York Theatre
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| Address | Theatre at St. Jeans, 150 E. 76th St. New York City United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°45′32″N73°58′14″W/ 40.758908°N 73.97054°W |
| Type | Off-Broadway |
| Capacity | 161 Seats |
| Opened | 1969 |
| Years active | 55 years |
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York Theatreis anoff-Broadwaytheatre company based on theUpper East SideofManhattanin New York City. Established in 1969, York Theatre is dedicated to the production of new musicals and concert productions of forgotten musicals from the past. Each season consists of three or four mainstage productions, six or more concert presentations and dozens of developmental readings. It has had several transfers of its work to larger off-Broadway theatres and toBroadway.The company was awarded a specialDrama Desk Awardin 1996 to its artistic director Janet Hayes Walker and in 2006 for its "vital contributions to theater by developing and presenting new musicals".[1]The York also received a Special AchievementOuter Critics Circle Awardfor 50 years of producing new and classic musicals. After Walker's death in 1997, the company has been run byJames Morgan.
From 1993 to 2020, the company performed at St. Peter's Church in theCitigroup Centerat 619Le xing ton Avenueat the corner ofEast 54th StreetinMidtown Manhattan.[2]
The York Theatre moved toThe Theatre at St. Jeans(150 East 76th Street & Le xing ton Avenue) after a January 2021 water main break flooded their home at Saint Peter's Church.[3]
Oscar Hammerstein Award
[edit]TheOscar Hammerstein Awardnamed in honor of American lyricist and librettistOscar Hammersteinwas created in 1988 by Janet Hayes Walker, the founding artistic director of the York Theatre Company, and is presented with the endorsement of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization and the Hammerstein family. The Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala is the major annual fundraising event of the York Theatre.
York Theatre Company presentations
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(* indicates The York productions that have had commercial transfers)
- The Golden Apple
- The Grass Harp
- On the 20th Century
- A Doll's Life
- Lost in the Stars
- Carnival!
- Merrily We Roll Along
Recent Mainstage productions include:
- Enter Laughing: The Musical
- Midnight at The Never Get
- Unexpected Joy
- Desperate Measures*
- Marry Harry (byBiello & Martin)
- A Taste of Things to Come
- You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
- Rothschild & Sons
- Cagney*
- Texas in Paris
- Inventing Mary Martin
- Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter
- Storyville
- I'm a Stranger Here Myself
- Closer Than Ever(won Best Musical Revival, Off-Broadway Alliance Award)
- Ionescapade
- The Road to Qatar!
- Falling for Eve
- Yank!
- Blind Lemon Blues
- Enter Laughing
- Asylum
- Thrill Me
- Souvenir*
- The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)*
- Jolson & Company*
- Sweeney Todd*
- Pacific Overtures*
- Anything Can Happen in the Theatre - The Musical World of Maury Yeston
- Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation
- Cheek to Cheek: Irving Berlin in Hollywood (2021)
- Penelope, or How The Odyssey Was Really Written
- Cheek to Cheek: Irving Berlin in Hollywood (2022)
- Hoagy Carmichael's Stardust Road(Coming November 2022)
References
[edit]- ^Simonson, Robert (May 21, 2006)."The 2006 Drama Desk Awards, Honoring New York Theatre, to Be Handed Out May 21".Playbill.RetrievedOctober 22,2022.
- ^"York Theatre Company at St. Peter's Church | Citigroup Center, 619 Le xing ton Ave downstairs".Time Out New York.2014.Retrieved16 September2014.
- ^"York Theatre Company Vows To Return Despite Pandemic And Water Main Break Flooding Its Performance Space".CBS New York.January 13, 2021.Retrieved2022-10-19.
- ^York Theatre – Mission & History