Lyric Theater
Lyric Theater
The Lyric Theater has had several hits by gay playwrights and composers.
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The Lyric Theater has had several hits by gay playwrights and composers.
Originally the Mansfield Theater, this venue has been home to many LGBT-associated plays.
The New Amsterdam theater has hosted several performances with LGBT creators and performers.
Originally the Theater Republic, this venue has held two known plays by gay playwrights.
Originally the Alvin Theater, this venue has hosted several LGBT-associated productions.
The Times Square Theater had a short, but rich, history as a legitimate theater.
The Broadway Theater opened as a vaudeville house, and has since hosted many plays with LGBT associations
The Longacre has been the site of three major LGBT-associated hits.
Originally the Ritz Theater, this venue hosted several early plays written by openly gay playwrights.
Originally named the Royale Theater, "Cactus Flower" (1965-68) was a big LGBT-associated hit here.
Originally known as the Theatre Masque, this venue has held many LGBT-associated productions.
In 1977, Studio 54 opened and became one of the world’s most famous discos with a fusion of LGBT patrons.
The theater has been home to many musicals created by LGBT community members including West Side Story.
The smallest house on Broadway has been home to plays with gay themes in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Carnegie Hall has featured the work and performances of countless LGBT artists since its opening in 1891.
Leonard Bernstein lived in the Osborne Apartments from 1951 until c. 1960.
Numerous plays with LGBT associations were staged here including the lesbian drama Trio in 1945.
The Moorish-inspired building has many LGBT associations with American opera and dance.
Noel Coward, Lorraine Hansberry, Tennessee Williams, and James Baldwin had their work performed here.
The Palace Theater started off as a vaudeville venue and has maintained strong LGBT connections since.
The Lyceum Theater has a long history of LGBT-associated productions.
Constructed atop Carnegie Hall, the Studio Towers was the residence of LGBT artists over the years.
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Originally the Selwyn Theater, this venue had a successful but short history as a legitimate theater.
Originally the Martin Beck Theater, this venue has been the site of several LGBT-associated hits.
The Imperial Theater has had a long history of LGBT-associated productions.
There have been many LGBT-associated productions at the Music Box that were big hits.
Originally the National Theater, this venue has seen hits such as "Little Foxes" and "The Corn is Green".
The Majestic has hosted a number of iconic musicals with LGBT associations that were enormous hits.
Originally the Plymouth Theater, this site has seen several LGBT-associated hits.
This theater has had the highest number of productions with LGBT associations.
The Ambassador has been the venue for several big hits with LGBT associations.
In 1923 the first lesbian love scene on Broadway was depicted at the Apollo Theater.
The Broadhurst has hosted a wide range of LGBT-assoiated performances.
The Booth theater was home to several big hits with LGBT associations.
This venue opened as the Biltmore Theater in 1926.
The Cort theater has presented numerous LGBT-associated productions over the years.
This site was originally named the Eltinge Theater, after the famous female impersonator Julian Eltinge.
The St. James was originally named the Erlanger Theater.
This venue was originally named Chanin's 46th Street Theater. It has hosted several LGBT-associated hits.
This theater was originally called the Forrest Theater, and has had several names over the years.
This venue was originally named the Globe Theater.
Originally the Guild Theater, this venue has hosted many LGBT-associated productions.
The Hudson Theater was the venue for two early plays with gay male characters.
This theater opened as Henry Miller's Theater in 1918 and became the Stephen Sondheim Theater in 2010.
Originally named Hammerstein's Theater, this venue only served as a legitimate theater for about a decade
Originally the Hollywood theater, this site was also known as the 51st Street Theater from 1940-1949.