– was evicted from its longtime theater district home in January, Miranda and some influential pals came to its rescue.
But as any New Yorker knows to their bones, the only thing riskier than an audition is pinning your dreams to real estate wishes. So today’s news is welcomed: The Drama Book Shop will reopen its doors in March 2020 at its new location – 266 West 39th Street – just a block south of the last one. Stuffed with scripts, librettos, monologues and any other books about or needed by the theater community, the independent bookstore had been a district mainstay for more than 100 years . Squeezed out of its building by Manhattan’s ever-costly real estate market, the store announced its closing.colleagues – director Thomas Kail, lead producer Jeffrey Seller and theater owner/impresario James L.
“The Drama Book Shop is the heart and soul of the New York theater community,” Miranda said in a statement. “It’s been an oasis in midtown for a century of storytellers and theater fans alike – a safe space to gather, to learn, and to find great books and music.”
Sometimes you have to do something to preserve something which means so much to your community. These four gentlemen saved a treasure for the Broadway community.