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The thing about Second Stage is that you are not guaranteed to see a new play. This non-profit theatre company is dedicated to bringing back forgotten shows as well as developing new work and has...
The thing about Second Stage is that you are not guaranteed to see a new play. This non-profit theatre company is dedicated to bringing back forgotten shows as well as developing new work and has been doing so since 1979.
The theatre space is state of the art and feels a bit antiseptic at first. You get used to it. The audience is a medium-sized rectangle - all seats are good ones.
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The Sanford Meisner Theatre is located far west in Chelsea (when you step outside the theatre, you look at Chelsea Piers). The closest subways are the C & E at 23rd Street, but there is a bit of a...
The Sanford Meisner Theatre is located far west in Chelsea (when you step outside the theatre, you look at Chelsea Piers). The closest subways are the C & E at 23rd Street, but there is a bit of a walk to 11th Avenue where the theatre stands.
This is a 74 seat black box theatre. There are decently sized dressing rooms behind the stage. This is a good venue for a small show that can get an audience to head all the way west in order to see it.
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The Producers' Club on 44th Street offers 4 performance spaces (The Crowne - 70 seats, The Royal - 50 seats, The Grand - 99 to 120 seats & The Sonnet - 60 seats), rehearsal spaces and a lounge...
The Producers' Club on 44th Street offers 4 performance spaces (The Crowne - 70 seats, The Royal - 50 seats, The Grand - 99 to 120 seats & The Sonnet - 60 seats), rehearsal spaces and a lounge (great for meeting folks before or after a show). These off-off-broadway theatres are available for rental (including sound system, lighting with dimmer board, advertising listings, pianos when requested and box office area).
If you are coming here as a patron, look for the little sign on 44th and prepare to walk up the stairs. A wide variety of production companies put up shows here so you may find that the last show you saw here had completely different production values as the current show. Buyer beware.
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Support the downtown art scene! See a show at the Jean Cocteau Repertory! They present a season of classical shows - think Genet and his contemporaries.
Performances in New York take place at...
Support the downtown art scene! See a show at the Jean Cocteau Repertory! They present a season of classical shows - think Genet and his contemporaries.
Performances in New York take place at the Bouwerie Lane Theatre.
Recently Jean Cocteau Rep has teamed up with EgoPo Productions (from Louisiana) to form an ensemble company - I believe the new company is called EgoPo/Cocteau.
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You are guaranteed an intimate show when you hit The Flea for a production. Whether you are watching the Bats in the downstairs stage (long and shallow space) or a Jim Simpson directed production...
You are guaranteed an intimate show when you hit The Flea for a production. Whether you are watching the Bats in the downstairs stage (long and shallow space) or a Jim Simpson directed production upstairs, you will be so close you can practically smell the actors' breath. The season tends to be dramatic/issue-heavy.
Make a night at the theatre into a night out in Tribeca. Enjoy the work of the folks at The Flea.
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This building started out as the Guild Theatre in 1925. The interior is in tune with its origin - not as ostentatious as some other interior opting instead for simple, yet elegant design. In 1981,...
This building started out as the Guild Theatre in 1925. The interior is in tune with its origin - not as ostentatious as some other interior opting instead for simple, yet elegant design. In 1981, it was renamed the Virginia in 1981 in honor of the owner of Jujamcyn Theatres, Virginia M. Binger. The latest honor goes to the late playwright August Wilson. In 2005, Broadway honored his work in the American theatre by making his the first African-American name to grace a Broadway theatre.
The seats here are great -- legroom! I am not sure about handicap access as the first level is up several sets of stairs. I love the terra cotta walls here - its interior is simple, but beautiful!
Recent hits: CITY OF ANGELS, JELLY'S LAST JAM, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS and JERSEY BOYS.
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I keep going back to the Belasco because I like the shows that are presented there - ENCHANTED APRIL, FRANKIE & JOHNNY AT THE CLAIR DE LUNE, AWAKE & SING - but there is a serious noise problem. I...
I keep going back to the Belasco because I like the shows that are presented there - ENCHANTED APRIL, FRANKIE & JOHNNY AT THE CLAIR DE LUNE, AWAKE & SING - but there is a serious noise problem. I suggest sitting as far audience right as possible due to the bleed of 6th Avenue traffic on the audience left side.
The theatre was originally named the Belasco Stuyvesant, but the name was shortened to just the Belasco Theatre 3 years later by producer/director & playwright David Belasco.
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There is no space to wait at the Booth before you have your ticket, so hit the box office early and get inside. The Booth is located right on Shubert Alley (it backs up to the Shubert) and the box...
There is no space to wait at the Booth before you have your ticket, so hit the box office early and get inside. The Booth is located right on Shubert Alley (it backs up to the Shubert) and the box office line frequently spills out onto the street.
Coat check and facilities are on the basement level. Your view will be fine if you are seated in the mezzanine, just beware of the fact that many coughers seem to sit there (at this and so many other Broadway theatres...such a shame that people don't open their cough drops BEFORE the curtain rises). This smaller house is named for Edwin Booth (or actually for another Manhattan theatre that was named for Booth).
It seems that dark dramas are attracted to this theatre...FAITH HEALER, THE PILLOWMAN & THE BIRTHDAY PARTY. You can't miss the pretty door at the corner of the alley!
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I would pay a lot of money to go back to 1980 and see Ian McKellan & Tim Curry in AMADEUS at the Broadhurst (I did catch Sir Ian in DANCE OF DEATH HERE more than 20 years later). The theatre has...
I would pay a lot of money to go back to 1980 and see Ian McKellan & Tim Curry in AMADEUS at the Broadhurst (I did catch Sir Ian in DANCE OF DEATH HERE more than 20 years later). The theatre has been open since 1917 and has housed both musicals and plays, dramas and comedies. The space is named for George Broadhurst, a dramatist and theatre manager (he opened this theatre with the Shubert brothers).
The back row has a great view!
Telecharge is the ticketing agent for this theatre. Wheelchair accessible on the main floor.
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If you head down Broadway from Columbus Circle, the first marqee you will see is for the Ed Sullivan Theater (home of the David Letterman show). The first theatrical marquee you will see will be...
If you head down Broadway from Columbus Circle, the first marqee you will see is for the Ed Sullivan Theater (home of the David Letterman show). The first theatrical marquee you will see will be the Broadway Theatre. Sure, no points for creativity in naming the venue but it is a great place to see a show.
It was built as a movie house, but today we are lucky to see large scale musicals such as BOMBAY DREAMS & THE COLOR PURPLE here as well as Baz Luhrmann's recent production of LA BOHEME. The audience is huge as is the stage. Prepare for spectacle!
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