# Westside Theatre

The Westside Theatre is an off-Broadway performance space at 407 West 43rd Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The building houses two auditoriums: the Upstairs Theatre, which seats 270, and the Downstairs Theatre, which features a thrust stage and has a seating capacity of 249. Formerly known as the Chelsea Theatre Center and the Westside Arts Theatre, the building was renovated in 1991.

## History

The Romanesque Revival style building, designed by Henry Franklin Kilburn, was constructed in 1890 for the Second German Baptist Church, which it housed until the 1960s. The site was then occupied by various nightclubs until its establishment as a theatre in 1976.

## Selected past productions
### Upstairs

| Date opened | Show title |
| October 17, 2019 | Little Shop of Horrors |
| March 7, 2019 | Chick Flick the Musical by Suzy Conn |
| July 20, 2017 | Curvy Widow |
| June 22, 2016 | Cagney (502 performances) |
| October 12, 2015 | Clever Little Lies |
| April 7, 2015 | Disenchanted! The Hilarious Hit Musical |
| October 19, 2014 | The Belle of Amherst |
| March 4, 2014 | Satchmo at the Waldorf |
| October 29, 2013 | Becoming Dr. Ruth |
| November 28, 2012 | My Name Is Asher Lev |
| August 2, 2012 | The Last Smoker in America |
| June 23, 2011 | The Voca People |
| May 10, 2010 | The Screwtape Letters |
| September 14, 2008 | The Marvelous Wonderettes |
| August 1, 1996 | I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change |
| August 7, 1995 | The Food Chain |
| May 28, 1995 | The Cryptogram |
| December 8, 1994 | You Should Be So Lucky by Charles Busch |
| August 9, 1993 | Later Life by A. R. Gurney |
| February 23, 1993 | The Best of Friends |
| October 9, 1992 | Spic-O-Rama by John Leguizamo |
| June 2, 1992 | Balancing Act |
| March 18, 1991 | And the World Goes 'Round |
| December 4, 1987 | Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune |
| May 7, 1987 | Educating Rita |
| December 22, 1982 | Extremities |
| October 13, 1981 | March of the Falsettos |
| October 14, 1980 | Really Rosie |

### Downstairs

| Date opened | Show title |
| July 21, 2019 | #DateMe: An OKCupid Experiment |
| November 12, 2018 | The Other Josh Cohen |
| October 5, 2017 | Stuffed |
| October 25, 2016 | Othello: The Remix |
| March 7, 2016 | White Rabbit Red Rabbit |
| July 27, 2015 | The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey |
| February 10, 2015 | Application Pending |
| May 14, 2014 | Los Monologos de la Vagina |
| December 15, 2013 | Handle With Care |
| May 20, 2012 | Old Jews Telling Jokes |
| January 24, 2011 | Through the Night |
| October 1, 2009 | Love, Loss, and What I Wore |
| November 18, 2008 | Dust |
| December 8, 2006 | My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish, and I'm in Therapy |
| October 21, 2004 | Jewtopia |
| March 24, 2004 | From Door to Door |
| September 4, 2003 | Trumbo: Red, White, and Blacklisted |
| March 5, 2003 | Barbara's Wedding |
| October 3, 1999 | The Vagina Monologues |
| October 1, 1998 | The Mystery of Irma Vep |
| October 24, 1997 | Marc Salem's Mindgames |
| October 7, 1996 | Political Animal |
| September 24, 1996 | Full Gallop |
| September 7, 1995 | Too Jewish |
| March 5, 1994 | Nixon's Nixon |
| September 28, 1993 | Family Secrets by Sherry Glaser |
| April 23, 1993 | Wild Men! |
| September 8, 1992 | Cut the Ribbons |
| January 3, 1992 | Finkle's Follies |
| April 12, 1991 | Only the Truth is Funny |
| October 29, 1987 | A Shayna Maidel |
| April 18, 1985 | Penn & Teller |
| July 3, 1981 | What the Butler Saw |
| March 22, 1976 | Vanities |
| November 20, 1974 | The Mother / The Great Train Robbery, performed by San Francisco Mime Troupe |