St. Mark's Playhouse at 133
Second Avenue in the
East Village of
Manhattan, New York City, was an
Off-Off-Broadway theater notable for presenting the
Negro Ensemble Company's production of ''
The First Breeze of Summer'' by
Leslie Lee, which premiered on March 2, 1975, before transferring to
Broadway on June 10, where it played through July 20, 1975.
St. Mark's Playhouse also showed French playwright
Jean Genet
Jean Genet (; – ) was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. In his early life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but he later became a writer and playwright. His major works include the novels ''The Thief's ...
's first American performance of his play
The Blacks.
The theatre was founded by Lynn Michaels and Harry Baum.
References
East Village, Manhattan
Off-Off-Broadway
Second Avenue
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