Theatre Row is an
entertainment district
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of
Off Broadway
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theatres on
42nd Street in
Midtown Manhattan
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west of
Ninth Avenue. The space originally referred to a 1977 redevelopment project to convert adult entertainment venues into theatres between 9th and Tenth Avenues on the south side of 42nd Street. However with the success of the district the name is often used to describe any theatre on either side of the street from Ninth Avenue to the Hudson River as more theatres have been built along the street.
From east to west, theatres along Theatre Row are:
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Laurie Beechman Theatre
The Laurie Beechman Theatre (formerly the West Bank Cafe Downstairs Theater Bar) is an 80-seat dinner theater in the basement of the West Bank Cafe at 407 West 42nd Street in the Manhattan Plaza apartment complex in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, N ...
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Theatre Row Building
The Theatre Row Building is a complex of five Off-Broadway theatres at 410 West 42nd Street on Theatre Row in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City. The building is owned by the 501(c)(3) organization non-profit Building for the Arts and is ...
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Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons is a not-for-profit Off-Broadway theater located in New York City dedicated to the support and development of contemporary American playwrights, composers, and lyricists, and to the production of their new work.
Under the ...
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Stage 42
Stage 42 (known as the Little Shubert Theatre until July 2015) is a theatre in New York City on Theatre Row, about half a mile west of Broadway. Its address is 422 West 42nd Street, between 9th Avenue and Dyer Avenue. It was built in 2002 and ...
(formerly the Little Shubert Theatre)
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Pershing Square Signature Center
The Pershing Square Signature Center is a complex of three Off-Broadway theatres in the Theatre Row section of West 42nd Street in New York City. It is on the first floors of the 43-floor MiMa Building apartment complex. Pershing Square Signat ...
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Castillo Theatre
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Pearl Theatre
Original 1977 theatres
Theatre Row was first established in 1977 in conjunction with the 42nd Street Development Corporation in an effort to convert adult entertainment venues into Off Broadway theatres. The first theatres involved in 1977 were:
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Black Theatre Alliance
*Harlem Children's Theatre
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INTAR Theatre
INTAR Theatre, founded in 1966, is one of the oldest Hispanic Theatre, theater companies in the United States. The INTAR acronym is for International Arts Relations.https://www.nyc-arts.org/organizations/141/intar-international-arts-relations
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(now on 52nd Street)
*Lion Theatre (now commemorated by a theatre in the Theatre Row Building)
*Nat Horne Musical Theatre
*Playwrights Horizons
*Harold Clurman Theatre (now commemorated by a theatre in the Theatre Row Building)
*South Street Theatre
Further reading
* Bianco, Anthony (2004). ''Ghosts of 42nd Street: A History of America's Most Infamous Block''. New York: HarperCollins Books, .
References
Neighborhoods in Manhattan
Entertainment districts in New York (state)
Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
42nd Street (Manhattan)
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