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55th Street Playhouse
Former theater in Manhattan, New York / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 55th Street Playhouse—periodically referred to as the 55th Street Cinema and Europa Theatre—was a 253-seat movie house[3] at 154 West 55th Street,[2] Midtown Manhattan, New York City, that opened on May 20, 1927. Many classic art and foreign-language films, including those by Jean Cocteau, Sergei Eisenstein, Federico Fellini, Abel Gance, Fritz Lang, Josef Von Sternberg and Orson Welles, were featured at the theater.[1][4] Later, Andy Warhol presented many of his notable films (including Flesh (1968) and Lonesome Cowboys (1968) and others) in this building (as well as in other area theaters, including the New Andy Warhol Garrick Theatre) in the late 1960s. Other notable films were also shown at the theater, including Boys in the Sand (1971) and Him (1974).[3][5]
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Former names | 55th Street Cinema; Europa Theatre |
General information | |
Architectural style | Late 19th and early 20th century American movements, other |
Location | 154 West 55th Street New York, NY 10022 |
Coordinates | 40.763743°N 73.980443°W / 40.763743; -73.980443 |
Completed | 1888[1][2] |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Bassett Jones and Maurice Fatio[1] |