Union Square Theatre

Union Square Theatre
Website
Photo from 2008; the theatre was on left side of building
Address	100 East 17th Street New York City United States
Coordinates	40°44′11″N 73°59′20″W / 40.73639°N 73.98889°W / 40.73639; -73.98889Coordinates: 40°44′11″N 73°59′20″W / 40.73639°N 73.98889°W / 40.73639; -73.98889
Owner	Liberty Theatres^[1]
Type	Off-Broadway
Capacity	499
Opened	1985
Closed	January 3, 2016
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Union Square Theatre was an Off-Broadway theatre.

The theatre was located in New York City at 100 East 17th Street, Manhattan, in the former Tammany Hall building, built in 1929. Its last owner was Liberty Theatres. In January 2016, the theater was closed as part of a complete renovation of the building, which include plans to demolish the theatre.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Its longest-running productions were Slava's Snowshow, for 28 months, and Wit, for 18 months. Its final production was The 39 Steps.^[5]

The theater had no connection to the original Union Square Theatre that staged Oscar Wilde's first play, Vera; or, The Nihilists.^[6]

Selected productions

The 39 Steps, April 2015-January 2016
Slava's Snowshow, September 2004-January 2007
Wit, October 1998-April 2000
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and the Members of the Tectonic Theater Project, 2000
Visiting Mr. Green by Jeff Baron, 1997-1998
Eating Raoul, 1992

(Source: Internet Off-Broadway Database)

References

External links

Union Square Theatre at Internet Off-Broadway Database

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