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    The 55th Street Playhouse—periodically referred to as the 55th Street Cinema and Europa Theatre—was a 253-seat movie house at 154 West 55th Street, Midtown...
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    first (or later) shown at the New Andy Warhol Garrick Theatre or 55th Street Playhouse. By the time Warhol had achieved a reputation, he was working day...
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  • for a pornographic feature, it premiered in 1971 at the 253-seat 55th Street Playhouse in Manhattan, where it was an immediate critical and commercial...
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    after Blue Movie was made. Also around this time, in June 1970, the 55th Street Playhouse began showing Censorship in Denmark: A New Approach, a film documentary...
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    include 140 West 57th Street, 130 West 57th Street, and the Parker New York hotel to the northeast, as well as the 55th Street Playhouse to the southwest and...
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  • 1974 at the 55th Street Playhouse at 154 West 55th Street in New York City. This run lasted until 23 May 1974. It returned to the Playhouse on 6 December...
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  • attributed to "Waly", was based on the film's presentation at the 55th Street Playhouse in Manhattan, which apparently screened a longer version of the...
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    125 West 55th Street (north) New York City Center, theatre at 131 West 55th Street (north) 55th Street Playhouse, theatre at 154 West 55th Street CitySpire...
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  • gay pornographic feature film, Boys in the Sand, was shown at the 55th Street Playhouse in New York City. With this movie, the gay community was launched...
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    films (many premiering at the New Andy Warhol Garrick Theatre and 55th Street Playhouse) of the 1960s, revealing Warhol's connections to a diverse range...
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    Sanger Annie Sprinkle Andy Warhol Ruth Westheimer Oscar Wilde Places 55th Street Playhouse Caldron (sex club) Catacombs (sex club) Club Baths The Factory Gay...
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  • interesting. Years ago, people used to sit looking out of their windows at the street. Or on a park bench. They would stay for hours without being bored although...
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    Wilber Wang Carol Connors as the nurse Bob Phillips as Mr. Fenster Ted Street as delivery boy John Byron as #11 Jack Birch (billed as "Michael Powers")...
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    this building (as well as in other area theaters, including the 55th Street Playhouse) in the late 1960s. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention played...
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    September 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015. "Out of the Closet and Into the Streets". Center for the Study of Political Graphics. Archived from the original...
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    and turquoise, and stored them at The Factory, his studio on East 47th Street in Manhattan. Dorothy Podber, a performance artist and friend of Factory...
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    Sanger Annie Sprinkle Andy Warhol Ruth Westheimer Oscar Wilde Places 55th Street Playhouse Caldron (sex club) Catacombs (sex club) Club Baths The Factory Gay...
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  • going, Jennifer would lie about her whereabouts to spend time at the “playhouse”. Jennifer yearned for her father's love and affection, so, she would...
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    September 27, 2017. "Playboy's Hugh Hefner and son Talk Succession". The Wall Street Journal. November 29, 2012. Archived from the original on November 15, 2013...
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  • Sanger Annie Sprinkle Andy Warhol Ruth Westheimer Oscar Wilde Places 55th Street Playhouse Caldron (sex club) Catacombs (sex club) Club Baths The Factory Gay...
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  • Sanger Annie Sprinkle Andy Warhol Ruth Westheimer Oscar Wilde Places 55th Street Playhouse Caldron (sex club) Catacombs (sex club) Club Baths The Factory Gay...
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  • market and began running the 55th Street Playhouse. Janus Films was subsequently launched in March 1956 and the Playhouse was used as the primary location...
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  • August 1972. The film opened in October, with a 24-week run at the 55th Street Playhouse. A contemporary review in Variety called the film "part ersatz Kubrick...
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  • down the street at The Women's House of Detention joined in by chanting, setting fire to their belongings and tossing them into the street below. The...
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  • Underground Warhol Superstars Studio 54 New Andy Warhol Garrick Theatre 55th Street Playhouse Jed Johnson Museums The Andy Warhol Museum (Pittsburgh) Andy Warhol...
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    wrote about the Blue Unicorn Cafe (coffeehouse) (located at 1927 Hayes Street in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco), using the term hippie...
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    Machine, Cable World, May 21, 2001. "New York Times, October 23, 2000 Wall Street Meets Pornography by Timothy Egan". Lists.essential.org. Archived from the...
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    Films was founded in 1956 by Haliday and Harvey. Haliday ran the 55th Street Playhouse in New York and used it as a primary location for exhibiting Janus-distributed...
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