Venue: Lenox Lyceum
Town: New York City, US

The Lenox Lyceum was a concert hall and event space located at 623 Madison Avenue at the corner with 59th Street, in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, United States. It was built in 1889 with the initial intent of providing New York City with a concert venue for symphony performances. Inaugurated on January 2, 1890, it served not only as a venue for orchestral concerts, but also periodically for opera and other types of music and theatre performances. Because it contained a ballroom as well as a theatre, it was used for public dances, banquets, exhibitions, and other events. In 1908, it underwent a major renovation and was converted into the New German Theater (NGT). It served as the resident venue for a German-language repertory theatre company led by Maurice Baumfeld during the 1908-1909 season. After the failure of the NGT, the venue became a vaudeville theatre in April 1909 known as the Plaza Music Hall that was operated by the William Morris Agency. In March 1911, it was acquired by Marcus Loew. Under Loew it eventually became a cinema, Loew's Plaza Theatre, in c. 1912. It later became the Plaza Theatre. It was acquired by Leo Brecher in 1917 and was demolished in 1929. It should not be confused with the Plaza Theatre at 58th St and Madison, which opened in 1930 and took its name from the former theatre on 59th St. The Lenox Lyceum (LL) was built by New York City contractor and real estate developer John D. Crimmins. Crimmins was at that time Commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, and the planned LL had the backing of the city government. The initial plan for the LL was to convert what was commonly referred to as "the old panorama building" (also known as the Monitor and Merrimac Building) on Madison Avenue into a music hall for Theodore Thomas and his orchestra. Transformation of the building into a performance venue under this plan began in 1888 but it was abandoned after the announcement to build Carnegie Hall. T