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St. Mark's Playhouse

St. Mark's Playhouse at 133 Second Avenue in the East Village of Manhattan, New York City, was an Off-Off-Broadway theater notable for presenting the Negro Ensemble Company's production of The First Breeze of Summer[1][2] by Leslie Lee,[3] which premiered on March 2, 1975, before transferring to Broadway on June 10, where it played through July 20, 1975.[4] St. Mark's Playhouse also showed French playwright Jean Genet's first American performance of his play The Blacks.

The theatre was founded by Lynn Michaels and Harry Baum.[5]

References

  1. ^ ​The First Breeze of Summer​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  2. ^ The First Breeze of Summer at IMDb
  3. ^ Leslie Lee at the Internet Broadway Database
  4. ^ St. Mark's Playhouse at the Internet Broadway Database
  5. ^ Cox, Gordon (April 24, 2007). "Lynn Michaels, 83, a.d. of Open Space Theater". Variety. Retrieved December 29, 2022.

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