Gateway Playhouse

{{Short description|Theatre in Bellport, New York, United States}}

Gateway Playhouse, also known as the Performing Arts Center of Suffolk County is a theatre located on the eastern edge of Bellport, New York The street address is 215 South Country Road. It's the oldest of three professional theatres on the island and nationally recognized as one of the top ten summer theatres in the nation.{{cn|date=January 2022}}

History

The theater's history dates to 1950 with a production of Taming of the Shrew in a converted barn as was traditional of the time.{{Cite news |last=Panarello |first=Joseph F. |date=2008-07-08 |title=Bellport's Gateway Playhouse Keeps Rolling Along |language=en |work=Broadway World |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/long-island/article/Bellports-Gateway-Playhouse-Keeps-Rolling-Along-20080707 |access-date=2022-01-04}} By the 1960s it transitioned from summer stock to a professional company with a new theater that seated five hundred. In 2011, the Gateway Playhouse and Acting School combined to form the non-profit organization, the Performing Arts Center of Suffolk County.{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://thegateway.org/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=48D6F2A4-E683-4945-A923-078090207E95&menu_id=5758BEBC-DF40-4AF2-95EC-B887F70C8A34 |access-date=2022-01-04 |website=thegateway.org |language=en}}

Among its notable productions are a 1992 production of Once on This Island with Norm Lewis, as well as a 2011 production of Sunset Boulevard and a 2016 production of Anything Goes with Andrea McArdle.{{Cite news |last=Jacobson |first=Aileen |date=2016-05-27 |title=Review: Joyous Energy Fills ‘Anything Goes,’ at Gateway Playhouse |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/nyregion/review-joyous-energy-fills-anything-goes-at-gateway-playhouse.html |access-date=2022-01-04 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |last=Sommers |first=Michael |date=2011-08-13 |title=Faded Star Seeks Return to Glory (and Big Screen) |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/nyregion/sunset-boulevard-at-gateway-playhouse-in-bellport-review.html |access-date=2022-01-04 |issn=0362-4331}}

In fall, the theater transforms into a haunted house.{{Cite news |last=Sims Clifford |first=Amanda |date=2021-11-19 |title=This Tiny Coastal Village Is the Perfect Getaway for Design Lovers in New York City |language=en-US |url=https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a37609283/bellport-brookhaven-new-york-design-travel-guide/ |work=House Beautiful |access-date=2022-01-04}}

References

External links

{{official|https://thegateway.org/}}

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Category:Brookhaven, New York

Category:Theatres in New York (state)

Category:Tourist attractions in Suffolk County, New York

Category:Buildings and structures in Suffolk County, New York