All the world’s a stage, so perhaps it’s no surprise to see Broadway acting on behalf of the planet. We’ve covered a number of the recent initiatives on Broadway (from green billboards to the partnership between the city and the theater community called ‘Broadway Goes Green’). The latest to hit the Great White Way is the new Henry Miller’s Theater, the first ‘green theater,’ set to open in September with Roundabout Theater Company’s revival of the musical “Bye Bye Birdie.”
As Patrick Healy writes in his NY Times piece, “the 1,055-seat theater, on 43rd Street between Avenue of the Americas and Broadway, was built on the site of a theater planned by the actor Henry Miller, which opened in 1918,” and “is the first newly built Broadway house in more than 20 years.”
The green touches include use of recycled and local materials, waterless urinals in the men’s washrooms, among others. Click here for more photos of the project.
