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Astor Place Theatre

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The Astor Place Theatre is an off-Broadway house located at 434 Lafayette Street in the NoHo section of Manhattan. [1]

29 relations: A. R. Gurney, Al Pacino, Astor family, Astor Place Riot, Bad Habits (play), Blue Man Group, Bruce Mailman, Colonnade Row, Experimental theatre, Greek Revival architecture, Israel Horovitz, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, John Ford Noonan, Larry Shue, Lortel Archives, Manhattan, New York City, New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, NoHo, Manhattan, Off-Broadway, Playwright, Terrence McNally, The Dirtiest Show in Town, The Foreigner (play), The Indian Wants the Bronx, Tom Eyen, United States, Vanderbilt family, Women Behind Bars.

A. R. Gurney

Albert Ramsdell Gurney Jr. (November 1, 1930 – June 13, 2017), as pen name A. R. Gurney (sometimes credited as Pete Gurney) was an American playwright, novelist and academic.

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Al Pacino

Alfredo James Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is an American actor and filmmaker.

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Astor family

The Astor family achieved prominence in business, society, and politics in the United States and the United Kingdom during the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Astor Place Riot

The Astor Place Riot occurred on May 10, 1849, at the now-demolished Astor Opera House in Manhattan and left between 22 and 31 rioters dead, and more than 120 people injured.

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Bad Habits (play)

Bad Habits is play by Terrence McNally.

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Blue Man Group

Blue Man Group is a performance art company formed in 1987, known worldwide for its various stage productions which typically incorporate many different categories of music and art, both popular and obscure, in their performances.

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Bruce Mailman

Bruce Mailman (1939-June 9, 1994) was an East Village entrepreneur, Off-Broadway theatre-owner and founder of The Saint and New St. Marks Baths.

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Colonnade Row

Colonnade Row, also known as LaGrange Terrace, on present-day Lafayette Street in New York City's NoHo neighborhood, is a landmarked series of Greek revival buildings originally built in the early 1830s.

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Experimental theatre

Experimental theatre (also known as avant-garde theatre) began in Western theatre in the late 19th century with Alfred Jarry and his Ubu plays as a rejection of both the age in particular and, in general, the dominant ways of writing and producing plays.

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Greek Revival architecture

The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States.

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Israel Horovitz

Israel Horovitz (born March 31, 1939) is an American playwright, director, actor and co-founded of the Gloucester Stage Company in 1979.

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Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris

Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris is a musical revue of the songs of Jacques Brel.

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John Ford Noonan

John Ford Noonan (born 1943 in Greenwich, Connecticut) is an American playwright.

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Larry Shue

Larry Howard Shue (July 23, 1946 – September 23, 1985) was an American playwright and actor, best known for writing two often-performed farces, The Nerd and The Foreigner.

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Lortel Archives

The Lortel Archives, or the Internet Off-Broadway Database (IOBDb) is an online database that catalogues theatre productions shown off-Broadway.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, and its historical birthplace.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is the New York City agency charged with administering the city's Landmarks Preservation Law.

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NoHo, Manhattan

NoHo, for North of '''Ho'''uston Street (as contrasted with SoHo, South of Houston Street) is a landmarked, primarily residential upper-class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan.

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Off-Broadway

An Off-Broadway theatre is any professional venue in Manhattan in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive.

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Playwright

A playwright or dramatist (rarely dramaturge) is a person who writes plays.

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Terrence McNally

Terrence McNally (born November 3, 1938) is an American playwright, librettist, and screenwriter.

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The Dirtiest Show in Town

The Dirtiest Show in Town is a musical revue with book and lyrics by Tom Eyen and music by Jeff Barry.

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The Foreigner (play)

The Foreigner is a two-act comedy by American playwright Larry Shue.

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The Indian Wants the Bronx

The Indian Wants the Bronx is a one-act play by Israel Horovitz.

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Tom Eyen

Tom Eyen (August 14, 1940 – May 26, 1991) was an American playwright, lyricist, television writer and director.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Vanderbilt family

The Vanderbilt family is an American family of Dutch origin who gained prominence during the Gilded Age.

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Women Behind Bars

Women Behind Bars is a camp play by Tom Eyen, parodying the prison exploitation films produced by Universal, Warner Bros. and Republic Pictures during the 1950s.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_Place_Theatre

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