Yiddish Art Theatre / City Cinemas - Village East
181 - 189 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10003
Opened: 1926, February 21, 1991 (as multiplex)
Seats: 1,252
Architect: John W. Averitt, Harrison G. Wiseman, William Pogany (interior)
Originally built by developer Louis Jaffe to house Maurice Schwartz's Yiddish Art Theatre, which presented Yiddish drama and works from world literature in Yiddish. Later served at various times as a movie theatre and live performance venue. Subdivided into seven screens and reopened in 1991.
The theatre is a couple of blocks north from the Yiddish Theatre Walk of Fame.
Yiddish Art Theatre / City Cinemas - Village East
Yiddish Art Theatre / City Cinemas - Village East
Yiddish Art Theatre / City Cinemas - Village East
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Yiddish Theatre Walk of Fame: Abraham Goldfaden
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