New York Theatre
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Several theatres in New York City have been called New York Theatre at various times during the building's life. They include the following:
- Bowery TheatreBowery TheatreThe Bowery Theatre was a playhouse in the Bowery neighborhood of New York City. Although it was founded by rich families to compete with the upscale Park Theatre, the Bowery saw its most successful period under the populist, pro-American management of Thomas Hamblin in the 1830s and 1840s...
- Olympia Theatre (New York)Olympia Theatre (New York)The Olympia Theatre , also known as Hammerstein's Olympia, was a theatre complex built by impresario Oscar Hammerstein I in Longacre Square , New York City, opening in 1895. It consisted of a theatre, a music hall, a concert hall, and a roof garden...
- Church of the Messiah (New York City)Church of the Messiah (New York City)The Church of the Messiah was a former Unitarian church located on 728-730 Broadway, near Waverly Place, Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York. The church was built 1839 and operated as such until 1865 when it was sold to department store-magnate A. T. Stewart and converted into a theater.The...