page_title: Olympic Theatre, New York
section_title: Second Olympic Theatre (1837–1852)
hierarchical_section_title: Olympic Theatre, New York / Second Olympic Theatre (1837–1852)
caption_attribution_description: English: Mitchell's Olympic Theatre in New York (c.1850)
context_page_description: The Olympic Theatre was the name given to five former 19th and early 20th-century theatres on Broadway in Manhattan and in Brooklyn, New York.
context_section_description: The second Olympic Theatre was built on 444 Broadway, near Grand Street in New York, in 1837. It was designed by the architect Calvin Pollard, who modeled it on the Olympic Theatre in London, which concentrated on Victorian burlesque, a form of theatrical parody, often of opera or classic plays. It was built by Willard and Blake, who struggled as managers and leased it, at first, to a series of even less successful managers.
  In 1839 actor-manager William Mitchell took over the theatre and offered parodies and comic entertainments at reduced prices. The house became known as Mitchell's Olympic Theatre. One of his entertainments was Amy Lee, or Who Loves Best? (1839), a parody version of Amilie, or the Love Test. Noteworthy musicals produced at the theatre included 1940! (1840) and A Glance at New York in 1848 (1848). After his retirement in 1850, it became a German-language theatre and minstrel hall. The theatre closed in 1852 when it was converted into offices. The building burned down in 1854 and was demolished the same year.
caption: Mitchell's Olympic Theatre
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