Therapy NYC

About this place Therapy NYC

Therapy NYC on West 52nd Street occupies a specific and valuable niche in the Hell's Kitchen gay scene: it is a proper show bar, in the tradition of New York cabaret, where the entertainment is the point and the drinks are designed to accompany it rather than the other way around. The venue runs a full programme of performers: Broadway cast members doing solo shows between productions, cabaret artists with established followings, drag performers at the more theatrical end of the form, comedy nights, and themed performance evenings. The cocktail programme is more carefully considered than the average gay bar and reflects the fact that the clientele comes to sit and watch rather than to dance and cruise. Therapy occupies a position between the piano bar tradition (The Monster, Julius') and the entertainment megavenue (Industry) — more polished than the former, more intimate and performance-focused than the latter. For visitors interested in the cabaret and theatrical side of New York gay culture, it is the essential stop in Hell's Kitchen.