{"id":1043444,"date":"2026-09-04T19:10:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T19:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1043444\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T19:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T19:10:49","slug":"from-church-to-the-stranger-w57th-streets-wildest-venue-is-set-to-become-a-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1043444\/","title":{"rendered":"From Church to The Stranger \u2014 W57th Street\u2019s Wildest Venue is Set to Become a Theater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A cavernous W57th Street space that started life as a church, became a recording studio, notorious nightclub and, most recently, one of New York\u2019s strangest immersive nightlife experiences is set for another transformation \u2014 this time into a 250-seat theater.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1250\" height=\"937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Arts-57-9912.jpg\" alt=\"Arts 57\" class=\"wp-image-157386\"\/>Arts 57 NYC plans to turn 311 W57th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues, into a mid-sized theater. Photo: Phil O\u2019Brien<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arts 57 NYC plans to turn 311 W57th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues, into a mid-sized venue aimed primarily at Off-Broadway productions, with musical theater, jazz, comedy and other live performances.<\/p>\n<p>Success! Your account was created and you\u2019re signed in.<br \/>Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/my-account\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Account<\/a> to manage your account.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/post\/author\/phil\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img alt=\"Phil O'Brien Portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cropped-Phil-OBrien-Portrait-WB-scaled-1-120x120.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-120 photo\" height=\"120\" width=\"120\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publisher &amp; Editor Phil O\u2019Brien is an entrepreneur and journalist. As an international photojournalist, he photographed Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Princess Diana and many others. He built a successful international sports photography agency, EMPICS, that was Getty Images\u2019 major competitor in Europe when it sold. He founded a children\u2019s charity in the UK that has helped young people through sport for over 15 years. Phil has lived in New York since 2012. He founded W42ST in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/post\/author\/phil\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tMore by Phil O&#8217;Brien\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A cavernous W57th Street space that started life as a church, became a recording studio, notorious nightclub and,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1043445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,266563,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,1148,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-1043444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-hells-kitchen-churches","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-theater","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117214358060379344","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1043444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1043445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1043444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1043444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1043444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}