Minskoff Theatre is a Broadway theater on the third floor of the One Astor Plaza office building in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
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16 Facts About Minskoff Theatre
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Minskoff Theatre was designed by Kahn and Jacobs, who designed One Astor Plaza.
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The Minskoff Theatre was added during the planning process; in exchange, One Astor Plaza's developers were allowed to erect a taller building with additional floor area.
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The first major production at the Minskoff Theatre, Irene, was followed by a series of short-lived productions in the 1970s.
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Minskoff Theatre is on the third floor of One Astor Plaza, known as 1515 Broadway, along Times Square in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.
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The Minskoff Theatre was the first fully wheelchair-accessible Broadway theater in New York City.
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The Minskoff Theatre was designed without fire curtains, since the city had allowed sprinkler systems to be installed in both theaters.
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The Minskoff Theatre hosted the rock musical Rockabye Hamlet, which flopped with seven performances in February 1976.
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The Merce Cunningham Dance Company had a brief engagement in January 1977, and the Minskoff Theatre hosted the final performances of the long-running musical Pippin, which transferred from the Imperial, later that year.
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In 1980, the Minskoff Theatre hosted a revival of the musical West Side Story, which lasted for 333 performances.
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Subsequently, the Minskoff Theatre hosted three live appearances in early 1986: the singer Patti LaBelle, the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, and the vocal groups The Temptations and The Four Tops.
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The Minskoff Theatre then hosted the 1988 Tony Awards immediately after Cabaret ended that June.
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Minskoff Theatre hosted the Tony Awards in 1991, followed that November by a limited run of the musical Peter Pan.
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The Minskoff Theatre did not have another production until December 2002, when the musical Dance of the Vampires opened.
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The Minskoff Theatre again stood empty until February 2004, when the musical Fiddler on the Roof was revived; it ran for 781 performances.
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