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Union Square Theatre
	Photo from 2008; the theatre was on left side of building
Address	1st theatre: 58 East 14th St. ; 2nd theatre: 100 East 17th St.; New York City
Coordinates	40°44′11″N 73°59′20″W / 40.73639°N 73.98889°W
Type	Broadway / Off-Broadway
Capacity	Unknown / 499
Opened	1870 / 1985
Closed	1936 / January 3, 2016

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Union Square Theatre was the name of two different theatres near Union Square, Manhattan, New York City. The first was a Broadway theatre that opened in 1870, was converted into a cinema in 1921 and closed in 1936.^[1] The second was an Off-Broadway theatre that opened in 1985 and closed in 2016.

58 East 14th Street

The first theatre with this name in New York City was located at 58 East 14th Street. It opened in 1870 and played a mixture of plays and operettas.^[2] It staged Oscar Wilde's first play, Vera; or, The Nihilists.^[3] After 1883, it hosted vaudeville as part of the Keith-Albee-Orpheum circuit. In 1921, it was renamed the Acme Theatre and converted into a cinema that eventually showed Soviet films and closed in 1936.^[2]

Selected productions

Led Astray by Dion Boucicault (1873, 161 perf.)^[4]
The Two Orphans (December 21, 1874, 180 perf.)
Rose Michel by Steele MacKaye (December 14, 1875, over 100 perf.)
A Celebrated Case (January 23, 1878, 111 perf.)
The Banker's Daughter by Bronson Howard (November 30, 1878, 137 perf.)
My Partner by Bartley Campbell (September 16, 1879, 39 perf; short run, but became a popular play)
The Lights o' London (December 1881)
A Parisian Romance (January 11-April 7, 1883)^[5]
A Moral Crime (September 7, 1885)
The Henrietta by Bronson Howard (September 26, 1887, 155 perf.)^[6]

Notable people

Jennie Kimball, actor, soubrette, theatrical manager

100 East 17th Street

The second theatre was located at 100 East 17th Street (also known as 44 Union Square East) in the former Tammany Hall building, built in 1929. It opened in 1985, and its last owner was Liberty Theatres.^[7] On January 3, 2016, the theater was closed as part of a complete renovation of the building, including the planned demolition of the theatre.^[8]^[9]^[10] Its longest-running productions were Slava's Snowshow, for 28 months, and Wit, for 18 months. Its final production was The 39 Steps.^[11]

Selected productions

The 39 Steps, April 2015–January 2016
Murder Ballad, May 7, 2013-July 21, 2013
Slava's Snowshow, September 2004–January 2007
Bat Boy: The Musical, book by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming and music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe, March 2001–December 2001
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

^ (8 October 1921). Two landmarks to b removed from New York, Loveland Reporter
^ ^a ^b Acme Theatre, Internet Broadway Database, accessed May 21, 2016
^ The original Union Square Theatre, Oscar Wilde in America
^ Bordman, Gerald Martin & Thomas S. Hischak. The Oxford Companion to American Theatre, p. 380 (3d ed. 2004)
^ Advertisement (last matinee on April 7, 1883), New York Tribune (April 7, 1883)
^ Wilmeth, Don B. & Christopher Bigsby, eds. The Cambridge History of American Theatre, Volume II, 1870-1945, p. 240 (199)
^ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150901005507/en/Reading-International-Announces-Date-2015-Annual-Meeting
^ http://bedfordandbowery.com/2016/01/shops-and-union-square-theatre-vacate-tammany-hall-clearing-way-for-makeover/
^ http://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2016/01/tammany-hall-empties-out.html
^ http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/11/26/landmarks_nixes_tammany_halls_glass_tortoise_shell_topper.php
^ Union Square Theatre, Internet Off-Broadway Database

External links

Union Square Theatre at Internet Off-Broadway Database

[toberemoved-1] (8 October 1921). Two landmarks to b removed from New York, Loveland Reporter

[IBDB-2] Acme Theatre, Internet Broadway Database, accessed May 21, 2016

[3] The original Union Square Theatre, Oscar Wilde in America

[bordman-4] Bordman, Gerald Martin & Thomas S. Hischak. The Oxford Companion to American Theatre, p. 380 (3d ed. 2004)

[endofpar-5] Advertisement (last matinee on April 7, 1883), New York Tribune (April 7, 1883)

[henri-6] Wilmeth, Don B. & Christopher Bigsby, eds. The Cambridge History of American Theatre, Volume II, 1870-1945, p. 240 (199)

[7] ttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150901005507/en/Reading-International-Announces-Date-2015-Annual-Meeting

[8] ttp://bedfordandbowery.com/2016/01/shops-and-union-square-theatre-vacate-tammany-hall-clearing-way-for-makeover/

[9] ttp://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2016/01/tammany-hall-empties-out.html

[10] ttp://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/11/26/landmarks_nixes_tammany_halls_glass_tortoise_shell_topper.php

[11] Union Square Theatre, Internet Off-Broadway Database

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-'''Union Square Theatre''' was the name of two different theatres in New York City near [[Union Square, Manhattan|Union Square]].  The first was a [[Broadway theatre]] that opened in 1870, was converted into a cinema in 1921 and closed in 1936.<ref name="toberemoved">(8 October 1921). [https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/cgi-bin/colorado?a=d&d=LLR19211008-01.2.32# Two landmarks to b removed from New York], ''Loveland Reporter''</ref>  The second was an [[Off-Broadway]] theatre that opened in 1985 and closed in 2016.
+'''Union Square Theatre''' was the name of two different theatres near [[Union Square, Manhattan|Union Square]], [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]].  The first was a [[Broadway theatre]] that opened in 1870, was converted into a cinema in 1921 and closed in 1936.<ref name="toberemoved">(8 October 1921). [https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/cgi-bin/colorado?a=d&d=LLR19211008-01.2.32# Two landmarks to b removed from New York], ''Loveland Reporter''</ref>  The second was an [[Off-Broadway]] theatre that opened in 1985 and closed in 2016.
 ==58 East 14th Street==