The East 74th Street Theater,Lewis Funke (October 23, 1965). "Theater: 'Hotel Passionato', Musical; Paris-set show opens at 74th Street," The New York Times. sometimes spelled as the East 74th Street Theatre, was an Off-Broadway theater at 334 East 74th Street in Manhattan, New York City, United States.
History Frank Day Tuttle, a theatrical and radio producer and director, purchased, renovated, and converted the Bohemian Club into the East 74th Street Theater.Orlin Corey, Irene Corey, Ken Holamon (1990). An Odyssey of Masquers; The Everyman Players, p. 17. Barrie B. Greenbie designed the theater in 1959.
The Off-Broadway theater was located at 334 East 74th Street, between First Avenue and Second Avenue, on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, New York City.Sam Zolotow (August 10, 1961). "PHOENIX IS MOVING TO SMALLER HOME; Constant Deficit Prompts Switch to 74th Street," The New York Times.Richard Chigley Lynch (1987). Broadway on Record; A Directory of New York Cast Recordings of Musical Shows, 1931-1986, pp. 51, 172. It had 199-204 seats.Phyllis Hartnoll, Peter Found (2000). 牛津戏剧词典, p. 378. Its stage was described as "."Educational Theatre Journal, 1969, American Theatre Association, vol. 21, p. 103. The Players Magazine described it in 1959 as "small and attractive."The Players Magazine, 1959, National Collegiate Players, vol. 36-37, p. 86.
In 1961, the Phoenix Theatre rented the theater for 30 weeks, during which time it called it the Phoenix 74th Street.
Performances In 1959, the theater put on the comedy The Tempest by William Shakespeare.
Among the other plays presented at the theater were The Crystal Heart (1960; with Mildred Dunnock, and Virginia Vestoff in her first professional appearance, with top seats selling for $4.96 ($ in current dollar terms),"Atlantic in Legit Tie-Up," Billboard, February 15, 1960, p. 4. George Gershwin's Oh, Kay! (1960; with Linda Lavin, Penny Fuller, and Marti Stevens, and with high school student Daniel Lewis working a follow spot in the lighting), The Shoemaker and the Peddler (1960), One Way Pendulum by N. F. Simpson (1961), Hotel Passionato (1965), The Bernard Shaw Story (1965-66), Jean Erdman's The Coach with the Six Insides (1967), Stephen D. (1967; with Roy Scheider), and The Victims (1968).Diane C. Kachmar (2015). Roy Scheider; A Film BiographyDonna H. Krasnow, Daniel E. Lewis (2020). Daniel Lewis; A Life in Choreography and the Art of DanceJoseph Campbell (2020). The Ecstasy of Being; Mythology and Dance
In the fall of 1965, Jack Moore and Jeff Duncan formed the Dance Theater Workshop, and produced a series of Monday evening concerts at the theater.Larry Warren (2012). Anna Sokolow; The Rebellious Spirit In 1966, the theater hosted a subscription series devoted to modern and ethnic dance.Clive Barnes (January 4, 1966). "EAST 74TH ST. ENDS ETHNIC DANCE SERIES," The New York Times, p. 20.
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