Circle in the Square (Broadway) - Theater Information
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| Address: 1633 Broadway at 50th St. New York, NY BUILT: 1972 SEATING CAPACITY: 840 |
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Circle in the Square (Broadway) History
The Circle in the Square Theatre was founded in 1951. It was originally located at 5 Sheridan Square in Greenwich Village, and featured performances including Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke starring with Geraldine Page, and Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh, starring Jason Robard. In 1960 the company moved to the Circle in the Square Downtown, at 159 Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village. The current Circle in the Square Theatre in midtown was built in 1970. The theatre's first Broadway production was a revival of Mourning Becomes Electra in 1972. The theatre operated as a non-profit, subscription supported producing house for the following 25 years, before filing for bankruptcy in 1997. The theatre reopened in 1999, operating as an independent commercial receiving house, with profits from the operation of the used to support the Circle in the Square Theatre School.
Shows to have been performed at the Circle in the Square Theatre include: The Glass Menagerie (1975 revival) starring Maureen Stapleton, Pamela Payton-Wright, Rip Torn, and Paul Rudd; A Streetcar Named Desire (1988 revival); Sweeney Todd (1989 revival) starring Bob Gunton, Beth Fowler, Jim Walton, Eddie Korbich and more; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2005); Godspell (2011) revival starring Hunter Parrish, Wallace Smith, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, Celisse Henderson, Telly Leung, George Salazar, Morgan James, Uzo Aduba, Nick Blaemire, and Lindsay Mendez; Fun Home (2015) starring Beth Malone, Michael Cerveris, Judy Kuhn, Sydney Lucas, Emily Skeggs; Once on This Island (2017); and Oklahoma! (2019 revival) starring Rebecca Naomi Jones, Damon Daunno, Ali Stroker, James Davis, Will Brill, Patrick Vaill, and Mary Testa; plus many more!
Frequently Asked Questions
Accessible seating is available for this performance as indicated on the seating map.
The theatre is wheelchair-accessible. Not all sections of the theatre are wheelchair-accessible.
Orchestra: Seating is accessible at the Orchestra level.
Please note, once on the Orchestra level there are approximately two steps down per row. Entrance to the Orchestra is behind row K.
An accessible restroom is available. See a theatre usher for assistance.
Circle in the Square Theatre will provide audio description devices for every performance at the theatre beginning May 6, 2019. The theatre also will also offer handheld devices that provide captioning for Deaf or hard-of-hearing patrons beginning May 6, 2019. There will be a representative at the Audience Services desk at every performance to assist any patron with the audio description services or captioning devices.
Reservations for assisted-listening devices are not necessary, but please arrive early. A driver’s license or ID with a printed address is required.
Loop technology is also available at this theatre.
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