King Tut's Wah Wah Hut was a club and experimental theater space in the
East Village of
New York City, operating in the mid-1980s and 1990s at 112 Avenue A at 7th Street. The club was "Egyptian themed".
Among the acts presented at the club were
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(which curated a regular performance series there),
Carmelita Tropicana
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Career
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and
Blue Man Group.
In July 2015, the
Whitney Museum of American Art commissioned one of the original designers of the club, Tom Berry, to create a temporary King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in its lobby for use as a theater in connection with its retrospective of the work of Dancenoise.
The music venue
King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, in
Glasgow,
Scotland, took its name from the New York City club.
References
External links
Images of the club interior at EV Grieve
East Village, Manhattan
Cultural history of New York City
Former theatres in Manhattan
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