SoHo Playhouse
Address | 15 Vandam Street Manhattan, New York City United States |
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Type | Off-Broadway |
Capacity | 178 |
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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
- ^ a b "About the Historic SoHo Playhouse". Retrieved March 15, 2016.
- ^ The Cambridge Companion to Edward Albee
- ^ "Greenwich Village: Birthplace of Modern American Drama part 4 in a series". 19 August 2016.
- ^ "SoHo Playhouse-Lortel Archives". Retrieved March 15, 2016.
- ^ "Succession Stars Peter Friedman and Sydney Lemmon to Star in Job Off-Broadway - TheaterMania.com". 2023-08-07. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ Rabinowitz, Chloe. "Ed Byrne's TRAGEDY PLUS TIME To Make U.S. Premiere At Soho Playhouse". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ Masseron, Meg (September 20, 2023). "New Musical South Begins Run at SoHo Playhouse September 20".