Jane Street Theater
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The Jane is a boutique hotel
located at 505-507 West Street, with its main entrance at 113 Jane Street in the West Village section of the Greenwich Village
neighborhood of Manhattan
, New York City
.
The building was originally the American Seamen's Friend Society Sailors' Home and Institute, a hotel for sailors built in 1906-08 and designed by William A. Boring
in Georgian style. The building featured a chapel, a concert hall, and a bowling alley, and a beacon which played over the river from the polygonal observatory. The hotel was used to house the survivors of the RMS Titanic while the American inquest into the sinking was held.
In 1944, the YMCA
took over the building, running it as a transient hotel called the Jane West. Most recently, it was called the Riverview Hotel. The hotel was renovated by developers Sean MacPherson and Eric Goode in 2008, converting a facility which had become long-term housing for drug addicts and those down on their luck into an upscale hotel.
The building is a New York City landmark, designated in 2000.
in the 1970s. The Jane Street Theatre was an Off-Broadway
theatre which had a very small thrust stage
and a seating capacity of 280. Notable shows which were presented there include Hedwig and the Angry Inch
and tick, tick ... BOOM!.
The space later became available for commercial rental, but it is now the Jane Ballroom, the bar of The Jane. The Jane Ballroom was shut down for six months from late 2009 to May 2010, when police investigating the complaints of neighbors about noise from the people lined up trying to get inside discovered that the bar did not have an assembly permit.
Boutique hotel
Boutique hotel is a term popularized in North America and the United Kingdom to describe intimate, usually luxurious or unique hotel environments. Boutique hotels differentiate themselves from larger chain/branded hotels and motels by providing personalized accommodation and services / facilities...
located at 505-507 West Street, with its main entrance at 113 Jane Street in the West Village section of the Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village, , , , .in New York often simply called "the Village", is a largely residential neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City. A large majority of the district is home to upper middle class families...
neighborhood of Manhattan
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, New York City
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.
The building was originally the American Seamen's Friend Society Sailors' Home and Institute, a hotel for sailors built in 1906-08 and designed by William A. Boring
William A. Boring
William Alciphron Boring was an American architect noted for codesigning the Immigration Station at Ellis Island in New York harbor....
in Georgian style. The building featured a chapel, a concert hall, and a bowling alley, and a beacon which played over the river from the polygonal observatory. The hotel was used to house the survivors of the RMS Titanic while the American inquest into the sinking was held.
In 1944, the YMCA
YMCA
The Young Men's Christian Association is a worldwide organization of more than 45 million members from 125 national federations affiliated through the World Alliance of YMCAs...
took over the building, running it as a transient hotel called the Jane West. Most recently, it was called the Riverview Hotel. The hotel was renovated by developers Sean MacPherson and Eric Goode in 2008, converting a facility which had become long-term housing for drug addicts and those down on their luck into an upscale hotel.
The building is a New York City landmark, designated in 2000.
Jane Street Theatre
The ballroom of the hotel was converted into a theatre space by Theater for the New CityTheater for the New City
Theater for the New City, founded in 1971 and known familiarly as "TNC", is one of New York City's leading Off-Off-Broadway theaters, known for radical political plays and community commitment. Productions at TNC have won 43 Obie Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama...
in the 1970s. The Jane Street Theatre was an Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway theater is a term for a professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a play, musical or revue that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts...
theatre which had a very small thrust stage
Thrust stage
In theatre, a thrust stage is one that extends into the audience on three sides and is connected to the backstage area by its up stage end. A thrust has the benefit of greater intimacy between performers and the audience than a proscenium, while retaining the utility of a backstage area...
and a seating capacity of 280. Notable shows which were presented there include Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Hedwig and the Angry Inch may refer to:* Hedwig and the Angry Inch * Hedwig and the Angry Inch...
and tick, tick ... BOOM!.
The space later became available for commercial rental, but it is now the Jane Ballroom, the bar of The Jane. The Jane Ballroom was shut down for six months from late 2009 to May 2010, when police investigating the complaints of neighbors about noise from the people lined up trying to get inside discovered that the bar did not have an assembly permit.