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Performing Arts
The New Victory Theater
The December 11, 1995 opening and dedication of The New Victory — New York’s oldest active theater — has marked a new era for 42nd Street. For one hundred years, the theater has symbolized, and survived, the mercurial fortunes of this fabled street. Now as before, its reemergence — this time as a theater for young audiences — signals the next and newest wave of popular entertainment on the block.
National Comedy Theatre 09/10/2008 | The Brooks Atkinson Theatre 09/09/2008 |
 For two decades, the National Comedy Theatre has been entertaining audiences of all sizes and types across the nation with our unique brand of interactive, improv comedy. |  Built in 1926 and originally named the Mansfield Theatre, the Brooks Atkinson Theatre was renamed in 1960 to honor the famed New York Times drama critic, Brooks Atkinson. |
The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre 09/08/2008 | The Gershwin TheatreNewYorkCityTheatre.com 09/08/2008 |
 Opened in 1910, the theatre was originally named The Globe, after Shakespeare's theatre in England. The theatre had a retractable roof to enable the theatre to stay cool and open during the summer. For nearly two decades, the theatre housed a variety of plays and musicals until 1932 when it was turned into a movie house. |  The George Gershwin Theatre was originally named the Uris. When it opened in 1972 it was the first large Broadway theatre to be built since the Earl Carroll in 1931. |
New York City Ballet 09/05/2008 | New York City Opera 09/05/2008 |
 The New York City Ballet, one of the foremost dance companies in the world, is unique in US artistic history. |  New York City Opera was founded in 1943 to provide financially accessible opera performances to a wide audience—opera that would reflect the company's commitment to innovative repertory choices and the development of American opera. |
New York Philharmonic 09/05/2008 | Lincoln Center Theater 09/05/2008 |
 The New York Philharmonic is by far the oldest symphony orchestra in the United States, and one of the oldest in the world. Founded in 1842 by a group of local musicians led by American-born Ureli Corelli Hill, the Orchestra currently plays some 180 concerts a year. On December 18, 2004, the Philharmonic gave its 14,000th concert — a milestone unmatched by any other orchestra in the world. |  Lincoln Center Theater was re-established in 1985 under the leadership of Chairman John V. Lindsay, Director Gregory Mosher and Executive Producer Bernard Gersten. Since that time, the organization has produced dozens of plays and musicals, seen by millions of audience members at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, and other venues. |
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