East 74th Street Theater explained

East 74th Street Theater
Address:334 East 74th Street
City:Manhattan, New York City, New York
Country:United States
Architect:Barrie B. Greenbie[1]
Capacity:199-204 seats
Opened:1959

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 in New York City in the United States.

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."[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 $4.96 ($ 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]

Notes and References

  1. http://scua.library.umass.edu/greenbie-barrie/ "Greenbie, Barrie B."
  2. Lewis Funke (October 23, 1965). "Theater: 'Hotel Passionato', Musical; Paris-set show opens at 74th Street," The New York Times.
  3. Web site: Frank Day Tuttle, 86, Radio Producer, Dies. May 23, 1989. The New York Times. 47.
  4. Orlin Corey, Irene Corey, Ken Holamon (1990). An Odyssey of Masquers; The Everyman Players, p. 17.
  5. 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. Web site: 'TEMPEST' SLATED ON UPTOWN STAGE; Comedy to Open at East 74th Street Dec. 28 -- 'A Mighty Man Is He' Due Jan. 7. Sam Zlotow. December 3, 1959. The New York Times.
  8. Phyllis Hartnoll, Peter Found (2000). 牛津戏剧词典, p. 378.
  9. https://books.google.com/books?id=Gv5RAQAAIAAJ&q=%22East+74th+Street+Theatre%22 Educational Theatre Journal
  10. https://books.google.com/books?id=8h2rx87VFTUC&q=%22East+74th+Street+Theatre%22 The Players Magazine
  11. https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1960/Billboard%201960-02-15.pdf "Atlantic in Legit Tie-Up,"
  12. Web site: Broadway. John Corry. September 24, 1976. The New York Times.
  13. Web site: East 74th Street Theatre - Theater Information. Broadway World.
  14. Web site: VIRGINIA VESTOFF, 42; HAD LEADING ROLES IN SEVERAL MUSICALS. May 5, 1982. The New York Times.
  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. Web site: Dances From Korea and Ghana Presented in 'Mondays at Nine'. Clive. Barnes. December 28, 1965. The New York Times.
  20. Book: The Many Worlds of Music . 1966 . Broadcast Music, Incorporated . 14 .
  21. Clive Barnes (January 4, 1966). "EAST 74TH ST. ENDS ETHNIC DANCE SERIES," The New York Times, p. 20.

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