55th Street Playhouse
55th Street Playhouse | |
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Former names | 55th Street Cinema; Europa Theatre |
General information | |
Architectural style | Late 19th and early 20th century American movements, other |
Location | 154 West 55th Street New York, NY 10022 |
Coordinates | 40°45′49″N 73°58′50″W / 40.763743°N 73.980443°W |
Completed | 1888[1][2] |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Bassett Jones and Maurice Fatio[1] |
The 55th Street Playhouse—periodically referred to as the 55th Street Cinema and Europa Theatre—was a 253-seat movie house
History
Originally, the theater was built to be a horse stable[3] in 1888 by Charles T. Barney, a banker who later became president of the Knickerbocker Trust Company. The upper stories were rented out as The Holbein Studios,[1] and were occupied by artists, such as John Singer Sargent, impressionist painter Childe Hassam, and portrait artist Cecilia Beaux.[2] Later, in the late 1920s, the stable building was converted into a movie theater.[2]
Warhol years
As an
During the 1960s, Andy Warhol groomed a retinue of
Controversy
In June 1970, the 55th Street Playhouse began showing Censorship in Denmark: A New Approach, a
Current use
The 55th Street Playhouse building was partly rebuilt in the 1980s,[2] and the ground floor, at 154 West 55th Street, was altered to be a truck entrance.[1][a]
See also
- Blue Movie
- Golden Age of Porn (1969–1984)
- New Andy Warhol Garrick Theatre
- The Factory
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d e f Staff (August 3, 2012). "The Holbein Studios -- No. 154 West 55th Street". DaytonianInManhattan. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Carr, Nick (August 17, 2018). "A 19th Century Stable Hidden in the Heart of Midtown Manhattan". ScoutingNY. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
- ^ a b c Staff (2004). "55th Street Playhouse - 154 W. 55th Street, New York, NY 10022". CinemaTreasures.org. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
- ^ Staff (2004). "55th Street Playhouse - 154 W. 55th Street, New York, NY 10022 - photos". CinemaTreasures.org. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
- ^ Lassen, Amos (April 20, 2014). ""Boys in the Sand"— One of the Most Successful Gay Films of All Time". GLBT Film. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
- ^ Colacello, Bob (1990), p. 67.
- ^ Menand, Louis (January 11, 2010). "Top of the Pops - Did Andy Warhol change everything?". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
- ^ Grow, Krystal (September 23, 2014). "Time Lightbox - Stephen Shore: Defacto Photographer of Andy Warhol's Factory". Time. Archived from the original on September 24, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
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- ^ a b Canby, Vincent (June 17, 1970). "The Screen: 'Censorship in Denmark' Begins Run". The New York Times. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
- ^ Google (March 29, 2018). "154 West 55th Street, New York City" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 29, 2018.