Theatre Row (New York City)

Theatre Row
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The Theatre Row building with its five constituent theatre entrances
Address	410 W 42nd Street New York City
Coordinates	40°45′31″N 73°59′36″W / 40.758599°N 73.993397°W / 40.758599; -73.993397Coordinates: 40°45′31″N 73°59′36″W / 40.758599°N 73.993397°W / 40.758599; -73.993397
Owner	42nd Street Development Corporation
Type	Off-Broadway
Capacity	Acorn: 199 Beckett: 99 Clurman: 99 Kirk: 99 Lion: 88 Studio: 55
www.theatrerow.org

Theatre Row is the name for a section of 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan between Ninth and Eleventh Avenues. The name comes from the numerous Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway theatres that line the street.

In the 1970s, it was an infamous area of brothels and peepshows, but a campaign to clean up the street was launched, leading to the reclamation of the many smaller theatres along the stretch returning to use by live theatre, often of a more experimental or non-commercial variety.

Today, the stretch holds by a series of theatres, many if which have been renovated or newly built in recent years. From east to west, theatres along Theatre Row are:

Laurie Beechman Theatre
The Theatre Row Building, housing six small theatres: the Beckett, Acorn, Clurman, Kirk, Lion and Studio theatres
Playwrights Horizons
Stage 42 (formerly the Little Shubert Theatre)
Pershing Square Signature Center
Castillo Theatre
Pearl Theatre

The Theatre Row Building is currently home to 6 resident theatre companies: The Actors Company Theatre, Keen Company, The New Group, Resonance Ensemble, Theater Breaking Through Barriers, and the United Solo Theatre Festival.

External links

1998 Playbill feature

Acorn Theater at the Internet off-Broadway Database
Samuel Beckett Theatre at the Internet off-Broadway Database
Harold Clurman Theater at the Internet off-Broadway Database
Rodney Kirk Theatre at the Internet off-Broadway Database
Lion Theatre at the Internet off-Broadway Database

Off-Broadway theatres

Active	47th Street Theatre 59E59 Theaters 777 Theatre Acorn Theatre The Actors' Temple Astor Place Theatre Barrow Street Theatre Baryshnikov Arts Center Chernuchin Theater Cherry Lane Theatre Claire Tow Theater Daryl Roth Theatre The Duke on 42nd Street East 13th Street/CSC Theatre Elektra Theatre Gramercy Arts Theatre Irish Repertory Theatre Julia Miles Theatre Laura Pels Theatre Linda Gross Theatre Lucille Lortel Theatre Lynn Redgrave Theatre Manhattan Movement & Arts Center Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater McGinn/Cazale Theatre Minetta Lane Theatre Mint Theater Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater New York City Center-Stages I & II New York Theatre Workshop New World Stages Orpheum Theatre Pearl Theatre Company Pershing Square Signature Center Players Theatre Playwrights Horizons The Public Theater St. Luke's Theatre SoHo Playhouse Soho Repertory Theatre Stage 42 Stage 72 The Theater Center Theatre 80 Theatre at St. Clement's Tony Kiser Theatre Vineyard Theatre Westside Theatre York Theatre

Defunct or repurposed	Gate Theatre Gramercy Theatre Jane Street Theatre Lamb's Theatre Manhattan Ensemble Theatre New Theatre Sheridan Square Playhouse Union Square Theatre

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Theatre Row (New York City)

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