A historic Greenwich Village theatre.
It appears that a performance artist is carrying an unusual instrument case under the marquee.
Click http://www.theatre80.net/about_us for more information about this historic East Village theatre
Another historic Greenwich Village theater, Provincetown Playhouse, off Washington Square on MacDougal Street was recently destroyed by New York University's expansion program.
Click http://www.gvshp.org/_gvshp/preservation/ptown/ptown_main.htm and http://www.gvshp.org/_gvshp/preservation/nyu/nyu_main.htm for more information about NYU's destruction of historic Greenwich Village. Also see http://www.thevanishingcity.com/video/vny_trailer.html for the trailer of a fine documentary on The Vanishing City.