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St. Mark's Playhouse at 133 Second Avenue, New York City, was an Off-Off-Broadway theater notable for presenting the Negro Ensemble Company's production of The First Breeze of Summer[1][2] by Leslie Lee,[3] which premiered on March 2, 1975, before transferring to Broadway on June 10, where it played through July 20, 1975.[4] St. Mark's Playhouse also showed French playwright Jean Genet's first American performance of his play The Blacks.

The theatre was founded by Lynn Michaels and Harry Baum.

Footnotes

  1. ^ ​The First Breeze of Summer​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  2. ^ The First Breeze of Summer at IMDb
  3. ^ Leslie Lee at the Internet Broadway Database
  4. ^ St. Mark's Playhouse at the Internet Broadway Database

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