A24’s Cherry Lane Theatre Sets Jodie Foster, Spike Lee, Sofia Coppola and More for Reopening Week

A24 will officially re-open the Cherry Lane Theatre, a historic off-Broadway venue in New York’s West Village, with a week’s worth of events hosted by Spike Lee, Sofia Coppola, Jodie Foster and others.

Starting on Sept. 8, the Cherry Lane Theatre will host one-night-only special performances including a screening of “25th Hour” and Q&A with Lee; a staged reading of “True West” featuring Michael Shannon; a night of comedy with Jerrod Carmichael and a “Foxes” screening and Q&A with Coppola and Foster. The week will conclude on Sept. 14 with a block party along the theater’s Commerce Street block in Greenwich Village for the public at 3 p.m.

Later in September, the Cherry Lane’s first long-running show, Natalie Palamides’ one-woman comedy “Weer,” will open. Previews begin on Sept. 20 ahead of opening night on Sept. 28. It has already sold out its initial run and extended through Nov. 9.

A24, the independent film studio behind “Lady Bird,” “Uncut Gems,” “Moonlight” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” purchased the 166-seat Cherry Lane Theatre in 2023. The venue has since been extensively renovation with updates to the technical equipment, new seating, a newly installed film projector and screen, and an upgraded lobby. A24 also partnered with the team behind Frenchette to open a new restaurant in the space.

See below for the full week of events:
Monday, September 8th – a film screening of 25th Hour and Q&A with Spike Lee
Tuesday, September 9th – staged reading of True West featuring Michael Shannon, Paul Sparks, Marylouise Burke, and directed by Lila Neugebauer
Wednesday, September 10th – a night of comedy with Jerrod Carmichael
Thursday, September 11th – Malcolm Gladwell and Brandi Carlile in conversation
Sunday, September 14th – ‘Sundays with Sofia’ film screening of Foxes and Q&A with Sofia Coppola and Jodie Foster