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Performance Spaces in New York City are various venues for performance located in New York City. A performance space is any place that has mutliple shows and performers in any given period of time. It does not include Broadway thaters which feature only one specific show at any point or period of time.

Performance spaces[edit]

PS 122[edit]

Performance Space New York (formerly Performance Space 122 or P.S. 122) is housed in an old public elementary school in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan

Performance Space New York, formerly known as Performance Space 122 or P.S. 122,[1] is a non-profit arts organization founded in 1980 in the East Village of Manhattan in an abandoned public school building.[2]

La Mama[edit]

(2021)

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club (sometimes abbreviated as La MaMa E.T.C.) is an Off-Off-Broadway theater founded in 1961 by African-American theatre director, producer, and fashion designer Ellen Stewart. Located in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, the theater began in the basement boutique where Stewart sold her fashion designs. Stewart turned the space into a theater at night, focusing on the work of young playwrights.

Music venues[edit]

Bitter End[edit]

The Bitter End in March 2007

The Bitter End is a 230-person capacity nightclub, coffeehouse and folk music venue in New York City's Greenwich Village. It opened in 1961 at 147 Bleecker Street under the auspices of owner Fred Weintraub. The club changed its name to The Other End in June 1975. However, after a few years the owners changed the club's name back to the more recognizable The Bitter End. It remains open under new ownership.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Village Alliance | Performance Space New York". The Village Alliance, Greenwich Village.
  2. ^ Liscia, Valentina Di (2020-01-22). "Performance Space in Manhattan Will Be Run Entirely by Artists for a Year". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2020-10-12.