The Liberty Theatre was a Broadway theater from 1904 to 1933 located at 236 West 42nd Street in New York City.From 1933 until the late 1980s the Liberty operated continuously as a movie theatre. In 1992 the then vacant theatre was purchased by the City of New York along with many other properties as part of the New 42nd Street renovation project.In 1996 it was used for a staged reading of T. S. Eliot’s poem The Waste Land with actress Fiona Shaw directed by Deborah Warner.
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active years end year
1933-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
active years start year
1904-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
address
234 West 42nd Street
architect
Henry Beaumont Herts
closing year
1933-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
currently used for
Facade and former lobby used by Ripley's Odditorium; main auditorium as rental event space.
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