Off-Broadway theater in Manhattan, New York
The Westside Theatre is an off-Broadway performance space at 407 West 43rd Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan , New York City. The building houses two auditoriums: the Upstairs Theatre, which seats 270, and the Downstairs Theatre, which features a thrust stage and has a seating capacity of 249. Formerly known as the Chelsea Theatre Center and the Westside Arts Theatre, the building was renovated in 1991.
History
The Romanesque Revival style building, designed by Henry Franklin Kilburn , was constructed in 1890 for the Second German Baptist Church, which it housed until the 1960s. The site was then occupied by various nightclubs until its establishment as a theatre in 1976.[ 1]
Selected past productions
Upstairs
Date opened
Show title
October 17, 2019
Little Shop of Horrors
March 7, 2019
Chick Flick the Musical by Suzy Conn[ 2]
July 20, 2017
Curvy Widow
June 22, 2016
Cagney [ 3]
October 12, 2015
Clever Little Lies
April 7, 2015
Disenchanted! The Hilarious Hit Musical
October 19, 2014
The Belle of Amherst
March 4, 2014
Satchmo at the Waldorf
October 29, 2013
Becoming Dr. Ruth
November 28, 2012
My Name Is Asher Lev
August 2, 2012
The Last Smoker in America
June 23, 2011
The Voca People
May 10, 2010
The Screwtape Letters
September 14, 2008
The Marvelous Wonderettes
August 1, 1996
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
August 7, 1995
The Food Chain
May 28, 1995
The Cryptogram
December 8, 1994
You Should Be So Lucky by Charles Busch [ 4]
August 9, 1993
Later Life A. R. Gurney
February 23, 1993
The Best of Friends
October 9, 1992
Spic-O-Rama by John Leguizamo
June 2, 1992
Balancing Act
March 18, 1991
And the World Goes 'Round
December 4, 1987
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
May 7, 1987
Educating Rita
December 22, 1982
Extremities
October 13, 1981
March of the Falsettos
October 14, 1980
Really Rosie
Downstairs
Theatre at dusk
Date opened
Show title
July 21, 2019
#DateMe: An OKCupid Experiment
November 12, 2018
The Other Josh Cohen
October 5, 2017
Stuffed
October 25, 2016
Othello: The Remix
March 7, 2016
White Rabbit Red Rabbit [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
July 27, 2015
The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
February 10, 2015
Application Pending
May 14, 2014
Los Monologos de la Vagina
December 15, 2013
Handle With Care
May 20, 2012
Old Jews Telling Jokes
January 24, 2011
Through the Night
October 1, 2009
Love, Loss, and What I Wore
November 18, 2008
Dust
December 8, 2006
My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish, and I'm in Therapy
October 21, 2004
Jewtopia
March 24, 2004
From Door to Door
September 4, 2003
Trumbo: Red, White, and Blacklisted
March 5, 2003
Barbara's Wedding
October 3, 1999
The Vagina Monologues
October 1, 1998
The Mystery of Irma Vep
October 24, 1997
Marc Salem's Mindgames
October 7, 1996
Political Animal
September 24, 1996
Full Gallop
September 7, 1995
Too Jewish
March 5, 1994
Nixon's Nixon
September 28, 1993
Family Secrets by Sherry Glaser
April 23, 1993
Wild Men!
September 8, 1992
Cut the Ribbons
January 3, 1992
Finkle's Follies
April 12, 1991
Only the Truth is Funny
October 29, 1987
A Shayna Maidel
April 18, 1985
Penn & Teller
July 3, 1981
What the Butler Saw
March 22, 1976
Vanities
November 20, 1974
The Mother The Great Train Robbery , performed by San Francisco Mime Troupe
References
^ "The 1889 2nd German Baptist Church – 407 West 43rd Street" by Tom Miller and Alice Lum, Daytonian in Manhattan , February 2, 2012^ "Chick Flick The Musical Creator Suzy Conn on the Power of the Genre" by Mark Peikert, Playbill ^ "Off-Broadway Musical Cagney to End Run at Westside Theatre; Is Broadway Next?" by Andy Lefkovitz, broadway.com ^ You Should Be So Lucky Internet Off-Broadway Database ^ "Review: Nathan Lane, You've Got a Part (This Time) in White Rabbit Red Rabbit by Charles Isherwood , The New York Times ^ David Gordon: "Opera Star Joyce DiDonato to Join White Rabbit Red Rabbit ", TheaterMania, August 30, 2016 (line-up March 7 to August 29, 2016 )
^ "White Rabbit Red Rabbit to Close This Month with Mystery Star" , BroadwayWorld
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