 The entrance to the Provincetown Playhouse in April 2015 | |
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| Address | 133 MacDougal Street, New York City, U.S. |
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| Location | Greenwich Village New York City, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 40°43′51″N 74°00′00″W / 40.7307°N 74.0000°W |
| Public transit | New York City Subway: West Fourth Street–Washington Square, Eighth Street–New York University |
| Owner | Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University |
| Type | Theatre |
| Genre(s) | Theatre |
| Construction | |
| Built | 19th Century |
| Opened | 1918 |
| Renovated | 1940, 1992–1998, 2008–2010 |
The Provincetown Playhouse is a historic theatre at 133 MacDougal Street between West 3rd and 4th streets in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It is named for the Provincetown Players, who converted the former stable and wine-bottling plant into a theater in 1918.
The original Provincetown Players included George Cram Cook, Susan Glaspell, Eugene O'Neill, John Reed, Louise Bryant, Floyd Dell, Ida Rauh, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Djuna Barnes. Paul Robeson performed at the theatre, and E. E. Cummings had his play "Him" performed in the building. Ann Harding, Bette Davis, and Claudette Colbert made their New York stage debuts in the facility.[1]
- ^ "N.Y.U. Plan Threatens Historic Theater". The New York Times. Retrieved May 1, 2008.
New York University's proposal to demolish the historic Provincetown Playhouse in Greenwich Village as part of its planned expansion over the next 25 years is meeting resistance from community leaders and scholars who say the building, where Eugene O'Neill's plays were first produced, is an important site in American theater history.