St. Luke's Theatre is a 174-seat
Off-Broadway
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theatre at
St. Luke's Lutheran Church at 308 West 46th Street, on
Restaurant Row, just west of
Eighth Avenue in Manhattan's
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.
Created by then-Pastor Dale Hansen, St. Luke's Theatre came about with the revitalization of Times Square and Restaurant Row. The theatre began operating in the mid 1990s and featured such early hits like Late Night Catechism, starring Maripat Donovan.
The theatre is owned by Saint Luke's Lutheran Church and was managed by Entertainment Events in the late 1990s, then by West End Artists from 2006 to 2020.
Playhouse 46 at St. Luke's
In March 2020, the theatre was forced to close due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. The church parted ways with the management company, refurbished the space, and created a new non-profit theatre company called
Playhouse 46 at St. Luke's. The
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 ...
theatre re-opened on April 14, 2022 with its first show, ''
Islander, A New Musical''. Other shows included ''Stranger Sings'', a parody of ''
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''; and ''The Creeps''.
Playhouse 46 at St. Luke's closed in February 2025, due to mounting debt and a struggle to maintain bookings.
References
External links Official site
Off-Broadway theaters
Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
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