{"id":338339,"date":"2026-09-04T20:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T20:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/338339\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T20:17:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T20:17:00","slug":"from-church-to-the-stranger-w57th-streets-wildest-venue-is-set-to-become-a-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/338339\/","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.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/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.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/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":2,"featured_media":338340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[62356,9,24,63,134,136,135,905],"class_list":["post-338339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-hells-kitchen-churches","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news","tag-theater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}