Second Stage Theater
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Second Stage's Helen Hayes Theater | |
| Address | New York City United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°45′28″N 73°59′16″W / 40.7579°N 73.9878°W |
| Owner | Second Stage Theater |
| Type | Off-Broadway & Broadway |
| Production | Purpose |
| Years active | 1979-present |
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Second Stage Theater is a non-profit theater company that presents work by living American writers both on and off Broadway. It is based in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and is affiliated with the League of Resident Theatres.
Founded in 1979 by Robyn Goodman and Carole Rothman, Second Stage produces both new plays and revivals of contemporary American plays by new playwrights and established writers. The company formerly had an off-Broadway theater, the Tony Kiser Theater at 305 West 43rd Street on the corner of Eighth Avenue near the Theater District, as well as an off-off-Broadway theater, the McGinn–Cazale Theater on the Upper West Side. In April 2015, the company expanded into Broadway theater productions when it bought the Helen Hayes Theater, at 240 West 44th Street in Manhattan.