East 74th Street Theater

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East 74th Street Theater
East 74th Street Theater
Address334 East 74th Street
Manhattan, New York City, New York
United States
Coordinates 40°46′10″N73°57′22″W / 40.76944°N 73.95611°W / 40.76944; -73.95611
Capacity 199-204 seats
Construction
Opened1959 [1]
ArchitectBarrie B. Greenbie [1]

The East 74th Street Theater, [2] sometimes spelled as the East 74th Street Theatre, was an Off-Broadway theater at 334 East 74th Street in Manhattan, New York City, United States.

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History

Frank Day Tuttle, a theatrical and radio producer and director, purchased, renovated, and converted the Bohemian Club into the East 74th Street Theater. [3] [4] Barrie B. Greenbie designed the theater in 1959. [1]

The Off-Broadway theater was located at 334 East 74th Street, between First Avenue and Second Avenue, on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, New York City. [5] [6] [7] It had 199-204 seats. [7] [8] Its stage was described as "miniscule[ sic ]." [9] The Players Magazine described it in 1959 as "small and attractive." [10]

In 1961, the Phoenix Theatre rented the theater for 30 weeks, during which time it called it the Phoenix 74th Street. [5]

Performances

In 1959, the theater put on the comedy The Tempest by William Shakespeare. [7]

Among the other plays presented at the theater were The Crystal Heart (1960; with Mildred Dunnock, and Virginia Vestoff in her first professional appearance, with top seats selling for $4.96 ($52.72 in current dollar terms), [11] George Gershwin's Oh, Kay! (1960; with Linda Lavin, Penny Fuller, and Marti Stevens, and with high school student Daniel Lewis working a follow spot in the lighting), The Shoemaker and the Peddler (1960), One Way Pendulum by N. F. Simpson (1961), Hotel Passionato (1965), The Bernard Shaw Story (1965-66), Jean Erdman's The Coach with the Six Insides (1967), Stephen D. (1967; with Roy Scheider), and The Victims (1968). [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

In the fall of 1965, Jack Moore and Jeff Duncan formed the Dance Theater Workshop, and produced a series of Monday evening concerts at the theater. [18] [19] In 1966, the theater hosted a subscription series devoted to modern and ethnic dance. [20] [21]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Greenbie, Barrie B.", Robert S. Cox Special Collections & University Archives Research Center, UMass Amherst Libraries.
  2. ↑ Lewis Funke (October 23, 1965). "Theater: 'Hotel Passionato', Musical; Paris-set show opens at 74th Street," The New York Times.
  3. ↑ "Frank Day Tuttle, 86, Radio Producer, Dies". The New York Times. May 23, 1989. p. 47.
  4. ↑ Orlin Corey, Irene Corey, Ken Holamon (1990). An Odyssey of Masquers; The Everyman Players, p. 17.
  5. 1 2 Sam Zolotow (August 10, 1961). "PHOENIX IS MOVING TO SMALLER HOME; Constant Deficit Prompts Switch to 74th Street," The New York Times.
  6. ↑ Richard Chigley Lynch (1987). Broadway on Record; A Directory of New York Cast Recordings of Musical Shows, 1931-1986, pp. 51, 172.
  7. 1 2 3 Sam Zlotow (December 3, 1959). "'TEMPEST' SLATED ON UPTOWN STAGE; Comedy to Open at East 74th Street Dec. 28 -- 'A Mighty Man Is He' Due Jan. 7". The New York Times.
  8. ↑ Phyllis Hartnoll, Peter Found (2000). 牛津戏剧词典, p. 378.
  9. ↑ Educational Theatre Journal, 1969, American Theatre Association, vol. 21, p. 103.
  10. ↑ The Players Magazine, 1959, National Collegiate Players, vol. 36-37, p. 86.
  11. ↑ "Atlantic in Legit Tie-Up," Billboard, February 15, 1960, p. 4.
  12. ↑ John Corry (September 24, 1976). "Broadway". The New York Times.
  13. ↑ "East 74th Street Theatre - Theater Information". Broadway World.
  14. ↑ "VIRGINIA VESTOFF, 42; HAD LEADING ROLES IN SEVERAL MUSICALS". The New York Times. May 5, 1982.
  15. ↑ Diane C. Kachmar (2015). Roy Scheider; A Film Biography
  16. ↑ Donna H. Krasnow, Daniel E. Lewis (2020). Daniel Lewis; A Life in Choreography and the Art of Dance
  17. ↑ Joseph Campbell (2020). The Ecstasy of Being; Mythology and Dance
  18. ↑ Larry Warren (2012). Anna Sokolow; The Rebellious Spirit
  19. ↑ Barnes, Clive (December 28, 1965). "Dances From Korea and Ghana Presented in 'Mondays at Nine'". The New York Times.
  20. ↑ The Many Worlds of Music. Broadcast Music, Incorporated. 1966. p. 14.
  21. ↑ Clive Barnes (January 4, 1966). "EAST 74TH ST. ENDS ETHNIC DANCE SERIES," The New York Times, p. 20.
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