Theatre Row (New York City)

Theatre Row

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
Website
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:

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.

Further reading

1998 Playbill feature


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