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'Rise & Fall of the Adonis: NYC’s Most Notorious Gay Adult Cinema' Webinar

Tickets: $12 (includes access to the full replay for one week)

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Between and , the Adonis Theater on Eighth Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets was New York City's largest and most well-liked gay adult movie theater. It anchored what was then known as the "Minnesota Strip" — an infamous stretch of Eighth Avenue best known for its porno theaters, peep shows, and prostitutes. How did this iconic theater come to be and what roles did politics, real estate, health, and technology have in its rise and fall? It's time to explore the stories behind one of New York's most notorious movie theaters.

Join New York Adventure Club as we uncover the history of the Adonis Theater, from when the building first opened in as the Tivoli Theater to its demise in the s after serving as Fresh York City's most notorious adult all-male film theatre for a decade.

Led by licensed NYC tour instruction Robert Brenner, our virtual experience surrounding the Adoni

overview

Opened in , the Times Square Theater staged a number of productions involving major LGBT performers and creators, including Katharine Cornell, Tallulah Bankhead, Laurence Olivier, and Noel Coward, among others.

Operating relatively briefly as a legitimate theater, the venue became a movie theater in and the interior was demolished in

Header Photo

Credit: Christopher D. Brazee/NYC LGBT Historic Sites Undertaking,

Katharine Cornell in A Bill of Divorcement, Photo by White Studio. Courtesy of the Museum of the City of Fresh York.

The Exciters poster, Source:

Beatrice Lillie in Andre Charlot's Revue of . Photo by White Studio. Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York.

Laurence Olivier and Noel Coward in Private Lives, Source:

Tallulah Bankhead and Ilka Chase in Forsaking All Others, Photo by Vandamm. Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York.

Apollo and Times Square Theaters. Photo by Wurts Bros, Courtesy of The Novel York Public Library.

The Times Square Theater

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Stephen Sondheim Theater (originally Henry Miller’s Theater)

History

This venue was originally known as Henry Miller’s Theater. One fairly achieving gay-themed play appeared at the Henry Miller prior to the Wales Padlock Law (), which forbade the depiction of “sex perversion” on stage. Noel Coward had get a sensation in England in his play The Vortex, which he transferred here for his American debut in Coward’s character was a closeted gay man. The biggest LGBT-associated hit at the Henry Miller was Born Yesterday (), with Judy Holliday (opened at the Lyceum Theater). Another big hit was Dear Ruth (), with John Dall.

Productions by LGBT creators and with LGBT performers at the Henry Miller included:

  • Lusmore (), with actor Eva Le Gallienne
  • The Intimate Strangers (), with actor Alfred Lunt
  • The National Anthem (), with actor Laurette Taylor
  • Baby Cyclone (), with actor Spencer Tracy
  • Our Betters () by W. Somerset Maugham, with actor Constance Collier
  • The Sacred Flame () by W. Somerset Maugham
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