Westside Theatre

Westside Theatre
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Address407 West 43rd Street
Manhattan, New York City
United States
Coordinates40°45′34″N 73°59′33″W / 40.7595°N 73.9926°W / 40.7595; -73.9926
OwnerReno Productions (Peter Askin)
TypeOff-Broadway
Capacity270 (Upstairs Theatre)
249 (Downstairs Theatre)
Website
www.westsidetheatre.com

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.

History

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
October 17, 2019 Little Shop of Horrors
March 7, 2019 Chick Flick the Musical by Suzy Conn[2]
July 20, 2017 Curvy Widow
June 22, 2016 Cagney (502 performances)[3]
October 12, 2015 Clever Little Lies
April 7, 2015 Disenchanted! The Hilarious Hit Musical
October 19, 2014 The Belle of Amherst
March 4, 2014 Satchmo at the Waldorf
October 29, 2013 Becoming Dr. Ruth
November 28, 2012 My Name Is Asher Lev
August 2, 2012 The Last Smoker in America
June 23, 2011 The Voca People
May 10, 2010 The Screwtape Letters
September 14, 2008 The Marvelous Wonderettes
August 1, 1996 I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
August 7, 1995 The Food Chain
May 28, 1995 The Cryptogram
December 8, 1994 You Should Be So Lucky by Charles Busch[4]
August 9, 1993 Later Life by A. R. Gurney
February 23, 1993 The Best of Friends
October 9, 1992 Spic-O-Rama by John Leguizamo
June 2, 1992 Balancing Act
March 18, 1991 And the World Goes 'Round
December 4, 1987 Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
May 7, 1987 Educating Rita
December 22, 1982 Extremities
October 13, 1981 March of the Falsettos
October 14, 1980 Really Rosie

Downstairs

Theatre at dusk
Date opened Show title
July 21, 2019 #DateMe: An OKCupid Experiment
November 12, 2018 The Other Josh Cohen
October 5, 2017 Stuffed
October 25, 2016 Othello: The Remix
March 7, 2016 White Rabbit Red Rabbit[5][6][7]
July 27, 2015 The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
February 10, 2015 Application Pending
May 14, 2014 Los Monologos de la Vagina
December 15, 2013 Handle With Care
May 20, 2012 Old Jews Telling Jokes
January 24, 2011 Through the Night
October 1, 2009 Love, Loss, and What I Wore
November 18, 2008 Dust
December 8, 2006 My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish, and I'm in Therapy
October 21, 2004 Jewtopia
March 24, 2004 From Door to Door
September 4, 2003 Trumbo: Red, White, and Blacklisted
March 5, 2003 Barbara's Wedding
October 3, 1999 The Vagina Monologues
October 1, 1998 The Mystery of Irma Vep
October 24, 1997 Marc Salem's Mindgames
October 7, 1996 Political Animal
September 24, 1996 Full Gallop
September 7, 1995 Too Jewish
March 5, 1994 Nixon's Nixon
September 28, 1993 Family Secrets by Sherry Glaser
April 23, 1993 Wild Men!
September 8, 1992 Cut the Ribbons
January 3, 1992 Finkle's Follies
April 12, 1991 Only the Truth is Funny
October 29, 1987 A Shayna Maidel
April 18, 1985 Penn & Teller
July 3, 1981 What the Butler Saw
March 22, 1976 Vanities
November 20, 1974 The Mother / The Great Train Robbery, performed by San Francisco Mime Troupe

References

  1. ^ "The 1889 2nd German Baptist Church – 407 West 43rd Street" by Tom Miller and Alice Lum, Daytonian in Manhattan, February 2, 2012
  2. ^ "Chick Flick The Musical Creator Suzy Conn on the Power of the Genre" by Mark Peikert, Playbill, March 12, 2019
  3. ^ "Off-Broadway Musical Cagney to End Run at Westside Theatre; Is Broadway Next?" by Andy Lefkovitz, broadway.com, March 7, 2017
  4. ^ ​You Should Be So Lucky​ at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
  5. ^ "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
  6. ^ David Gordon: "Opera Star Joyce DiDonato to Join White Rabbit Red Rabbit", TheaterMania, August 30, 2016 (line-up March 7 to August 29, 2016)
  7. ^ "White Rabbit Red Rabbit to Close This Month with Mystery Star", BroadwayWorld, December 2, 2016

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