The York Theatre is an Off-Broadway

Off-Broadway

Off-Broadway theater is a term for a professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a play, musical or revue that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts...

 theatre at 619 Lexington Avenue

Lexington Avenue (Manhattan)

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 at the corner of 54th Street

54th Street (Manhattan)

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 in the East Midtown section of Manhattan

Manhattan

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, New York City

New York City

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. It 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 concert presentations and dozens of developmental readings. It has had several transfers of its work to larger off-Broadway theatres and to Broadway. The company was awarded a special Drama Desk Award

Drama Desk Award

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 in 1996.

Since 1993 the company has performed in an intimate theatre that is part of St. Peter's Church, in the Citigroup Center

Citigroup Center

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 Complex.

External links

• Official website
• York Theatre at Internet Off-Broadway Database