About
A space for New York performances and
rehearsals. Players Theatre. The building
includes, a main stage 248 seat Off Broadway
theatre, a 50 seat Off Off Broadway black box
theatre, four rehearsal studios, an office suite for
arts organizations and the famous Cafe Wha?,
which has been a Greenwich Village mainstay
since the 1960′s.
Built in 1907 and converted into a theatre in the
late 1940′s, the Players Theatre has been a jewel
in the midst of beautiful Greenwich Village,
serving as a magnet for performing artists and
their audiences. The theatre has been home to
such long run productions as An Evening with
Quentin Crisp, Psycho Beach Party and Ruthless
starring an 8yr old Brittany Spears, Natalie
Portman and Legally Blonde the Musical’s Laura
Bell Bundy.