Manhattan Ensemble Theatre

[4][5][6] In its short history, MET featured several well-known stars in its productions, including Jim Parsons (CBS's The Big Bang Theory),[17] Mireille Enos (AMC's The Killing),[6] and Robert Prosky (Hill Street Blues, Broadcast News, Dead Man Walking).

Its first offering this season, Hank Williams: Lost Highway, about the troubled country singer and composer, was hailed and quickly transferred following an extended run.

(In fact, the runaway success of MET's first two shows caused the nonprofit to postpone its third selection until the (2004-05) season.

)[19]From 2002 to 2006, MET earned 31 nominations (winning 11) from various theatre award agencies, including the Tony,[20] the Drama Desk,[21] the Obie,[1] the Outer Critics Circle,[22] the Lucille Lortel,[23] the Drama League,[24] the Blackburn Prize,[25] Time Out New York Magazine's Best in Theatre (4 times)[26] and the Touring Broadway awards.

[29] The company was located in a 140-seat theatre in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood at 55 Mercer Street (corner of Broome Street) until early 2007 when, according to The New York Times, The success of (MET's) show Golda's Balcony — and the time demanded by transferring the show to Broadway in 2003, then taking it on the road — had forced (Fishelson) ... to find someone to take over the 10 years remaining on his theater's lease.