Address | 31 Cornelia St. New York City United States |
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Coordinates | 40°43′52.6″N 74°00′10.5″W / 40.731278°N 74.002917°W |
Operator | Joe Cino |
Type | Off-Broadway theatre |
Opened | 1958 |
Closed | 1968 |
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Caffe Cino was an Off-Off-Broadway theater founded in 1958 by Joe Cino. The West Village coffeehouse, located at 31 Cornelia Street, was initially conceived as a venue for poetry, folk music, and visual art exhibitions. The plays produced at the Cino, however, became most prominent, and it is now considered the "birthplace of Off-Off-Broadway".[1]
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 9, 2017.[2]