NYTR's 2008 edition contains three new plays, three original commissioned essays, an extended roundtable chat with six leading NYC theater and performance bloggers, and a sit-down give and take with that singular sonic performance onslaught also known as Reggie Watts. Plays include Taylor Mac's "The Young Ladies Of," Tommy Smith's "White Hot," and Ping Chong & Sara Michelle Zatz' "Undesirable Elements". In essays, theater artists Victoria Linchong, Zachary R. Mannheimer and Marya Sea Kaminski contribute fresh takes on the NYC alt-theater of today, and a look back fifty years to where it all began.