Provincetown Playhouse, New York City
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Provincetown Playhouse in New York City was a historic Off-Broadway theater renowned for premiering groundbreaking modern American plays and nurturing early works by major dramatists.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Provincetown Playhouse, New York City canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Off-Broadway theater
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historic building ⓘ theater ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | simple commercial theater building ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Greenwich Village bohemian culture
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Provincetown Players NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| capacity | approximately 270 seats ⓘ |
| category |
Off-Broadway theaters
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former theaters in New York City ⓘ theaters in Manhattan ⓘ |
| cityDistrict | Greenwich Village Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important venue for American theatrical modernism
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key site in the development of Off-Broadway theater ⓘ |
| demolished | 2008 ⓘ |
| era | early 20th-century American theater ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Provincetown Players NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDebate | subject of preservation controversy ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greenwich Village
NERFINISHED
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Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| movement | modern American drama ⓘ |
| neighborhood | South Village NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
nurturing early works by major American dramatists
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premiering modern American plays ⓘ |
| notableRole | launching pad for new American playwrights ⓘ |
| opened | 1916 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | New York University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partiallyDemolished | 2009 ⓘ |
| reconstructedAs | New York University law school facility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| status | no longer standing in original form ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 133 MacDougal Street ⓘ |
| theaterType |
Off-Broadway
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experimental theater ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfProminence |
1910s
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1920s ⓘ 1930s ⓘ mid-20th century ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Off-Broadway productions
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experimental drama ⓘ theatrical performances ⓘ |
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