"Second Empire," written, directed and choreographed by the ensemble of TL;DR Collective. Running time: 60 minutes. $12. (world premiere) www.theaterforthenewcity.net 212-254-1109. "Second Empire" is a dance/theatre work that presents a fictionalized and interpreted history of the Broadway Grand Hotel and its sudden collapse in 1973. The work will be a series of narrative and movement vignettes with recurring characters that deal with the impermanence of structures and respond to the space that is changing around them. This play is part of the "Dream Up Festival"; a theater festival that takes place at the Theater for the New City (TNC) from August 8 to September 5, 2010.