EAST VILLAGE, NYC
Theatre 80
carries on a generational cultural function, which has helped to create the
East Village from the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
When Theatre
80 was first envisioned and built at 80 Saint Marks Place, the neighborhood of
the Lower East Side was a blighted area and the term East Village had yet to be
coined.
We were
among the first of the cultural institutions, which began the Lower East Side
Arts Movement resulting in the neighborhood now being referred to as the East
Village.
Beginning
during Prohibition, 80 Saint Marks Place was a vital destination for performers
of all kinds.
Jazz greats
such as Thelonious Monk, Harry “Sweets” Edison, John Coltrane and Frank
Sinatra performed here before Theatre 80 was established in the former nightclub.
--from Theatre 80's website. There's also a gangster museum upstairs.
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