Woodstock Legacy Business, Non-Profit and iconic site of American Theatre & Music. History Established 1938 as one of the first rural E\extensions of Broadway by Robert Elwyn, a 5th generation member of one of Woodstock’s oldest families.
The Woodstock Playhouse is a gathering place for great performances at the gateway to Woodstock, New York, uniting country living with fulfilled expectations of great quality performances, rooted in the founding of Woodstock, the town, the festival and the destination.
The reality of the Woodstock Playhouse grew from the vision of Robert Elwyn, a descendent of one of Woodstock’s oldest families. Elwyn emerged from his work as an actor, director and theater manager at the Maverick Theater as an independent visionary. So it was, with Overlook Mountain as backdrop, that Robert Elwyn turned to his uncle Arthur Wolven in the spring of 1938 to construct a theater based on the design of architect Albert Milliken. Unique in its inception, both inside and out, construction was completed in just 48 days, permitting the opening of ‘Yes, My Darling Daughter’ on June 30, 1938.
103 Mill Hill Road at Playhouse Lane
Woodstock, New York 12498
