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| Address | 220 W. 4th Street Manhattan,New York United States |
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| Capacity | 450 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | November 15, 1917 |
| Demolished | 1930 |
| Architect | Herman Lee Meader |
Greenwich Village Theatre (GVT) was an arts venue inGreenwich Village,New York which opened in 1917 and closed for the last time in 1930.Herman Lee Meader was the architect and it was located inSheridan Square at4th Street andSeventh Avenue. It was an intimate theatre that seated 450, and is no longer extant.[1][2] It was originally built forFrank Conroy's Greenwich Village Players.
The Greenwich Village Follies of 1919 premiered at the GVT on July 15, 1919. It became "the firstOff-Broadway musical to gain wide recognition in New York".[3] The theatre was also the venue for the first series of performances organised by theInternational Composers' Guild between 19 February and 23 April 1922. The ICG moved on to theKlaw Theatre for their second season.[4]
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