Triad Theater NY
158 W 72nd St, New York, NY 10023
Thursday, November 5
10 am – 4 pm
Film screenings
EINSTEIN!
Saturday, November 7 at 2 pm
Jack Fry's award-winning solo play follows Albert Einstein through his early years in Berlin, as he fights to prove general relativity while the First World War, a skeptical scientific establishment and a family coming apart all close in around him.
Written and performed by Jack Fry, directed by Tom Blomquist. EINSTEIN! won the Best Public Art Award at the 2025 Raw Science Film Festival.
“Funny, touching, intimate... a triumph!”The Huffington Post
About the Triad
The Triad Theater, formerly known as Palsson's Supper Club, Steve McGraw's, and Stage 72, is a cabaret-style performing arts venue on West 72nd Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Built in 1984, the theater was the original home of four of the most successful shows in Off-Broadway history: Forbidden Broadway, Forever Plaid, Spamilton and Celebrity Autobiography. The hit comedy Celebrity Autobiography is now in its ninth year at the venue, and a month-long workshop production of Seth Rudetsky's Disaster! went on to Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre.
Lady Gaga made her professional debut on the Triad stage as part of the Circle in the Square Cabaret Program. In the 1980s, Christopher Walken, Elizabeth Taylor, Liza Minnelli, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro and many other well-known performers used the theater for their own weekly private performances.
A 30-minute Bose TV commercial was filmed at the theater, as were episodes of a VH1 reality show with Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child. Amy Poehler filmed an episode of Difficult People here. The theater has been featured on the covers of Manhattan Magazine and Miami Magazine with Academy Award winner Adrien Brody.
The Triad's proprietors are Peter Martin and Rick Newman, original owner of Catch a Rising Star comedy club and manager of Pat Benatar.
Past performers on the Triad stage
- Martin Short
- Kristen Wiig
- Kevin Hart
- Ryan Reynolds
- Matthew Broderick
- Bob Weir
- Vanessa Williams
- Jake LaMotta
- Brooke Shields
- Paul Rudd
- David Steinberg
- Slash
- George Benson
- Gregg Allman
- Gavin DeGraw
- Bebe Neuwirth
- Jim Dale
- Peter Boyle
- Tracy Morgan
- Tommy Tune
- Ben Vereen
- Air Supply
- Dion
- Lady Gaga
Seating
Seats maximum. Cabaret-style seating, so arrive early.
Seating is reserved for VIP pass holders.
The year the Triad opened its doors.
Getting there
Triad Theater NY
158 W 72nd St
New York, NY 10023
Between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues on the Upper West Side. The 1, 2 and 3 trains stop at 72nd St and Broadway; the B and C stop at 72nd St and Central Park West.