Playwrights Horizons

Playwrights Horizons is a not-for-profit American Off-Broadway theater located in dedicated to the support and development of contemporary American playwrights, composers, and lyricists, and to the production of their new work.
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  • Type: Theater building
  • Description: Playwrights Horizons is a non-profit writer’s theater dedicated to the development of contemporary American playwrights, and to the production of innovative new work.
  • Address: 416 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Empire State Building and Actors Studio.

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The is a 102-story, supertall skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of , New York City, United States. The building was designed in the Art Deco style by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and constructed between 1930 and 1931. is situated 1 mile southeast of Playwrights Horizons.

School
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The is a membership organization for professional actors, theatre directors and playwrights located on West 44th Street in in . is situated 580 feet north of Playwrights Horizons.

Theater building
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is an entertainment district of Off Broadway theatres on 42nd Street in the and neighborhoods of in , west of Ninth Avenue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hudson Yards and New York City.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood on the West Side of in , bounded roughly by 30th Street in the south, 41st Street in the north, the West Side Highway in the west, and Eighth Avenue in the east.

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New York is a global center for media, entertainment, art, fashion, research, finance, and trade. The bustling, cosmopolitan heart of the 4th largest metropolis in the world and by far the most populous city in the United States, New York has long been a key entry point and a defining city for the nation.

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Broadway. Times Square. Madison Square Garden. The name says it all: the is the entertainment hub of the city, and possibly the entire nation.

Playwrights Horizons

Latitude
40.75864° or 40° 45′ 31″ north
Longitude
-73.99361° or 73° 59′ 37″ west
Open location code
87G8Q254+FH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6233982618
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­theatre
Wiki­data ID
Q164980
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Playwrights Horizons” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Playwrights Horizons”
  • Chinese: “劇作家地平線”
  • Chinese: “劇作家視野劇院”
  • French: “Playwrights Horizons”
  • German: “Playwrights Horizons”
  • Igbo: “Playwrights Horizons”
  • Indonesian: “Playwrights Horizons”
  • Russian: “Playwrights Horizons”
  • Russian: “Театр Playwrights Horizons”
  • Swedish: “Playwrights Horizons”
  • “Playwrights Horizons”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fiddler on The Roof and The Green Room 42.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Chez Josephine and 420 West 42nd Street.

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