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P.1170. on September 27, 1900 with Lionel Barrymore in the play Sag Harbor.Two years later it was leased by David Belasco, who renamed it for himself and produced a series of plays starring George Arliss, Mary Pickford, and Lillian Gish.In 1910, when Belasco renamed his Stuyvesant Theater on West 44th Street for himself, the name Republic Theater was reinstated.

The neighborhood gradually disintegrated, and by the 1970s it was one of several porn palaces lining the street.In 1990, New York City, together with the State of New York, jointly took possession of the Victory.

The New Victory Theater is an off-Broadway theater located at 209 West 42nd Street between 7th and 8th Avenues in midtown-Manhattan.Built at the behest of Oscar Hammerstein I, and designed in 1899 by architect Albert Westover for Oscar Hammerstein, the New Victory Theater opened as the Republic TheatreWhite, Norval & Willensky, Elliot; AIA Guide to New York City, 4th Edition; New York Chapter, American Institute of Architects; Crown Publishers/Random House.

In 1992, it was one of six 42nd Street theaters to fall under the protection of The New 42nd Street, Inc., a not-for-profit set up to oversee the redevelopment of these historic theaters.The Victory was the first theater to be restored in an effort to revitalize 42nd Street and Times Square, and between 1994 and 1995 it underwent an $11.4 million renovation headed by the architectural firm of Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates.

p.256.Kenneth T.Jackson: The Encyclopedia of New York City: The New York Historical Society; Yale University Press; 1995.

The New Victory Theater's education program is committed to creating ever-widening avenues of opportunity for young people, their families and teachers to grow professionally and personally through the arts.In 2005, the theater was among 406 New York City arts and social service institutions to receive part of a $20 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation, which was made possible through a donation by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.

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