Second Stage Theater
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| Address | 305 West 43rd Street New York City United States |
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| Owner | Second Stage Theatre |
| Type | Off-Broadway |
| Capacity | 296 |
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| Opened | 1929 (as bank) |
| Reopened | April 1999 |
| Architect | Rem Koolhaas, Gluckman Mayner Architects |
(2011)
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| Address | 2162 Broadway New York City United States |
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| Owner | Second Stage Theatre |
| Type | Off-Broadway |
| Capacity | 108 |
| Opened | 1984 |
Coordinates: 40°45′29.49″N 73°59′22.42″W / 40.7581917°N 73.9895611°W
Second Stage Theatre is a theater company founded in 1979 and located in Manhattan, New York City. It produces both new plays and revivals of contemporary American plays by new playwrights and established writers. The company has two off-Broadway theaters, their main stage, the Tony Kiser Theatre at 305 West 43rd Street on the corner of Eighth Avenue near the Theater District, and the McGinn/Cazale Theatre at 2162 Broadway at 76th Street on the Upper West Side. In April 2015, the company bought the Helen Hayes Theatre, a Broadway theatre.
The theatre's mission is to give new life to contemporary American plays and to produce the world premieres of new plays by both established and emerging playwrights. A fundamental part of its purpose is theatre education, which is accomplished through special performances for New York City school children, subscriber discussions with theatre artists, and an internship program.
Second Stage Theatre was founded in 1979 by Carole Rothman and Robyn Goodman with the purpose of giving new life to existing plays. The company used multiple venues throughout New York City until 1984, when they finally found a permanent home, the McGinn/Cazale Theatre, an intimate 108-seat theatre at Broadway and 76th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Although the original idea of Second Stage was to give "second stagings" to plays that originally failed to find audiences, Rothman and Goodman soon began producing new works, as well.
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