The Flea Theater

Very intimate theater which has featured many avant garde productions. Get on their email list! Good location for pre-​show or post-​show dinner/​drinks.

This place has a cool idea with serials. It’s 5, 10 minute plays that are basically episodes. You get a card to vote, and the 3 highest rated plays go to the next round. It can be heart breaking to see your favorite get shot down, or have to suffer through something you didn’t like getting another week, but at least it’s only 10 minutes. For 12 $, its a fun hour and you get a beer.
I mention the beer because good lord will you need it in this sweat box of a theater. The rectangular basement play space probably holds 50 people max in an unventilated black room with too many lights that super heat the space. It’s strange too, because the entrance is super cold from the A/​C. So bring a jacket to wait for the show, and a towel to mop sweat during the show.

A nice homey theatre. Recently saw «Strictly dishonorable «which was amazing ! Great view no matter what seat (blackbox perks). Great scene changes. At the door you were greeted by friendly staff. After getting tickets you could buy a drink at the bar and bring it in the theatre while you watched the production. Cozy theatre with great entertainment. Nice place to go venture to catch a good show thats not too pricey ! With my discount it came to $ 15 .Love it !

«The Recommendation» has been extended to October 7.

This place is a bit random for the location in my opinion. I came here less than sober for this series of plays… after begging them to let us in, we ended up leaving at intermission… oops. I was just a bit… lost. The venue was cool though, I would give the whole experience a second chance.

Tiny theater in Tribeca that is great for being close to the action. The seats are comfortable enough. The bathrooms are down in the basement but, more importantly, clean. And they have a very reasonably priced selection of beers and wines to buy before the performance or during intermission.

Intimate venu. Friendly staff. Saw The Vandal, which was amazing and fabulous!

This is a review for the current show at the Flea «These Seven Sickenesses». We thoroughly enjoyed this event. It’s more than just a play, it is a 5 hour event, including music, very good acting, great costumes, interaction with the actors and dinner & dessert. all for $ 40. The theater is small and very intimate and makes for a very pleasant experience. I highly recommend this play and venue.

It’s a cool space. The downstairs theatre is cozy and intimate. It is easy to navigate! If you get a chance to go to a show here, do! But get there early for those prime seats :-)

I thoroughly enjoyed the play «Looking at Christmas». I absolutely laughed the whole show.
It is a small intimate theatre and the actors displayed emotion fabulously. I wasn’t sure what to expect but I was delighted I had been invited to see this play while visiting the City.

This is a review for the current show at the Flea, «Looking at Christmas».
We really enjoyed seeing this play, the writing was clever and the actors very charming. It is a fantastic show for dates or to bring your parents to (we brought my wife’s parents and they loved it). Grove’s review is totally off base. If you want to enjoy a great little inexpensive holiday play, go see Looking at Christmas!
Theater is small and intimate, perfect setting and the Bats are great!

Nice intimate theatre that has a brain.

I came here with the Power of One for an old college chum performs at a benefit show «Arts For All Cabaret» from her production company Arts for All, Inc. (
) The show was fun filled with lots of talented individuals who have an opportunity for American Idol. There are two theatre spaces. Both state-​of-​the-​art theaters are fully equipped of sound system and lighting with 74-​seat main theater on the street level and a 40-​seat theater one flight down. This performance was housed in the main theatre on the street level where the temperature is just right, as it was not too cold as a refrigerator and not too hot like a sauna. There are no railings on the stairs, which patrons can easily fall, or trip.
I rate The Flea Theatre four stars for the lack of amenities in the bathroom facilities. There are no hooks on the back of the bathroom door stalls, which is an inconvenience for women with purses/​handbags and in the winter months of coats and jackets. There is also the added problem of no toilet paper and the garbage can is clogged with paper towels.

The Flea ROCKS! The upstairs theater is nice & comfortable but I love the tiny downstairs space! The programming really varies — you can have Sigourney Weaver or Marisa Tomei one night, or the resident acting company The Bats the next night. The best part is they encourage you to bring your drinks with you to your seat!

I like that this theater is little and cute and personal and is called «the flea.» Sigourney Weaver is on the board, too! I saw Lava perform here, and my friend is a cast member. It was lovely.

I also caught a production of The Guys some time ago. Somebody told me that Tim Robbins was doing a play at an NYC theater and I had to check it out. Unfortunately, that was my only experience at the Flea Theater. I must say though, that the Flea Theater is magic. It’s so small compared to other theaters in the city, but extremely cozy. Everyone who attends a show together interacts with each other– there was so much buzz and discussion– it was a great experience. The Flea is what all theaters should aim to be.

My impression of the Flea was colored by the play I saw there: The Guys, about a firefighter trying to write eulogies for his friends who died on ⁹⁄₁₁. I saw it twice, once with Tim Robbins and Swoozie Kurts, and again with Tim and Susan Sarandon. The place has a bitter-​sweet taste for me.
The Flea Theater is located in a small, unassuming townhouse. Inside, the theater itself is just one small room — probably what used to be a living room of whoever lived there before. The stage is right on the floor, and there are only three to four rows of chairs — but even though in a place this small you could see everything from even the farthest corner (which in this case is about 10 steps from the center of the stage), whoever arranged the space has taken care to put the back rows up on a raiser to give people a better view.
The people who work there are very friendly, and some of them are volunteers. You will get to know them well as you wait in the anteroom for the theater doors to open. This is truly a little gem of New York theater experience!