The first theatre with this name in New York City was located at 58 East 14th Street.

In 1921, it was renamed the Acme Theatre and converted into a cinema that eventually showed Soviet films and closed in 1936.

The original structure was revealed during a November 1992 demolition of Union Square between 4th Avenue & Broadway, and was finally demolished in December.

[2] The second theatre was located at 100 East 17th Street (also known as 44 Union Square) in the former Tammany Hall building, built in 1929.

[7] On January 3, 2016, the theater was closed as part of a complete renovation of the building, including the planned demolition of the theatre.