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unusual facts about Theater District



Bright Lights of 1944

Act one is set in Sardi's, a New York City Theater District restaurant, where two producers are planning a show.

Vivian Beaumont Theater

It is New York City's only Broadway-class theater (thus making its productions eligible for Tony Awards) that is not located in the Theater District near Times Square.


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Film Exchange Building

This seven-story building was built near the city’s theater district and is located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Cass Avenue and W. Montcalm Street at the edge of the Cass Corridor.

Fred the Undercover Kitty

Fred was later honored on July 8, 2006, at "Broadway Barks 8!", the New York City Theater District’s dog and cat adopt-a-thon benefit hosted by Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters.

Shirley Dean

Recognition for bringing the Arts and Theater District to life in Downtown Berkeley by establishing a public-private partnership with the Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre and bringing in the JazzSchool, Aurora Theater, and Nevo Center for the Performing Arts in one of Berkeley’s oldest buildings.

Tony Pastor

The theater district was moving uptown to Union Square, however, and in 1881 Pastor took a lease on the former Germania Theatre on 14th Street in the same building that housed Tammany Hall.