Following a takeover by the Ambassador Theatre Group, it has taken the Lyric Theatre name. Subsequently, it was renamed the Hilton Theatre and later the Foxwoods Theatre. On December 26, 1997, it opened as The Ford Center for the Performing Arts with the New York premiere of Ragtime.

The Apollo and Lyric theatres were demolished, but sections were preserved for incorporation into a new 1,900-seat Broadway musical venue.

The theater's programming is complemented by an award-winning educational program in New York City schools. The New Victory Theater is programmed by New 42 with a focus on family entertainment, including international productions of theater, circus, puppetry, opera and dance for kids of all ages.

The Victory Theater was the first theater on the block to be restored, and reopened as the off-Broadway New Victory Theater in 1995.

The theatres were the Apollo Theatre, the Empire Theatre, the Liberty Theatre, the Lyric Theatre, the Selwyn Theatre, the Times Square Theatre, and the Victory Theater. In 1990, the New 42nd Street was formed to oversee the redevelopment of seven neglected and historic theatres on 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, and to restore the block to a desirable tourist destination in Manhattan. New 42 (formerly The New 42nd Street ) is a not-for-profit organization based in Manhattan, New York City. The New 42nd Street's headquarters building at night

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