Published October 21, 2024
Performing Arts Spaces at NYU’s New York City Campus
There are dozens of performing arts spaces at NYU. Whether you want to take in a show or learn techniques from star faculty, NYU has you covered. What’s more, from music practice rooms to black box theatres, you’ll find the resources you need to hone your technique solo or with classmates. These are some of the highlights.
In the Frederick Loewe Theatre, you’ll find mainstage musicals, orchestral concerts, operas, choral, dance, and music technology performances, and more. This traditional 298-seat proscenium-style theatre is located in the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development’s Education Building on NYU’s Washington Square campus.
The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts is the premier venue for cutting-edge cultural events at NYU. Part of the Kimmel Center for University Life, this theatre boasts an impressive 850 seats. Moreover, it has welcomed artists, academics, and thought leaders to its stage since 2003. In addition to being at the heart of NYU’s performance scene, it is also a highly regarded performing arts space in New York City.
The 88-seat Provincetown Playhouse on MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village has a history dating back to 1916. Today, it serves as a rehearsal and performance space for the Educational Theatre program at NYU Steinhardt. The playhouse hosts readings, new musical works, and storytelling evenings. Additionally, it also doubles as a classroom space.
The James L. Dolan Music Recording Studio is a 7,500-square-foot multifunctional teaching, recording, and research space. It serves students in the music technology department of NYU Steinhardt.
The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, a division of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, has every resource for creating music. Its facilities feature three world-class recording studios and an audio workstation production lab. Further, it’s also home to two editing suites.
The John A. Paulson Center is the newest addition to NYU’s Washington Square campus. In addition to classrooms and athletic facilities, Paulson provides music and performing arts students with state-of-the-art spaces to rehearse and perform. It’s home to a 350-seat professional-level proscenium theatre for student productions. In addition, Paulson contains orchestral rehearsal and performance rooms, and acoustically pristine practice rooms.
Bonus: Classes at the brand-new Martin Scorsese Center for Virtual Production at Industry City in Brooklyn kick off this fall. The center, a division of the Tisch School of the Arts, contains two 3,500-square-foot stages, two TV studios, state-of-the-art broadcast and control rooms, dressing rooms and makeup areas, a cafe, scene workshops, and offices. Not only will the center offer film and television students a best-in-class facility for training, but it will also expand opportunities for NYU’s performing arts students to showcase their craft.
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