Symphony Space

Symphony Space

Symphony Theatre
Outside view of Symphony Space in April 2008. Marquee for Leonard Nimoy Thalia is barely visible on the right edge.
Address	2537 Broadway New York City United States
Coordinates	40°47′41″N 73°58′20″W / 40.794615°N 73.972197°W / 40.794615; -73.972197
Operator	Symphony Space, Inc.
Capacity	Peter Jay Sharp Theatre: 760 Leonard Nimoy Thalia: 160
Construction
Reopened	1978
Website
www.symphonyspace.org

Symphony Space, founded by Isaiah Sheffer and Allan Miller, is a multi-disciplinary performing arts organization at 2537 Broadway on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Performances take place in the 760-seat Peter Jay Sharp Theatre (also called Peter Norton Symphony Space) or the 160-seat Leonard Nimoy Thalia. Programs include music, dance, theater, film, and literary readings. In addition, Symphony Space provides literacy programs and the Curriculum Arts Project, which integrates performing arts into social studies curricula in New York City Public Schools.

Symphony Space traces its beginnings to a free marathon concert, Wall to Wall Bach, held on January 9, 1978, organized by Isaiah Sheffer and Alan Miller.^[1] From 1978 to 2001, the theater hosted all of the New York productions by the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players.

As of 2010, Symphony Space hosts 600 or more events annually, including an annual free music Wall to Wall marathon; Bloomsday on Broadway (celebrating James Joyce's Ulysses); and Selected Shorts, broadcast nationally over Public Radio International. The New York company of Revels, Inc., also holds its shows there.