Theatre 80 was an

Off-Broadway An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer tha ...

theater located at 80 St. Mark's Place in Manhattan's East Village neighborhood. It is owned and operated by Lorcan Otway, who restored and renovated the building with his father and opened it as a theater in the 1960s. The theater was home to a number of productions, including the 1967 premiere of ''

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' is a 1967 musical with music and lyrics by Clark Gesner and (in a 1999 revision) Andrew Lippa. It is based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip ''Peanuts''. The musical ...

'' whose revenue helped the Otways keep the theater. By 1971, it became a movie theater. Prior to its current status as a cabaret-style theater, the building, which also houses the Museum of the American Gangster, was a nightclub during Prohibition. The Otways filed for bankruptcy on December 30, 2021, to prevent the sale of the building amid controversy with their mortgage lender. In May 2022, the Otways were told they would have to vacate the theater by August. Following final efforts to save the theatre, it was reported closed and the Otways were evicted in April 2023.

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* Off-Broadway theaters East Village, Manhattan Buildings and structures in Manhattan {{US-theat-struct-stub