SoHo Playhouse

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SoHo Playhouse
SoHo Playhouse
Map
Address15 Vandam Street
Manhattan, New York City
United States
TypeOff-Broadway
Capacity178
Website
www.sohoplayhouse.com

The SoHo Playhouse is an Off-Broadway theatre at 15 Vandam Street in the Hudson Square area of Manhattan.[1]

The theatre opened in 1962 as the Village South Theatre with the original production of

15 Van Dam.[3]
The theatre was home to the New York Academy of Theatrical Arts from 1970 until 1974.

It reopened in as the SoHo Playhouse in 1994 with a production of the play Grandma Sylvia's Funeral, which ran for four years.[4][1] It has since served as an Off-Broadway receiving house.

In recent years, Soho Playhouse serves to incubate and produce intimate new works. In 2023, this included the psychological thriller, Job, featuring Peter Friedman and Sydney Lemmon;[5] Ed Byrne's comedic solo show titled Tragedy Plus Time,[6] Martin Dockery's absurdist thriller Inescapable and Florencia Iriondo's one-woman folk-pop musical, South.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "About the Historic SoHo Playhouse". Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  2. ^ The Cambridge Companion to Edward Albee
  3. ^ "Greenwich Village: Birthplace of Modern American Drama part 4 in a series". 19 August 2016.
  4. ^ "SoHo Playhouse-Lortel Archives". Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  5. ^ "Succession Stars Peter Friedman and Sydney Lemmon to Star in Job Off-Broadway - TheaterMania.com". 2023-08-07. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  6. ^ Rabinowitz, Chloe. "Ed Byrne's TRAGEDY PLUS TIME To Make U.S. Premiere At Soho Playhouse". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  7. ^ Masseron, Meg (September 20, 2023). "New Musical South Begins Run at SoHo Playhouse September 20".

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