Helen Hayes Theatre (formerly the Little Theatre, New York Times Hall and Winthrop Ames Theatre) with 597 seats is the smallest Broadway theatre and is located at 240 West 44th Street in Midtown Manhattan.
Since 1979 it has been privately owned and operated by Martin Markinson and Donald Tick. In July 2008 it was announced that Markinson and the Tick Family planned to sell the theatre to the Second Stage Theatre Off Broadway company for an undisclosed price. Second Stage said it needs to raise $35 million to then possibly buy the theatre, which would likely be renamed. Second Stage's first season is targeted for 2013.
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“... the theatre demanded of its members stamina, good digestion, the ability to adjust, and a strong sense of humor. There was no discomfort an actor didn’t learn to endure. To survive, we had to be horses and we were.”
—Helen Hayes (1900–1993)
“I wish I were where Helen lies,
Night and day on me she cries;
And I am weary of the skies,
For her sake that died for me.”
—Unknown. Helen of Kirconnell (l. 37–40)
“Stella, take these binoculars out of the case and bring them here, will ya? Trouble. I can smell it.”
—John Michael Hayes (b. 1919)
“The History of the world is not the theatre of happiness. Periods of happiness are blank pages in it, for they are periods of harmony—periods when the antithesis is in abeyance.”
—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)