Lenox Lyceum
The Lenox Lyceum was a concert hall and event space located at 623 Madison Avenue in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, at the corner with 59th Street. It was built in 1889 with the initial intent of providing New York City with a concert venue for symphony performances. It was inaugurated on January 2, 1890. It served not only as a venue for orchestral concerts, but also periodically for opera and other types of music and theatre performances. Because it contained a ballroom as well as a theatre, it was used for public dances, banquets, exhibitions, and other events. In 1908 it underwent a major renovation and was converted into the New German Theater (NGT). It served as the resident venue for a German-language repertory theatre company led by Maurice Baumfeld during the 1908-1909 season. After the failure of the NGT, the venue became a vaudeville theatre in April 1909 known as the Plaza Music Hall that was operated by the William Morris Agency. In March 1911 it was acquired by Marcus Loew. Under Loew it eventually became a cinema, Loew's Plaza Theatre, in c. 1912. It later became the Plaza Theatre. It was acquired by Leo Brecher in 1917 and was demolished in 1929. It should not be confused with the Plaza Theatre at 58th St and Madison which opened in 1930 and took its name from the former theatre on 59th St.
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East 59th Street, New York Manhattan
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East 59th Street 42
10022 New York, Manhattan
New York, United States
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