55th Street Playhouse

This article is about the theater in Midtown Manhattan presenting Andy Warhol films. For the theater in Lower Manhattan, see New Andy Warhol Garrick Theatre.

55th Street Playhouse
55th Street Playhouse (vintage image)
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Former names55th Street Cinema; Europa Theatre
General information
Architectural styleLate 19th and early 20th century American movements, other
Location154 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10022
Coordinates40°45′49″N 73°58′50″W / 40.763743°N 73.980443°W / 40.763743; -73.980443
Completed1888[1][2]
Design and construction
Architect(s)Bassett Jones and Maurice Fatio[1]

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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  3. ^ a b Staff (2004). "55th Street Playhouse - 154 W. 55th Street, New York, NY 10022". CinemaTreasures.org. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
  4. ^ Staff (2004). "55th Street Playhouse - 154 W. 55th Street, New York, NY 10022 - photos". CinemaTreasures.org. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
  5. ^ Lassen, Amos (April 20, 2014). ""Boys in the Sand"— One of the Most Successful Gay Films of All Time". GLBT Film. Retrieved March 29, 2018.