If you are looking for the finest in the performing arts during your visit to New York City, look no further than the New York City Center (NYCC), located on West 55th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenue in midtown Manhattan. The City Center preserves and celebrates the heritage of American musical theater performances, with a specific emphasis on dance, by supporting resident and visiting artists and companies.
NYCCs 1923 building can’t be missed with its amazing neo-Morrish facade. It was originally built as a meeting hall by the Ancient Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (The Shriners). Later, the building was owned by the city and saved from destruction by Mayor LaGuardia in collaboration with Newbold Morris, the City Council President who created Manhattan’s first performing arts center that seated 2,750 people coming to see the best of dance, music and theater. It was in 1943 when NYCC officially opened their doors with a special concert by the New York Philharmonic , led by both Leonard Bernstein and Leopold Stokowski; the New York City Opera and the New York City Ballet originated at the City Center. Maurice Evans and Jose Ferrer both served as director of the City Center’s Drama Company.
With all the first-class conductors, and directors, City Center quickly became not only a cultural haven for New Yorkers, but an affordable one as well. City Center is accessible to the broadest possible audience, which insures that this landmark facility remains as active and welcoming venue throughout the year. Welcoming to all visitors to New York City and to all New Yorkers. If you plan to visit New York in the near future, click here to find a hotel centrally located in midtown. You’ll be glad you attended one of the best performances you’ve ever seen in New York. Currently, for the month of May, the NYCC will be hosting ‘That Face’, which is a new drama with a darkly funny and shattering view about a family at the breaking point; ‘The Subject was Roses’, an intimate drama that deals with the return of a son after the end of World War II.
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