Type Thrust Closed 2007 Capacity 350 Architect Stanford White | Current use Hotel Years active 1981-2007 Phone +1 212-575-0300 | |
Address 130 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036, USA Opened 1981 (1905 as a fraternal club of actors) Similar Theatre at St Clement's, Daryl Roth Theatre, The Theater Center, Laura Pels Theatre, Westside Theatre | ||
Lamb's Theatre was an Off-Broadway theater located at 130 West 44th Street, New York City inside the Manhattan Church of the Nazarene, near Times Square in New York City. It seated approximately 350 and specialized in musical productions. The building was built in 1904-05 in Neo-Georgian style, originally designed by Stanford White. The Lamb's Theater is not related in any way to the historic theater club, The Lambs.
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In 2007, the venue was closed to make way for a hotel development.
History
The six-story building originally housed a fraternal club of theater professionals called The Lambs, taking after a club in England started by Charles Lamb in 1868. The members included Fred Astaire, Mark Twain, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr..
In the mid-1970s, the Manhattan Church of the Nazarene bought the Lamb's building for the sake of making it into a mission. The Lambs club moved to 3 West 51st Street in 1975. In 1978, Lamb's Theatre Company was created by Carolyn Rossi Copeland and it hosted the successful "Broadway for Kids" series. In 1981, the renovated 3rd floor theatre had its first show, Cotton Patch Gospel and was penned the "Gem of Times Square". With a list of over 50 productions stages, in 1984 they opened a Lamb's Little Theatre on the first floor.