Paris Theater (Manhattan)

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The Paris Theater
Fine Arts Theatre [1] [2]
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Exterior of theater (2019)
Paris Theater (Manhattan)
Address4 West 58th Street
Manhattan, New York City
United States
Coordinates 40°45′50″N73°58′27″W / 40.7638°N 73.9743°W / 40.7638; -73.9743
Owner Stefan Soloviev [1]
Operator Netflix (as of 2019) [3]
TypeSingle-screen movie theater [1]
Capacity 535 [2]
Construction
OpenedSeptember 13, 1948 [1] [2]
ClosedAugust 2019 [4]
ReopenedNovember 6, 2019
Website
www.paristheaternyc.com

The Paris Theater is a 535-seat single-screen art house movie theater, located in Manhattan in New York City. [1] It opened on September 13, 1948. It often showed art films and foreign films in their original languages. Upon the 2016 closure of the Ziegfeld, the Paris became Manhattan's sole-surviving single-screen cinema. Since November 2019, it has been operated by Netflix, playing first-run releases alongside repertory programming.

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History

The theater was opened by Pathé Cinema on September 13, 1948, [1] when actress Marlene Dietrich cut the inaugural ribbon in the presence of the U.S. Ambassador to France. [2]

It was designed by the New York architectural firm of Emery Roth & Sons. It was one of the first designs produced by Richard Roth when he reorganized the firm after returning from duty in the Pacific during World War II. He later co-designed the Pan Am Building and the World Trade Center.

Located at 4 West 58th Street, just west of Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan, it has specialized in foreign (especially French language) and independent films. It is across from the Plaza Hotel. [1] [5] The theater became a destination for motion pictures by directors including Federico Fellini and Franco Zeffirelli. [1]

In 1990, Pathé lost its lease. [6] Loews Theatres then took over the operation and it was known as the Fine Arts Theatre for a while. [2] In 1994 the space was purchased by Sheldon Solow, a New York City–based real-estate developer and owner. [1]

By 2009, City Cinemas was the theater's operator. [2] After the Ziegfeld closed in January 2016, the Paris became Manhattan's sole surviving single-screen cinema. [7] In August 2019, a notice of closure was posted. [4] [8] In November 2019, it was announced that the cinema would reopen for a limited run of Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story (2019). [9] At that time, Netflix leased the Paris Theater to use it for Netflix-original movie debuts, special events and other screenings. [3] [10] The Paris closed temporarily in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, reopening in August 2021. [11] [12] During the closure, Netflix installed new seating and made other improvements to the facility, which reopened August 6, 2021. [13]

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