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[[File:FestivalJuly1978.jpg|200px|thumb|right|July, 1978 Village Voice Ad]]
'''Theater Location:''' 2409 Broadway, New York City, NY

'''Theater Chain:''' [[Walter Reade Organization]]

'''Theater Open Date:''' 1914

'''Theater Status:''' Demolished

Originally named the Adelphi Theatre, and later re-named as the Yorktown Theatre, The New Yorker Theatre at 88th and Broadway in Manhattan was part of the Walter Reade Organization, a sister theater to the [[Waverly Theater]] . It was one of [[The First 30 US Theaters]] to play ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' as an ongoing, midnight-only movie beginning in early July of 1976. The Waverly group performed there briefly in early 1978 after the Waverly in the Village stopped showing the movie though the New Yorker’s “uptown clientele” weren’t as supportive as the Village fans. 

In 1979, the theater was twinned.

The New Yorker Theatre also hosted an ongoing run of ''[[Shock Treatment]]'' after its opening in late 1981.

The theatre closed on May 16, 1985, and was later demolished.

==External Links==
Cinema Treasures [https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/3354]

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