New York living history. Famous gangsters, iconic singers, theatrical and movie stars have passed through the doors. Local legends still do.

Theater with a good view from every perspective. It has a wide variety of shows and artists. It has a lovely bar as well.

Theatre 80 rocks!!! Been hitting whatever show I can--we can (as they also have family events, etc.)--for what feels like ever. Such immense hospitality! The staff, the ambiance, the electric charge associated with raw talent hitting the East Village and bringing to whole place to even great heights of total ALIVE-nessssssss!!! Really, really love and appreciate this place !

Seating is perfect to see the stage. Full access to the whole experience no matter where you sit. Saw An amazing play here.

Great performance by Simon amstell in the theater. The waiting area near the bar was extremely cramped and the air conditioner was not working well in the waiting area. Nice quaint and personal theater.

One the best NYC gems around! Been here since Prohibition and was an actual speakeasy too! How NY can you get!When I was a kid I used to cut school to see b/w films here, dont tell my mom heehee.I still go here, the bar is fantastic and affordable and serves absinthe the correct classic way! Sometimes there is wonderful live music with violin and such at the bar.The staff is brilliant and sweet and the owner & his wife have more stories and charm than you can ever imagine! Still family owned.The theater has a sweet NY charm, no bad seat in the house for view and comfort too! There is so much history here they even have a gangster museum! I love to support classic real NYC!

Loved the mentalist show. Nice cozy old theater.

Very tiny seats and a very odd cast of characters working here.All desperate for attention in their own way.I just saw We Are The Tigers and I wasn’t sure if the theater workers thought that they were part of the show.Also, pretty songs and voices but lose that intermission and fix the story.Anyway! Onward.

The show and the main character John Belushi was entertaining soulful and on point. It is well worth seeing.

Tuesday nights are amazing . Naked Angels is a night where actors and writers connect and do cold readings (unrehearsed scripts) in front of a live audience.

Excellent place to see performing arts

Fantastic value. we saw we Are The Tigers Fantastic singing and very funny. Small and cozy theater. Every seat is great.

A historic theater.

This is the location of the William Barnacle Tavern - a very cool old bar tucked away amid the hustle on St. Marks. With a functioning theater in the back and a rich history as a speakeasy, this place is low key and old school. They have an array of absinthe and serve it traditionally (sugar cube, dripping water, the works).

An historical building from early 1920s the prohibition time Original American Gangsters ran the streets and this very building has its very own stories to tell in its now a museum. Ironically A.A meetings were held on the top floor. And theres a great theatre below where they perform shows etc.

Small but cozy. A lot of history in that theatre..

Nice friendly place and the shows are good.

Nice little theatre, could use professional cleaning.

Very comfy theater. Great seats. Connected to a bar, what more do you need

The bar downstairs is definitely unique. Youll randomly walk in to an impromptu Irish band, and you can have fascinating conversations with all sorts of fun characters, but dont expect quality cocktails. Keep it simple, keep it neat, and youll be fine.

Great atmosphere and great history

The building is very old and has a lot of very interesting history to read, but inside the theatre itself feels really new and refurbished. It’s a small house so no bad views possible.

Amazing venue great show

Iconic landmark venue...

Small old theater, but there dont seem to be any bad seats.

Been here twice for a performance. Its small so there are really no bad seats.The character and history to this venue is quite appealing if youre into that short of thing.If not, they have a bar where you can drown your distaste.

Rétro, takes you back in time

Cute little venue

I dont know what is shown at Theater 80 St. Marks but I saw a special viewing of a gangster movie The Untouchables with Google. This place is old but so charming. They have a little bar and it feels like it is out of a movie. The seats are in good condition and there is definitely a lot of history in this place. Glad it has been well preserved.

Great nostalgic theater with rich history. The ladies room really could use a bright light fixture so one could see well in each stall.

Unique historic theater.

Its the historic multi-purpose local theater ready to present screenings, concerts, dance/musicals, plays, panel discussions, and theres a long full speakeasy bar connected. From Youre a Good Man Charlie Brown through back projected movies to Bayside, the Saved by the Bell musical, and beyond, always a great place to go.

