St. Mark's Playhouse at 133 Second Avenue in the East Village of

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, New York City, was an

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theater notable for presenting the

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's production of '' The First Breeze of Summer'' by Leslie Lee, which premiered on March 2, 1975, before transferring to

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on June 10, where it played through July 20, 1975. St. Mark's Playhouse also showed French playwright Jean Genet's first American performance of his play The Blacks. The theatre was founded by Lynn Michaels and Harry Baum.

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