The Westside Theatre is an off-Broadway performance space at 407 West 43rd Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The building houses two auditoriums: the Upstairs Theatre, which seats 270, and the Downstairs Theatre, which features a thrust stage and has a seating capacity of 249. Formerly known as the Chelsea Theatre Center and the Westside Arts Theatre, the building was renovated in 1991.
History The Romanesque Revival style building, designed by Henry Franklin Kilburn, was constructed in 1890 for the Second German Baptist Church, which it housed until the 1960s. The site was then occupied by various nightclubs until its establishment as a theatre in 1976."The 1889 2nd German Baptist Church – 407 West 43rd Street" by Tom Miller and Alice Lum, Daytonian in Manhattan, February 2, 2012
Selected past productions Upstairs
Date opened Show title October 17, 2019 Little Shop of Horrors March 7, 2019 Chick Flick the Musical by Suzy Conn"Chick Flick The Musical Creator Suzy Conn on the Power of the Genre" by Mark Peikert, Playbill, March 12, 2019 July 20, 2017 Curvy Widow June 22, 2016 Cagney (502 performances)"Off-Broadway Musical Cagney to End Run at Westside Theatre; Is Broadway Next?" by Andy Lefkovitz, broadway.com, March 7, 2017 October 12, 2015 Clever Little Lies April 7, 2015 Disenchanted! The Hilarious Hit Musical October 19, 2014 The Belle of Amherst March 4, 2014 Satchmo at the Waldorf October 29, 2013 Becoming Dr. Ruth November 28, 2012 My Name Is Asher Lev August 2, 2012 The Last Smoker in America June 23, 2011 The Voca People May 10, 2010 The Screwtape Letters September 14, 2008 The Marvelous Wonderettes August 1, 1996 I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change August 7, 1995 The Food Chain May 28, 1995 The Cryptogram December 8, 1994 You Should Be So Lucky by Charles Busch August 9, 1993 Later Life by A. R. Gurney February 23, 1993 The Best of Friends October 9, 1992 Spic-O-Rama by John Leguizamo June 2, 1992 Balancing Act March 18, 1991 And the World Goes 'Round December 4, 1987 Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune May 7, 1987 Educating Rita December 22, 1982 Extremities October 13, 1981 March of the Falsettos October 14, 1980 Really Rosie
Downstairs
Date opened Show titleJuly 21, 2019#DateMe: An OKCupid ExperimentNovember 12, 2018The Other Josh CohenOctober 5, 2017StuffedOctober 25, 2016Othello: The RemixMarch 7, 2016White Rabbit Red Rabbit"Review: Nathan Lane, You've Got a Part (This Time) in White Rabbit Red Rabbit by Charles Isherwood, The New York Times, March 9, 2016David Gordon: "Opera Star Joyce DiDonato to Join White Rabbit Red Rabbit", TheaterMania, August 30, 2016 (line-up March 7 to August 29, 2016)"White Rabbit Red Rabbit to Close This Month with Mystery Star", BroadwayWorld, December 2, 2016July 27, 2015The Absolute Brightness of Leonard PelkeyFebruary 10, 2015Application PendingMay 14, 2014Los Monologos de la VaginaDecember 15, 2013Handle With CareMay 20, 2012Old Jews Telling JokesJanuary 24, 2011 Through the NightOctober 1, 2009 Love, Loss, and What I Wore November 18, 2008 Dust December 8, 2006 My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish, and I'm in Therapy October 21, 2004 Jewtopia March 24, 2004 From Door to Door September 4, 2003 Trumbo: Red, White, and Blacklisted March 5, 2003 Barbara's Wedding October 3, 1999 The Vagina Monologues October 1, 1998 The Mystery of Irma Vep October 24, 1997 Marc Salem's Mindgames October 7, 1996 Political Animal September 24, 1996 Full Gallop September 7, 1995 Too Jewish March 5, 1994 Nixon's Nixon September 28, 1993 Family Secrets by Sherry Glaser April 23, 1993 Wild Men! September 8, 1992 Cut the Ribbons January 3, 1992 Finkle's Follies April 12, 1991 Only the Truth is Funny October 29, 1987 A Shayna Maidel April 18, 1985 Penn & Teller July 3, 1981 What the Butler Saw March 22, 1976 Vanities November 20, 1974 The Mother / The Great Train Robbery, performed by San Francisco Mime Troupe
References
Further reading "Religion, Disco, Death and Drama – Westside Theatre's History Reads Like a Play in 3 Acts" by Phil O'Brien, W42ST, September 21, 2021
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