Historic and lovely little spot. Wonderful old school east village vibe to the whole place. Reminds me of the Sullivan street playhouse.

A big shout out to Theatre 80 and the producer of the Improvised Shakespeare Company. I came with a group of 19 people, but had 2 tickets accidentally booked for the day before. Guess what, they were super friendly and helpful and got us 2 seats in the booked out show. Awesome!(and if you ever get the chance to see the Improv Shakespeare Company perform - GO! they are outstanding!!)

One of the best spots in town

Cozy little theater. I saw iLuminate here and it was a great experience. The lobby isnt air conditioned but the theatre itself was (and well, at that). Its in a decent area with coffee shops among other things around.

I am so glad that theaters like this still exist. This is a family owned and run space (over 50 years!) with a skinny bar and lots of legroom seats. See stuff from intown, outta town, downtown, and ...you get the idea.

Very interesting. Low key place for abstinence.

The theater space is beautiful to watch. Its old (possibly a historic landmark?) So comes with it some of the unfortunate things in old spaces.

I just saw Bayside the Musical here. It was a very bare-bones production in a small yet cozy space. I havent laughed that hard in ages! If they keep putting on productions of this caliber, I will definitely return!

I recently was here for an event. Loved the bar area. Historic and wonderful spot to pass some time. Id like to come back when I could feel less rushed. The owner is fascinating. Wait it out for an old fashioned cocktail.

History has and will be made here. Hard not to love the place.

Tuesdays @ 9: Naked Angels = Theater 80, A Great Theater that welcomes Terrific Writers who have their work read by Terrific Actors. It fuels my week!

Great intimate place to see a show. The side seats in the front row are at a pretty steep angle, go for more central ones.

Nice small theatre for live stage shows. Has a good atmosphere and a bar to hang out in.

Love this place been around for years

Horrible theater, extremely rude usher, who to the important question of how long the show would last, yelled “next, thanks”, mildew smell, old bathrooms that stink all the way to the theater, the show ran an hour late, despite asking people to arrive 15 minutes early. The worst experience.

Very interesting place with a lot of history.

The best atmosphere best people

Love this place! My grandmother used to take us here in the early 80s to watch old classics like Singing in The Rain or The Wizard of Oz. I am glad the family has maintained the space

Only visited William Barnacle Bar. Interesting place. Nice staff.

Overpriced drinks, small and crowded bar. The employees here have no hospitality and are super rude. They try and kick you out before you’re done. Worst place ever

I love this space! Intimate setting and great sound, cheap drinks next door.

Outside the theater room, they had a bar available to get drinks while you wait for the movie to start or during the intermission. Depending on the season and time, they might have specialty drinks. I tried a their butter apple cider which was pretty good. It was sweet with a hint of butter flavor but Im glad it wasnt too buttery. They show a bunch of different films and you can signup online to see what they are playing.

It is very cute and cozy

Naked Angels was great. Support Theater 80.

I do enjoy various musicals and plays on Broadway- Ive seen a ton- but none of them has made me laugh as hard as this one! They certainly have a great cast right now too! The chemistry between them all is just awesome. You know you have a great cast when they are up there clearly having fun with each other and it shows.I have to say, John Duff who plays AC Slater was my absolute favorite! And a close second was Seth Blum who played Mr. Belding and various other characters like Tori.

While the theater has some historical acclaim, it is old, cramped, and poorly ventilated.

Great little theatre, although quite warm last night. Wudh they wouldnt make you enter through the crowded bar!!

This theater is awesome. It is a NYC institution packed with history and stories. If you go at the right time, you may get a tour of the behind the scenes and learn some fun facts about celebrities and mobsters.

Intimate theater has been home to the best in NYC flamenco...

This summer I shot a film in the theater space and it was like the 9th circle of hell. There were swarms of huge flies buzzing through the air. Disgusting.

Small local theater great productions friendly staff. Support the local theater.

Great place, nice and cosy... was here for a mentalist show.

Great theatre had a really interesting production that is helping esl people

Historic & a great comedy troupe there when I went

Overpriced drinks in a cramped bar. Id never come to the bar on a whim. The theater itself is fine, but nothing to write home about.

