . 30 , 1935which starred many of the play's original actors.
Other buildings to see in Berlin are the Delphi Filmpalast and the Renaissance theater on Knesebeckstraße, which opened in 1922 and claims to be Europe's only art-deco theatre.
And the Jones Beach Theater on Long Island, which for years entertained families with outdoor productions of musicals like "The Sound of Music" and "The King and I," is now a rock music venue featuring Moby and Mary J. Blige.
