Minetta Lane Theatre
18 Minetta Lane | Greenwich Village | built 1984
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- 1984
The Minetta Lane Theatre building was a printing company before the theater arrived
Playbill's Ask column reports, on information from owner Margaret Cotter, that the building at 18 Minetta Lane was a printing company before construction of the theater. The column says there was no theatre on the lane until 1984.
Source: playbill.com
- 1984
Helen Hayes opens the Minetta Lane Theatre
The 391-seat Minetta Lane Theatre opens in 1984 and takes its name from Minetta Brook, which once flowed through the neighborhood. Actress Helen Hayes cuts the ribbon, and Mayor Edward I. Koch declares the week Minetta Lane Theater Week. A brief transfer of Balm in Gilead is followed by the first full production, 3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down, in 1985.
Source: Wikipedia
- 1985
3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down is the Minetta Lane Theatre's inaugural production
A short run of Balm in Gilead in 1984 comes first, then the Minetta Lane Theatre presents its inaugural production, 3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down, in 1985. The 391-seat house, with an orchestra level and a balcony, sits between Sixth Avenue and MacDougal Street and takes its name from Minetta Brook, which once flowed through the neighborhood.
Source: Wikipedia
- 1992
Marvin's Room reopens at the Minetta Lane after its Playwrights Horizons run
Scott McPherson's play Marvin's Room, which had played at Playwrights Horizons from November 15, 1991 to February 23, 1992, moves to the Minetta Lane Theater for an Off-Broadway return beginning in March 1992. Directed by David Petrarca, the production closes there on September 6, 1992.
“The play re-opened Off-Broadway at the Minetta Lane Theater in March 1992 and closed on September 6, 1992…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 1994
Jeffrey opens at the Minetta Lane Theatre among a run of off-Broadway hits
The off-Broadway house stages Marvin's Room in 1992 and Jeffrey in 1994. Later productions include The Last Five Years (2002) and Adding Machine (2008).
Source: Wikipedia
- 2002
Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years opens with Sherie Rene Scott and Norbert Leo Butz
The Last Five Years, Jason Robert Brown's two-person musical about a marriage, opens at the Minetta Lane Theater on March 3, 2002, under Daisy Prince's direction. Sherie Rene Scott's Cathy tells the story backward while Norbert Leo Butz's Jamie tells it forward. Variety's Robert Hofler praises the score, which Brown orchestrates for a six-person combo, and the performers' humor and pathos.
Source: jasonrobertbrown.com
- 2018
Audible makes the Minetta Lane Theatre its creative home
Audible, the audiobook company, begins using the Minetta Lane Theatre as its creative home in 2018 for full productions and staged readings. Productions since then include Harry Clarke and Girls & Boys in 2018 and, in 2019, The Half-Life of Marie Curie. Then Dead Outlaw follows in 2024. Many are recorded live and later offered to Audible listeners.
Source: Wikipedia
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