Plan for New York City Theater for a New Audience Unveiled

Architects Hugh Hardy and Frank Gehry are taking Shakespeare to Brooklyn in the form of a $38 million stainless steel and glass home for the Theater for a New Audience.

Hardy, best known for designing NYC theaters such as Chelsea's Joyce Theater, and Gehry teamed up to create the state-of-the-art structure as part of the $650 million BAM Cultural District initiative, where run-down, empty buildings will be revived as cultural and arts destinations.

The theater, a 299-seat auditorium with three spectator galleries and an adjustable floor that can be reconfigured to accommodate a variety of stage formations, will be built across from the Brooklyn Academy of Music, at the intersection of Flatbush and Lafayette Avenues.

The design will also feature a roof top garden, cafe and original graphic portraits of Shakespeare by creator of the iconic "I Love New York" logo, Milton Glaser.

The Theater for a New Audience is highly respected in NYC where about 3,000 city students see their Shakespearian performances each year, and this building will be their first permanent home.

Beginning Feb. 4, an exhibition on the new theatre with models and renderings will be on display to the public at the Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place in Manhattan.

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