I dig this classic theater with its super friendly staff and history! It is a must see for movie lovers and those who want to try a slightly different type of theater. You wont have any regrets here...try to go on a rainy day :)

Cool, old New York venue with engaging, informative owner. Ask him about the history of the place and maybe youll get a tour. Heres a hint - it used to be a speakeasy!

Beautiful old school bar - smells like absinthe prepared the traditional way.

Used to be one of my favorite art-house film place back in the 70s, 80s along with Bleeker Street Cinema and Carnagie Hall Cinema.

Movie dates become extraordinary in this theater! Go back in time in this flapper-era bar. Dont forget your fedora!

Old skool theater turned meeting place.

Id say 99% of New Yorkers have never seen this place, and I think 100% of New Yorkers should. Theater 80 was a speakeasy during Prohibition, and supposedly the bootlegging tunnels are intact. The place is absolutely dripping with charm, from the old neon sign to the Graumans-style footprints out front and inside. The bar is wonderfully cozy, with $5 Guinness on draft, and the theater is spacious and comfortable.If youre an absinthe fan, give Theater 80 six stars out of five: they have seven brands of French absinthe (the Czech stuff, the owner tells me, has all the subtlety of a German jazz band), and they serve it the customary, fiery way. They range from $12 to $40 in price, with the cheapest Absinthe Ordinaire ($12) being delicious and more than a value coming with stories and charm from the owner (wholl allegedly take you on a bootleggers tour when the place slows down).Do yourself a favor and drop in. Before youre half through your first drink youll feel yourself sliding back to a wonderful time.

Acquaint yourself with old New York & visit a lovingly restored venue that boasts speakeasy roots. Theatre 80 isnt just a theater, there are cultural offerings like Irish dancing on Monday nights & Tapas Tuesdays. Youll find the the owner, Larkin, behind the bar. Ask him for a drink recommendation (absinthe fountain!) and to share his stories about the venue. Hes happy to oblige.There are snacks to snack while watching a movie (big boxes of M&Ms and Swedish Fish caught my eye) and the movie theater space can get a little chilly - bring a wrap or a sweater in case you are prone to chills.Its places like Theatre 80 that make me proud to be a New Yorker. I cant wait to visit again. Perhaps on my next visit Ill get to venture underground (Larkin offers tunnel tours on occasion) to see what lurks beneath Theatre 80.

Great AA meetings there

Never been there. Just passed it on my way to friends house.

Small theater with super friendly staff.The best reason to come to an off-off Broadway theater is that you will find plenty of good places to eat that arent horrific tourist traps, the tickets are cheap AF, and the shows are just plain fun. The downside is that theres not one Desnudas to be found. Whomp whomp!If you get seats in the front row, be ready to practically be in the show. This seemed to be a problem for the elderly lady the night I was there. Needless to say, she did not make it back to that seat after intermission. Grandma could not hang.Theres a bar with an entrance right inside the theater lobby. There was a large contingent of drunk women as a result. But since the productions here tend to not be serious in any way, I think the drinking is encouraged... because the bar lets out right into the theater lobby!We went to see Full House - The Musical, which I think was still in previews. As a result there were some audio problems. The actors are micd, which for such a small space was surprisingly necessary. We were seated off to the left in the smaller of the two sections (see Seating Chart photo) and the view wasnt bad at all. But if you want to grope the cast when they come out to hug you, youre going to be crap out of luck on that far aisle. Because thats what you go to live theater for... to grope the cast. Yes.

Host great shows. Give discounts at bar after shows.

Very nice stuff

Save by the Bell and full house were awesome shows

Almost as far off-off-broadway as you can get but well worth the trek for their Shakespearian improv, naughty burlesque or sidesplitting comedy.

Very old place and bar !! Love the bartender

Quaint, cozy, historic. Watch the mentalism show!

Great shows and lovely bar.

Lovely experience

Nice off Broadway theater

Seems to be a good place for the offline productions

Nice little theater with awkward restrooms

Simon Amstell is cool

Bar in the waiting area.

AA meeting

Nice

Intimate

Like the place!

What a NY historic treasure!

Village original. Always NYC quality

Went to an AA meeting there and I wasnt uplifted in the least.

Great bar and awesome service

Great theater