Also called the New Exhibition Room, it was located in Board Alley in the Financial District.
[1] The "New Exhibition Room" was created by supporters of theatre in Boston, who had in 1791 unsuccessfully attempted to repeal a law of 1750 outlawing theatrical performances.
The building "had a pit, a row of boxes forming three sides of a square, and a gallery ... accommodating about 500 persons.
"[2] Shows typically consisted of two separate dramatic numbers—one serious, one comic—interspersed with slack rope, singing, and/or dancing.
To avoid unnecessary provocation of the law, performances were sometimes advertised as "moral lectures" rather than "theatre."