Westside Theatre
Coordinates: 40°45′34″N 73°59′33″W / 40.759568°N 73.992507°W
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| Address |
407 West 43rd Street Manhattan, New York City United States |
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| Owner | Reno Productions |
| Type | Off-Broadway |
| Capacity |
270 (Upstairs Theatre) 249 (Downstairs Theatre) |
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The Westside Theatre is an off-Broadway performance space at 407 West 43rd Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The building houses two auditoriums: the Upstairs Theatre, which seats 270, and the Downstairs Theatre, which features a thrust stage and has a seating capacity of 249. Formerly known as the Chelsea Theatre Center and the Westside Arts Theatre, the building was renovated in 1991.
The Romanesque Revival style building, designed by Henry Franklin Kilburn, was constructed in 1890 for the Second German Baptist Church, which it housed until the 1960s. The site was then occupied by various nightclubs until its establishment as a theatre in 1976.[1]
Selected past productions
Upstairs
| Date opened | Show title |
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| 06/22/2016 | Cagney |
| 10/12/2015 | Clever Little Lies |
| 04/07/2015 | Disenchanted! The Hilarious Hit Musical |
| 10/19/2014 | The Belle of Amherst |
| 03/04/2014 | Satchmo at the Waldorf |
| 10/29/2013 | Becoming Dr. Ruth |
| 11/28/2012 | My Name Is Asher Lev |
| 08/02/2012 | The Last Smoker in America |
| 06/23/2011 | The Voca People |
| 05/10/2010 | The Screwtape Letters |
| 09/14/2008 | The Marvelous Wonderettes |
| 08/01/1996 | I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change |
| 08/07/1995 | The Food Chain |
| 05/28/1995 | The Cryptogram |
| 12/08/1994 | You Should Be So Lucky |
| 08/30/1994 | First Night |
| 08/09/1993 | Later Life |
| 02/23/1993 | Best of Friends |
| 10/09/1992 | Spic-O-Rama |
| 06/02/1992 | Balancing Act |
| 03/18/1991 | And the World Goes 'Round |
| 12/04/1987 | Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune |
| 05/07/1987 | Educating Rita |
| 12/22/1982 | Extremities |
| 10/13/1981 | March of the Falsettos |
| 10/14/1980 | Really Rosie |
Downstairs
| Date opened | Show title |
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| 03/07/2016 | White Rabbit Red Rabbit by Nassim Soleimanpour (New York premiere), with Nathan Lane, Whoopi Goldberg, Patrick Wilson, Brian Dennehy, Wayne Brady, Mike Birbiglia, Cynthia Nixon, Alan Cumming, Martin Short[2] and many more[3][4] |
| 07/27/2015 | The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey |
| 02/10/2015 | Application Pending |
| 05/14/2014 | Los Monologos de la Vagina |
| 12/15/2013 | Handle With Care |
| 05/20/2012 | Old Jews Telling Jokes |
| 01/24/2011 | Through the Night |
| 10/01/2009 | Love, Loss, and What I Wore |
| 11/18/2008 | Dust |
| 12/08/2006 | My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish, and I'm in Therapy |
| 10/21/2004 | Jewtopia |
| 03/24/2004 | From Door to Door |
| 09/04/2003 | Trumbo: Red, White, and Blacklisted |
| 03/05/2003 | Barbara's Wedding |
| 10/03/1999 | The Vagina Monologues |
| 10/01/1998 | The Mystery of Irma Vep |
| 10/24/1997 | Marc Salem's Mindgames |
| 10/07/1996 | Political Animal |
| 09/24/1996 | Full Gallop |
| 09/07/1995 | Too Jewish |
| 03/05/1994 | Nixon's Nixon |
| 09/28/1993 | Family Secrets |
| 04/23/1993 | Wild Men! |
| 09/08/1992 | Cut the Ribbons |
| 01/03/1992 | Finkle's Follies |
| 04/12/1991 | Only the Truth is Funny |
| 04/18/1985 | Penn & Teller |
| 07/03/1981 | What the Butler Saw |
| 03/22/1976 | Vanities |
References
- ↑ "The 1889 2nd German Baptist Church – 407 West 43rd Street" by Alice Lum, Daytonian in Manhattan, February 2, 2012
- ↑ "Review: Nathan Lane, You’ve Got a Part (This Time) in White Rabbit Red Rabbit by Charles Isherwood, The New York Times, March 9, 2016
- ↑ David Gordon: "Opera Star Joyce DiDonato to Join White Rabbit Red Rabbit", TheaterMania, August 30, 2016 (line-up March 7 to August 29, 2016)
- ↑ "White Rabbit Red Rabbit to Close This Month with Mystery Star", BroadwayWorld, December 2, 2016
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